Beyond the Bookends 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by jackie_beyondthebookends

December- Read a Holiday story (bonus points if you read about a holiday you don’t celebrate!)
The prompt for December is to  Read a Holiday story (bonus points if you read about a holiday you don’t celebrate!). This is such a fun prompt. We read so many amazing books this year that we could not resist making it into the final prompt for 2024!
All books added
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Christmas in Peachtree Bluff

Peachtree Bluff #4

Kristy Woodson Harvey

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

The Christmas Books #1

Charles Dickens

104 pages • first pub 1843 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

This Time Next Year

Sophie Cousens

10 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans

The Noel Diary

The Noel Collection #1

Richard Paul Evans

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon

My Darling Girl

Jennifer McMahon

10 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Frost Of Fear And Fortitude by A.P. Beswick

A Frost Of Fear And Fortitude

The Levanthria Series

A.P. Beswick

215 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
One Day in December by Josie Silver

One Day in December

Josie Silver

394 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
A Boy Called Christmas by Chris Mould, Matt Haig

A Boy Called Christmas

A Boy Called Christmas #1

Chris Mould, Matt Haig

272 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Three Holidays and a Wedding by Marissa Stapley, Uzma Jalaluddin

Three Holidays and a Wedding

Marissa Stapley, Uzma Jalaluddin

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

In a Holidaze

Christina Lauren

7 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced