Sharing Reading Suggestions for the Holidays by Jacqueline Seewald

The holidays are a great time to gift friends, family or  yourself with books to read. With people going on vacation, many individuals enjoy relaxing with a good book. And there certainly are a lot of them being published! You can find books to suit every age and taste whether fiction or nonfiction. Let’s share recommendations, whether it be your   own work or that of others.

I recently read John Grisham’s CAMINO ISLAND. I held off on reading it for a while because a friend who I consider an intelligent fellow reader disliked the book although she is also a fan of Grisham. I have to say I really enjoyed the novel and my opinion differed strongly from hers.

I believe I particularly enjoyed the novel because of the information about the world of bookselling and writing. There was a lot of insider info of interest to a writer like myself.

The novel begins like a caper story which I generally don’t find of great interest. However, the theft is at Princeton University’s Firestone Library where five original F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts are stolen. These manuscripts eventually make their way to Bruce Cable, a bookstore owner in the resort town of Camino Island, Florida. Bruce loves collecting rare books. He is an interesting, somewhat eccentric character that Grisham develops thoroughly. Enter Mercer Mann, an attractive young novelist down on her luck who is enlisted to infiltrate Cable’s literary circle and help locate the priceless manuscripts. Grisham provides some clever plot twists. If you haven’t already read the novel, I recommend it.

I also recommend my latest work THE BURNING. The novella is about a family surviving an environmental disaster. It’s good reading choice for the holidays appropriate for men and women of all ages and available in all digital formats as well as print. 

You can check it out here:

http://annorlundaenterprises.com/books/the-burning/

Okay, now here’s your opportunity to share the books and publications you think will make for good holiday reading. Feel free to mention work you’ve recently had published if you’re an author. Readers, please mention books you have on your wish list and/or recently read and enjoyed.

Comments/suggestions are welcome here to share.