Summary: Bookrageous Holiday Special [1:40] A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens [2:48] A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Dylan Thomas [5:08] Christmas comics from Marvel and DC [5:48] Conway Twitty’s A Twismas Story [7:25] Alice’s Restaurant (Thanksgiving) [8:50] NYT Christmas bestsellers [9:35] Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris [11:00] Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, JK Rowling [11:20] The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (maybe?) [12:00] The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [12:10] Needs more Christmas! Mr. Peanut, Skippy Dies, Matterhorn, The Lord of the Rings [13:11] White Christmas, Jody Rosen [14:20] The Babysitter’s Club, Nancy Drew [15:30] The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne [18:45] Skippy Jon Jones holiday book, please! [20:10] Every Man Should Know series; All My Friends are Dead, Awkward Family Photos, Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, Crap at My Parents’ House [22:45] Josh’s recommendations round-up [24:50] Books on the Nightstand Holiday Shopping Guide Call-Ins! [25:20] Jenn: Connie Willis (To Say Nothing of the Dog), Miracle and Other Christmas Stories [27:00] Jon Page: backlist books [28:00] Nick Harkaway: Switzerland, Johnny Cash, and Conan Doyle’s pirate stories (!!) Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, Zazzle (for the Bookrageous 2011-2012 calendar), and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323 Find Us Online: Josh, Rebecca Bookrageous Book Club Pick: Zone One, Colson Whitehead Fuzzy Typewriter Book Club Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or Bookrageous projects like our calendar. We promise
