Mini-Review: Call Me Mrs. Miracle

Title: Call Me Mrs. Miracle Author: Debbie Macomber Pages: 253 It’s Christmastime in New York City. Mrs. Miracle aka Emily Merkle is spending the holiday season working in the toy department at Finlay’s department store. Jake Finlay has went against the store buyer’s suggestion of ordering 500 Intellytrons. J.R. Finlay, Jake’s father and store owner, [...]

Mini-Review: Promise Me

Title: Promise Me Author: Richard Paul Evans Pages: 334 It’s 1989 and a year that will be very complicated and mysterious for Beth Cardall. Her six-year old daughter Charlotte is sick and only getting worse. The doctors are stumped about her illness and are not sure about the diagnosis. If that’s not enough, she learns [...]

The Snow Globe – Sheila Roberts

Sentence summary: A snow globe affects the lives of three friends. My review: Kylie is down on her luck this holiday season. Her boyfriend dumped her (for her sister!) and she’s recently unemployed. During a girls’ weekend with her two best friends, she wanders into an antique shop. A snow globe catches her eye and [...]

The Christmas Secret – Donna Van Liere

During the holiday season, I enjoy reading a feel-good Christmas story. This season, The Christmas Secret was a perfect fit for me. Christine has been cynical for most of her life. She stopped believing in the miracles of Christmas a long time ago. Struggling to make ends meet, Christmas is now one more thing that [...]

Book Review ~ The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans

James Kier is reading his morning paper when he reads an obituary. His obituary. Puzzled by the false report, he searches the internet and finds a story explaining his death. Even though he knows he’s very much alive, it’s the anonymous, (and not so anonymous) unsympathetic comments he reads, that cause him to re-evaluate his [...]

Book Review | Grace by Richard Paul Evans

Title: Grace Author: Richard Paul Evans ISBN-10: 1416550038 Pages: 307 Year Published: 2008 Genre: Fiction (Holiday) Date Finished: January 31 Eric’s life changes the moment he sees Grace dumpster diving outside the restaurant where he works. He immediately recognizes her from his Spanish class, however he has never spoken to her. After a brief conversation, [...]