So is everyone shopping away?
For my kids, one of the gifts I’ve always given from me (not Santa) is pajamas and a book. I’ve done it since they were tiny. And finding books has been easy some years, hard others.
But this year it was really fun! I actually researched it pretty heavily. For my 10 yo boy, I started with the ONE book he loved this year (“Flipped”). Seriously, I never saw him read like he did with that book — cover to cover in just a few days. He even read when we were on vacation! (gasp!) I think he liked the relationship of the boy and the girl (being a 10 yo boy and all…). So I did one of those “Customers who liked this book also liked. …” and think I found one he’ll like.
For my 14 yo girl, I looked up on GoodReads what some of the hot books were for girls. She likes romances, but she’s “over” the vampire thing. (The Twilight series was enough for her.) Continue reading