Books Read and Recommended for December 2010

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia (i)
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Yummy: The Last Days of A Southside Shorty by G. Neri
Enchanted Ivy by Sarah Beth Durst
Matched by Ally Condie
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Heist by Ally Carter (read aloud)
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold (reread)
Happyface by Stephen Emond
The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale (reread)
How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (reread—audiobook read by David Tennant)

I spent most of the month working on Christmas stories, and some on the final copyedits of Tris and Izzie. Though publishing closes over the holidays, I think a lot of people are still working quietly in the back rooms, like me.