The 2009 Best Books listings keep pouring in. Here are a few from some crime fiction authors and reviewers (hat tip to Jen Forbus) including Mike Ripley's Shots of the Year, Sarah Weinman's Best of 2009, Michael Koryta's Last Minute Shopping, Marcus Sakey's Best Reads of the Year, Dick Adler's Best Mysteries and Thrillers for the B&N site, Oline Cogdill's Best, and Lesa Holstine's Favorites.
Galley Cat compiled some links to holiday-themed web videos, with season's greetings from bestselling Penguin novelist
Charlaine Harris and Nora Roberts. Likewise, Simon & Schuster has some of its authors talking about their favorite holiday movies, including bestselling novelists
Vince Flynn, Sandra Brown and Stephen King.
Crimewav has a link to a free PDF Holiday Book Sampler, "
In the Nick of Time," excerpts from a dozen new novels and nonfiction books by
New York Times bestselling authors.
JA Konrath has been compiling a list of
Resolutions for Writers for several years, and not only does he have his 2010 offering up, but he includes the archives, as well.
Marcia Muller recounted personal holiday memories for Bookreporter (hat to to Elizabeth Foxwell at Bunburyist).
Likewise, Louise Penny, author of the Inspector Gamache series set in Quebec, shared a Sutton Christmas Miracle with the Globe and Mail.
The
Baltimore Sun's Read Street blog offered up a poignant
Letter to Santa from indie bookstores.
Janet Rudolph completed her monumental Christmas-themed mysteries listing, available in five parts:
Part One, A-D;
Part Two, E-H;
Part Three, I-N;
Part Four, O-R; and
Part Five, S-Z.
For fans of the 1980s TV series
Twin Peaks, here's a little slice of pie titled
The Twelve Days of Christmas, with cast members in character from the show providing the music, accompanied by appropriate video.
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