An Amazon Kindle!

I'm hoping for Due Considerations by John Updike. I want to spend months meandering through the essays and savoring the writing- three weeks from my Library is not time enough for this one.

You know, working in a bookstore sort of spoils the whole book-as-gift thing for me. I like to ask for the things I would never buy, but enjoy nonetheless. To give Santa a range to choose from, I asked for Stephen Hunter's 47th Samurai, The Delivery Man By local author, Joe McGinniss Jr. and The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. We will see which one he chooses to give.

My Mother In-law usually gets me the booker prize winner and then gets my husband (who never reads it) a follow up title. So I'm always looking forward to that.

As a children's fantasy writer (The Call to Shakabaz), I read a lot of children's fantasy books. I keep hearing (in the kidlitosphere) about a fantasy that's supposedly terrific by Mark David Gerson called "The MoonQuest." I can't find it at the library. I guess they don't have it yet. So I'd love a copy! I also keep hearing about the Kendra Candelstar book. (Can't remember the author offhand, it's a hit with the folks at Just One More Book! -- the online kidlit people up in Canada.) I can't afford to buy many books so I get most of them from our tri-county library system. I have a heap on request there, but they're newer books so it takes a while to get to my place in line. OK, now a lot of books are suddenly popping into my mind, I better stop before I start writing a Christmas list a mile long! Amy (visit me at wozabooks)

Stephanie, may Santa grant that Kindle... and Tony, I love that you could get any of those books, but that you've chosen to wait and receive. Marta, I agree that some books need to be slowly considered and savored -- and Amy, some of those, of course, are YA, which is why I'm delighted that I waited and allowed my friend I. (he of the Delia Smith gift) to send me The Golden Compass this year.

This year my list is full of "boring" books (that I'm very excited about) for upcoming writing projects, or books about writing in general(i.e. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott). Of course, I have so many more "fun" books on my inner wish-list, but my paper wish-list is way too long already!

For Amy and anyone else trying to find my fantasy, "The MoonQuest," it's available on Amazon and at selected bookstores coast-to-coast. There are also free excerpts at www.themoonquest.com.
Mark David
www.markdavidgerson.com