I decided to spend December reading Christmas novels. It was a great decision, as it involved light reading, which was all my brain could handle in the lead up to Christmas. I plan on reading only Christmas novels again this December.
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan. This novel had a lot of drama for a Jenny Colgan book. Neil the Puffin is always a treat to read about. Overall this book was fine. I give it two out of five stars.
Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan. I really liked this book, but do wish the ending would have been different. I wish there were more books in this series. I give this book three out of five stars.
The Christmas Surprise by Jenny Colgan. Rosie Hopkins is back, and she is slightly less annoying than she is in the second book in this series. I find myself cheering for the entire town, and I would love to read more about them. I five this book three out of five stars.
That Wintery Feeling by Debbie Macomber. This book was awful. I’m dumber for having read this. The only good thing about this book is the main characters visit Anchorage, so I was able to think about Marilee. Don’t read this book. Maybe give this book to your enemies. I give this book zero stars.
In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren. This book is a modern Christmas version of Groundhog Day. It is fabulous, and involves the right amount of magic for a Christmas book. I highly recommend this book. I give this book four out of five stars.
Tis The Season by Lorna Landvik. This enjoyable, fast read is the story of changing lives for the better. The story is told through a series of letters and e mails. It was a feel good book that was easily finished in two days. I give this book three out of five stars.
Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah. I read this book every December. This love story involves magic, which I love in a Christmas book. I give this book four out of five stars.
I hope you were able to enjoy some books this holiday season.
mildlygranola 
1: are you saving the Jenny Colgans for me?
2: how do you keep track of your monthly reads?
3: I read Comfort & Joy a couple of years ago (I think) and really enjoyed it. Love her books!
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1. Yes! But I actually want them back because I’m adding a Christmas shelf to our library.
2. I have a journal specifically for writing down books.
3. She is such a good author!
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I’ll look and see if I can borrow them from the library! Have you read the winter books by Elin Hilderbrand?
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I haven’t. Have you?
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I’ve read three I think. They’re not as good as her regular books but they’re worth a read, I think.
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I’ll check them out.
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LOL! I love reading your book reviews 🙂 Sometimes you need to give a book to an enemy, and now I know a good one 🙂 I will see if I can find you a good book where people visit Anchorage. I know there is a series of zombie apocalypse books set in Anchorage, but I’ll see if there aren’t some more Christmassy ones. Without zombies. I will have to check out Jenny Colgan and Kristin Hannah!
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Please post about the zombie apocalypse books set in Anchorage. I will read them. Not 30 Days of Night? Which I love.
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They are by Sean Shubert (Amazon author page here: https://www.amazon.com/Sean-Schubert/e/B0045JTFMQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 ) Fair warning – I have not read them so cannot speak to their quality. The reviews are all over the place. If you do read them, I will read at least one with you 🙂
I have not read 30 Days of Night, but did see the movie. Not to be a killjoy, but I will say this – planes do actually fly to Barrow in the dark part of the year. So that part is kind of goofy. However, we are already in a vampire movie, so why not? It is a fun one 🙂
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Right, vampires not zombies. Haha! Thanks for posting the author. I will look at those and try to read one.
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Either way – undead contagions are a lot alike in many ways 🙂
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I’ve downloaded Infection on Scribd. I’m going to try it!
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Let me know how it is!
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If it is Christmassy enough I might be ok with zombies.
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I would be shocked and astounded if they are even a little bit Christmassy 🙂 There’s got to be something Christmassy and Alaskan though. I will keep looking!
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Your honesty is great. “don’t read this book!” You make me laugh. There was a time I read her books because I was extremely anxious and her books were so …..dull….. so…..bland. Somehow they calmed me.
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I’ve read some of hers that weren’t awful, but this one was atrocious. I like to call Jenny Colgan the thinking version of Debbie Macomber.
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Thank you for this very amusing blog post. I’m going to have to figure out how to work in more reading time.
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Have you considered giving up cleaning your house? It has helped me get more reading in.
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I only clean for about a hour on Saturday mornings. I will think about it.
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Currently reading (aloud to husband who has no attention span for reading himself) the book by Rosamund Pilcher: Winter Solstice. I love her mastery of character development and this one has such nice twists. I know the book is old but I love it at Christmas time.
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I will have to check that book out.
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I love akristin Hannah, I need to find that book!
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Kristin Hannah is so gifted! She creates such real characters.
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That’s a fun way to keep the Christmas spirit!
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[…] am also copying Sarah again and keeping track of what books I read now. I have a knitting journal and I decided to save a […]
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This year I got two, Christmas reads in! They both were cozy mysteries: In Peppermint Peril and Twelve Slays of Christmas. I liked both, but the second one grabbed me from page one.
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