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The Christmas Shoes
The Christmas Shoes | Donna VanLiere
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While shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve, Robert, a successful lawyer whose family life is falling apart, meets Nathan, an eight-year-old boy whose mother is dying.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Happy Saturday! What are you reading this weekend?!

📚❤️

Eggs Snow Child❄️, Listen to the Silent Night, to the grands (edited) 11mo
kspenmoll Right now I am reading Lost in Paris, but finally taking a walk (its 36, higher than it‘s been in days), watching a movie later. Lots of Christmas music playing in our house. 11mo
LeahBergen Thank you so much for the lovely Christmas card and bookmark!! 😘😘😘 That‘s a cute book sleeve! 11mo
LaurenMags I'm reading In Five Years for my book club and Iron Flame 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Booktree 📚🌲📚🌲

#DecemberDreams

❤️💚❤️

JessieKB Love it!!!❤️💚 11mo
Mimi28 Awesome!! 😍🌲 11mo
Eggs Two of my favorite books ❤️💚❤️ 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JessieKB thank you! 😊 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mimi28 📚🌲❤️ 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs you gave me these ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😳🤪😊 11mo
julieclair Beautiful picture! Seeing this sent me right to Thriftbooks to buy the Susan Branch book. 😘 Love her! 11mo
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intothehallofbooks
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I knew what was coming, and I cried anyway. It really is a beautiful story.

(The book is way better than the song!)

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Read4life
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#AdventRecommends @emilyrose_x

This had to be my Christmas Eve pick ❤️💚 I love this entire series but this is my daughter‘s favorite book in the series. She & I watch the movie together & the song is one of our favorite Christmas songs. Tissues usually required 💚❤️

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Eggs
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For the FREE space on #HolidayRomanceBingo board.

A beautiful story about shared humanity, everyday miracles, grace, and the profound effect of having an open mind and heart.
#WinterReadathon #Bookspinbingo
@peanutnine @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @TheAromaofBooks

peanutnine Sounds lovely! 💖 2y
Read4life I love this entire series. 💙 2y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 @Eggs The movie & it‘s follow up (starring Neil Patrick Harris) are amazing! Just don‘t forget the box of tissues. I only found out last year (or the one before) that they were book based but didn‘t know the author etc…Thanks to your tag🏷️I do! Thank you♥️ 2y
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
Andrew65 Looks good, well done 🎄🎅🏼🎄 2y
Eggs @peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @Read4life I do want to read the whole collection now… 2y
Eggs @DieAReader Well that was serendipitous ❤️❤️!! You‘re most welcome! I tried a movie search on Amazon prime but it wasn‘t available 😕 2y
DieAReader They may end up playing on tv closer to Christmas. This is the IMDB info on both: in case you wanted to check them out https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330152/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756632/
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Eggs Thanks Amanda❤️ @DieAReader 2y
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aperfectmjk
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TheSpineView Awww...love when books touch us.👍📖 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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marleed Haha. I just experienced those same tears - even though I fully knew the story! 3y
aperfectmjk @Jadams1776 using prompt 17 for this one. 3y
Jadams89 I cried so hard when I read this 🎅🏻🎄🎉🎉🎁 3y
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marleed
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Oh geez, I‘ve known this story for a long time. I can‘t remember reading the book, but I can picture Rob Lowe as the busy lawyer. Did this knowledge stop me from crying as I read this? No, it did not! …I also thought of these shoes as I read. My sister and I had the same size feet. After her passing in April, I went to her closet. I wanted to walk in her shoes. This is what I wore to my Irish-loving sister‘s funeral. ↓

marleed Not my intent for this post, but as coincidences happen, today is her birthday. 3y
MaureenMc 💗💗💗 3y
Susanita 💚💚💚 3y
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slategreyskies 💚🤍💚 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 💚I love it!💚 3y
Nute 💚💚💚💕💚💚💚 3y
marleed @MaureenMc @Susanita @slategreyskies @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Nute Oh thank you, today is harder than I anticipated. As sick as she was for as long as she was, it never deepened her desire to beat cancer and keep working in her beloved hometown Irish store. 3y
slategreyskies I‘m sorry it‘s been so hard. I know you must miss her terribly. Sending you love and hugs as you make your way through the day. If I had some, I‘d give you balm for your heart. 🤍🤍🤍 3y
marleed @slategreyskies @PaperbackPirate Oh thank you - gosh I love this Litten Place! Merry Christmas! 3y
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It‘s been a hot minute since I last posted on here! At the beginning of this school year, I was overwhelmingly stressed and in a book slump because of it. The last couple of months have been better, though. And now I‘m feeling the Christmas vibes in full effect!

