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The Summer of Christmas
The Summer of Christmas | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio
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July is a great time to celebrate Christmas! Don't miss this adorable romcom from Hollywood screenwriters who bring you into the wild world of making those TV Christmas movies: A hopeful LA screenwriter behind the scenes of her first exciting successful film A dramatic face-to-face with her first lovewho broke up with her five years ago at Christmastime (the jerk!) The magic, mystery, and hijinks of making a Christmas moviein the middle of summer! A second chance for everyone to get things right, finally Up-and-coming LA screenwriter Ivy Green is about to have her life turned upside down. Her movie, based on her and her high school sweetheart, Nick Shepherd, is being filmed in her hometown. In the middle of summer, during the month of July, the production crew creates a winter wonderland Christmas. Nick is less than thrilled to see Ivy after all this time. Especially because in her movie version of their relationship, she kills his character off. To complicate matters, Ivy isn't sure of her relationship with the producer, the town is overflowing with movie stars and adoring fans, and worst of allthe actress playing Ivy develops a crush on the real Nick! Now, with renewed and confusing feelings about Nick, Ivy is determined to see if there is anything left between them, but in the end, Ivy will need to re-write her life script to finally get everything she ever wanted.
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LibrarianRyan
The Summer of Christmas | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio
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2⭐️ I‘m officially DN effing this book at 48%. I just can‘t take it anymore. Our main gal Ivy is jealous, semi-conniving, selfish, and a few other adjectives I can‘t think of. She‘s a screenwriter who wanted to stay in LA. She had been dating Nick since they were in eighth grade. They went from best friends to boyfriends to lovers to broken up. She was planning on asking Nick to stay in California with her while she became a script writer but⬇️

LibrarianRyan Nick had a family in a winery back where they both grew up in New York. So eventually after college they split. Ivy didn‘t take it well, and wrote her first screen play when Mary met Joseph about the relationship. However, she killed off Joseph in her script. The real Nick didn‘t die. He‘s back at his winery. Now it‘s five years later and Ivy, who is dating Drew the producer, is finally getting her film made. It‘s being made in her hometown. This 1y
LibrarianRyan sets out to be a fun summer but Christmasy romcom. They‘re making a Christmas kind of movie in July but it just doesn‘t work for me. Ivy really really annoys me. She‘s dating Drew but tries to make Nick jealous by kissing Drew and just know thank you. She‘s constantly comparing her current boyfriend Drew to Nick. It‘s just it‘s annoying. Nick‘s character I don‘t mind so much. Does he start dating the movie start playing ivy? I don‘t know if you‘ 1y
LibrarianRyan say dating but at least hanging out and the movie star is a little forward. There are times when things are supposed to seem steamy, and they come off more raunchy. In general I did not like this. I am not enjoying it. I‘ve given it 50% and I just don‘t want to listen to another 5 1/2 hours. That‘s the other thing this story is long. Every character has to have a backstory with a love interest and get their own mini story within the story. I would 1y
LibrarianRyan rather those all been short Novelas and this had been shortened up. It‘s been over five hours And I love the village in the town and all the side characters but we don‘t need so much about them. This book is too long the main characters atrocious and I‘m not enjoying it so I‘m not finishing it. 1y
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OriginalCyn620
The Summer of Christmas | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio
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Really cute! Aspiring screen writer Ivy is dumped by her childhood sweetheart Nick at Christmas (in front of Santa, no less!) so, as a form of therapy, she writes a movie based on their relationship. Five years later, the movie is greenlit, and Ivy has to head back to her hometown for filming. She knows she will come face to face with Nick for the first time since their break up and isn‘t happy about it! I can see this being a Netflix movie!

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OriginalCyn620 #wintercosy - returning home @puddlejumper (edited) 1y
OriginalCyn620 #holidayromancebingo - protagonist in the wrong relationship @peanutnine 1y
peanutnine Sounds adorable! 🎄💖☺️ 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
Andrew65 This sounds great 🎄🎄🎄 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
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BethM
The Summer of Christmas | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio
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Stayed up late reading last night and finished this morning! This one was soooo good. Reads like a hallmark movie!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute cover!! 💕 1y
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BethM
The Summer of Christmas | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio
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The great time where it‘s still fall but Christmas is floating on the air!