2009 Holiday Reading Challenge

Two challenges in one day -- am I crazy or what?

I have decided to join the 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge hosted by Nely at All About {n}. I love all things Christmas and I was already planning on reading some Christmas books. Here are the details straight from All About {n}:

Challenge Requirements:

1- Challenge will start Friday, November 20 and will end Thursday, December 31.

2- You can read anywhere from 1 to 5 books for the challenge and, of course, if you're like me, you are more than welcome to surpass that number.

3- And now, here's the clincher... they must be holiday related books. That's right, the holiday doesn't really matter, but it would be more "jolly" if your choices were Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.

4- The size of the book does not matter, nor does the genre. It is also okay for the book to overlap with other challenges. The only thing I ask is that they are not children's books. YA is okay. And so are re-reads. I for one tend to read the same books every Christmas - they are tradition.

5- To sign up - leave a link back to your challenge post. There will also be a post for review links as well as one for challenge wrap-ups.

6- And.... there will be goodies. That's right, we'll call them presents. At the end of every week that the challenge is running I will choose one winner from the review links and I will allow them to pick a book of their choosing (of course, I will provide a list). Meaning the more books you read, review and link up, the more chances you have at winning a "present".

I've decided to read at least five of the following books:

WISHIN' AND HOPIN' by Wally Lamb
THE CHRISTMAS DOG by Melody Carlson
THE UNFINISHED GIFT by Dan Walsh
THE CHRISTMAS BUS by Melody Carlson
SECRETS OF A CHRISTMAS BOX by Steven Hornby
THE CHRISTMAS PEARL by Dorothea Benton Frank
THE BODY IN SLEIGH by Katherine Hall Page
ONE WEEK IN DECEMBER by Holly Chamberlin
THE CHRISTMAS CLOCK by Kat Martin

I have already read one two holiday books but I'm guessing they don't count since I read them before the start day of the challenge:

KNIT THE SEASON by Kate Jacobs
THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLUB by Ann Pearlman