Hi Tartlets! This page is for an old post that I’ve recently updated. Until I get around to updating my site and removing this page, please visit the page for my regularly updated Book List: Christmas Books You NEED to Read.
However, my book-inspired recipe for Christmas books remains the same: Chocolate-Covered Christmas Pretzels!
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe is on my to-read list!! However, the P&P Hallmark movie was just meh 🙁
I hope you like the book!!! Yeah, a friend told me that the movie had a bit more depth to it than the usual Hallmark movies, but she didn’t say it was a runaway hit, either, lol. I blame the movie people, not the book. 😁
Wait, not everyone celebrates Christmas? Just kidding. I was just thinking about this in Germany, though. I mean, Christmas markets are AMAZING and are everywhere but what about Hanukkah that is happening right now? I would never have known if my Google calendar hadn’t reminded me. As someone who non-secularly celebrates Christmas, I love this list. I am pretty behind (isn’t that all book bloggers ever say and ‘complain’ about?!), but An Irish Country Christmas sounds really wonderful and cozy. Thanks for sharing this great book list.
I actually have put Hanukkah in my planner because it affects my daily commute — always less traffic on the Jewish holidays! LOVE IT. But, otherwise, I probably wouldn’t remember, either; that poor holiday just gets swallowed by Christmas. So glad you liked this list of books! I cannot say enough good things about Irish Country Christmas, and that whole series! It is amazingly cozy.
I love the sound of the series set in the Irish countryside, and will definitely be checking that out. Also can’t resist a good cover, so might pick up Pride & Prejudice & Mistletoe, too! I’ve been all over the Christmas reads this year, but totally have room for more!
I agree!! This time of year, you can never have too many Christmas books! I was at the library the other day, and I had to stop myself from just swiping my arm along the Suggest Christmas Reads shelf and taking them all home with me, LOL. Would love to know what you think of the Irish book and P&P&M once you read them!
An Irish Country Christmas sounds right up my alley. I never heard of that one – thanks for the recommendation! I’m all about the cozy at Christmas:)
Yay! This one’s getting a lot of attention in this post, haha. Though, I mean, just look at the book cover. It’s perfectly cozy Christmas! And the village of Ballybucklebo is every bit as wonderful as that book cover. You won’t be disappointed!
Great list! I love it! I’m really feeling adaptations lately, so I’ve got to check out Pride & Prejudice & Mistletoe. It’s really tough being an Aussie book blogger this time of year, though. On the one hand, it’s really tempting to plunge into cozy Christmas books like everyone is in the Northern Hemisphere… but it’s summer for us, and the idea of curling up by a fire when it’s literally hot enough to fry an egg on the bitumen outside? Ugh! I need to find some Christmas beach reads, hahaha.
LOL. I always wonder about how people in much warmer climates fare with the whole cold-and-cozy vibe featured with Christmas. I read a Liane Moriarty book once that took place at Christmas, and the characters were debating what to do–and having a seafood BBQ on the beach was the winner for Christmas Day. I was like, Whaaaaat?!? No roast? No sweaters?? ON THE BEACH?!?!?! *Mind blown at the idea of a warm Christmas* You might wanna try BLUE CHRISTMAS since it takes place in Savannah, which has pretty warm Christmas weather (for the U.S., anyway). There is some cozy, but I believe the snuggling up to roaring fires is tempered. 😂
I started Winter Street about an hour ago! I think it’s the first Christmas-specific book I’ve ever picked up (and my first Elin Hilderbrand), but I’m already looking forward to spending more time at the Nantucket inn. I’m kind of bummed to hear that it’s a series with a cliffhanger, though, because this isn’t my usual type of reading and I’m not sure I’ll want to continue. I guess we’ll see how much it hooks me 🙂
WINTER STREET was my first Hilderbrand novel, too! I fell in love with her writing and the characters she created, but I actually have not been able to read other books by her. A lot of her books have sad twists, a la the second and third books in this series, and I just don’t like books like that anymore, particularly at Christmas. But I really did enjoy WINTER STREET. I wish more of her works were like this one!