We’re still discussing Fablehaven, but wanted to make sure everyone was aware of our December book…

Since it is the season, we’ve picked something festive for our December Book Club book. This months selection is Grace: A Novel by Richard Paul Evans.

Last year I started a little personal tradition of reading holiday novels to help get me in the Christmas spirit, and the first novels I read were by Richard Paul Evans.  I enjoyed them so much that I thought Grace would make an excellent December Book Club choice. I got my copy on the sale shelf, so check your local bookstore to see if they have it on sale as well!

Here’s a bit about the book:

She was my first kiss. My first love. She was a little match girl who could see the future in the flame of a candle. She was a runaway who taught me more about life than anyone has before or since. And when she was gone my innocence left with her.

As I begin to write, a part of me feels as if I am awakening something best left dead and buried, or at least buried. We can bury the past, but it never really dies. The experience of that winter has grown on my soul like ivy climbing the outside of a home, growing until it begins to tear and tug at the brick and mortar.

I pray I can still get the story right. My memory, like my eyesight, has waned with age. Still, there are things that become clearer to me as I grow older. This much I know: too many things were kept secret in those days. Things that never should have been hidden. And things that should have.

Hopefully you’re all feeling in the spirit, and will join us in reading and discussing this great holiday read! Because it’s a very busy time of year, we’ll try and get the discussion post up a little earlier this month, to give everyone a chance to comment before we all get taken over by the holiday madness.

Happy Holidays!

PS – Don’t forget to vote for your favorite romantic read for our February selection.