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CALM CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Book Review

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
Beth Kempton's Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A Little Book of Festive Joy is a delightful holiday read. I’m always searching for Christmas books that are a little outside the box. Yes, I want something with more substance than a rom-com. However, I don't want someone dying or discovering they have cancer around the holidays, either. (Elin Hilderbrand's Winter Street Series, I'm looking at you.)  Even though I usually read fiction at...

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Book Review

Posted on by CJ | A Well-Read Tart
Home for Christmas by Holly Chamberlin wasn't my favorite Christmas book ever. But, it definitely wasn’t the worst.  You know how some holiday stories can get overly saccharine? Home for Christmas is like that. Just a little. The two daughters are just a little too perfect. The main relationships in the book are just a little too on the nose. And, everything gets tied up a little too neatly in the end. But, hey. It’s Christmas, right? WE...