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Jadams89
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Bookgoil Looks lovely! ❤️ 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4y
Andrew65 Well done. 👏👏👏 4y
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Read4life I read this series every year adding the newest one. This year I also watched the movies with my daughter. She teared up while I was a sobbing mess. 😭 4y
DieAReader @Read4life I didn‘t even know it was a book series until last year🤷🏻‍♀️ The movies are wonderful and (for me & mom at least) require that we have our own Kleenex box beside us at all times😂 4y
TheSpineView 🤩📖📚 4y
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Moonprismpower
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Just listened to Mean Bookclub tear apart The Christmas Shoes novella. Seriously cried the first time I heard the song. Then I saw the movie and was like, “what a f*cking ugly pair of shoes.” I will likely never read this book. If you enjoy listening to other readers destroy bestsellers this podcast is for you.

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Read4life
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Read this series every December. This year I‘ll watch the movie, too. Gets me every time.
#BookSpinBingo #BookSpin #WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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Read4life
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Here‘s my December #BookSpinBingo card. Looking forward to diving into these books. ⛄️

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks great!! 4y
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Read4life
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My probable #WinterGames2020 TBR for team #MerryReaders
I‘ll be choosing 20 from this group for my December #BookSpin and #BookSpinBingo list.

jb72 A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite books. 4y
Clwojick These look like some great ones 😍 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! You have some fun titles there!! 4y
AmyK1 Awesome! 4y
Q84 Awesome selection! 4y
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paulareadsallthetime
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All the feels!! Such a good book!!

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TheAromaofBooks
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In fairness, this isn't my type of book. But someone loaned it to me, so I felt obligated to read it. For me, too sappy and neat. There were also a lot of weird jumps in time and past/present tense which I found distracting. Still going with pick because it wasn't bad and I think people who like these types of books will enjoy it.
#WinterGames #MerryReaders #HolidayRead
@Clwojick @StayCurious

brit91 One of my favorite Christmas books💖💖💖 5y
TheAromaofBooks @brit91 - did you know that there is a whole series of them?? I didn't realize until I went to check this one off on Goodreads. 5y
brit91 @TheAromaofBooks yes I did know that I haven't read them all but I have read the Christmas blessing but I like the Christmas shoes more I want to read the others I also really enjoyed the movie the Christmas shoes💖 5y
Clwojick 21 pr 5y
SaturnDoo I have read a few from this series and liked them. Maybe when I get done with this library haul, I will read them again and finish the series. 5y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Not planning to read any Happy Hollisters this month, but the rest of the books are library reads or "new" books, so they are all fair game...plus any of the other 1000ish books in this house!

#HollyJollyReading #DecemberTBR #WinterGames #MerryReaders

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 @Clwojick @StayCurious

Clwojick 1 pt 🎄 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻📚💗 5y
OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚😊 5y
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Read4life
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#Christmas2018
🎄Everblaze, Neverseen, & the newest book@in the Christmas Shoes series The Christmas Star
🎄Red & GREEN striped candy canes. I 💚 the green striped candy canes.
🎄Not yet. This weekend.
🎄I reread the entire Christmas Shoes series every December.
🎄We watch the Santa Clause movie series together the 3 days leading up to Christmas.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome!!! Thank you for playing!! 🎅❤️ 6y
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CrowCAH
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#Shoes #ReadingResolutions

A tear jerker of a Christmas song and movie!

imabusybee Yes but what a wonderful series. 7y
CrowCAH @imabusybee I wouldn‘t doubt it! 🎄 7y
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Sir, I want to buy these shoes
For my momma, please.
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size.
Could you hurry, sir
Daddy says there's not much time.
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes will make her smile.
And I want her to look beautiful
If momma meets Jesus tonight.

