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chrisbean4
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: With the holiday season once again upon us... |
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| ...and with the economy the way it is, I'd love some good holiday cheer to get me in the spirit. I know hallmark channel will have some heart warming movies to help, but I'd love to curl up in bed with a good holiday read. Can anyone rec some good ones for me? I'd truly appreciate it!! |
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Leigh
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I am not trying to discourage talk about this. . .I would love also to heard recommendations on recents holidays reads. .
However, there is a wealth of information at AAR about previous favorite reads. .
Just so you know . this thread probabably will be moved to Potpourri board. . and there are a few threads there. .
Here is my post on a previous thread:
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:45 am Post subject:
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I don't know that I have a favorite Christmas story. . I really like Loretta Chase's Three Weddings and A Kiss story.
Here are some thoughts from a survey at AAR from 2006 Top Ten Holiday Reads
http://www.likesbooks.com/holiday.html
1 Christmas Angel Jo Beverley
2 A Christmas Bride Mary Balogh
3 Once Upon a Christmas Diane Farr
4 Rocky Mountain Christmas Miracle
(The Shadows of Christmas Past anthology) Christine Feehan
5 A Christmas Promise Mary Balogh
6 Puddings, Pastries, and Thou
(Wish List anthology) Lisa Cach
7 Make a Joyful Noise
(A Regency Christmas Carol anthology) Carla Kelly
8 The Christmas Ornament
(A Regency Christmas VIII anthology) Carla Kelly
9 One Christmas Knight Kathleen Creighton
10 I Will
(Wish List anthology) Lisa Kleypas
and then AAR 2009 survey
http://www.likesbooks.com/holiday09.html
Top Ten Holiday Reads
1 A Season for Miracles Marilyn Pappano
2 Some Enchanted Season Marilyn Pappano
3 Winter Fire Jo Beverley
4 A Wallflower Christmas Lisa Kleypas
5 Once Upon a Christmas Diane Farr
6 Christmas Angel Jo Beverley
7 A Christmas Bride Mary Balogh
8 Marian's Christmas Wish Carla Kelly
9 A Christmas Promise Mary Balogh
10 (Tie) Memory in Death J.D. Robb
10 (Tie) Holiday in Death J.D. Robb
10 (Tie) An Affair before Christmas Eloisa James
and
http://www.likesbooks.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6349&highlight=favorite+favourite+christmas+book
Good Holiday reads from 2009
http://www.likesbooks.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6173&highlight=favorite+favourite+christmas+book
Thread from 2010
http://www.likesbooks.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=7913&highlight=favorite+favourite+christmas+book |
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chrisbean4
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:22 pm Post subject: Wow |
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| Wow, only 1 response. And that was to tell me that my post might be moved. I've read all the previous ones so I don't need to look up old books in the archives. I'm surprised that NEW Christmas books aren't a hot topic here. You'd think with the holiday season just around the corner there would be a lot of buzz about any new heart warming 2011 holiday reads. Bah Humbug! LOL |
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Leigh
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Wow |
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| chrisbean4 wrote: | | Wow, only 1 response. And that was to tell me that my post might be moved. I've read all the previous ones so I don't need to look up old books in the archives. I'm surprised that NEW Christmas books aren't a hot topic here. You'd think with the holiday season just around the corner there would be a lot of buzz about any new heart warming 2011 holiday reads. Bah Humbug! LOL |
I haven't seen a lot of Christmas releases. I read Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr and liked it. I just submitted a review for Small Town Christmas by Jill Shalvis, Hope Ramsey, and Katie Lane. I have in my tbr pile Clockwork Christmas published by Carina Press with Stacy Gail, PG Forte, Jenny Schwartz, and JK Coi which is a steampunk Christmas.
Releases for Nov show:
Holiday Fantasy: Finding the Right Key/’Round Midnight/ Blind Faith (KIM) by Adrianne Byrd, Donna Hill, and Kayla Perrin
Holiday Hideout: The Thanksgiving Fix/The Christmas Set- Up/The New Year’s Deal (HAR) by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jill Shalvis, and Julie Kenner
Making Spirits Bright (ZEB) by Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan, and Nan Parson Rossiter
A Vampire for Christmas: Enchanted by Blood/Monsters Don’t Do Christmas/When Herald Angels Sing/All I Want for Christmas (HAR) by Laurie London, Michele Hauf, Caridad Pineiro, and Alexis Morgan
Highlander for the Holidays by Jane Chapman
Pefect Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Jeffers, Regina - Christmas at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Holiday Sequel
and some re-releases by Roberts, and Harlequin.
Nothing in this list jumps out at me. I also looked at fictiondb for December and it seems that most of the Christmas releases are by Harlequin.
I am not the board monitor, and sorry you took offense at me saying your post might be moved. It just that two others were moved.
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Carla Kelly
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject: With the holiday season once again upon us... |
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All right, it's shameless commerce, but I'm proud of the work.
