Tag: book review

Village Christmas (and Other Notes on the English Year) by Laurie Lee

Enjoyable, I really like how Laurie Lee writes and his writing is very vibrant and beautiful. Lived a life and childhood I wish I would have had. The old days were the best days.

The book is in four parts each covering a season, and a chunk to do with London, it does cover Christmas but is not solely about Christmas. The title is misleading if you are expecting a book solely on Christmas.

I hope next year I finally get around to reading Cider With Rosie.

The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor, Vol 1 by Indo So

A nice bit of humour and fun plot. Very quick and easy read. A bonus it is free on KU (the first 2 volumes are anyway). Curious to read more of this and see where it goes. The cover is suggestive but the book is more to it than that. Similar to Monster Musume which is another series I am enjoying and 10 Volumes deep.

A Book For Christmas by Selma Lagerlöf

An interesting little book, I had no idea about it or the author prior to reading it. It is a very Godly book and Christian with lots of messages about God and God’s will. Somewhat dated for today’s World I think. It does read more of a child’s book but I cant see today’s children getting through it.

The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol

Well when I started to read this book I was feeling very stupid and disappointed because I thought I bought the other ‘The Night Before Christmas’ where through the house … I was thinking I didn’t know it was set in Russia!

But when I started to read it, what an enjoyable and wonderful book. A certified classic and great addition to my Christmas line up. A fun plot with great characters, a very sweet tale.