I usually feel like New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day is a bittersweet time; goodbyes are always a little sad, but a blank canvas is always a welcome change. I was more than ready to wave hello to 2022. This is the first year I have entered in about two years where I feel like the new year is truly a fresh start for many reasons, and I am more than ready to embrace whatever comes my way.
During the month of November and December I was on a major holiday reading kick. After all, why not take the opportunity to indulge in a few feel-good holiday reads!
The Santa Suit, by Mary Kay Andrews
Love basically any book written by Mary Kay Andrews and this one is no exception. A newly divorced woman, Ivy, seeks out a new life by moving to a new town. She ends up buying a home that is known for the Christmas decorations the previous owners left behind. In the pocket of a Santa suit Ivy finds a letter written by a young girl years earlier. She soon becomes fixated and must find out how the story ends. Ivy’s quest draws her into her new community and into a new love interest.
Christmas Charms, by Teri Wilson
Teri Wilson books are just the ultimate feel-good reads. I love how this one starts out on a little bit of a down note, that leads the main character, Ashley, to the exact place she needed to be all along for her life to come full circle. Highly recommend
Winter Solstice, by Elin Hilderbrand
Winter Solstice is the fourth book in Hilderbrand’s Winter Street series, and I am holding out hope that she decide to write a fifth instalment for this series. The Quinn family is finally back together to celebrate the holidays at the infamous Winter Street Inn. All the Quinns’ are on the cusp of either new love interest, new careers, and all around just new beginnings. Cannot recommend this winter themed series enough!
The Christmas Bookshop, by Jenny Colgan
I downloaded this book on Audible, and when I first started listening to it I honestly was not sure if I was going to like it, and actually debated on giving up on it early on, and I am so glad I did not! About thirty minutes in I was completely hooked. This is such a sweet journey of two sisters developing relationship, and how both their individual lives benefit from their relationship
I enjoyed The Santa Suit and Christmas Charms.
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I agree with your reading list. Santa’s Suit was a feel good read. I sent it on to my Mother when I finished. She also likes Mary Kay. And Winter Solstice is in my bookshelf somewhere …read that too.
ReplyDeleteFor my book group, I just finished, The Mountains Sing…a harrowing tale. And the. Knute I finished it, I dug into Elizabeth Sprouts new book, Oh William…***** that was a great read…finished it over the week end.
I agree with your reading list. Santa’s Suit was a feel good read. I sent it on to my Mother when I finished. She also likes Mary Kay. And Winter Solstice is in my bookshelf somewhere …read that too.
ReplyDeleteFor my book group, I just finished, The Mountains Sing…a harrowing tale. And the. Knute I finished it, I dug into Elizabeth Sprouts new book, Oh William…***** that was a great read…finished it over the week end.