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Haven‘t posted in a while but can‘t resist a good #JolabokaflodSwap24! Going out today 😋📚🍫

Annual reread.

December 12 #DecemberDreams Memories @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I love Capote‘s holiday short stories, and the part of his biography that says he was fired from the New Yorker for inadvertently offending Robert Frost is making me giggle. Stuff happens you know? 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤣

#12booksOf2022 #December

Who knew Truman Capote could write such a sweet novella?! Just adorable.

When I mentioned a month ago that it was fruitcake making day, a friend asked if I was familiar with this story. I‘d not heard of it, so I put it on my December TBR. It‘s a great story & meshed well with my own enjoyment of making & sharing whiskey soaked fruitcake. If you‘ve got a good recipe, it‘s so much better than its reputation. Tonight I enjoyed this & the other 2 stories in this edition with a slice of fruitcake.

#Christmas #ShortStories

Enjoying a quiet moment of reading before the day begins!
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Trying something new this holiday season and joining in on #adventrecommends My first recommend is freshest on my mind as I just read 3 holiday short stories from the tagged book, The Thanksgiving Visitor, The Christmas Memory and One Christmas. I‘m not a fan of short stories but these were excellent. I enjoyed each of them and the writing was evocative of a time and place I never knew but could feel nostalgic about. I wasn‘t a fan of👇🏼

I read this with my book group. I had no idea it was such a classic! Every time I mention it now it seems like it‘s someones favorite Christmas story. It was a quick read, makes you nostalgic and long for your own holiday traditions from your youth 🥮🎄🪁

@TheAromaofBooks this was my #doublespin pick for December

I need to put this short story in my regular reading rotation around Christmas. Capote engages all the senses as a young boy and his grandmother, best friends, make fruitcake and other Christmas preparations. This book has all the cosy feelings and a little melancholy too-which honestly can be part of Christmas as one grows older, with less wide-eyed innocence.

#WinterGames2021
#MistletoeManiacs
#WinterCosy

Just now coming up for air after a 7-day Christmas stretch on the pediatric ward. A belated thanks for the joy sent to my mailbox! Wishing everyone the best for 2022!

It's so lovely to get cards from my #litsylove friends.
Thanks so much for your friendship.
Warmest if Christmas wishes to all the wonderful litsylovers
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tattooedteacher @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @AmyG @Kdgordon88 @Pogue @Librarybelle

I received this book from my nephew & niece.
I don‘t think I‘ve ever read this. I know it‘s going to be lovely … can‘t wait to get to it ❤️

“Possibly we doze; but the beginnings of dawn splash us like cold water; we‘re up, wild-eyed and wandering while we wait for others to waken. Quite deliberately my friend drops a kettle on the kitchen floor. I tap dance in front of closed doors. One by one the household emerges, looking as though they‘d like to kill us both, but it‘s Christmas so they can‘t.” #adventathon

These stories are sad and moving, filed with nostalgia and edginess. There‘s a looming sense of violence and peril that leaves every sentence a little unsettling. I loved the cross generational relationships and the scene setting of rural Alabama was very evocative.

Today was the first day in a long long long long that I‘ve left the house for work… I chose a pretty chilly day to do it! Back reading on my journeys felt nice ( everything else - not so!)

Starting books on my ‘festive pile‘ today. I got this book as a secret Santa from IRL Bookclub last year and have had it queued up to read of a while! 🎉

I'm a day late, but this is inspiring, and poignant. On my mind because another book references Capote and because I made my first fruitcake this year!
Capote recounts being a seven-year-old whose harsh relatives “provide for“ him but give him no love or attention. A sixtyish cousin who is quirky and adventurous is his best friend, and in this story they celebrating and share Christmas together notwithstanding poverty, neglect, and Prohibition.

I absolutely love this short story by Truman Capote. It‘s a must read for me every Christmas. #WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer

A bittersweet, beautifully written short story by the author of Breakfast at Tiffany‘s. The artwork for this picture book is perfection. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sweet story of the author‘s childhood Christmas in rural Alabama with his closest friend - his elderly cousin. #bookspinbingo #freespace #BINGO #wintergames2020 #teamreadnosedreindeer +46pts

Here‘s my white cover book for #12coloursofchristmas! Im not the biggest capote fan ever but I‘m half way through it now and enjoying it a lot.

