Advent Challenge

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

Discuss the advent challenge here.

Feel free to post links to free e-books you come across and if you're an author who's needing reviews and your book fits with the theme, promote all you want.

How many books are you going to challenge yourself to read?

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

Freebies
I've tried to look for a range of genres, but most of them seem to be Romance.
These links are for Amazon UK, but it you replace .co.uk with whichever ending you need for your country, it'll take you to the right page if the book is available for you.

PLEASE CHECK PRICE BEFORE BUYING. THESE BOOKS WERE FREE AT THE TIME OF POSTING BUT PRICES MAY HAVE CHANGED.

All I Want For Christmas Is You
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Con...

Home For Christmas
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-For-Chri...

Little Nemo's Wild Sleigh Ride
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Nemos-...

Ruth's First Christmas Tree: A Ruth Galloway Short Story
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ruths-First-C...

Secret Santa, A Bluegrass Series Novella
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Santa-...

Bah, Humbug!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Humbug-Christ...

A Magical Christmas Story
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magical-Chris...

Twas the Zombie Attack Before Christmas
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Twas-Zombie-A...

The Snow Globe
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Snow-Glob...

White Christmas
http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Christm...

Silver Bells
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Bells-...

The Winter Beast and Other Tales
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Winter-Be...

The Winter Letter
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Winter-Le...

A Winter's Knight: A Regency Romance
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winters-Knigh...

Winter Escapes (Young Adult Fantasy Ebook Sampler)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winter-Escape...

The Perfect Treat: Heart-warming Short Stories for Winter Nights
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Perfect-T...

The Perfect Treat: Heart-warming Short Stories for Winter Nights
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fell-Winter-T...

Winter's Awakening: The Metahumans Emerge
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Winters-Awake...

[Rebecca, The Constant Reader]

If anybody wants to read a Christmas Classic, this edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is free on Kindle - http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Christmas-C...

I'll probably be reading this one :)

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

I think I'm going to really challenge myself and read 12. It'll probably mostly be novellas and some children's stories (I LOVE readings children's books!) so I can read them as well as books to review.

[Rebecca, The Constant Reader]

If anybody wants to read a light-lighted Christmas Romance novel, I bought for 59p for my Kindle!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleigh-Bells-...

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

Just finished my first :D

[Rebecca, The Constant Reader]

I'm halfway through and love it so far :)

[Rebecca, The Constant Reader]

I just finished and loved it so much I just had it give it 5 stars :)

'She'd discovered long before that loneliness could be a dull background ache or it could be sharp and painful. It could bite into the soft parts of a person leaving bruises, or it could just nip gently at the edges of your subconscious. She'd learned to live with it, but tonight the O'Neils had ripped away all the protection she'd so carefully wrapped around herself, leaving her vulnerable and exposed.'

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

I finished Unexpected Gifts the other day and it was a lovely read, very fun. And it's definitely put me in the mood!

[Rebecca, The Constant Reader]

I've finished two Christmas books over the last few days. One was a novella and one was a short story. The novella is Baby It's Cold Outside and it was quite disappointing. It also didn't have anything to do with Christmas, despite the name and the snow on the cover. I only rated this one two stars.

But I also read A Groom for Christmas by Cara Marsi which was great. I loved the concept behind the story and it was light-hearted and entertaining; perfect for Christmas :)

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

Yesterday, I finsished A Christmas to Remember and it was SO GOOD. I really really loved it! I'll definitely read it again and probably not even at Christmas.

[Rebecca, The Constant Reader]

3/5 stars to

'Ben hunched his shoulders and pulled his coat closer. The cold didn't bother him. His body healed from nearly any injury, so when his fingers got too told, they just started to reheat a few moments later. He healed and he lived and he hated it.'

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

I'v just upped mine from 10 books to 12 to try and give myself a real tough challenge. Eek, I hope I can do it! Already a little behind!

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

From Scotland With Love by Katie Fforde
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Cora, Tea Party Princess]

Smashed it! One book to go and I'm already 1/3 through it.

I never thought I'd enjoy it as much - I've never really read with the season before. I'll definitely do it again, the books seemed all the more real and I'm in a very festive mood now.