Joyce’s
CHOICES by Joyce B. Wilcox
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WITH WINTER KNOCKING on the windows in Canadian Lakes and the holidays taunting us on the calendar, I thought it might just be a good time to introduce you to a few books for your winter stockpile. Hopefully you’ll find something to unwind with or perhaps a good read to transport you across the miles this winter. I’ve checked and these books are not only on display in my home, but are either available to you at the Morton Township Library, the Canadian Lakes Library, or Barnes & Noble. The first three are delightful Christmas stories with whimsical, humorous plots from three totally different locales: Adelaide, Oklahoma; Nantucket, Massachusetts; and Leavenworth, Washington. All three of these stories will help ease you into a festive holiday spirit and offer a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of this time of the year. Following the holiday tales are three more novels for you to enjoy, with a little more substance to sustain you through the bitter cold of January. There’s a suspense thriller from Fort Sumter, South Carolina; a literary T h e C a n ad i a n L a ke r
psychological thriller from Beartown in Sweden; and a historical fiction novel taking place in London, England. You can curl up with a warm read this winter or possibly add some books to your wish list in your letter to Santa; either way I encourage you to check out these six novels. Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart Yes! A Christmas mystery with a ghost! Longtime mystery writer, winner of multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards, and one of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Carolyn Hart is a writer whom you will want to place on any must-read list if you haven’t already done so. Author of over seventy books, she is the equivalent of the Eveready Energizer Bunny, still writing at age 84. Hart not only has a flair for attention to descriptive detail
