I was surprised at what a pageturner this was, though I do tend to love epistolary novels. There's a smidge of a mystery element and a smidge of suspense, but mainly it's a portrait of a somewhat cantankerous woman nearing the end of her life, who discovers that it's not too late to create stronger relationships, help others, allow herself to receive help and resolve some of the question marks that have haunted her. Not soppy, just really moving.
Started this last night and was up past 2 reading... I finally had to take a sleeping pill.
My holiday themed book stack for #TheCandyCaneReadathon starting Friday.
I'm already 1/3 of the way through my delightful reread of Letters From Father Christmas and just might finish this weekend. 🎄📚☃️ If you haven't read it before you are missing out. So cute, especially the mischievous Polar Bear who is a side-kick to Santa.
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pickWhen the author found hundreds of tracings of feet in her grandparents‘ attic she had to ask: why? The story of how Europeans, who were starving and homeless, sent patterns to America asking for shoes is moving and powerful. Her grandparents organized a relief effort touching thousands of people with their kindness. Original patterns and old photos add to the story. Two of the people they became close with went on to win the Nobel Prize.
I‘m already behind on my own schedule, but this evening I read a few letters with supper. In the 1927 letter, Father Christmas mentions the Polar Bear and the Man in the Moon playing snapdragon, grabbing and eating raisins or almonds from a burning bowl of brandy. The article linked in the comments includes instructions if you‘re looking for a new holiday game.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas #Christmas #Reread #ReadAndEat
By the way, I included “ellipsis in blurb“ because I always find those suspicious. I love it when they say something like, “this book was ... amazing ... and great!“ Like what words did you edit out exactly!?!? 😂
Okay friends, I've created another Canva document, this one with bonus #ISpyBingo boards!! These boards each have a theme and are 4x4. These are “optional“ boards (as opposed to the monthly boards, which of course are REQUIRED OR ELSE 😂) I will post the link, and I'm also going to go ahead and upload each board onto Litsy next, but I am not going to tag everyone on every board - you can just look and see them at your leisure. I managed to come ⬇
A quiet Friday night at home is the perfect time for a glass of cranberry wine and a few pages from each of these December reads. I also listened to the next chapter of The Crime at Black Dudley while I made supper.
#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas #Christmas #ChildrensClassicRead2025
Here‘s my full list of reads for the #LitsyAtoZ challenge hosted by @Texreader
I only got 50% but that‘s okay. It was a fun quiz anyway!🤷🏻♀️
#TTT #TakeThreeThursday
Link to today's quiz: https://tinyurl.com/38b6uycw
