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Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop
Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop | Rebecca Raisin
14 posts | 11 read | 2 to read
A gloriously festive, warm and cosy hug of a book. If this doesnt get you in the mood for mince pies, eggnog and pine tree scents, nothing will! NetGalley reviewer, ????? Tis the season for mulled wine, mince pies, and magic under the mistletoe...
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Kshakal
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Thanks for the tag @peaKnit

#tlt @dabbe

1. Germany to see this Christmas markets
2. Bali because it a bucket list place for me
3. Italy for the food

dabbe All great choices! I want a bigger list! 💙❄️💙 4mo
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kspenmoll
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#winterreadathon #bookreport
The setting in this book,Lapland,Finland,made this story for me.Flora,a Christmas junkie,joins a caravan of traveling Christmas shops anchored in Lapland for the holiday.Always an outsider,her eccentric,more than blunt,out spoken personality,finds true friendships, meets the man of her dreams,while facing trials & missteps along the way.She is immature,ditsy,over the top,& at times annoying. But an easy seasonal read.

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
kspenmoll Tough week for some students- this time if year not the best for all. I only read 2 books; previously panned 1y
Andrew65 Well done 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 1y
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kspenmoll
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“History is riveting.” For this History major, this remains true!
#winterreadathon

Leeds Castle dates back to 1119. Six medieval Queens were in residence. Henry VIII had his first wife, Catherine of Aragon live there. Eventually it came into private hands & is now open to the public. Per: www.UKtravelplanning.com

Andrew65 It‘s a wonderful castle. 1y
kspenmoll @Andrew65 Someday! 1y
KristiAhlers This was one of the castles I hauled my family to when we lived over there. So much history. 1y
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DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 1y
Andrew65 @kspenmoll My mum had a lifelong love affair with Henry VIII so we regularly visited a number of the castles. 1y
kspenmoll @Andrew65 My dad & I loved watching the BBC series on Henry VIII‘s wives in the early 70s. I was entranced!!!!! 1y
Andrew65 @kspenmoll Got my love of history from my mum. 1y
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kspenmoll
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This morning‘s read - before the World Cup! 🇦🇷🇫🇷
#winterreadathon

Andrew65 This looks interesting. Might be the only person not to have watched any of the World Cup. 1y
rubyslippersreads @Andrew65 You‘re not the only one. 😄 1y
DieAReader @Andrew65 Nope, not the only one🙃 1y
DieAReader Great job @kspenmoll 🥳🥳 (edited) 1y
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kspenmoll
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Next up: Flora‘s Traveling Christmas Shop. #winterreadathon

DieAReader ♥️📚🤓 1y
Andrew65 A great picture 🎄🎅🏼🎄 1y
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Mshookquilts
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Flora is an over-the-top Christmas celebrant who has not been able to find her place in life. Her best friend talks her into the caravan life. Despite her fears or maybe even because of them, Flora begins to take control of her life and wonder if there is room to squeeze in a Norse god.

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rebbyj
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What's next?!?!

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DebinHawaii
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Mehso-so

Not gonna lie, this book didn‘t get much better as I found the MC way too flighty & immature but it had some (Hallmark-ish) holiday rom-com moments) Lapland is cool & I stuck with it & finished it up today because as part of the #WonterGames2021 #WGWordsearch it gave me 537 (295 Christmases alone) words so 5,370 points + 26 points for a holiday read & participation, not to mention #readathon points (readathons listed ⬇️) for #TeamGameSleighers 🎄

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2y
rubyslippersreads I read another of this author‘s books for my IRL book club and it was so-so for me as well. 2y
rockpools Thank you for your card - it was ridiculously exciting to find a Hawaii postmark in the mail this morning! Hope you had/are having a wonderful holiday, and best wishes for the new year 🎄 2y
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Can I tell you how happy I have tomorrow off?! We ordered in Mexican food for lunch & these are my fish tacos. 😋 I am truly trying to get into this holiday read but the MC is driving me crazy & I just want to shake her at 13% in & now that I checked out some reviews, I don‘t know that it will get any better. I have a feeling it might be a big point book for the #WinterGames2021 #WGSearch so I may try to hack it out for #TeamGameSleighers 🤷🏻‍♀️

LeahBergen Those tacos look SO GOOD. 2y
DebinHawaii @LeahBergen They were REALLY GOOD! 😋🐟🌮 2y
TheSpineView Looks good! 2y
BarbaraBB They look delicious 😋 2y
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tracey38
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Mehso-so

This was an overall cute ebook but there were some things that got on my nerves. The characters were a little over the top at times but still a nice, easy holiday read.

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megnews
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Mehso-so

Flora loses her job and decides to join the van life in Lapland to pursue her love of all things Christmas on her own. When she meets Connor, who doesn‘t care for the materialistic waste of Christmas, she goes on a mission to change his mind about Christmas and perhaps love. A rather large amount of lying and mentioning of Hallmark movie heroes ensues. Flora is an overtop female character who had me scratching my head a lot.

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TheAromaofBooks
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This totally sounds like a book I should enjoy, about a woman who heads off to Lapland in a camper to attend/sell items at a Christmas festival and (of course) finds love along the way. But Flora was just Too Much for me. There is a line between zany/eccentric and batshit crazy, and Flora is definitely flirting with it. She also has a tendency to do/say genuinely weird things and then get offended if anyone is like “Wow, Flora, that's a little ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) much.“ For instance - saying that the first question she asks guys on dates is if he knows the names of all Santa's reindeer because why would she ever date someone who didn't have Christmas as his top priority? And it's the WAY she asks, very accusatory, as though not knowing their names means you're actually a horrible person not worth Flora's time. Flora's Christmas obsession was honestly borderline creepy, like I spent most of my ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) time reading and thinking, “Actually you may need to see a therapist because I don't think this is normal.“ 😂 I got about 30% through and realized that I just did not want to spend that much more time with Flora! There's an outside chance that I'll pick this one up again because I'm a glutton for punishment and I was definitely racking up the wordsearch points, but overall Flora was driving me so crazy that I doubt it! 2y
julesG Truly enjoyed your review! 😘 2y
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Deblovestoread I appreciate this review. Think I‘ll give it a pass. 2y
NovelGirl82 Fantastic review! 2y
TheAromaofBooks @julesG @Kdgordon88 @NovelGirl82 - Thank you!! I feel like I give authors a lot of leeway for being a little over-the-top for holiday fluff, but this one was too much for even me! 😂 I loved the part where we found out one of the reasons she got fired was because she found a guy shoplifting & then just let him help her stock shelves instead of escorting him out of the store like she was supposed to...?!? 2y
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StayCurious Great thank you! 2y
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kezzlou85
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This truly is a Hallmark movie here and I loved it. The setting, the people and the idea of van life is all so appealing. Having read the earlier story introducing us to van life, I knew i was going to love this. Flora is so loveable, she says things we're all thinking but not confident to say. Flora is also relatable with her fear of public speaking. Connor is just dreamy and you instantly know where its heading. #Netgalley 5*

Emilymdxn This sounds delightfully Christmassy! 2y
kezzlou85 @Emilymdxn oh it really is. Snow, reindeer, Christmas decorations, hot chocolate, log fire the works. 2y
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