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‘Coming-of-age can happen at the strangest times. Into his sixties and newly retired, Anders decides he‘s had enough of steady habits..‘

The basis for one of my favorite Netflix movies. A little sad, often humorous, this was a pretty good story.

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#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterL
#WinterCosy #Adventathon #WinterGames2024
Holiday/Wintery Read +75
#WGWordSearch (121) +1,210

+1,290 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘An innocent young girl... a noble youth obsessed with her beauty... and a mother who will do anything to keep them apart...‘

This was an excellent version of Rapunzel. Highly recommend to fairytale lovers.

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#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterZ
#WinterCosy #FairytaleReadingChallenge #Rapunzel
#Adventathon #WinterGames2024 TBR Read +50
#WGWordSearch (22) +220

+275 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘The coachman tried to warn young Mary Yellan away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast..‘

A nice gothic tale, this was dark and atmospheric. I enjoyed it. Good writing and details.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterJ
#Adventathon #WinterCosy #HitchToScreen
#WinterGames2024 Holiday/Wintery Read +75

I skipped the word search on this one since I started in November.

+80 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 15 Totals #WinterGames2024

Got two hours of reading done on The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +20 each

Watched:
🎥 Dear Santa +5
📺 Mickey‘s Christmas Carol (Based on a Book) +10

+140 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

This penultimate (for now) book in the series examines the dark side of....Morris dancing. Yes the traditionally twee pastime involving dressing in a costume, with bells, & banging wooden sticks together! I might have been more incredulous had I not read a book earlier this year (or last year) about the old practice of wassailing & its more sinister side.

Day 14 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for an hour. Read a chapter of Winter‘s Tale and started The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAToZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +10 each

Watched:
🎥 Red One +5
🎥 P2 +5

+75 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 13 Totals #WinterGames2024

Spent a few hours reading Winter‘s Tale.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +30 each

Watched:
🎥 Christmas Vacation +5

+190 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Starting next. #FairytaleReadingChallenge
#ReadersChoice #GodfatherDeath

#WinterGames2024 #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterT
#OatmealEscape #MidDecemberReadathon

+5 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 12 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for three hours yesterday. Finished The Land of Steady Habits, and some more of Winter‘s Tale.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon +30 each

+125 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

This is a comparatively short read for a crime thriller at under 300 pages but it packs a punch. I was simultaneously sympathetic to Madeleine & suspicious that she might not be being completely truthful. It was fairly fast-paced due to the length but I thought that the ending was a little weak. 4🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5966872614
Read 8th-9th Dec 2024