Here come the holidays!! We start by chowing down on turkey and then it's time to get shopping. We know that there is a pretty good chance that at least one relative will corner you this weekend and ask what you want for the holidays. Before you are caught like a deer in headlights, and find yourself with some article of clothing you would not want to be caught dead in being foisted upon you next month because you failed to speak up, we are here to rescue you.

We have book suggestions of titles you want to give and get in our very handy What to Give/What to Get Guide. Flip through these and practice rolling your favorites off your tongue. Seriously, you know how many people would LOVE to get you a book for the holidays. It would make them feel GREAT about their gift giving. Now don't you want your family and friends to feel all terrific about their gift to you? So read and plan now.

I know I love picking out presents for my friends and family just as much as I love getting them. In that spirit, we have handpicked TWELVE great books and a pile of holiday goodies for this year's Basket of Holiday Cheer. I had great fun shopping for these gift baskets. We have five to give away. Read on for how to win one!

We'll be sending out our regular November newsletter next week. In the meantime, I hope this special newsletter helps you get a head start on your holiday shopping/list making/contest entering...and reading!

Have a great Thanksgiving. Give the wishbone a tug for us.

Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)

Back by popular demand: The Teenreads.com Basket of Holiday Cheer feature and contest! From November 21st through December 14th, you can enter to win a "Basket of Holiday Reading and Fun."

Five winners each will receive a basket that includes 12 books --- THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie; GUYAHOLIC by Carolyn Mackler; HERO by Perry Moore; I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU by Ally Carter; INCANTATION by Alice Hoffman; THE LUXE by Anna Godbersen; MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC by Gabrielle Zevin; PERFECT: Pretty Little Liars #3 by Sara Shepard; THE RED QUEEN’S DAUGHTER by Jacqueline Kolosov; RETURN TO ATLANTIS by R.A. Montgomery; SAVING ZOE by Alyson Noel; and WICKED LOVELY by Melissa Marr.

Along with the books, winners will find their basket stocked with the hottest holiday goodies --- a kit to make a gingerbread house, Ghirardelli Rich Dark Hot Chocolate mix, gourmet vanilla marshmallows, sweet-smelling cinnamon sticks, delicious Chewy Peps peppermint candies, adorable winter-themed cookies, an Illuminations Cranberry Orange jar candle, Junior Mints Peppermint Crunch, very cute reindeer socks, a marshmallow Christmas tree pop and holiday-colored bath confetti.

To enter to win, read an excerpt from each of the featured titles and tell us which one(s) you would most like to read and why.