KrystleTheBookSlayer I love that song, I will have to pick up this book! 7y
TheQuietQuill @Krystle1 it's so good! I'm only thirty pages in and I'm already crying my eyes out 😭 7y
KrystleTheBookSlayer Lol I bet! Sometimes I get a little teary eyed while listening to the song, I will probably be weeping uncontrollably while reading the book! 7y
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Kaylamburson Omg that depressing Christmas movie is based on a book?!?! My whole family sat sobbing the week of Christmas a couple years ago. We refuse to watch that again 🤣 😂 7y
TheQuietQuill @Kaylamburson yup!! And trust me when I say this, the book will have you bawling your eyes out 😇 7y
aprilpohren Love this book! One of my all time favorite authors!! 7y
Mollyanna Adore this book! I'm tearing up even as I think about it... but such a great holiday read. 7y
Kaylamburson Yeah I'll probably skip this one lol. I do f mind a tearjerker, but not during the holidays! Lol 7y
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Caroline2
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So I picked this up thinking it'll be a cheery, cosy, palate cleanser...p2 young mum dying of ovarian cancer!!!!!! 🙄 I am in such a reading slump!!!!!!!!! 😩

CoffeeCatsBooks Oh, sorry! My go to ones are humor books or ones on cats 🐱 (if better if they fit both) 7y
Caroline2 @CoffeeCatsBooks sounds good!!! 😂 yes, I defo need a light and funny read! All the books I've read lately have been too darn sad!!! 7y
SilversReviews Love the cover and the title. 7y
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Laura317 Oh gosh, this is the book to that awful song! 7y
Caroline2 @SilversReviews yeah the cover and title are charming! 7y
Caroline2 @Laura317 yes I noticed that on the front cover and it rang alarm bells in the shop!! 😐 I've never heard the song so I thought ohhh it sounds charming!!! 🙄 school boy error! 🤦‍♂️ 7y
SilversReviews @Laura317 I don't know the song. What is it please? 7y
SilversReviews @Laura317 oh my crying already. Thanks. Didn't finish watching. (edited) 7y
CrowCAH Have you seen the movie?! It‘s a tear jerker! 😭 “Sir I want to buy these shoes for my mama please”... 7y
Caroline2 @Laura317 😂 cor dear, I think I lasted 10 seconds!!!! That's just too cheesy for me! 😳 7y
Laura317 @SilversReviews @CrowCAH @Caroline2 I told ya it‘s bad. And the radio station here trots it out every single year. Ugh. 7y
SilversReviews @Caroline2 year jerker for me. 7y
SilversReviews @CrowCAH I wouldn't be able to see the movie. 7y
CrowCAH @Laura317 yup, I tear up just listening to the song. 7y
Cathythoughts I love the title! Anything with shoes 👠 (edited) 7y
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Caroline2
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I love Christmas books!! 🎄 ⛄️ ❄️ I can't wait to get started on this lot! 👍🏻

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Read4life
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Day 4: #grabthekleenex This book does it every time. But I still read this whole series every Christmas. I just love every book in this series. 😢💙
#splashintosummerreads

CrowCAH Agree 😢 7y
BibliophileMomma Totally agree this one made me cry too! 7y
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Read4life
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Every year I reread this series and add the newest book VanLiere adds that season. 🎄#17booklove #lovetoreread

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Foreversweetserendipity
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If the song Christmas shoes can bring tears to your eyes imagine what the book can do. Absolutely such a moving and emotional holiday book. This book brings the season into perspective and is truly a great and quick read. Expect to cry big fat tears though 😍❤️

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Smangela
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#GivingAsGifts #Day1 of #12DaysOfXmasPhoto starting two years ago, my sister and I have read one book out of this series. They're sweet stories, sometimes a bit too "Hallmark Channel" for me but my sister loves them and it's something we get to do together. I'm sure I'll be looking for a similar type of book this year for my sister's Christmas gift too! I drew her name in our stocking exchange ❤️??☃️

mydearwatson Beside the point, but...I love those shoes 😬. 8y
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