title: 365 Bedtime Stories: A New Story For Every Day of the Year
author: Anne McKie
description: This is a great book to read at bedtime, it has a story for every day of the year!
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  ![023](../Images/robe_9781101029961_oeb_023_r1.gif)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![003](../Images/robe_9781101029961_oeb_003_r1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _O_ N JANUARY FIRST, MAC ROLLED OVER TO SMACK HER ALARM clock, and ended up
  facedown on the floor of her studio.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Shit. Happy New Year.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  She lay, groggy and baffled, until she remembered she’d never made it upstairs
  into bed—and the alarm was from her computer, set to wake her at noon.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  She pushed herself up to stagger to the kitchen and the coffeemaker.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Why did people want to get married on New Year’s Eve? Why would they make a
  formal ritual out of a holiday designed for marathon drinking and probably
  inappropriate sex? And they just had to drag family and friends into it, not
  to mention wedding photographers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Of course, when the reception had finally ended at two A.M., she could’ve gone
  to bed like a sane person instead of uploading the shots, reviewing
  them—spending ne