Coming Home for Christmas will be out November 15, coutesy of Harlequin Historicals. I wrote all three stories in this particular anthology, and it's a multi-generational thing, with each person trying to get home for Christmas.
I have always enjoyed writing Christmas stories, which sometimes strikes me as odd, because I don't really "do" a lot for Christmas beyond the usuals: tree, Christmas cards, an odd Christmas thingy here and there, toffee, peanut brittle, fudge, West Texas Yahoo! Pecan Bark. Gee, I'm already getting tired, and I haven't even started decking the halls.
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Wendy AAR
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: With the holiday season once again upon us... |
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| Carla Kelly wrote: | All right, it's shameless commerce, but I'm proud of the work.
Coming Home for Christmas will be out November 15, coutesy of Harlequin Historicals. I wrote all three stories in this particular anthology, and it's a multi-generational thing, with each person trying to get home for Christmas.
I have always enjoyed writing Christmas stories, which sometimes strikes me as odd, because I don't really "do" a lot for Christmas beyond the usuals: tree, Christmas cards, an odd Christmas thingy here and there, toffee, peanut brittle, fudge, West Texas Yahoo! Pecan Bark. Gee, I'm already getting tired, and I haven't even started decking the halls.
Carla Kelly |
Ooh yay! How did I miss the news about this one? Thanks for posting about it or it might have sold out before I found it - as usual for me. |
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Leigh
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: With the holiday season once again upon us... |
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| wendydfw wrote: | | Carla Kelly wrote: | All right, it's shameless commerce, but I'm proud of the work.
Coming Home for Christmas will be out November 15, coutesy of Harlequin Historicals. I wrote all three stories in this particular anthology, and it's a multi-generational thing, with each person trying to get home for Christmas.
I have always enjoyed writing Christmas stories, which sometimes strikes me as odd, because I don't really "do" a lot for Christmas beyond the usuals: tree, Christmas cards, an odd Christmas thingy here and there, toffee, peanut brittle, fudge, West Texas Yahoo! Pecan Bark. Gee, I'm already getting tired, and I haven't even started decking the halls.
Carla Kelly |
Ooh yay! How did I miss the news about this one? Thanks for posting about it or it might have sold out before I found it - as usual for me. |
We missed it because it is showing up on fictiondb as a December release.
Three soldiers, three generations, finding love at Christmas
1812: A Christmas in Paradise
To save nurse Laura Ortiz from destitution, British naval surgeon Thomas Wilkie has made her an offer this Christmas—a marriage of convenience….
1855: O Christmas Tree
A generation later, it's Thomas and Laura's daughter, widowed lone mother Lilian, who's working as a nurse in the Crimea. Christmas seems a long way away—until Major Trey Wharton helps her bring back the festive sparkle.
1877: No Crib for a Bed
Lilian's son Captain Wilkie Wharton is finally on his way home from Fort Laramie. It's a long, arduous, life-changing train journey…which sees him discover his soul mate and the true meaning of Christmas! |
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Carla Kelly
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:07 pm Post subject: With the holiday season once again upon us... |
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| Due date is November 15. I had so much fun writng "Coming Home for Christmas" that it probably isn't legal. |
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Lea AAR
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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I was out of town at the time this thread began. Leigh was right - it belongs on the Potpourri forum. Never a problem for me to move them - I just try to keep them straight to avoid confusion.
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merryweather
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I had a question about The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig--I've only read The Orchid Affair (actually, I'm listening to it on CD right now) of the Pink Carnation series--would I get anything out of this book, or should I go back and start at the beginning of the series and maybe read Mistletoe next Christmas?
Also, Carla--whoohoo!  Particularly looking forward to your Christmas anthology
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maggie b.
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| merryweather wrote: | I had a question about The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig--I've only read The Orchid Affair (actually, I'm listening to it on CD right now) of the Pink Carnation series--would I get anything out of this book, or should I go back and start at the beginning of the series and maybe read Mistletoe next Christmas?
Also, Carla--whoohoo! Particularly looking forward to your Christmas anthology |
Mischief of the Mistletoe works well as a a stand alone. I read it even though I had not read any of the others and didn't feel lost at all.
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merryweather
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| maggie b. wrote: |
Mischief of the Mistletoe works well as a a stand alone. I read it even though I had not read any of the others and didn't feel lost at all.
maggie b. |
Thanks, maggie--it has great reviews and I'm a sucker for a holiday read.
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Lizzie
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A Christmas book I read last month was It Happened One Christmas by Kaitlin O"Riley. I gave it an A in my book journal and a note that it was a very sweet book for the Holidays.
Another book I really liked and is a keeper for me is Mistletoe Magic by Sophia James. I gave it an A also and have re-read it several times. It is from 2009.
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patricia
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I enjoyed One Cowboy, One Christmas by Kathleen Eagle
Also love Winter Fire , by Jo Beverly, which was already mentioned.
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patricia
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Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish by Grace Burrows. It is part of a series but is special by itself.
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