boo, humbug!

Readers have come to love the eccentric characters from Skary, Indiana, in Rene Gutteridge’s popular Boo! series. Now, in Boo, Humbug! they’re back – and they’re stirring up a large amount of holiday havoc.

It’s Christmastime in Skary, and the town is planning an original production of A Christmas Carol with a horror spin. As showtime approaches, things go very awry for director Lois Stepaphanopolis. She panics when she discovers that her marketing director loathes Christmas and that the audience has been promised not Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, but the real Christmas story. Can the actors pull off the improv of all improvs and convince their community to embrace the true meaning of the Christmas season?

Boo, Humbug! offers readers a delightful glimpse into small town, community life with heartwarming humor and winsome characters. And in the end, the true meaning of Christmas shines out bright and clear, in a decidedly un-Skary way.







Rene Gutteridge is the author of 10 novels, including the Boo series, the Storm series, The Occupational Hazards series and My Life as a Doormat, a Women of Faith selection for 2006. She has been published over 30 times as a playwright, and holds a degree in screenwriting, graduating magna cum laude from Oklahoma State University. Rene is married to Sean, a musician, and they have two young children. They make their home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.








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Trish's Take

On my recent trip to Wyoming, Boo, Humbug! was my comapnion. I had a delightful time on several airplanes and a 2 hour lay-over in Denver reading this book. Boo, Humbug! is the first of Rene Gutteride book's I've read, although I have several of her books on my book shelf (waiting patiently for me to read them).

The little town of Skary, Indiana, if full of interesting characters. There's the author who moved to Skary in order to live a blissfully happy married life, his publicist who followed him but isn't sure about living in a small town full time, the lady with a very eccentric interpretation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and all of the townspeople who are helping to put that very eccentric interpretation of A Christmas Carol on the stage. Things get a little mixed up and crazy when the publicist goes out to tell the surrounding towns about the play and gives them the impression the play will be THE Christmas story. From there the story gets even more raucous, and hilarious.

Rene Gutteridge's Boo, Humbug! is a fun, funny, and charming story. I was able to read the entire book during my time on airplanes and in airports. My attention was held and time flew by as I read about the goings-on in Skary, Indiana. If you're looking for a cute, short read that is entertaining and funny, pick up a copy of Boo, Humbug! You won't be disappointed.