27 days until Christmas

About Jolene: I taught middle school math with my degree in Political Science and French. I now write. I’m a chaser/mother of two children, player of the guitar, sewer of clothes, and I’m one of those crazy people who lives in Alaska for fun. YA author of The Next Door Boys, and more coming soon. :D

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LDSWBR: What Christmas-related activity would you like to do this year that you have never done before?

JOLENE: I have always wanted to spend Christmas on a beach – especially this year, which has been a WAY cold and windy winter so far.

LDSWBR: If you could find one book under the tree this year, what would it be?

JOLENE: ONE?? Is that a trick question? Oh. Wait. I’d want John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars, because right now, I have to wait until it actually comes OUT in January :D

LDSWBR: What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory?

JOLENE: We used to cut down our own tree every year. We’d ride our snowmachines across the lake in front of my house and drive up the trail until we saw something suitable. Alaska doesn’t have those nice, thick, pine trees, so our tree was always a bit of a “charlie brown” tree. My dad would drill small holes and take branches from lower (that were cut off so the tree could fit into our house) and place them throughout the tree to fill it out. WAY fun.

LDSWBR: Thank you, Jolene!

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Buy The Next Door Boys by Jolene B. Perry

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Read Mindy’s review of The Next Door Boys.

 Have you ever spent Christmas on the beach? If so, where? If not, what beach would you visit on Christmas?

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