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A Very Nantucket Christmas: Two Holiday Novels | Nancy Thayer

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A soft pick for these two loosely-connected stories that take place on Nantucket a year apart. These were super Hallmarky and perfectly pleasant. I enjoyed the first more than the second, because the mom in the second story drove me kind of crazy. But the greatest tragedy is that I was 160 pages in and all of the sudden the book skipped to page 216!! Right at the big finale of chaos (you know, where the kid ran away with the puppy and supper is ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) getting ready to burn and the baby is coming early and someone's ex showed up unexpectedly... the usual Christmas stuff 😂) SO I caved and purchased this book for a SECOND time except in Kindle version! All in all I was missing about 40 pages, which is a lot when the story is only 195pgs long. But it all worked out because then I was able to search the Kindle version for word search words and found 674!!!!!

So yeah, not groundbreaking ⬇ 5d

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) but these were still fun.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#SeriesRead2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#ReadorDonate (technically trashing since no one should have to deal with 40 missing pages!!!) @julieclair
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#GottaCatchEmAllWinter - TBR, Snowy @PuddleJumper
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo #ISpyBingo 5d

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 5d

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TheSpineView Great job! 5d

AnnCrystal 😳yikes👀📚💝. 4d

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 4d

BookmarkTavern Wow! But an excellent number for the word search! 4d

julieclair How bizarre! You can now have your own personalized hashtag, #ReadOrTrash 🤪 3d

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OriginalCyn620

A Heartfelt Christmas Promise: A Novel | Nancy Naigle

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Would be a great Hallmark movie! Nothing new - a big city businesswoman heads to a small town to close down a local company, but instead falls in love with the town and the people. She catches feelings for a local man, then finds out some ugly truths about the conglomerate she works for, and needs to figure out what‘s most important to her.

#readordonate
#bookspinbingo
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterN
#adventathon
#wintergames2024 #holidaybookdragons

BookmarkTavern, Texreader, StayCurious, TheAromaofBooks, LiseWorks, julieclair

BookmarkTavern That does sound like a Hallmark movie! 😁 6d

TheAromaofBooks I enjoyed this one when I read it a few years ago. It's the exact kind of brain candy I crave this time of year 😂 6d

julieclair This sounds so cozy! 3d

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OriginalCyn620 @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader @Andrew65 Also forgot to tag this for #readaway2024! 🤪 3d

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 3d

DieAReader @OriginalCyn620 🤓🎉Excellent!! 3d

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TheAromaofBooks

Merry and Bright | Jill Shalvis

so-so

Three shorts in this one. They were all okay, but more about the characters shagging than anything Christmasy. Sometimes I enjoy Shalvis, but it feels like whenever she has shorter stories, she focuses on spice over story, which just isn't my personal preference lol

But lots of prompts checked off, and another book off my shelf!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

TheAromaofBooks #ReadorDonate - Donate!! @julieclair
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Naughty, Frozen, Night @PuddleJumper
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#GingerbreadJourney @Bookwormjillk
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo #ISpyBingo 7d

Bookwormjillk 🌲🌲🌲 7d

julieclair Congrats for clearing it! And, after reading your review, I‘ll know never to add it to my TBR. 😂 7d

BookmarkTavern Good job! 🎉 6d

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TheAromaofBooks

Making Spirits Bright | Nan Rossiter, Fern Michaels, Rosalind Noonan, Elizabeth Bass

so-so

Four novellas in one by four different authors.
Making Spirits Bright - 1*, absolutely dreadful. Besides the story making 0% sense, the entire plot of a rich woman just deciding she wishes she had a kid or two and immediately just running out to try and rush through an adoption felt honestly icky, like kids were a commodity that she could just go out and buy on a whim like a puppy. It was weird. But maybe I'm sensitive to it because my youngest ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) sister was adopted out of foster care, so I kept saying, “that isn't how any of this works?!“
Runaway Christmas - 3.5*, best of the bunch. Fun story where a teen runs away to visit her aunt in NYC for Christmas. However, the aunt is having a rough couple of days where things keep going wrong and she keeps getting saddled with more random responsibilities (starting with the neighbor's dog and escalating from there). Super fun and cute. ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Home for Christmas - 3*, the FMC is a single mom and once read ONE book by ONE person saying that single moms shouldn't date because it can make your kid feel insecure and unloved (or something) so she literally spends the story snogging her crush in a garage at night after the kid has gone to bed. I just. The rest of the story about saving the inn was fun, but the romance was dumb.

Christmas on Cape Cod - 2*, Would have been higher if ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the author could have been bothered to take two paragraphs to explain to me how these characters are related/how they ended up where they are. I don't know if these characters are from other books by this author so she just assumed I already knew everyone, but I THINK what happened is is Guy A was dating Girl and she got pregnant and they broke up and Girl married Guy B and then a few years later Guy B died so the kid went back to Guy A ⬇ 1w

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) who is the actual birth dad?? Or something?? This was actually a perfectly pleasant little story about a single dad and his son getting a puppy for Christmas and realizing the girl next door is hot stepmom material, but I couldn't enjoy it because I spent the entire 80 pages in detective mode trying to figure out what the heck was going on with these people based on vague hints from the author. SO annoying. 1w

