Gifts for the literary fan
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Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex by Susan Shapiro
With New Year’s resolutions right around the corner, there's no better reading material than this modern take on self-help through voyeurism. Read as the author kicks a smoking habit and replaces it with anything she can get her hands on like gum or even bread. Hilarious and relatable, you’ll enjoy this memoir even if you think you’re already perfect. The sequel, “Speed Shrinking,” will be out in August, and we can’t wait.
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Whether buying a book for your friend, your daughter, or even
yourself, these 10 gifts will entertain--and perhaps enlighten--for
hours. <br><br>Where to buy:<br><ul>
<li>"Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking,
and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex" by Susan
Shapiro, $8-$17, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Lighting%20Up%3A%20How%20I%20Stopped%20Smoking%2C%20Drinking%20and%20Everything%20Else%20I%20Loved%20in%20Life%20Except%20Sex:3004253707;_ylt=ApjpYFxFheoVcylnBQfHtEMbFt0A?clink=dmps/lighting_up.3a._how_i_stopped_smoking.2c._drinking.2c._and_everything_else_i_loved_in_life_except_sex__/ctx=mid:1,pid:3004253707,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x">shopping.yahoo.com</a></li>
<li>"Between the Covers: The Book Babes'
Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures" by Margo
Hammond and Ellen Heltzel, $11-$16, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Between%20the%20Covers%3A%20The%20Book%20Babes%27%20Guide%20to%20a%20Woman%27s%20Reading%20Pleasures:3005620221;_ylt=Ag2UNoTGpftM4zuA5yTR_7sbFt0A?clink=dmps/between_the_covers.3a._the_book_babes.27._guide_to_a_woman.27.s_reading_pleasures/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005620221,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x">shopping.yahoo.com
</a></li> <li>"Violet in
Private" by Melissa Walker, $7-$10, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Violet%20in%20Private%3A:3005534244;_ylt=AvsSLJrRHiPrjkejOdePD1cbFt0A?clink=dmps/violet_in_private_book/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005534244,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:">shopping.yahoo.com</a>
(For further gift-giving, buy the other two books in the series,
"<a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Violet%20on%20the%20Runway%3A:3005103383;_ylt=Atfr_WgL0CmB0A5B0caDqBQbFt0A?clink=dmps/violet_on_the_runway/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005103383,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:%20">Violet
on the Runway</a>" and "<a
rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Violet%20by%20Design%3A:3005207567;_ylt=AmAmmhV6zcqfS63Tn7styRobFt0A?clink=dmps/violet_by_design_book/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005207567,pdid:1,pos:4,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:">Violet
by Design</a>.")</li>
<li>"Never Mind Your P's and Q's:
Here's the Punk Alphabet" by Paul McNeil and Barry
Divola, $19, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://www.insound.com/Paul_McNeil_and_Barry_Divola_Never_Mind_Your_P%27s_and_Q%27s_-_Here%27s_the_Punk_Alphabet_Book/productmain/p/INS50244/">insound.com</a></li>
<li>"Sookie Stackhouse" box set by
Charlaine Harris, $30-$40, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Sookie%20Stackhouse%20Boxed%20Set%3A:3005977426;_ylt=AjUzsXUHxjsHvjSgG8GsnkcbFt0A?clink=dmps/sookie_stackhouse_box_set_/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005977426,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:">shopping.yahoo.com</a>
</li> <li>"Red: Teenage Girls in America Write
on What Fires Up Their Lives Today" by Amy Goldwasser,
$9-$13, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Red%3A%20Teenage%20Girls%20in%20America%20Write%20on%20What%20Fires%20Up%20Their%20Lives%20Today:3005689793;_ylt=AhGjBc1r5VVvYu_eMjDSpFIbFt0A?clink=dmps/red.3a._teenage_girls_in_america_write_on_what_fires_up_their_lives_today_-_amy_goldwasser_/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005689793,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x">shopping.yahoo.com</a></li>
<li>"The Professors’ Wives Club" by
Joanne Rendell, $5-$13, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:The%20Professors%27%20Wives%27%20Club%3A:3005627701;_ylt=AvBzpZ4JD_Imum2_x3HkGUkbFt0A?clink=dmps/professors.27._wives_book/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005627701,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:">shopping.yahoo.com</a></li>
<li>"The World Almanac and Book of Facts
2009," $9-$12, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:The%20World%20Almanac%20and%20Book%20of%20Facts%202009%3A:3005646688;_ylt=AlbZKpufbssXfb69QpyYIJsbFt0A?clink=dmps/the_world_almanac_and_book_of_facts_2009/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005646688,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x">shopping.yahoo.com</a>
</li> <li>"The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A
Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming" by Jeannie Ralston,
$11-$20, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:The%20Unlikely%20Lavender%20Queen%3A%20A%20Memoir%20of%20Unexpected%20Blossoming:3005519992;_ylt=ArD5Ds2ENl2RpV2U_DOQt1AbFt0A?clink=dmps/the_unlikely_lavender_queen/ctx=mid:1,pid:3005519992,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:">shopping.yahoo.com</a>
</li> <li>"Twilight" by Stephenie
Meyer, $11, <a rel="nofollow"
href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Twilight%3A:3004177631;_ylt=AuFgqGn3H3RAjZb0myaxICQbFt0A?clink=dmps/twilight_book/ctx=mid:1,pid:3004177631,pdid:1,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20081201,srch:kw,x:">shopping.yahoo.com</a>
</li> </ul>