Listen till the end to hear another side of Little Saint Vic... On this month's episode, host Victoria Horn answers listener requests for personalized book recommendations, shares Odell happenings, highlights the December book order, and reads her original poem, "Portrait of Christmas Eve." 

Parody of "Little Saint Nick" by the Beach Boys: written, performed, and produced by Victoria Horn

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Books mentioned:

• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
• One by One and The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
• Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
• The King of Infinite Space by Lindsay Faye
• Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
• Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
• The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
• Where the Road Bends by Rachel Fordham
• Claiming Her Legacy by Linda Goodnight
• The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
• The Island of Missing Trees by Elik Shafak
• A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
• The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrows
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• Pig and Fox series by Jonathan Fenske
• Archie and Reddie series by Candy James
• Narwhal and Jelly series by Ben Clanton
• Jack Book series by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
• Norma and Belly series by Mika Song
• Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies and Deborah Hocking
• The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
• The Terminal List by Jack Carr
• The Force and City on Fire by Don Winslow
• Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• Matrix by Lauren Groff
• Life is Meals by James and Kay Salter
• The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
• The Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg
• Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
• Father Brown series by G.K. Chesterton
• Kurland St. Mary Mystery series by Catherine Lloyd
• Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny

Holiday/winter poems:

• “White-Eyes” and “The Storm” by Mary Oliver
• “December 26” by Kenn Nesbitt
• “Christmas Tree Lots” by Chris Green
• “Taking Down the Tree” by Jane Kenyon
• “Chicago and December” by W.S. Di Piero
• “Christmas Mail” by Ted Kooser
• "Portrait of Christmas Eve" by Victoria Horn