The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan - Audio version

 The Christmas Bookshop

by Jenny Colgan

Audio Version

Jenny Colgan has a simple way of writing. She gets

all the feels. All the love. All the confusion and

uncertainty that we all feel when the rug is pulled 

out from under us with life. Whether it is the loss

of a job. The loss of a loved one. Maybe a plan you 

had for your life did not work like you were sure

that it would. Whatever it is, Jenny Colgan writes all

the fear that we feel at times like that. But then she 

builds her characters back up. Brings the life back

to them. There is no sad endings here.

 Carmen starts out as a typical whoa-is-me little

sister. The next thing she knows, she is living in 

her sisters spare room. The perfect sister that can 

handle everything well. Working at a bookshop 

that is on its last leg! How on earth did she find 

herself in this situation? She talks to a friend that

found a restaurant job that is paying well. One that 

won't end after the holiday. Carmen decides to find

her own restaurant job. But Mr McCredie, the shop 

owner picks the right moment to let Carmen see

just how much he needs her to help him 

save the shop.

 In the end, Carmen has turned her life around,. 

turned the Christmas bookshop around and become an 

Aunt. Again. Life could not be better. 

Review by Lisa Hutson

Delicious by Susan Mallery - Audio Version

Delicious

by Susan Mallery

Audio Version

 ★★★★★

Reading the synopsis of Delicious, the 

title is explained. Maybe even the story

is explained. But it really isn't!

There is so much more to it. 

Usually, you will find the matriarch of a

big, wealthy family to be encouraging

and protective. You might often find a

woman choosing to raise a child by 

herself is doing so because the

 father turned out to be a jerk. When 

it is a question of a business going 

under, you would not likely find a 

successful popular person taking 

it over. It is usually someone that is 

trying to prove themselves. 

But this story is not typical.

It is romantic. It is funny. 

Some of the characters are 

not the center of the story. 

And you will wonder why. 

The narrator is the amazing

Therese Plummer. She does her

expected fabulous job. Only making

a good story better. 

Review by Lisa Hutson