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What books do you want for Christmas?

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My Answer:

After Dead by Charlaine Harris

Cross My Heart by James Patterson

 Confessions: The Private School Murders by James Patterson

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Billy's Review:

There is less than two weeks to Christmas, meaning if you don't have your gift shopping finished, you should probably kick yourself into high gear. It’s not easy searching for the perfect gift for a family member or friend, resulting in many people buying an impersonal gift card.

Almost everyone has a CD player in their vehicle or owns some kind of CD player in their home. Giving a music CD can be the perfect gift, but it’s also difficult to buy an album that your family or friends don't already own.

I recommend the New Arrivals Vol. 5: Artists For Hurricane Sandy Relief CD from MPRESS Records, featuring twenty songs by twenty different artists, which 100% of their profits are going to charity.

The artists and songs featured on the CD are:

What happens when a family of Italian American mobsters get relocated to Northern France as a part of a radically ambitious witness protection program? This common conundrum is something that prolific French filmmaker, Luc Besson, tackles head on in his latest feature, The Family, which is available on Blu-ray and DVD on Dec. 17. For fear of untangling too many plot spoilers, we are going to celebrate the release of this feature by coming up with an essential guide to the language of romance. For all you readers out there who are finding the mafia life too much and want to swap your semi-automatic pistol for a freshly made brie and jam baguette, please read on….


Many people consider the French to be a tad rude. But upon moving to France, it will be you who will be receiving the cold shoulder if you don’t introduce standard politeness strategies into your broken French vocabulary. Here are a few key phrases you will need to charm and woo your new countrymen:

1. On peut se tutoyer? – Unlike in English, the French have different ways of saying the word ‘you’. One you, ‘tu, is used when you know someone well and is relatively informal. The other, ‘vous’, is much more formal and is usually used when speaking to people who don’t know very well. Simply put, ‘On peut se tutoyer?’ means ‘can I refer to you informally’. When you’ve made your first French friend, this might be a useful phrase to use to cement your first relationship!
2. Je Vous prèsente…/ Je te prèsente… – Loaded with your new identity and your status as a US mobster a distant memory, there will come a point where you are going to have to introduce your family by their new names. It certainly won’t be easy remembering your own new name, let alone all of your family members! Add to the equation that you are going to have to do this in fluent French and you have a potential disaster on your hands! Don’t panic. If you use this phrase (which literally means- I present to you) before naming each of your loved ones, you will be successfully conning the locals in no time.
3. Je vous remercie de tout cœur- I thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you really want to embrace politeness with the upmost romanticism, this is a great phrase to use (even if it is just a false pretence).

Christmas is only two weeks away, so there is only a little bit of time to finish your gift shopping, but you might be having a problems coming up with the perfect gifts for your friends. Blu-rays, CDs, books, candy or gift cards may work, but those gifts seem a little too commercial and more than likely they have already received the exact same present from a family member or another friend.

Why not get your friends a gift that is more personal and can be shared with others?

A bottle of tequila can be the perfect gift not just for Christmas, but for New Year's Eve as well. There are many different brands in the stores, so make sure you know the difference between the bad tequila and the good tequila. Pick a name brand you can trust, like is Dobel, the first multi-aged clear tequila ever distilled.

Dobel is named after tequila maestro Domingo Beckmann Legoretta. Every bottle is a mixture of Reposado, Añejo and Extra-Añejo tequila. It is made from 100% blue agave which is homegrown on the Dobel estate. The tequila is double-distilled and is left to mature in Hungarian EUROPEAN White Oak barrels, giving the Maestro Dobel Tequila its smooth taste that can't be matched by any other brand. Ever bottle's label is signed by both Señor Dobel and the Master Blender.

There's nothing more delicious than a holiday.

Oh, is it ever true. Whether it's the anticipation of Christmastime or the ghoulish glee of Halloween, if I see a holiday on the horizon, I simply can't contain my excitement. There's just something about the traditions, the family togetherness, the resurfacing of childhood memories . . . the making of new ones. Holidays are wonderful, special, and fun . . . and they always make me happy.

And one more thing: They make me want to cook!

The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays is an all-out celebration of the scrumptious, mouthwatering recipes that define our favorite occasions throughout the year. From luck-inducing Hoppin' John on New Year's Day, to a perfectly savory/sweet Glazed Easter Ham, to luscious Caramel Apples on Halloween, to a crowd-pleasing Thanksgiving feast with all the fixins, these pages are positively brimming with recipes guaranteed to make your holidays deliciously memorable . . . and memorably delicious!
Twelve different holidays are covered in delectable detail: From New Year's Day to New Year's Eve . . . and all my favorites in between. Host a party for the Big Game for your football-loving friends, make Mom a lovely Mother's Day breakfast-in-bed, invite your sweetie to a Valentine's Day romantic dinner for two . . . or ring in the New Year with a fabulous cocktail party. There's food, glorious food in this cookbook, and you won't run out of yummy things to make.

I hope you enjoy and devour every page!

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