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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Book Review: The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery

 The Christmas Wedding Guest is the first in a new series by Susan Mallery called Wishing Tree. Wishing Tree is the name of the small town that is very Christmas-centric with street names that either relate to Christmas or types of trees. Reggie and Dena Somerville are sisters living their lives on their own terms and both are single. Dena lives in Wishing Tree while Reggie lives in Seattle. She goes home for the holidays to help her mom and dad plan a vow renewal Christmas wedding. 

Over the course of a few weeks - over the Thanksgiving and Christmas season - both Reggie and Dena find true love. This is a very Hallmark Movie type of a book. Dena meets Micah - a heartbroken musician trying to find his way back from tragedy and write a song again. Reggie reconnects with Toby, her high school sweetheart. He is now an entrepreneur and a single dad.

I liked this book. I especially liked the Christmas elements. I do wish there was more to the two relationships, though. I look forward to checking in on all the couples in future Wishing Tree books. 

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

National Novel Writing Month

 

    Once again I am going to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. This is a month long endeavor to write a 50,000 word first draft of a novel! I know, it sounds a bit crazy and it is! However, it is also very doable with some advanced preparation, determination, writing daily and community. The NaNoWriMo community is wonderful. Of course, right now that community is completely virtual but it is still there! If you have ever thought about writing a novel then I highly encourage you to look into knocking out the first draft this November with other like-minded writers. It is a lot of fun!