{"id":5038,"date":"2020-12-31T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2020-12-31T12:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:34:17","slug":"updike-book-a-perfect-read-for-the-covid-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2020\/12\/31\/updike-book-a-perfect-read-for-the-covid-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Updike book a perfect read for the Covid holidays?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-31-at-11.39.41-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5039\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-31-at-11.39.41-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>As the pandemic rages on, many people are tending toward rage as well. Or at least a profound feeling of being &#8220;over it all.&#8221; Or disappointment that the usual holiday gatherings had to be abandoned. But the <strong><em>746 Books<\/em><\/strong> blog reminds us that John Updike&#8217;s offbeat Christmas book might be just what the epidemiologist ordered.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/746books.com\/2020\/12\/22\/some-alternative-christmas-reading\/\">&#8220;Alternative Christmas Reading!&#8221;<\/a> 746 Books recommends Updike&#8217;s <strong><em>The Twelve Terrors of Christmas<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;John Updike\u2019s wry observations paired with Edward Gorey\u2019s off-kilter illustrations make for a decidedly different festive reading experience! From impractical miniature reindeer to alcoholic Santa\u2019s Updike expores the more disappointing side of this most wonderful time of the year!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the pandemic rages on, many people are tending toward rage as well. Or at least a profound feeling of being &#8220;over it all.&#8221; Or disappointment that the usual holiday gatherings had to be abandoned. But the 746 Books blog &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2020\/12\/31\/updike-book-a-perfect-read-for-the-covid-holidays\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5040,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038\/revisions\/5040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}