Tome Thursday: Snowfall and Secrets

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the final Christmas-themed review of the calendar year!

 

Man, it blew over fast.

 

Come next week, we're looking at some really exciting works to review, because did I read some FANTASTIC books as the year drew to a close.

 

I plan on reading a couple more of those but, for the time being, let me just say most of January is already filled up review wise.

 

As for tonight?

 

Tonight, we take a hike to snowy Michigan, the land where there's plenty of snow measured in actual feet, which I haven't seen in a heck of a long time.

 

Kimmy Loth wrote a romance series, you see, and the first book in it is called Snowfall and Secrets.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

 

"Everything you need is inside." 

Hello everyone!

I hope you've had a fantastic Christmas, one where, even if not everything went according to plan, there was at least one relative that got cranky and something broke, you STILL enjoyed yourselves and spent it in the company of your nearest and dearest.

The older we get, the more I think we come to realize it isn't presents, but the people that make the holidays bright.

... which is probably why in this house, we still have presents under the tree and will be waiting to open some of them with my sister once she's well enough to come home after a bout with the plague.

Life, eh?

BUT that aside, it's time for another Christmas movie, the last in this series as we move on to something else next week, so of course I had to go with a classic, even if in a re-telling.

Because Disney released their own version: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

Tome Thursday: The Christmas Deal

 

Hello everyone!

 

Yes, finally, we'll have the entire series here on the blog, as it should have been all along.

 

And ironically, I kind of did the reviews backwards a little bit, seeing as last week's book was the current - and thus far LAST - book in the series.

 

BUT that said, we've now become the ultimate Pokemon trainers and caught them all!

 

Ha.

 

Of course this is also the spot where I learn it really is the way Miss Andrews writes her twenty-somethings that apparently doesn't sit well with me anymore, but that's beside the point, because I'm also rather sure that I've read some of her books with twenty-somethings and LIKED them.

 

I digress, and I'm rambling.

 

So without further ado, let's take a look at how it all started, shall we? In a nifty little book that's only about two hundred pages long, titled The Christmas Deal.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Secret Gift of Christmas

 

"It's not presents, but our presence that matters most for Christmas."

 

Hello everyone!

 

What is this, new devilry?

 

I am in fact channeling my inner Boromir here, because in my experience from seasons past, I have never, and I mean NEVER watched THREE Christmas movies in a row from Hallmark and liked all of them so much as I have this year.

 

Now don't get me wrong.

 

Hallmark has more hits than misses but, with so many holiday flicks in their seasonal programming block, and this being their biggest of all the fiscal year - I mean Countdown to Christmas, of course - there's bound to be stuff that just doesn't mesh well.

 

Not this time though.

 

And isn't THAT just something else?

 

The Secret Gift of Christmas just comes in and keeps on giving!

 

Tome Thursday: The Christmas Veto

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the next installment in our Christmas book review saga, which has unfortunately rather missed its mark.

Ah well, there's bound to be some, when you read as many holiday-themed books as I do!

I'm not too fussed about it, but I'm minorly disappointed, because I tend to enjoy books by this particular author for the most part.

It just feels like something's missing in this one.

Interestingly, I've also noticed that I'm missing the very first in this little grouping of hers, so I may go back and read it again to put it on here, finally, and have the full collection that way.

That sounds like fun, doesn't it? Especially since I DO have book numero due while I'm at it.

My logic is impeccable, obviously.

Without further ado, however, let's dive right into The Christmas Veto, by Keira Andrews.

Talkie Tuesday: Mystery on Mistletoe Lane

 

"Christmas is about family."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the second of our Christmas movie review nights, which is once again turning out to be a success. I'm actually honestly surprised!

 

Usually, the way things go is, I find the perfect movie to start off with, but then they slowly peter out the longer I watch them through the duration of December. It's as if I start at the top and then gradually slide downwards!

 

But not this time.

 

No, this time, I got two winners in a row, which DOES make me slightly nervous for the remainder LOL but, we shall persevere!

 

First, we have a minor mystery to solve.

 

And we need to find some reindeer while we're at it.

 

Mystery on Mistletoe Lane, from Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Miracles of Christmas, is up for tonight.

 

Saturday Snippet: Happy St. Nicholas Day!

 

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Mistletoe and the Billionaire Boss

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to a very fantastic opening into our Christmas book reading extravaganza.

 

We already had a heap of luck with our movie choice this week (have you seen My Norwegian Holiday yet?), and now our streak continues with the book I've chosen.

 

Or, well, had chosen for me! LOL.

 

See, when you open up your mailbox during a routine daily check, and see an email from your favourite contemporary romance author saying that the ARC for her next book in a series you adore is ready for you to read ...

 

You drop everything - and I mean literally everything - and set aside a time to gobble it up!

 

It took me a little longer than normal to finish this because work is turning into insanity as we head further into December, but, I thoroughly enjoyed every single moment.

 

So buckle up, we're heading back to New Zealand with Serenity Woods' latest installment in her Boss in a Billion series, Mistletoe and the Billionaire Boss.

 

Talkie Tuesday: My Norwegian Holiday

 

"It's a good thing I don't believe in fate." 

Hello everyone!

And welcome, once again, to the Christmas extravaganza that's been a part of this blog for, oh, many, many years now.

Like in previous seasons, each year I choose movies and books specifically themed around Christmas to read, watch and review for you on here, and most of the time we even have plenty of hits (even if we have a couple of misses along the way too).

Tonight's choice is no different.

Somehow, I've been lucky, because I usually manage to hit the jackpot with the first choice each year, and this one's no exception.

Of course I also always (or almost always) turn to Hallmark to provide all my holiday celebratory movies, so it should come as no surprise that that's where tonight's choice is from.

Countdown to Christmas on this blog begins right now, with My Norwegian Holiday!