In today's Christmas Party entry, my friends, it's time to look at a short Christmas novel, new to bookshelves this year. Fans of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game have a new story for their universe, the Christmas-themed tale A War of Gifts.


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Book 26: The Eyre Affair
Writer: Jasper Fforde
Genre: Science Fiction/Comedy
Number of pages: 384
Read This Year: 7572
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B+
Short Description/Summary of the Book: From Amazon.com
Surreal and hilariously funny, this alternate history, the debut novel of British author Fforde, will appeal to lovers of zany genre ( Read more... )

Book 20: The Road
Writer: Cormac McCarthy
Genre: Science Fiction
Number of pages: 287
Read This Year: 5753
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: A

Short description/summary of the book: from Amazon.com:
Best known for his Border Trilogy, hailed in the San Francisco Chronicle as "an American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements ( Read more... )

Book 6: Infinite Crisis
Writer: Greg Cox
Genre: Superhero/Novelization
Number of pages: 384
Read This Year: 1563
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B

Short description/summary of the book: from Amazon
For years, the rift between the Justice League's leaders has been widening. Batman's paranoia has given birth to an army of robotic assassins. ( Read more... )

Book 1: A Company of Stars
Writer: Christopher Stasheff
Genre: Science Fiction/Humor
Number of pages: 313
Pages Read This Year: 313
My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B

Short description/summary of the book: from Amazon
In this venture into science fiction, Stasheff mines the same comedic vein that marks his light fantasy Warlock series ( ( Read more... )