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Books are some of the most classic holiday gifts to give and receive. As scores of people have philosophized over the centuries, books provide an opportunity to escape into another world. There’s a reason people like to physically escape to Vail for a vacation, so who says we can’t do that in a book as well.
Here are five books released in 2020 that will help any reader escape to Colorado.
“Lyrics For Rock Stars,” by Heather Mateus Sappenfield
Longtime local Sappenfield’s first collection of short stories came out this fall, sharing 20 years of the author’s writing. After quitting her job as an English teacher at Battle Mountain High School to pursue a master’s degree in creative writing, Sappenfield started several of the short stories now published in “Lyrics for Rock Stars.” She became well-known for writing young adult titles, and recently decided to pivot back to her literary roots. She pulled some of those old stories back out and rewrote them, ....

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