#Xmas Reading List: A Christmas Legacy

by Anne Perry

Finish date: 22.11.2024
Genre: novella
Rating: A
#Christmas Comfort Reads

Good News: Christmas this year is going to be different. Usually I just keep reading during December but have decided I’m going to do more “seasonal comfort reads” during the holidays before Christmas. Why? Just to slow down, appreciate what this time of year means and savour in the glow of “peace on earth, good will to men.”

Good News: This book had that “Upstairs Downstairs” feeling created in the British drama series 1971-1975 that so many people loved, including me! I superimposed many of the actors from the series on to the characters in the book. Remember the butler, Hudson? the cook Mrs. Bridges and Rose the the parlour maid?

Bad News: I’m afraid there will be more ‘Christmas cheer” in my house after reading these books with a Christmas theme. So delighted with all these happy endings… I will need a nice glass of  Irish Whisky  in front of the fireplace….to end each book!

Personal: After finishing this book I decided it was time to raise a glass to this wonderful little old woman: Mrs. Adelina Harcourt! She really upset her henpecked son and ungrateful daugher-in-law on Christmans Eve. I cannot reveal anymore of the plot…”no spoilers”…but if you have the time try to read this before Christmas!  Yes, the story felt like a Hallmark Movie/Mystery …but who cares? Sometimes you just need a good feeling book!
Reading time: 2 hr