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Book number one from my #TBRWrappedUp stack was a success. It's a very cute Christmas romance involving a Christmas tree lot. I do wish I read this book when I was younger. However, I think my current students will love it. To the classroom library it goes!

#teachersoflitsy

First book chosen from my #TBRWrappedUp ! Perfect for December. I bought this book right when it came out (2016 🙈) and still haven't touched it. I'm excited to be finally reading it.

Going to start this book now. It‘s a book I‘ve wanted to read for years! I‘m really excited

4/5 What a cute holiday read. Puts you in the Christmas spirit!

It‘s official: I‘m a sucker for predictable Christmas readings😹 I don‘t mind mind it with Christmas books✨ Enjoyed a peppermint hot chocolate while I finished this one!

Presenting today and my mind‘s in starting this book🥴✨

This was a very sweet young adult holiday romance. I could see this as a Hallmark movie... not that I watch a lot of those... hardly ever in fact.

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I read and enjoyed this YA holiday romance a few years ago.
#wordsofoctober #light

Cookies & milk sounds appropriate for a Christmas time tale. #weekendread

I loved this cute teenage love story. The characters were imperfect and very sweet.

Almost caught up... Here are a few more I haven‘t posted yet:

Christmas By Accident ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Christmas in Vermont ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Merry Christmas, Baby ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
What Light (reread) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#holidayread #wintergames #merryreaders

I recommend this quick Christmas read! #lights #hollyjollyreading
🎄🎄🎄

2 1/2 stars rounded to 3. This is a sweet Christmas story that reads like a Hallmark TV movie about a girl‘s last winter in California on her parents‘ tree lot, a family owned business she has been traveling to from Oregon each Christmas season, for years. Sierra meets a boy with a past, and they fall for each other. There are no surprises and the story pretty much moves along as predicted.

I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was very cute.

Second time attempting to read this, and I just cannot get into it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ wildly disappointing.

This was the book I needed the last few days. I have been feeling off and unhappy and I knew that a cute story would pull me out of my funk. I enjoy Asher's work and though it isn't my favorite of his, the easy going story was just what I needed. Cute read for YA readers.

This was such a cute, Christmassy read! A YA romance about a girl who‘s family owns and operates a Christmas tree farm, and a boy with a troubled past. It‘s about first love, friendship, family, and Christmas. A fun seasonal story.

The hubs went to run some errands, so I‘m taking advantage of the quiet house and getting some reading done. ❤️🎄📖

I like that cozy Christmas love story that develops slowly but warmly. I couldn‘t quite buy Calebs background story and Sierra‘s relationship to her parents was a bit unrealistic – but there‘s also a lot of originality, like candy canes in hot chocolate and lightening trees in the wild with fairy lights. I especially liked the the scene at the Christmas Mass.

I recommend this story as a romantic Christmas time read.

I‘ve been banished to the living room so the hubs can wrap presents. I think it‘s a perfect opportunity to start this book. 😊🎁🎄

To know/see that I really had the time today to advance in my book makes me happy. Might be that my idea of reading two rather short books in 4 days was a bit too optimistic – but I tell you a secret (okay, two): I put both books on hold again, so that I can borrow them again right away. 😁

I find it a little bit strange how Sierra and especially her father talk about her behaviour and relationship towards boys, especially those who work at the Christmas tree business and that towards Caleb.

Her father is acting over protective and is the walking cliché of the US-american-TV series-dad but she, in response, acts way too grown-up for my taste. I mean, she is, I don‘t know, 15 or 16 or maximum 17. That doesn‘t match, I think.

I admit I am not very much a fan of hot chocolate with marshmallows but I really like the idea of, how they practice it in the book, stirring my hot chocolate with a candy cane. Although for me it needn‘t be one with peppermint taste. I don‘t know if I can imagine hot chocolate that tastes like “After Eight”.

It‘s so sweet but in a honestly good way. And the little Christmas trees that separate different locations or events within one chapter are really cute. I think my Christmas-mood begins to rise.

I‘m disappointed that I need to stop reading now because I have an appointment. I‘m already a bit late … 🤭

„Wusstest du, dass Grübchen eigentlich eine Missbildung sind?“, fährt er fort. „Das heißt, er hat einen Muskel im Gesicht, der zu kurz ist. Irgendwie eklig, wenn man drüber nachdenkt.“ (Seite 38)

A dimple is a malformation because a facial muscle is too short and therefore causes it. (p. 38)

⬆️⬆️⬆️ Andrew, one of the male characters, thinks that‘s awful but I myself think, in the contrary, that it‘s very interesting to know. I didn‘t before.

