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25 Days 'Til Christmas
25 Days 'Til Christmas | Poppy Alexander
31 posts | 24 read | 18 to read
In this heartwarming, feel-good holiday novel, one woman needs to find a little inspiration in the 25 days leading up to Christmas to help her remember the magic of the season and the magic of falling in loveperfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Debbie Johnson, and Holly Martin. Kate Potter used to love Christmas. A few years ago, she would have been wrapping her presents in September and baking mince pies on Halloween, counting down the days and hours to Christmas. But that was before Kates husband left for the army and never came home. Now she can hardly stand December at all. Kate cant deny shes lonely, yet she doesnt think shes ready for romance. She knows that her son, Jack, needs a Christmas to rememberjust like Kate needs a miracle to help her finally move forward with her life. So shes decided if there isnt a miracle on its way, shell just have to make her own. As Kates advent countdown to the best Christmas ever begins, she soon realizes that even with the best laid plans, you cant plan for the unexpected. For when the path of the loneliest woman in town crosses with that of the loneliest man, these two destined hearts might find a way to save the holiday for both of them.
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Deblovestoread
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Eggs Sounds fun😍🎄👏🏻 2w
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Sharpeipup
25 Days 'Til Christmas | Poppy Alexander
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My kind of tree! Each ornament is a book cover or a QR code with suggestions by genre.

AmyG NICE! 12mo
Aims42 Love this!!! 12mo
Gissy Great idea! So unique 🎄📚👌💚❤️💚 12mo
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eanderson
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Starting a Christmas romance this morning! ☺️ #winterreadathon

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TheAromaofBooks
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I have been mixing in some Christmas romances for the last week or so, and they are already as terrible as I remember. I love it!! This one wasn't too bad, just kind of a downer the whole time. Literally everything in Kate's life sucks and keeps getting suckier. If there is a chance for luck to go bad, it goes way bad. Yet somehow everything is magically resolved in just a few pages at the end??? Not the worst I have ever read, but it left me⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) a little let down just because some of the resolutions didn't feel completely likely. 2y
mabell “As terrible as I remember” 🤣🤣 2y
TheAromaofBooks @mabell - My favorite kind of terrible 😂 2y
willaful I've been feeling kind of the same way. I hardly ever read Christmas romances, especially in a timely fashion 😁 but for some reason I have been and they're so silly and I love it. 2y
TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I never used to read Christmas romances at Christmas time (particularly), but when I started participating in #WinterGames a few years ago, it got me all inspired, and now I genuinely look forward to 95% Christmas/holiday fluff for the final month of the year!! 2y
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DebinHawaii
25 Days 'Til Christmas | Poppy Alexander
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#FestivePhotoChallenge

Had a horribly busy week & day today being COVID tracer for work while the normal leads are away. (Note to self-leave town for the holidays).😳My plan to #RingInTheNY was stay inside & finish this book. Sweet, if a tad sad at times, but like all holiday romances, it ended well & while not a strong pick, I‘ll give it for the season. And it had 492 #WinterGames2021 #WGwordsearch words so 4920 points for #teamgamesleighers⬇️

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aperfectmjk
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Mehso-so
Andrew65 Yes I‘m all romanced out too for another year. 🤣 3y
Texreader 😂😂 3y
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kimmypete1 I‘m finishing my last Christmas romance today and I‘m grateful it‘s not super Christmasy. Ready to move on lol. 3y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 Great job!! 3y
TheSpineView I'm finishing my last one today too. So over the cheesy Christmas romance. Remind me of this in December 2022!😂 3y
Jadams89 📚🎅🏻🎉🎄 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yep, I hit the wall earlier this week!! 😂 3y
aperfectmjk @Jadams1776 using prompt 5 for this one. 3y
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DebinHawaii
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Work is kicking my butt but luckily it‘s a short week with having a holiday for New Years Eve. I am currently first COVID contact through 1/3 for vacations though, so with rising case counts, all hell could break loose over the weekend.🤷🏻‍♀️I did sneak time for a couple of chapters of the tagged holiday book & a 1/2 sweet onion shoyu ahi poke, 1/2 furikake salmon bowl.

For #WinterGames2021 #teamgamesleighers
#readathons listed ⬇️

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Chili
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Between last minute Christmas shopping, a funeral, the weather and wonky internet, I didn‘t get my books from last week posted. I finished this one on December 20th. #WinterGames #TeamGameSleighers #WGWordSearch 2,810 pts #BookSpinBingo #AVeryMerryBingo 12 days of Christmas prompt #AVeryMerryReadathon #Adventathon #WinterCosy #WrapItUp #ChristmasMyWay

TheSpineView Awesome! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! Hopefully things are a little calmer this week!!! 3y
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3y
Jadams89 🥳👍🏻🎄 3y
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peaKnit
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Calling all holiday fluff lovers 🎄❤️ this was cute on audio, maybe even cuter for 1.99:)

