Sunday, November 18, 2018

Wake up Call for a Cab Driver at Christmas (Holiday Romance)



It snowed on the East Coast on Thursday.  It doesn't generally snow in November but of course we have had early snow before.  This snow was a little unusual because instead of that light powdery snow it was a wet heavy snow and on top of that it snowed all day. It was accumulating snow.  There are still remnants of it on the lawns.

It looks like winter is early. Thanksgiving is next Thursday which means the holiday season is starting.  I was driving yesterday and turned on one of my usual stations and lo and behold they are playing holiday music. Personally, I think starting to play Christmas carols before Thanksgiving is over is a little early.  Don't get me wrong I love the music.  I just would prefer to hear it after Thanksgiving.  I love the Thanksgiving holiday and I like to savor the time dedicated to it.

Hearing the music  motivated me to pick up another holiday novel Catching Christmas.  If Hallmark is reading this (Ha!) this would make a great movie.  I will just give a very brief teaser.  A cab driver gets a dispatch call.  Yes I said cab driver.  He refuses to become an Uber driver.  He has his reasons.
I  get it.

He picks up an elderly woman.  The minute she enters his cab his whole life changes.  She is not an Angel, she is an ordinary mere mortal.  But because of her he ends up having an epiphany.  I will not say any more except the book is 274 pages and I read it in a couple of hours.  Fast reading. It's a feel good novel. Tap on the picture of the book.



Sunday, November 11, 2018

The Christmas Sisters



The Hallmark channel is starting to show Christmas movies which of course I watch.  The great thing about these movies is that at the end everything works out and people are happy.  So not true in real life but who cares.

It is also my signal to read holiday themed novels and this is the first one I read this season.

 My husband and I decided to take a long weekend off and drive to Lancaster county.  We stayed at the Historic Smithton Inn which I highly recommend.  It was absolutely perfect.

It was a cold and rainy evening so after eating dinner at the White Swan, we decided to come back to the Inn and chill.  I cracked open The Christmas Sisters and read till I finished the book.

The book is about three sisters who lost their parents at a very young age.  They were adopted by their Mom's best friend. While they were close growing up, but as they grew and pursued careers and families they hardly saw each other.  This year they all gathered at their adopted home in Scotland for Christmas and worked on their relationships. Their stories were good so enjoy!