Thursday, December 14, 2023

The Perfect Christmas

by Debbie Macomber

I don't remember when I first read this book, but it quickly became my favorite Christmas fiction read.  I now pull it out every year (or try to) and read it sometime in the month of December.  This was the week and guess what?  My husband got it on Audible for me!!!  I LOVE it! 

I also listened to A Beast As Dark As Night by Jennifer Kropf.  I LOVE the Winter Soul series, but I am NOT a fan of the narrator of the last two books.  I debated whether or not to get the last one on Audible because I did NOT love the job she did narrating A Crown Sharp as Pines.  Ultimately I decided to go ahead, and I will say that it went better than I thought.  But I love Mia Hutchinson-Shaw - she does SUCH a fantastic job with the voices (specifically Zane and Helen's!).  I really wish the author had chosen to stay with the original narrator (but also realize there could have been any number of reasons why she didn't).

I really, really appreciate the widespread availability of audio books.  It has been a game changer - both with supplementing school activities (in my opinion, audio books are an ESSENTIAL tool for special needs education), but also with balancing traveling to so many weekly appointments.  Some weeks I would not be able to participate in any of the reading challenges if I did not utilize audio books.

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and get some good, cozy reading time 💖!

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