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First, a note. If you're looking for "What Are You Reading", check yesterday's post. I'll probably answer sooner than I did for the poor people who answered yesterday. Our Internet was completely down until late in the day, so I didn't get back to anyone. There aren't as many books being released in December as other months. At least, there aren't as many in my closet. Well-known authors continue series. We hear from a few who haven't written in a while. And, there's even a wonderful nonfiction title in the December releases. (How often do I discuss nonfiction?) Here's the list of the December Treasures in My Closet. Let's kick off the list with a holiday mystery, Laura Childs' Eggs on Ice . The women of the Cackleberry Club must track down the Ghost of Christmas Past. "You would have to have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked" Allan Sharp, a crusty attorney cast as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of A...

I can't believe we're already talking about November book releases. But, hopefully, you'll have a treasure or two in this list. Because I refuse to read anything about Louise Penny's fourteenth Chief Inspector Gamache novel,  Kingdom of the Blind , before I read the book, you're stuck with this one line from the back of the ARC. "Sometimes the real threat lies in what you cannot see." Want more? You'll have to look it up. Kingdom of the Blind is the top book on my November release list, a must-read for me. (Release date is Nov. 27.) The creators of the podcast "Limetown", Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie, with Cote Smith, now bring us Limetown , a prequel. A teenager, Lia Haddock, investigates when she hears that three hundred men, women, and children living at a research facility in Limetown, Tennessee, have disappeared without a trace. Among the missing is her uncle Emile. But, Lia isn't the only one looking for answers. (Release date is No...

There's an entire pile of October books. You'll want to check out some of these, I'm sure. Should we kick off the list with a holiday letter? Try Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners by Gretchen Anthony. "Dearest loved ones, far and near - evergreen tidings from the Baumgartners!" That's how Violet Baumgartner has opened her annual holiday letter for the last thirty years. This year, she's planning her husband's perfect retirement party. But, in front of two hundred guests, Violet learns her daughter, Cerise, has been keeping a shocking secret. That event leads to a very un-Midwestern, un-Baumgartner gyre of dramatics. This is the story of a family falling to pieces - and the unexpected way they put it all back together. (Release date is Oct. 16.) Hiro Arikawa's The Traveling Cat Chronicles is already an international bestseller. It's translated by Philip Gabriel. "With simple yet descriptive prose, the novel gives voice to Nana the c...