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peaKnit
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I enjoyed listening to this story, the main characters are so likable, I was really rooting for them! And a narrator with a fun accent always takes a book up a notch for me🎄❤️

#Wintergames2021 #TeamGameSleighers #holidayreads

StayCurious accents are always a plus 3y
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Catsandbooks
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Hoping to end 2021 with lots of bingos! 🎄☃️
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looks amazing!! 3y
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Julsmarshall
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Such a delight! Pretty predictable but that is reassuring in this time of uncertainty. Great characters, interesting setting, made me want to visit Bristol at Christmastime! Great holiday read! Oh and this is my 200th book read this year #Bookbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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Julsmarshall
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Kar2b
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This was such a sweet read. While it was hard to watch Kate trying to hold everything together, I loved all the characters, how her friends supported her and Jack, and the ending was a Christmas gift. Truly a heartfelt story, especially for anyone who loves Christmas movies, because it reads like one.

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Jenken1998
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Finally finished my Christmas reads. I took on too many this year to get them all in before New Years. Lovely Christmas book but filled with heavy emotions in some parts. Not as light as some Christmas reads. Got all the feels from me.

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Lmstraubie
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I'm a sucker for a happy ending 😂 It was pretty predictable, but a sweet story nonetheless.

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BethM
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Ok guys so this is the first time I broke Litsy rules 😂 the next two days are going to be a mess of unhealthy family so I opened my #wintergames Secret Santa early to fortify myself. @Charityann I love it! Also that‘s probably my favorite Christmas card of the year! The tin was filled with homemade cookies that were delicious with my coffee. No I didn‘t eat them all 😂 This was just what I needed!

Charityann Yay! I‘m so glad you like it all! 😊🎄 5y
Reggie This is totally healthy. Last year I opened my Cupid swap like 2 weeks early because I needed a pick me up. And I know about family, we have 2 “the couples that fight” in our family and Thanksgiving was so awkward as one of them went at it while at the table, so good luck and I hope it‘s over quick!!! 5y
JodiPM How dare you open this early! Just kidding, sometimes you just need to. 💗 (edited) 5y
BethM @Reggie thanks! 5y
Avanders 🥰🥰🥰 5y
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SW-T
25 Days 'Til Christmas | Poppy Alexander
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More depth than expected, characters were fine, but way too predictable.

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BookNAround
25 Days 'Til Christmas | Poppy Alexander
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Day 14 of #bookadventcalendar is another one I‘ve seen all over Litsy already. @LeahBergen

LeahBergen I like the advent-ish cover. 😃 5y
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readingismyselfcare
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Oh this book 😍 I have to admit, it was not what I was expecting, but it's what I needed! It's a heavier read than I expected, but that's not a bad thing. I found myself rooting for the characters and wanted to step in and help when it was needed. What a great book to read to get in the giving, holiday spirit!

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wanderinglynn
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I struggled to rate this. I was mostly enjoying it up until near the end a stereotypical event occurred that just irritated me. Overall, it wasn‘t bad, but I have read better, similar novels. Hence the so-so rating.

#wintergames #holidayread #TeamFestivus

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ReadingEnvy
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Are all holiday romances set in the UK? Here is another, with young war widow Kate barely making ends meet. In her crap job selling Christmas trees for a department store, she meets a man she remembers from previous years, but this year he looks alone and sad. #romantsy

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LibrarianRyan
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This is currently the only #sappyholidayromance on my TBR. I might get it read this year.

#wintergames #teamelectricsex #festivephotochallenge

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Kimberlone
25 Days 'Til Christmas | Poppy Alexander
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Some #SappyHolidayRomance I checked out from Hoopla. Hope to work my way through these by Christmas!

#FestivePhotoChallenge #WinterGames #TeamFozziwig @Clwojick @StayCurious @BarkingMadRun

BarkingMadRead Fun!! 2 points!! 5y
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hes7
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After years not celebrating Christmas, Kate decides that her son Jack deserves better. This year, an #adventcalendar helps them to find the holiday cheer they need. #festivephotochallenge #wintergames #merryreaders

Clwojick This sounds like it could be fun! 2 pt 5y
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Jeannineth
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This is a cute little Christmas read. The chapters are written like an advent calendar you open. It‘s hard for me to read a chapter a day because it‘s so cute.

Daisey What a fun concept! 5y
Jeannineth I love it. I might do a reread next year. 5y
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AprilMae
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#WinterGames #slaybells Cheesy Christmas Movie Bingo card has 2 spots marked off by watching The Christmas Calendar!
@Clwojick @StayCurious

MidnightBookGirl 1 pt for the post, but you are on your way to Bingo! 5y
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LibrarianRyan
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Friday‘s #bookmail. This looks like a fun holiday read.

TheHeartlandBookFairy I love holiday books, I'll have to check this one out! 😁 5y
BethM I love Christmas books! 5y
Avanders @BethM me too! 😍🎄💚 5y
sarauscher Can't wait to read some Christmas books!! 5y
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