#wintergames2020 #merryreaders @Clwojick +21

“Oh my it‘s fruitcake weather. “

Anyone out there eat fruitcake? I‘ve only tried it once & it was not good.

#festiveflicks #classic @Traci1

Can you tell I‘m VERY excited for #wintergames2020 this year?? Here is a shot of my tbr, I have around 25 festive books in this kindle collection and a couple more physical books. I‘m already having to hold myself back on getting started on them! If anyone has any recommendations for books about winter holidays that aren‘t Christmas please tell me! All I can find for other holidays is children‘s books so far? Eager to widen my reading!

It's never too late for Christmas stories 😄
This was such a sweet compilation of short stories about a 7 year old boy and his sixty something best friend ❤️

#quotsydec19 #bacon 🥓 @TK-421

A classic, with some classic mercury glass ornaments.

#BookAdventCalendar
Day23

I finished another #holidayread for #Winter Games.
Add more points for #teamelectricsex @LibrarianRyan @Clwojick @StayCurious

Completed 4 of the 5 books I had planned for this week! Plus one more holiday novel and a few picture books.

While none of these were 5 ⭐️ reads, it was still a good week!

#bookreport @Cinfhen

I‘m a big fan of Truman Capote and I love this heartwarming Christmas novella. It‘s a thinly veiled autobiographical story about Truman as a child, when he lived in Alabama with his elderly cousins. It‘s the story of Buddy (Truman) & Sook — sweet old Sook with the mind of a child. I‘d highly recommend this for the holidays or as an intro to TC. 5⭐️

#WinterGames
#TMSkellington
#HolidayRead
#Christmas
#TrumanCapote

#HollyJollyReading This is part of my #DecemberTBR I found 10 picture books for under $25 at the used bookstore. @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #WinterGames @StayCurious @Clwojick #teamelectricsex @LibrarianRyan

#SelfieScavengerHunt easy to find 💙 lights in this house! 🕎 And that‘s the most you‘ll see of me this early on a weekend morning. 🤣

Picked this up solely because of the author, I love Truman Capote‘s books. Other than the slightly problematic content that comes from an older story (stereotypes of indigenous peoples), this was a sweet story of friendship between a child and an older family member. Apparently, this is a fave of Haruki Murakami.

3 short stories that can be read in one sitting. I really loved The Thanksgiving Visitor.

Book 296 11/30/19

How many magical childhood years I lay awake listening and convincing myself I‘d heard such a sound.

I do not recommend giving this one to your kids as a Christmas read - it‘s so sad! Definitely some tears at the end for me. Beautifully told, and the illustrations by Beth Peck are extraordinary and capture the feeling of the story in every way.

As I can taste the sweet bliss of freedom from this semester, I‘m feeling all of the Christmas vibes. Will I get a chance to read these? Unclear. But I‘m going to look at them and admire them anyway.

Happy Friday! Time to relax.

1. A Christmas Memory (tagged)
2. My best friend comes to visit—can‘t wait!
3. The Bishop‘s Wife
4. Egg Nog & here‘s a quick recipe: To egg nog, add rum, vanilla & nutmeg. Top w/whipped cream if you like.
5. Hello and congrats (again) @4thhouseontheleft
#TuesdayTidbits @JenlovesJT47

#ReindeerReads Day 17 #shortstory One of my favorite short stories. Read it every Chrtmas🎄🎄🎄

We went to a readers theater tonight and heard A Christmas Memory and A Child‘s Christmas in Wales. It was so fun!

Confession time- this is the first time I've read Truman Capote. And it was so good! This collection also contained "One Christmas" and "The Thanksgiving Visitor". In Cold Blood will be on my TBR next year for sure.

This Christmas read is on sale through Kindle and Apple iBooks right now. I picked it up myself, it looked too cute to pass up. 😊🎄 #BookSale

We have snow in the South ☃🌨😊

Getting ready for some Christmas stories at the library.

#noteworthynovember #memories

I've only read Breakfast at Tiffany's so I definitely need a little more Capote in my life.

"It's fruitcake weather! Fetch our buggy. Help me find my hat." I used to try to read this aloud at Christmas. It choked me up every time. #riotgrams, #mademecry