TheAromaofBooks #WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#ReadorDonate - DONATE 😂 @julieclair
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinter (Mountain, Storm, Family, Hot Drink) @PuddleJumper
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#WickedWords (Family, Turkey) @AsYouWish
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#ReadtheUSA (New Hampshire)
#ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo
#GingerbreadJourney @Bookwormjillk 1w

Bookwormjillk Story #1 yikes 1w

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - It was extra weird because I've read other books by Fern Michaels and enjoyed them, but this one was just bizarre. 1w

PuddleJumper ❄️💙❄️ 1w

julieclair Very entertaining review! I‘d say donate is definitely the right move here. 😂 1w

BookmarkTavern Oof, yeah that first one feels icky to me too! Hope the next read is better! 1w

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TheAromaofBooks

I'll Be Married for Christmas | Claire Cain

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This is what I'm looking for in holiday romance!! Cheesy, predictable, but still loads of fun with likable characters and storylines that actually make sense!! 😂 I'm a HUGE sucker for marriage of convenience stories, and this one played out pretty well. Super cute, and I'm planning to read the next book this week!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

TheAromaofBooks #SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#ReadtheUSA - Washington DC
#WickedWords - Thanksgiving @AsYouWish
#ISpyBingo - Uniform
#ReadorDonate @julieclair (this one is a keeper!!)
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Blue @PuddleJumper
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo 1w

PuddleJumper ❄️❄️ 1w

TheSpineView Fantastic! 1w

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julieclair Stacked! This is my kind of book! 😃 1w

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 1w

BookmarkTavern Sounds lovely! 1w

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CoffeeNBooks

The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame

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I really enjoyed reading this!

I bought this copy at an antique store. It was given to its recipient in 1966 according to the inscription inside, and it had this extra treasure in it: a copy of the Junior Deluxe Editions Preview of My Friend Flicka. I love when I find treasures in used books!

CoffeeNBooks #LitsyLoveReads
#ReadAway2024 @andrew65
#WickedWords: Christmas, lobster, office @AsYouWish
#ISpyBingo @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick
#ReadOrDonate: read @julieclair 1w

Ruthiella What a neat surprise! 1w

Suet624 how fun! 1w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! The Wind in the Willows is just so adorable. 1w

julieclair What a find! A double treasure. 📚📚👍 1w

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CoffeeNBooks

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December #ReadOrDonate
@julieclair

julieclair Looks like you have some interesting reading ahead! 👍 2w

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Read4life

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November & YTD challenges totals.

I love all the space I‘m clearing !!

#ReadOrDonate #Roll100 #SeriesLove2024 #readyourebooks #readyourTBR

Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, PuddleJumper, julieclair

TheSpineView Great job! 2w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 Excellent! 2w

Andrew65 Wow! That‘s a brilliant year so far - well done 👏👏👏 2w

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willaful Very nice! 2w

julieclair Absolutely super! 2w

CBee Just WOW. 2w

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Donate Money | Emily Raij

While I‘ve read about 15 of my #readordonate books, I was inspired to do a bit of a purge today to make room for more new books in my life. I sold nearly 30 books to Half Price Books, only bought 3 ( one was a gift) and feel lighter for it! Thanks for the inspiration @julieclair !

KadaGul It feels awesome to clear off my bookshelf! I'm short on space, so when I grab books from library sales but don‘t get to read them, I put them in the Little Free Library. I often visit several LFLs around me and in nearby towns. I have a LFL designated box in my car 🚘. 2w

Ruthiella Well done! 👍 2w

julieclair Wowee! Good for you! 👏😀 2w

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julieclair @KadaGul I keep forgetting about Little Free Libraries. I usually list my purged books on Paperback Swap. But I have a bunch that have been sitting on there for quite awhile. I‘m going to follow your lead and bring them to a couple of the LFLs near me. 😄 2w

KadaGul @julieclair I‘m a big fan of PaperbackSwap! Have you ever sent books to libraries in small towns? I sent some to a church library in Iowa and a little library in Montana. It‘s cool to see so many requests coming from Vermont and Oregon. I have a box that can hold up to 25 books. I normally try to pick books from library sales on PBS or, if I know, an LFL caters to a certain age group 👥. 2w

julieclair @KadaGul I haven‘t sent to any libraries that I know of. How do you find library sales on PBS? 2w

KadaGul @julieclair I‘m unsure how to search on PBS, but I can send you the two or three books I mailed out. I can send them via email, or if you‘re cool with it, I can add you to PBS, too. The libraries were looking for the books I posted. 2w

KadaGul @julieclair Oops, my mistake! I thought you were asking about the libraries 📚 on PBS. There are several towns and libraries within a 20-mile radius of Barrington. My friend and I get involved in the reading challenges at those libraries 📚. For Library sales, I use this site: https://www.booksalefinder.com/IL.html 2w

julieclair @KadaGul I couldn‘t figure out how to search in PBS either. Thanks for the link to Booksale Finder. I haven‘t heard of that site and it‘s so helpful! 2w

Julsmarshall Going to check PBS out, @julieclair ! And the ARCs that I have I drop into the LFLs near me. Love to share the wealth :) 2w

julieclair @Julsmarshall Sharing the wealth in whatever ways we can is a good thing! I definitely need to step up my LFL game. 2w

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My final November #ReadOrDonate books.
@julieclair

julieclair You are doing so well with this challenge! 👍 2w

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