What are you reading during the holidays? I just finished reading Caroline Stowe's debut book. Hard to believe this book is her first! Thorougly enjoyed this story about a military romance. I highly recommend it!
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Thank you for posting this title - it sounds like something I should have chosen over my current read! I've been doing a lot of theology and botony lately (I'm a part of a foraging group and continually trying to educate myself), and was thinking I needed some reprieve in a clean, inspring Christian fiction. Last Christmas season I chose from the Christy Award winners "The Seamstress of Acadie" by Laura Frantz. It was so good!
This year I picked another Christy Award listing - "All We Thought We Knew" by Michelle Schocklee. I'm halfway through and struggling to finish. So much doom and gloom! Predictable characters and a plotlight I have heard before. It also straddles between two storylines (one during WWII and the other during Vietnam) and I should have known better because I have never loved those types of novels. Just when I get invested in a character's storyline I'm quickly thrust away to another time, setting and person. Honeslty, unless this story has a major turnarund, plot twist, or hugely redeeming ending - I'm a little surprised it was found among the Christy Award lists. I think I will be searching for your title form the library. It sounds like a much more enjoyable Christmas read!
It is interesting that you picked this title. I just got back from a concert band performance, and the first piece played was "We Need a Little Christmas". I think we need a little bit more. Currently I just bought the book (have yet to start reading it) . I've become one of the dissapointed Christians.
I've been thinking about some of the other books which church members have asked about, and I think lots of Christians want to read things which help them in their daily lives--not necessarily about being or becoming a Christianb. For that I'm going to be making a recommended listing--things like "Alice doesn't live here Anymore."