BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
Christmas in London by Anita Hughes
Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.
MY BOOK BEGINNING
Louisa nudged open the industrial-sized oven And thought nothing smelled as wonderful as cinnamon and nutmeg nine days before Christmas.-- from Christmas in London by Anita Hughes.
I am trying to read only Christmas-themed books this month. I think about this every year, and this is the year I am finally going to try. I have a stack of Christmas books to read with my eyes. My difficulty is finding audio books.
I ended up downloading several from the library and am going through them, hit or miss. I mostly found romance books and cozy mysteries. I have nothing against those genres, but they are not the first I pick when looking for something to read. I've sent a few back after the first few minutes of listening because the story was too sappy or the narrator's voice grated on my nerves.
Christmas in London seems to have a bit more going for it. It's still a romcom, but there is a story to it, however implausible. Louisa is a baker in New York and gets the entirely implausible opportunity to go to London to fill in for America's most famous female chef on the most popular cooking program in London. So she gets a whirlwind, all-expense-paid trip to London, with a makeover and romance thrown in.
For sure I need a double dose of the usual willing suspension of disbelief. But I'm thinking these books are the reading equivalent of eggnog -- a Christmas-only treat too sweet for the rest of the year,
The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.
Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.
MY FRIDAY 56
-- from Christmas in London:
YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS
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THE FRIDAY 56
Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.
MY FRIDAY 56
-- from Christmas in London:
Louisa pulled her eyes from a display of Christmas crackers and followed him to the middle of the store. The Christmas tree was five stories tall and seemed as wide as an ocean liner.
FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION
Set during London's most festive time of year and filled with delicious food Anita Hughes' Christmas in London is about love and friendship, and the season's most important lesson: learning how to ask for and give forgiveness.
