Tis the season to curl up with a tinsel-themed tome and a toddy or two and this year I’m reading Otto Penzler’s Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop for my Christmas read.

Penzler owns the famed Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and for many years has commissioned one author a year to pen a Christmas-timed mystery in which his bookshop plays a role.

The book is a fun and light collection of a few of these short stories. No big mind boggling mysteries, but great fun. Some authors set their whole story inside Penzler’s shop while others simply make reference to it during the story. If you’re a fan on mysteries, this is a good one to be on the look out for (it was published in 2010) to have in your collection.

What are you reading this holiday week? Any annual habits or something new?

Hope you all have a wonderful and peace-filled Christmas and holiday season!