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It's Jeanette Winterson, people. I could read her shopping list and still be a happy reader. In Christmas Days we have her impeccable style and stories about Christmas. What could go wrong? If you just replied ''nothing'', you are correct. Jeanette Winterson offers us 12 stories and 12 recipes for th Leggi tutto

This may well be the only Christmas book I read this season, and of so I am glad I chose this one. I loved every single story, though of course I had a few favorites. The Snowmama, a magical heartwarming story with a wonderful message. The Mistletoe Bride, a gothic tale of well deserved revenge. Christ Leggi tutto

I’ve not read Jeanette Winterson’s writing before this lovely and imaginative collection of short stories and personal essays. How delightful it was to sit and get lost in a story or two each night before turning out the lights! All of the short stories had a magical quality to them – a tone that se Leggi tutto

Like the literary equivalent of a warm glass of mulled wine: soothing, joyous and bubbling. Highly recommended for the season! Why had we learned to hurry through every day when every day was all we had? General Lyrical, filled with fantasy and warmth, I feel Jeanette Winterson is the ideal writer for Leggi tutto

An eclectic mix of stories, recipes, and memories, Christmas Days brings together a series of imaginative holiday writings. The book alternates between twelve pieces of short fiction (“stories”) and twelve personal essays ending with recipes (“feasts”). Jeanette Winterson is consistently engaging, b Leggi tutto

Gran libro navideño repleto de cuentos muy variados, desde los más tiernos a los más fantasmales. Me gustaron especialmente estos últimos. Como suele ocurrir en estas antologías algunos me gustaron más y otros menos, pero yo diría que mis relatos preferidos fueron 'Navidades en Nueva York' (muy tier Leggi tutto

This is a physically beautiful collection of a dozen (for the twelve days of Christmas) new short stories, alternating with a dozen pieces about food (each ending with a recipe), all with a Christmas or winter theme, topped and tailed with an introduction and a Christmas message. I use, but don’t r Leggi tutto

This was a Traveling Sister read with Norma, Berit, Dana, Nikki,and Holly. The Traveling Sister review of this book and others can be found on their blog at: https://twogirlslostinacouleereading.... I have mixed feelings about this book. As is often the case with short stories, I enjoyed a few but o Leggi tutto

This was an impulse buy. I was standing at the counter in my local bookshop ready to pay for my other purchases when I saw this beautiful looking book. I had to pick it up. The cover was just so tactile; a beautiful woven cloth hardback with gorgeous silver pickups. How could I resist??? I love all t Leggi tutto

I am not generally a Christmas book reader, or Christmas special watcher, mainly because I find the majority of these are a little too sappy for my tastes. But I saw a couple of nice reviews of this one, I've heard a lot of good things about Winterson's writing, and my library had it on the shelf, s Leggi tutto