Comments on: Am I A Grinch?

By: caite

caite — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:10:35 +0000

I am not sure why I consider it in a different category…but I do!
Well, I don’t really make a habit of reading ghost stories either, so that can’t be it…lol

By: Gina @ Book Dragon's Lair

Gina @ Book Dragon's Lair — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:18:33 +0000

weeeeel, as someone who hosted a “Christmas in July” challenge this year…..

I did love your post and all the comments. Christmas books aren’t for everyone, even if you love Christmas. Just as some people don’t read anything scary, romantic, paranormal or murderous.

I do understand where you’re coming from about the overload. I too, skip Christmas reviews. {shrug]

By: Gina @ Book Dragon's Lair

Gina @ Book Dragon's Lair — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:09:18 +0000

Would you consider A Christmas Carol to be more ghost story and readable at anytime?

By: veronica

veronica — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:27:37 +0000

I don’t think you’re a grinch, but that may be because I feel the same way. When I come across posts of Christmas books, I tend to skim over them. I’m sure this is a disservice to those books. I’m judging them based on no information other than the word Christmas and just assuming they’re going to be sappy or overly sentimentalized. And maybe like you said so many Christmas books tend to be from genre’s I don’t tend to read so often which would be another reason I keep away. So…long story short, you’re not a grinch!

By: J.T. Oldfield

J.T. Oldfield — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:12:03 +0000

The thing about scary books is that you can really read them all year round, but Christmas books are specific to, well, Christmas in a way that scary books are necessarily tied to halloween.

By: Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading

Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:58:32 +0000

This year I read A Chistmas Carol, but more because it was a classic than a holiday book. That’s the first holiday book I’ve read in years. I just don’t get into them.
.-= Melissa – Shhh I’m Reading´s last blog ..Review: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart =-.

By: Amused

Amused — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:38:23 +0000

I'd have to agree with you. I rarely read a holiday themed novel! .-= Amused´s last blog ..I Can't Stop Myself =-.

By: Florinda

Florinda — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:10:25 +0000

Hey, the Grinch is the star of one of my favorite Christmas books! And you can combine Halloween and Christmas with The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore - it has zombies! (But don't most books lately have zombies?) Evidently, my taste in Christmas lit leans toward the comical and/or absurd. I won't shy away from a novel that has a Christmas setting, but I don't exactly seek them out, either. .-= Florinda´s last blog ..Tuesday Tangents: 10 Items or Less =-.

By: melissa @ 1lbr

melissa @ 1lbr — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:32:15 +0000

I just read a Christmas book and it was really cheesy. But, I also felt inspired by it. Maybe that is the real purpose of Christmas books

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:58:10 +0000

Bleh, I’m with you. I’m sure some are great, but they all seem kitschy to me. It’s like taking advantage of something that people already like. Would the plot of It’s a Wonderful Life be as appealing and popular if it wasn’t centered around the holiday season? I think not.