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I'm setting aside Mary Barton for the time being. I finally reached the midpoint, but it's just not pulling me in, though I've been assured by others it starts to move along much faster from this point. Maybe after the holidays...
In the meantime, I have read a few short works of fiction:
* The Christmas Bake-Off by Abby Clements (Short story)
* United in Freedom by Marcia Lynch -- found this in the clearance section at HPB, in like-new condition for only a buck. Middle grade story set during the Civil War.
* Home for the Howlidays by Chloe Cole -- Urban fantasy/Christmas Novella featuring shifters
In the meantime, I have read a few short works of fiction:
* The Christmas Bake-Off by Abby Clements (Short story)
* United in Freedom by Marcia Lynch -- found this in the clearance section at HPB, in like-new condition for only a buck. Middle grade story set during the Civil War.
* Home for the Howlidays by Chloe Cole -- Urban fantasy/Christmas Novella featuring shifters


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I have not read Mary Barton but I have read other works by Elizabeth Gaskell: Ruth, Wives & Daughters and her Gothic Tales. Would you not recommend Mary Barton? I can recommend the 3 books I have read, especially Ruth. It is certainly not slow paced.

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Ruth: I have not read anything else by Eliz. Gaskell, so I've nothing to compare Mary Barton to. It's not that it's a bad story, it was just slow-going for me -- partly because of writing style, partly because I have too much going on right now.
Finished Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand Saturday night. This is another new-to-me author so I don't know what her other books are like, but I found this to be one of the most depressing Christmas stories ever. Not sure whether I would read the next book in this series or not. I certainly would not pay full price for it.
I've returned to cozies now, where I actually expect mayhem, dysfunction and murder for Christmas.
Finished Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand Saturday night. This is another new-to-me author so I don't know what her other books are like, but I found this to be one of the most depressing Christmas stories ever. Not sure whether I would read the next book in this series or not. I certainly would not pay full price for it.
I've returned to cozies now, where I actually expect mayhem, dysfunction and murder for Christmas.









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Wonderful Christmas novellas.
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Disappointed this time
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Short, hot and sexy
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Great Nora romance
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Second chance romance
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Some rakes can be reformed
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Angst, repetition and clichéd, but cute
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Sassy and sweet Christmas Novella
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Love Eve & Roarke!!"
Me too and I love some of the conversations between Eve and Peabody. I have Chaos in Death to listen to. I've never listened to a book before.


I love Susan Ericksen's She-body, Trini, among others.
Currently reading two for Christmas, one print and one ebook: Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah and Holiday With A Vampire: Christmas Cravings / Fate Calls by Maureen Child and Caridad Piñeiro.


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