Konstanze von Sizilien (arylla) wrote in bookish,
Konstanze von Sizilien
arylla
bookish

Requesting Christmas books

Dear fellow readers,

I need your help.

My father and I used to sit down every evening during the four weeks before Christmas, light a couple of candles and read to each other a book. As I'm quite fond of this tradition I'd like to continue it, only that we're running out of books. Do you have any idea, suggestion, recommendation? I'd like something loosely related to Christmas. We already have read A Christmas Carol, twice actually. We tried another Dickens story, but gave up on it because Mister Dickens is just too wordy for the purpose. Last year we read Little Lord Fauntleroy, one of my fondest childhood memories, and found it rather saccharine. (I don't have anything against saccharine, actually, but I wished she'd tone it down a bit.) I guess what I'm looking for is something sweet, simple and short. And let's hope they have a German translation.

Thank you very much.

- arylla


Crossposted to other book communities.
Tags: requesting a read
Subscribe

  • Scorpio, by Marko Kloos

    A girl and her dog and kaiju-sized aliens. 47North, 2024, 285 pages On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion…

  • The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 12

    The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 12 by Nekokurage Further adventures of MaoMao. Builds on the earlier volumes. (Minor spoilers for them ahead.)…

  • Breaking the Chain

    Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story by Patrick McDonnell Some prefatory matter about inspiration, some afterword about reaction, but the heart…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
  • 17 comments

  • Scorpio, by Marko Kloos

    A girl and her dog and kaiju-sized aliens. 47North, 2024, 285 pages On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion…

  • The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 12

    The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 12 by Nekokurage Further adventures of MaoMao. Builds on the earlier volumes. (Minor spoilers for them ahead.)…

  • Breaking the Chain

    Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story by Patrick McDonnell Some prefatory matter about inspiration, some afterword about reaction, but the heart…