For the final book of the 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge, I read A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry, on the final day of the challenge and of the year.
About the book (from the jacket) : Three days before Christmas, in the freezing slums of London’s East End, thirteen-year-old race Phipps encounters Minnie Maude Mudway, who [...]

The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans is re-read and one that I like to pick up when I’m looking for a short Christmas story. It’s also part of my Holiday Reading Challenge.
About the book: (from Amazon)  Richard Paul Evans originally wrote The Christmas Box as an expression of love for his two daughters, never [...]

Continuing on my Holiday Reading Challenge, I sat down with Wishin’ and Hopin‘ by one of my favorite authors Wally Lamb.
About the book:
It’s 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he’ll never forget.
LBJ and Lady Bird [...]

Starting another of my Holiday Challenge books, Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans.
About the book: There are stories, Christmas stories that are stored away like boxes of garlands and frosted glass ornaments, to be brought out and cherished each year. I’ve come to believe that my story is a Christmas story. For it has [...]

I got lucky to be the first on the waiting list at my library for the newest Kate Jacobs book, Knit the Season. It’s a sequel to Friday Night Knitting Club and Knit Two and since it’s a holiday book, the timing couldn’t be better! I’m including it in my Holiday Reading Challenge list (although [...]

Starting yet another book in the Holiday Reading Challenge and it’s by a classic Christmas story author, Richard Paul Evans. This one is The Gift and it’s an audio book.
About the book (From Richard) : Healing is the premise of my newest book, The Gift. Nathan Hurst meets Addison Park when they’re snowed in at [...]

Jumping over to a memoir in The Christmas Box Miracle by Richard Paul Evans for my next book in the Holiday Reading Challenge.
About the book: It has been six years since Richard Paul Evans’ debut novel, The Christmas Box, catapulted him out of obscurity and onto to the bestseller lists. Now, the international bestselling [...]

Starting my 3rd book in the Holiday Reading Challenge,  Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber. It takes place on Blossom Street but I don’t think it’s about any of the same characters that were in the rest of the series that I’ve met thus far.
About the book:Katherine O’Connor often spends her days at a cozy café [...]

Starting the second book in my 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge, A Family Christmas by Caroline Kennedy. It’s an audio book version and I’ll be reading it while switching my decor from Fall to Christmas.
About the book: A Family Christmas Caroline shares the Christmas poetry, prose, scriptural readings, and lyrics that are most dear to her, [...]

Beginning my first book in the Holiday Reading Challenge.  It’s A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry. I’ve never read her before but wanted to start with audio books so I could be sure to have time to get through the challenge.
About the book: With Christmas approaching, Emily Radley, Charlotte’s sister is suddenly called from London [...]