Krysten Lindsay Hager - Brunch at Tiffany's

10. “O Holy Night” by Mariah Carey. Celine Dion has a nice version, too, but Mariah hits that note that can send the pigeons out of the church rafters. Of course that means pigeon poo everywhere…still, a great version of the song. Just duck if you’re near pigeons. 9. Muppet Christmas Carol’s “It Feels Christmas” and “Bless Us All.” The first song is just catchy and cute and the second is a fave because the little frog that plays Tiny Tim coughs at the end and since high school I have thought the froggy coughing is the cutest thing ever. What? It’s Tiny Tim. He’s not well. 8. “Give Love on Christmas” by Johnny Gill. I love that man’s voice. He could sing “Happy birthday” and I’d buy it. They never play this one on the radio though. They never play him on the radio period. Probably jealous of his sexiness. 7. “Joy to the World” was always my favorite as a kid because it meant Mass was over and I could go home and open presents. Hey, I was a kid, you try walking past a living room full of...

Check out my review on Rebecca Cantrell' latest, A Game of Lies over at Authors and Appetizers. http://authorsandappetizers.com/2011/08/game-of-lies-by-rebecca-cantrell/

I'm doing the Once Upon a Time read-a-thon and it's not going well seeing as I had a 16 hour power outage that left me in the dark. But I did get some reading done. I'm currently working on ""A Game of Lies" by Rebecca Cantrell. Great so far! Here's a review of another great one I read and enjoyed called "Hemingway Deadlights." Hemingway Deadlights: A Mystery is set in 1956 and Papa Hemingway is at the point in his career where he has stalled a bit in his writing and is drinking even more heavily than usual. Hemingway is living in Key West Florida when the book begins and spends his days drinking. Soon he finds out a friend of his, a local fisherman named Peter Cuthbert, was harpooned to death and the polic department isn’t exactly on the case. Since his writing isn’t going anywhere, Hemingway decides to take a crack at solving the crime himself. He travels to Cuba and meets with a mobster, Fidel Castro, and Che Guevara. Guevara informs him tha...

Check out my new review on Dave Barry's latest book! http://authorsandappetizers.com/2011/06/ill-mature-when-im-dead-dave-barrys-amazing-tales-of-adulthood-by-dave-barry/

Check out my new review on "This is Not The Story You Think It Is" by Laura Munson. Whatwould you do if your husband said he wasn't sure he ever really loved you and wanted out of your marriage? http://authorsandappetizers.com/2011/05/not-story-think-season-of-unlikely-happiness/

Recently reviewed a book about making the case for settling for Mr. Good Enough and not the movie fantasy version of Mr. Right. Let me know your thoughts! http://authorsandappetizers.com/2011/05/marry-him-case-for-settling-for-mr-good-enough-by-lori-gottlieb/

Check out my new review of this hilarious memoir! http://authorsandappetizers.com/2011/04/someone-will-be-shortly-notes-from-perfectly-imperfect-life-by-lisa-kogan/