Murder Under the Christmas Tree
3 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by
Poodlesister
from Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 22, 2022


Bought in a charity shop

Journal Entry 2 by
Poodlesister
at UK Secret Santa, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 22, 2022


Released 2 yrs ago (11/27/2022 UTC) at UK Secret Santa, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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This is going to my Secret Santa partner. A Christmas-themed book.
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If this is your introduction to Bookcrossing, welcome, and congratulations on finding this book! Enjoy reading the book,and I hope you will let us know what you thought. It is now yours to do with as you wish - keep it, pass it on, but please leave the label, so it can keep in touch with us. If you would like to know what happens to the book after it has left you, then do join - it's private and it's fun!
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Happy Bookcrossing!
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Thank you so much! Perfect Choice! I love a Christmas Anthology. This will be re-wrapped and put aside for next year's bookish advent calendar.

Murder Under The Christmas Tree - Good
The first of my festive reads and the first of my own bookish advent calendar(*) - a collection of short stories all set at Christmas or the run up to the big day. Some great authors, mostly vintage/golden age with a couple of modern authors thrown in, all thoroughly enjoyable and some pointers to new authors to read in the future.
A nice quick read
(*) every year I collect interesting looking Christmas themed books, wrap them up and then pick them at random during December. I never know what I'm going to get and I have some sweet treats wrapped for non-book days. Works for me!
#review
The first of my festive reads and the first of my own bookish advent calendar(*) - a collection of short stories all set at Christmas or the run up to the big day. Some great authors, mostly vintage/golden age with a couple of modern authors thrown in, all thoroughly enjoyable and some pointers to new authors to read in the future.
A nice quick read
(*) every year I collect interesting looking Christmas themed books, wrap them up and then pick them at random during December. I never know what I'm going to get and I have some sweet treats wrapped for non-book days. Works for me!
#review

For my Secret Santa recipient - hope you enjoy it!
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If you do join Bookcrossing, you'll be able to see what happens to it afterwards - for ever!
Although this book is registered at www.bookcrossing.com, you don't have to be a member. It's perfectly OK to just take the book and enjoy it. Of course, if you can visit the website and let us know that you've picked it up, that would be even better - you don't even have to join, you can add your comments anonymously - you can also post your review when you've read it, then return it or pass it on to someone else.
If you do join Bookcrossing, you'll be able to see what happens to it afterwards - for ever!

Thank you very much Secret Santa for the book of Christmas themed short stories. I recognise most of the authors and even read books by four of them. As soon as I have read them, which may not be until Christmas next year (as have a few books to read first), I will make a journal entry. I prefer to read Christmas stories when the festive season starts!

The last of my Secret Santa books I received in 2023 now completed. I liked a few of the stories (the last Cadfael story was probably my favourite) but equally a few of them left me cold. It takes me a while to get into short story books and by the time I have got into them (or in some cases completely bemused throughout!) it's finished. I prefer a more full bodied novel to get my teeth into - probably reading it over Christmas is not a good idea as I'm too easily distracted and kept losing the plots! I quite liked Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story too - His armchair assessments just amuse me.