Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
15th out of 66 books
—
83 voters
All I Want for Christmas
by
Amy Silver
Twelve days and counting...
It's Bea's first Christmas with her baby son, and this year she's determined to do everything right. But there is still so much to do: the Christmas menu needs refining; her caf�, The Honey Pot, needs decorating; and she's invited the whole neighbourhood to a party on Christmas Day. She really doesn't have time to get involved in two new people...more
It's Bea's first Christmas with her baby son, and this year she's determined to do everything right. But there is still so much to do: the Christmas menu needs refining; her caf�, The Honey Pot, needs decorating; and she's invited the whole neighbourhood to a party on Christmas Day. She really doesn't have time to get involved in two new people...more
Paperback, 325 pages
Published
November 25th 2010
by Arrow
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
710)
I was feeling the need to have some Christmas cheer and while looking on my bookshelves found All I Want For Christmas … which had been a gift last year and had remained there waiting for me to re-discover it!
We start to get involved in Bea, Olivia and Chloe’s lives from 14th December. The scene is set in The Honeypot – we get to know Bea, a little about her customers and the fact that there is something troubling her. Chloe is a business woman and is one of the demanding customers waiting in a...more
We start to get involved in Bea, Olivia and Chloe’s lives from 14th December. The scene is set in The Honeypot – we get to know Bea, a little about her customers and the fact that there is something troubling her. Chloe is a business woman and is one of the demanding customers waiting in a...more
This was a delightful book set out in a diary format covering the two weeks leading up to Christmas. It follows the lives of three different women as they cope with the stresses and strains of Christmas. First up, you have Bea, the owner of the The Honey Pot, a local coffee shop / deli, who is determined to make this first Christmas for her son a happy one. Bea was widowed before her son was born and has been through a lot. She has struggled to come to terms with her loss as anyone would.
Then yo...more
Then yo...more
Three female character's take the lead, Bea owns a deli and is coping very well managing it while caring for her baby son, but where is her husband and how does she juggle cooking for the deli, working and caring for her son?
Olivia is a journalist, reporting on beauty products and is madly in love with her boyfriend Kieran, or is she?
Chloe is having an affair with a married man and between that and her job she really doesn't need anything else in her life...right?
It's the Christmas season and wh...more
Olivia is a journalist, reporting on beauty products and is madly in love with her boyfriend Kieran, or is she?
Chloe is having an affair with a married man and between that and her job she really doesn't need anything else in her life...right?
It's the Christmas season and wh...more
I absolutely adored this book. What a fun, heart-warming tale to warm the cockles at Christmas. I thought the cover was gorgeous too – snow and twinkly lights and a cosy deli called The Honey Pot – I just wanted to step straight into the cover of the book.
All I Want for Christmas is about three women in their 30′s: Bea who owns The Honey Pot which is renowned for it’s scrumptious Italian food (she bought it with her Italian husband Mario, who is no longer on the scene) and she lives there with h...more
All I Want for Christmas is about three women in their 30′s: Bea who owns The Honey Pot which is renowned for it’s scrumptious Italian food (she bought it with her Italian husband Mario, who is no longer on the scene) and she lives there with h...more
I read this as part of my 'read only Christmas themed books' in December agreement I had with myself.
I truly loved this book, especially how it was written in diary format. I related to the character's straight away and I loved how different they were from each other, yet they were all brought together and fit so perfecly into each other's lives.
Chloe is the most complex of them with her starting out as a bitch who you really despise (the first meeting Bea has with her I felt my blood boil on Be...more
I truly loved this book, especially how it was written in diary format. I related to the character's straight away and I loved how different they were from each other, yet they were all brought together and fit so perfecly into each other's lives.
Chloe is the most complex of them with her starting out as a bitch who you really despise (the first meeting Bea has with her I felt my blood boil on Be...more
This is a nice, warmhearted little book for the holidays. It's from the perspectives of three very different women, switching from one to the other all the time and has therefore very short chapters that fit perfectly in between during the stressful holiday season.
It's not the most original book (the twists at the end were not THAT unpredictable), but it takes its readers seriously, is well written and features characters that are far enough from the clichés to be interesting.
I honestly liked...more
It's not the most original book (the twists at the end were not THAT unpredictable), but it takes its readers seriously, is well written and features characters that are far enough from the clichés to be interesting.
I honestly liked...more
This book was enjoyable and a very easy read, but I can't help feeling a little disappointed. I quite enjoyed the way that it was written and how the three women's stories overlapped at the beginning though there was no need for it to be sectioned as only Bea's story was in first person. The story was pleasant and had a nice happy ending that I'd expected from this book - the book was predictable and there wasn't really any twists or turns but it was still enjoyable. The thing that most disappoi...more
May 03, 2011
Andrea
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone, it's a cleverly written book
Recommended to Andrea by:
my daughter Kay, I chose it for her for Christmas 2010!
Shelves:
modern-women-writers,
borrowed
I like the way the book is written from Bea's point of view, but then dips back and forth to two other characters Chloe and Olivia, and their part is written third party, I won't say any more, just read it! If i do, it'll ruin the plot! I chose this as a Christmas present for my daughter Kay last Christmas, its a brand new book; she read and enjoyed it and then passed it on to me.
A lovely easy to read book. I liked the way diary entries were used to count down. I would have liked to have known a little more about Bea. I wish I head read it in Dec though and not the middle of summer.
Loved this book from start to finish, a real page turner which will definitely bring you in the Christmas mood.
I will say it was an enjoyable book. There was a lot of passing around all the main characters, I rather have longer chapters with characters so you get to know them more. It also ended quite abruptly, I felt there could have been better ending for Chloe, what happened with her new love interest? It was a nice easy read for the Christmas period.
Dec 28, 2012
Isabel Tomlinson
added it
This was quite a nice easy read over the festive period. Nothing ground-breaking but still enjoyable and it helped me pass the time while travelling home for Christmas.
lovely, moving story but think the proof reader needs retraining !
easy to read with good characters, predictable but comforting.
Good Chicklit, and not that "Christmassy"
just ok
Lovely feel good book to snuggle up with on a winters day.
A nice gentle Christmasy read
This is so Christmassy and cosy, yet realistic and romantic. I am thoroughly enjoying reading this book. It follows the lives of Bea, Chloe and Olivia. They all meet at 'The Honey pot.' Bea's Coffee shop. For a warm and festive read, this is wonderful. We follow the ups and downs of all the characters, hoping they all find what they're looking for. It's a curl up on the settee and light the candles book.
Lovely book, light and easy to read and full of the joys of Christmas time
Easy to read, doesn't need much thought!
Such a great read at Christmas Time!!!
Good Christmas Chick-Lit. Liked that the plot was a little deeper than normal. Gave it a 4 because the book I read had a million typing mistakes. Must have been the pre-edited version. Worth reading though for sure :)
Nice and sweet.
A Nice book to read when its Christmas time gives you that warm christmasesy feeling very much enjoyed it.
Great Christmas read, I read this on the same days as the book.
May 18, 2013
Anne Nieves murphy
marked it as to-read
May 17, 2013
Betsy
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Amy Silver is a writer and freelance journalist, and has written on everything from the diamond trade to DIY dog grooming. She lives in London and has a penchant for vintage clothes and champagne cocktails, but she always pays her credit card bills on time.
More about Amy Silver...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
Dec 07, 2010 06:41pm