A Must Reread….One Day In December

Call me a little crazy rereading a book for the 3rd time. Although I don’t usually read romances, this is one of those books that hit me hard so here I am….reading it again. And since I am into reading Christmas stories, I opted to start it again. Woke up early to see Josef feeding our dogs. They eat twice a day. He is on leave for a week so I am not much bothered by time. I could always go back to sleep when I need to. Meantime, there’s a hot cup of coffee on my night table.

October 28, 2018 by arlene

“You tread lightly through life, but you leave deep footprints that are hard for other people to fill.”

A tale of love, loss and friendship. One of those books that you can hardly put down. It’s that good.  Is there love at first sight?

She saw him through a misted-up bus window. She was on the bus and he was sitting at the bus stop. Their eyes met and  they smiled at each other. No communication, no physical contact except that brief eye encounter with a stranger. Then the bus drives away.

For a year together with her best friend, the girl looked for him in each coffee corner and bus stop to no avail. Then one day, the best friend introduces her boyfriend. She was tongue-tied and speechless, the boy of her dreams is  right before her eyes but he belongs to the best friend. She never told the best friend that he is the guy she was looking for.

Such is the start of this beautiful love story One Day In December and it is also my first book of Josie Silver. I think this is also her first book  publication.

She didn’t want to be the third wheel in what she sees as a lovely relationship. The boy denied that they have met before but they became friends eventually. The girl even managed to get married to a guy she met later. As for the rest of the story, it is for you to find it if you ever find a copy of this lovely book. A feel good story spanning a decade of friendship for the three characters.

Sometimes you find a light read like this and you are thrilled. Sometimes you are touched by the message it conveys. Sometimes you just enjoy it and you wish the story would go on. But there is always an ending no matter how good the story is.

And fate sometimes has other plans.

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Christmas Stories

Got engrossed reading again. Just done with my 92nd read this year. Having a virtual library at Goodreads is such a big help. I can monitor every book I have read in any year since I participated in their yearly challenges since 2014.

Around this time, I love reading  Christmas stories, some are novellas but most of them are novels. I love how the magic and enchantment of Christmas is portrayed in a book – the tensils, angels and other decors, star, Nativity set, garlands and such. I could imagine the smell of a freshly cut pine  tree as described in the book.

Are you familiar with Viola Shipman? It’s the pen name of the award-winning memoirist Wade Rouse. It is actually the name of his grandmother. I have read five of his books the latest of which was The Wishing  Bridge. A family over everything and a Christmas story- yes, family comes first. When I encounter a certain author that I like, I try to collect his books. I still have to read A Wish For Winter and The Secret of Snow.

There is really something magical about Christmas stories, learning how it is celebrated in different parts of the world.🎄📖📚🌲

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