Well, I'm almost done with Sabine Durrant's book, Having It & Eating It, which I have been thoroughly enjoying. A total guilty pleasure. Now I'm thinking I'd like to read something with a bit of a Christmas theme on the next round, being that Christmas is almost here. I happened to run onto Elizabeth Berg's The Handmade And The Carpenter. It's the story of how Mary and Joseph met and about their marriage and the birth of Jesus. This isn't your typical Christmas story though. It's told in a way that puts Mary and Joseph in a more human light, not so much as legends of a great story, but the human side of them and their story. The excerpt I read was very refreshing. A whole different perspective on an ancient story. I hope to make this my next read.

To read an excerpt go to The Handmaden And The Carpenter excerpt