December’s Comfort

December started with an overnight to New York City. This is going to sound strange coming from a girl from a small town in Maine, but I love, love, love the Big Apple. I love the grit and congestion. I love all the food choices (pizza!). Of course I also love the fact I can leave it!
We were there to see Natalie Merchant receive the John Lennon Real Love Award at Symphony Space. A fantastic night! Since we rattled down to the city via rails I was able to get a lot of reading done. Here is the proposed plan for the rest of the month:

Fiction:

• The Aguero Sisters by Cristina Garcia (EB) – in honor of December being the best month to visit the Caribbean. I thought I had gotten rid of all the “best month to travel to. [location” books but I guess not.
• A Long Way From Home by Connie Briscoe (EB) – in honor of Briscoe’s birth month being in December.
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss – for Christmas.
• Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne – in honor of the month Eeyore was born.

Nonfiction:

• A People’s History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons (P) – in honor of the history of the Constitution. Yes, I know I read this some years ago, but I can’t find the review anywhere, so I am reading it again.
• The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton (EB) – in honor of de Botton’s birth month being in December.
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (EB) – in honor of Bryson’s borth month being in December.
• Before the Deluge by Otto Friedrich (EB)- in honor of Berlin’s Tattoo Festival which takes place in December every year.
• Saddest Pleasure by Moritz Thomsen – in honor of Brazil’s first emperor.

Series Continuations:

• Without Fail by Lee Child (EB) – started in July.
• The Master of Hestviken: In the Wilderness by Sigrid Undset (EB) – started in October.