Hello Friends! Day 11 of The 12 Days of Books brings us another holiday suspense novel by mother-daughter team Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. In Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea, readers meet Alvirah and Willy Meehan again (a reoccurring couple in the novels produced by the mother-daughter team). This Christmas, they…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Ten of The 12 Days of Books! An army of grumpy elves, two small Christmas angels, one invisible reindeer with a marzipan addiction and a whole lot of Christmas magic, that’s what you can expect from Cornelia Funke’s When Santa Fell to Earth. A magical Christmas story for children, this…
Hello Friends! Welcome to Day 9 of The 12 Days of Books. A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber is a modern re-telling of the nativity story . . . sort of. On Christmas Eve, a pregnant Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove looking for the father of her child (David Rhodes). She was under…
Hello! Welcome to Day 8 of The 12 Days of Books. As beautiful and wonderful as this time of year may be, it can often be overwhelming with office Christmas parties, secret Santa, shopping, decorating, baking, and family obligations. Personally, I find joy in the Christmas season, but some people find it stressful. In…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Seven of The 12 Days of Books! Today’s highlight is trip down memory lane for any girl who grew up in the 80s and 90s when the American Girl dolls hit the scene! The Pleasant Company’s original five girls: Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, and Molly captured the hearts of young…
Hello Readers! Welcome to Day Six of The 12 Days of Books. The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury is a Christmas book for all of you bibliophiles. It is sweet, sappy, and involves saving a local bookstore. What could be more appealing? Molly Allen lives in Portland and Ryan Kelly lives in Nashville. The two used…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Five of The 12 Days of Books! All children can be wonderful and all children can be nightmares. In The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson, six nasty, manipulative children take over a church Christmas pageant. The Herdman kids (Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys) are a…
Hello Readers, Welcome to the Day Four of The 12 Days of Books! Christmas is a time for celebration and joy. It is a time for reflection. It is a time to be thankful for the many blessings in your life. It is a time to laugh with friends. It is a time to gather…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Three of The 12 Days of Books! Have your travel plans ever been derailed? You think you’ll get to your connection in plenty of time, but the LIRR is delayed (as usual), the runway is icy, or your car has a flat tire and suddenly you have to improvise and…
Hello Readers! Welcome to Day 2 of The 12 Days of Books. The Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center is at the heart of Christmas in New York. If you have ever visited Rockefeller Center, you know that it is packed with tourists at Christmastime. Even though everyone knows it’s a tourist trap from Thanksgiving to…