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My second time reading Kristin Hannah and omg I loved this book so much I almost wanted to immediately read it again.

IRL book club pick for December was silly and felt dated to me. However, I am decidedly not the audience for this story, so it may work for many others! I can see this being a Hallmark Christmas movie.
Joy has nothing to celebrate during the Christmas season and makes a split decision to jump on a plane during her Christmas break from school librarianship. The subtitle is “a fable” which is helpful to keep in mind.

This was a fun, fluffy, comforting read. It did have some unexpected surprises which made me want to throw my #Kindle across the room and let me ranting about the author‘s betrayal, but in the end I am quite satisfied. #ebook

*rated G romance

It was cute, but pretty hokey for Kristin Hannah. Main thing is, you get your happy ending!

At first I was like.... "what"???? Then I was like ..."ohhhh"!!!! Then I was like , " cute and clever". An easy Christmas day read.

Not a favorite for me, but an enjoyable book. Filled the #jinglebellrock prompt for #averymerrybingo @Jadams1776

I think this is my first Kristen Hannah book. The twist surprised me but i think that‘s part of the appeal. Great Christmas read, if you‘re looking for something romantic and sweet.

📚: This 📕 is about riding the waves of life‘s ups & downs, believing in the magic of forgiveness & ❤️. I recommend it for readers who need a comforting, quick read. Prepare yourself a bubble bath, grab a 🍷 or 🫖, & soak in the cozy. As with any K.H. 📚, to appreciate it fully, you must suspend logic for a bit & find solace in romance and magical realism. If you can do that, this made-for-Hallmark tale is likely to calm your soul. 3/5 ⭐️ 240 pgs

I needed a lighthearted tale after the last few books I have read.

When everyone is reading Halloween reads, I read this one from my Cloud Library set around Christmas time. Easy read. Amazing storytelling. Wonderful way to spend my day.

Day 23 - #Joy #SleighTheStacks
#ComfortAndJoy #KristinHannah

A Christmas story that I read in 2018.

This was such a cute little Christmas story! A little sappy, but not too much to give you a tooth ache. Just a lovely little story about finding family. +26 for #wintergames #teamreadnosedreindeer

This was a perfect wintery read for this time of year, as long as you can let a lot of unrealistic story points go by without getting annoyed 😁. The main flight of fancy in my opinion was the main characters forgiving her loved ones for an ultimate betrayal that I just don‘t believe a normal person would get over. The big secret was also pretty easy to figure out really early on. But still entertaining! 🌟🌟🌟#wintergames2020 #merryreaders

This is a pick simply because I'm impressed by the amount of Hallmark movie cliches the author fit into this slim novel.
Joy is divorced after learning her husband has cheated on her ...with her sister. Now, sister is marrying the ex-husband ...and having his baby. Joy spontaneously buys a plane ticket to a town called Hope and plane promptly crashes.
(Reader, that's only the first 30 pages 😳)

A friend said this one was so cheesy it was awful but the kind of awful you have to read. So she promptly mailed it to me when she finished 🤣
I've made a promise to make it a gift that keeps on giving and will mail it on after I've found out just how cheesy it is!

Last Christmas read of 2020☃️🎅🏼🎄🛷

My current read is my #12daysofcolours Day 4 pick: cranberry red! 21 points for #merryreaders #wintergames2020

I wanted to like this book better than I did. I read it in less than a day and it kept me intrigued how it was going to end, however, the whole premise of the story was pretty predictable from the beginning. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was good. Like a Hallmark movie but with a twist. 26pts for #merryreaders #wintergames #wintergames2020

@Clwojick @StayCurious

Looking for a Hallmark Christmas movie in book form?

This was definitely it. A great one to pick up during the Christmas season.

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2020

A little Holiday tale!🎄✨#KristinHannah

I really do hate a romance novel. But I love a Kristen Hannah novel. About halfway in, I almost bailed. It sure was feeling a bit smarmy. But then I hit part two and it became much more of a Hannah novel. It went from smarmy to magical. But I only gave it four stars, because she made me suffer through the smarmy first.

#fable #fallfinds
#splendid #wordsofoctober @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

This modern-day #fable tells the story of a woman named Joy. In what should be a #splendid holiday, Joy is at an emotional crossroads and needs a miracle.

#hollyjollyreading #wreath

Hoping everyone had a blessed and joyful holiday!

I give this book a solid 3.5. It is pretty much what I expected. A nice little love story with a bit of Christmas magic mixed in.

I‘m glad I read it. We can all use a little bit of magic during the holiday season.

@vkois88 you out did yourself! Thank you so much for the #xstitchexchange box! Thank you for doing this and for hosting a wonderful swap. Thank you for including my little one in it. 💙 This just shows that Litsy is full of wonderful people. Thank you!

Finished this one up in the tub last night. Solid meh rating. A cute holiday story but asks for a little too much suspension of belief. #bookandabath #whatamyreads

This book is so infused with hope and magic. I loved the characters and the setting. It is a perfect quick read for the Holidays. It is like a Hallmark Movie.

Coffee/reading date with my husband. Starting a new book tonight! I have never read anything by Kristin Hannah. A few of her books have been on my TBR for a long time, so this one seemed seasonally appropriate.

I spent a lot of time in the middle of this book being SUPER confused. At times it was just bit too far fetched for me. But to be honest I just loved its overall theme of Christmas magic and I was excited to find out what happened next. Worth the read, especially if you don‘t mind a bit of magic in your stories.

Finished this guy yesterday. This was a precious, warm Christmas story. Much like Hallmark Christmas movies I enjoyed this cuddly book!

1. Start setting up a bullet journal
2. Work, clean, and read
3. Gingerbread
4. The Tagged book
5. @mlutz

#friyayintro @howjessreads

Guys. I just want sit and read the tagged book and drink hot chocolate. But I‘ve been at school until at least 5 every night this week and I‘m having a rough time doing anything else. Teenagers will be the death of me.

Joy Candellaro is trying to get over her husband falling in love with her sister so she takes an unexpected flight to get away but the plane crashes. She does walk away but there is another explosion. She finds her way to a cabin and meets a father and son, Daniel and Bobby, and she hopes to be able start over again. There is an unexpected twist and a surprise ending. I found this book to be very thought provoking and magical at the same time.

It was an okay storyline. Not great but not terrible. It‘s a short quick read.

Thanks for the buddy read, @EadieB ! I can‘t give this a pick, it really ended up not being for me. But, I‘m glad I read it with you all. #buddyread #kristinhannah

All I‘ve been in the mood for is Hallmark Christmas movies and this definitely fit the bill. It‘s a little heartbreaking, depressing and quite the journey, but you know has to have a happy ending! This is my first Kristin Hannah and based on this book, I‘ll definitely read more of her. I just have to remember not all her books with probably be Christmas like.

#buddyread #monthofhannah #authoramonth #comfortandjoy #kristinhannah

Finally got my hold in from the library! I‘m going to have to catch up!!! #buddyread

Light fluffy Christmas romance. I don‘t read much romance - I did enjoy this and zipped right through it! Points for originality. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
#buddyread #authoramonth #monthofhannah