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1. What are you currently reading? The Family Holiday by Elizabeth Noble. Charlie is a widower looking at this 80th birthday. He wants his children and grandchildren around him on this auspicious occasion but his late wife, Daphne, was the one who handled all things domestic – including maintaining relationships with the kids. Still, he gives it a shot. He rents a home in the Cotswolds for 10 ten days, sends out invitations, and hopes for the best.
When I saw the title and the synopsis I thought this is a Christmas book. Damn those Brits! On that side of the pond, "holiday" means "summer vacation." Nevertheless, I'm sticking with it. My library algorithm predicts I'll like it and it's often right. Plus it's well written. Charlie's three adult children are dealing with their own complicated lives and they are well drawn and believable.
2. What did you recently finish reading? The Grump Who Stole Christmas by S. Doyle. An ambitious New York executive must leave The Big Apple and return to her family's home in rural Colorado. On the way to her father's house, she gets a flat tire. She meets cute with a hunky, bearded man who is inadequate to the task of changing a tire but is an all-around nice guy. Guess what happens next. I really disliked this book. It wasn't the predictable romance or the smut that bothered me. I picked it up for that. No, it's because this book is just bad at what it does. Her name is Kristen Kringle and yet gets mad when people call her Kris Kringle. Why not go by your middle name instead, you nitwit? Everyone in town calls her father "Pops." Have you ever been in a town where there is only one white-haired old gent and everyone calls him "Pops?" She's a top executive at a Fortune 500 insurance conglomerate but doesn't think to use her cell phone when she has car trouble. The entire conversation about safe sex: "STDs?" "No." I would have liked more Christmas and less stupid.
3. What will you read next? I don't know.
I am going to reread the Left Behind series again starting in January. Have you heard of it? I left a prayer request at my blog. Have a Merry Christmas with your family!
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