The number of books on hold for me today? Nine. I suppose it could be worse. But I’m sure the librarians are glad they have this new system where I have to get the holds off the shelf myself, instead of them hauling out the stack to me.

The question is: will any of them be good??

(Oh, and yes, there’s Christmas books in the pile. Don’t shoot me; I’m feeling Christmasy already.)

Picture Books:
The Little Drummer Boy, Illus. by Kristina Rodanas
It’s Christmas, David!, by David Shannon
Boo Cow, by Patricia Baehr and Margot Apple
Too Busy Marco, by Roz Chast
Crash Bang Donkey!, by Jill Newton

Middle Grade:
Jellaby, Volume 1, by Kean Soo
Moon Over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool
Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper
The Summer Before (Baby-Sitter’s Club), by Ann M. Martin
What Happened on Fox Street, by Tricia Springstubb
How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog), by Art Corriveau
President of the Whole Fifth Grade, by Sherri Winston
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze, by Alan Silberberg
Betti on the High Wire, by Lisa Railsback

The roundup is either at Adventures of an Intrepid Reader or The Captive Reader. Obligatory FTC note: the links are provided through my Amazon Associates account. If you click through and actually purchase one of these books, I’ll get a teeny, tiny payment. But, since no one ever does, and it’s SO much easier using the associates account to put up these links, I’m going to keep doing it.