Off-topic but please bear with me because I am so excited that I could troll my musical tickets (that I ordered the day before yesterday) out of my letter-box today❣️

“Miss Saigon” Is my favourite musical and I am very happy that finally I can start to listen to it again to learn the text. Unbelievable but about 25 years ago I knew the complete musical by heart. You could throw me a line and I told you whose text it is in what situation. 🤷🏽‍♀️

This was the perfect read for this time of year. Jay Asher is great at writing characters who deal with pain and anger. Caleb was such a realistic character and love interest. I really liked caleb and sierra's relationship. I loved this book and can't wait for Jay Asher to publish more books.

I am only one chapter in but I already like Jay Ashet‘s writing style. Very fluent and with just a few sentences he managed to create authentic ties between the three girls in such a way that I believe right away that they are best friends since being small children

The only thing I don‘t get yet is that Christmas-tree selling in California although the Christmas-tree farm is located in Oregon. Sounds a bit weird but is originally, too.

To be fair I am a little bit more curious for „Ich und Kaminski“ than I am for this one but I will start it nevertheless because it has a Christmas setting.

And you know, my Christmas mood finally has to come from somewhere. Why not from this book❓ Christmas time combined with a love story, if that doesn‘t help to get me into Christmas mood then I don‘t know. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I have good news. 😃

Yes, that I couldn‘t browse and rummage around in my online library in yesterday‘s late evening was indeed due to server problems. Which luckily were solved by this morning.

So, look what I just borrowed. 😃 It‘s one of the books with less than 200 pages from my wish list – because I know that tomorrow a book I put on hold a few weeks ago will be available.

A lovely Christmas story, just what I needed to feel christmassy! 5/5

A re-read for me...
? "Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon—it's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other. Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, & one life eclipses the other." ?

Picked this up for a book club bingo prompt this month. I have always liked Jay Asher‘s stories.

I only managed to finish two books in the month of November (although I did read most of a third). I‘ve definitely been in kind of a funk, and I just haven‘t had the focus for reading much. So this stack is my potential December TBR (plus a couple of audiobooks). I‘m determined to get more reading done this month! Most of these look like they‘re just light and fluffy, and that‘s definitely what I‘m looking for right about now. 🎄📚❤️ #DecemberTBR

Another fun tag from @craftylikefox ❤
1) 🤔🤔🤔 Let It Snow and What Light
2) Baking cookies, wrapping presents, Charlie Brown Christmas
3) Lots!!!
4) Cookies, stuffing, peppermint mocha 😋😋😋
*Bonus* Easy PB Cookies
1 cup PB
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients, form small balls, place on cookie sheet, use fork to flatten. Bake 10-12 min or until golden brown. -Optional - As soon as you pull them out of ⬇⬇

This is definitely a pick for me. The love story that you experience in this book isn‘t quite like other love stories I‘ve read. It‘s so passionate and loving. I can truly say this book has the type of love story everybody should want! 💗💗 #jayashnerwhatlight #jayasher #passion #love #christmas #treefarm #romance

Christmas in July??
So-so, not as compelling as 13 Reasons Why

Finally finished a book! Easy read, predictable plot but cute. Was a little weird reading a Christmas themed book in June though 😂

Giving this one a try.... Haven't finished a book in forever.... I hate reading slumps 😭😭😭

Just started this book, enjoying it so far

This book made my Hallmark dreams come true ?The second you plunge into the second chapter you can't help but sing along to Haley Reinhart's famous song "I can't help but falling in love with you" ?
This one is absolutely perfect for the holiday season ❄️
#newbooks
#bestbooksof2018
#JayAsher
#whatlight

After reading Thirteen Reasons Why, I had high expectations for this book. I enjoyed the characters and I enjoyed the storyline. However, there was a lot left to be answered throughout. Plus my major issue was the abrupt ending. #ya #youngadult

🕯 #thisremindsmeof Christmas time and lights

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Well this is disappointing. I hadn‘t realized he was part of this.

Do you think he actually was a victim or is he just saying that now since he was accused?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/jay-asher?utm_term=.elpzNaR7lhickleberry...

this book is absolutely adorable! containing Hallmark-like traits, this book is altogether cute, sweet, and romantic. i definitely recommend it although it wasn't dramatic enough for me. it seemed too smooth and perfect but qualifies as a wholesome read!
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#YA #youngadult #teen #jayasher #whatlight #christmas #winter #winteread #cute #romance #love #booklover #lovestory

Cute ya Xmas story!

Now that my work party is safely behind me I wanted to celebrate with a holiday read. There is not very much to this read but it fit my mood and I liked reading about working in a Christmas tree lot. I just wanted more from the story.

I can‘t quite put my finger on it, but this book didn‘t grab me at all. Everything was just a little too neat and tidy for my tastes, even with the presence of low level angst. It lacked depth and I found myself having a hard time investing in the characters. Technically it‘s a Christmas read and those tend to be lighter, but I felt this one lacked substance, holiday read or not.