25 Days ‘Til Christmas

Yes, this one is a little late, but I just finished this one tonight. Even though I should be reading Gone with the Wind for book club. I was so close to the end though and decided to finish it.

25 Days ‘Til Christmas is by Poppy Alexander and I can’t wait to read another book by her. I do believe it’s her first book. I am following her on Goodreads so when her next book comes out. I will definitely look forward to it. Anyways, onto the book.

We meet Kate, a widowed mother trying to get by. Her husband in the Army left one day and never came back. Christmas has never been the same. Four years later, she has decided this Christmas, she will do whatever she can to help make Christmas actually feel like Christmas. She wants to do all she can to help her son, Jack.

Daniel also had suffered a loss. He is not ready for Christmas. There is one thing he wants to do. Find the Christmas Tree girl. That might just be what he needs for Christmas.

It was nice to read this. It’s been ages since I’ve read anything like this. This surprises me because I watch Hallmark movies all the time and still have a lot of them on DVR that I haven’t watched.  I might even look for another book like this. Not Christmas theme of course. Although, nothing wrong with reading a Christmas book any time of the year. Because I’m sure I’ll read one at some point this year.

I don’t know if I have any favorite characters in this one. I liked the main couple. But, not sure who would I say is my favorite of the two. I guess I like both of them equally?

What I liked about this one was that it wasn’t all candy cane and mistletoe. Both Kate and Daniel had their issues. Kate would do her best to make it a perfect Christmas, but it didn’t always go the way she planned. I liked that. Yes, some romance books are great with all happiness. But, it’s nice to see a book that doesn’t always have happiness from the beginning. Did I cry? No, but it was enough to get me to go awww with different emotions.

I think the only thing I didn’t like, was the ending. In the last few chapters, it felt rushed. I get it. They probably didn’t want the book to be longer, but I would have been okay. I’m not saying 500 pages of the book. But, maybe a little more. Also, there was a plot that was left unanswered. I guess we are to assume the end result of the book was a good result. But, we will never know.

If you like Hallmark, Christmas, and a romance? I would definitely recommend this one.

Is this thing on?

I feel like I’ve said this before. But, here is me trying this out again. How has everyone been? I’ve been okay. Nothing really new is going on. The biggest thing for me lately I guess is that I turned forty last month. It doesn’t seem possible. I don’t feel forty. Well besides the body telling me otherwise, I just don’t feel it.

It’s weird to think that my twenties were two decades ago. The 2000s. Here we are now in the 20s. Time does fly, but is it always fun? Yes and no. I could tell you everything that has happened since the last time I posted, but that could take forever. So hopefully starting tonight, I will keep you updated and whatever. I do have another post to do after this.

I feel like I should have started back up with Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. Never fear, I will talk about that.  I still have so many thoughts on the latest Star Wars. I don’t even know where to begin. What I definitely need is to meet up with my two friends who love Star Wars as much as me and love analyzing it like I do. The problem is, one lives a few hours away. Hmm, maybe we could meet halfway somewhere one weekend. Decisions, decisions.  I know there is always Facebook, but talking to my friends over lunch or coffee? That sounds so much better.

The only other thing I can think to mention right now. It is the weather. Today was amazing. It felt like fall or early spring when it starts to get warm. Too bad Mother Nature is a tease. I’m pretty sure by the time I wake up tomorrow, it’s supposed to be in the thirties? No snow, but it will come. This is northeast Ohio, snow will return.

Okay, really this post was just me saying I am back. I hope. Please be patient with me as I try to get back into the groove of blogging again. Don’t forget you can always find me on Instagram. I will post below a link. Be aware though, there will be lots and lots of pictures of dogs.

@robyn.e.sadler