This week saw the end for some books that I read, as well as my seasonal coffee.
I purchased a romance novel online last month, If It Makes You Happy. I read a couple of chapters a day and got it done within a month. I figured I’d like to read it that way to get myself ready for the holidays. The book, set in 1997, was “Gilmore Girls meets ’90s romcom” material. Leaving out spoilers in the book, I loved the story and the character development. I also liked how it tied to Stars Hollow. The novel is set in a small New England town in the fall. Part of the book takes place at the local inn that will have fans of Gilmore Girls thinking of the Independence or Dragonfly Inn. The quirky characters will remind the reader of their own small town experience. The friendship between the two main characters definitely evolves as the story goes on.
After a month long break, I finally wrapped up Obama: A Photographic Journey. This is a book that I got for Christmas several years ago. I read it a few times like his memoir, but never finished it. The picture book takes the reader through Obama‘s Senate run up to the Presidency. There’s some good stories in there as well, including the emotional one just after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December of 2012. This was one of the hardest moments of Obama‘s presidency. The person who put this book together did an amazing job and also was the chief photographer during the Reagan administration.
Michelle Obama’s The Look is now in stores. Is that book on my Christmas list? I’m thinking about it.
I’ve also wrapped up my Fall Coffee run as I finished the last Pumpkin Cheesecake Latte K-Cup. I’ve begun the process of moving onto holiday flavored coffee. I bought two boxes from Green Mountain, one being Holiday Blend and the other Cinnamon Sugar Cookie. Maybe Peppermint Mocha and Gingerbread will be on my radar come December. There are plenty of Cutie’s visits coming up this Christmas, with a few coming up Thursday and next weekend.
Finally, the Christmas music season is going into high gear as we get close to Thanksgiving. I’ll play some of the old standards from Frank and Bing while also jamming to the sounds of Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It’s been a year since I saw them in concert at the GIANT Center. What a show and what a weekend that was. I’ve found some new (yet old) holiday hits (Perry Como and Dean Martin), and enjoy some of the newer songs.
I admit that I’ll also give Mariah Carey’s Christmas album a spin or two this Christmas. It’s Tiiiiiiiiime!
Stylish 🍒 