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My Christmas Curse (2000)

by Joan Gable(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: This book is a nice inspiring read. Meghan Blake has bad luck of sorts every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her editor at the newspaper where she works as a travel writer has challenged her to come up an article a day leading up to Christmas. Each chapter is another article as well as what led up to the situation or what happened after. Meghan finishes each with her own thought about what she has learned and what she hopes for those reading the column. Very enjoyable quick read. Thanks Bookbub for the free book.
review 2: Thanks to BookBub.com I am now able to inundate my Kindle with free books. I'm still determining whether this is a good or a bad thing. This is a review of one such freebie.The plot seemed simple enough in a good way. A female ... moretravel writer expands her horizons by writing a column related to horrible events that have happened to her in or around Christmas throughout her life. In the process she rekindles a relationship with an old crush and makes amends with some of those exes who have wronged her in the past. Easy enough.Where this plot failed for me is that every single character, including the men who cheated on her, all seem so goody two shoes. Sure, it's sometimes nice to experience a simple, happy story set in a season that's supposed to mirror good will, but this tale overdoes it on the glad tidings. And as for Meg's belief and columns related to her "Christmas curse," they don't read as horrible events so much as platforms to imbue us with more in-your-face, You Should Be Grateful sentiment. It's all just over the top and there's no real dramatic turning points or moments that lead you to speculate what's going to happen next.This definitely wasn't a great read for me, but if you're just looking for a quick, harmless, hokey story ending with the author's "why I wrote this book" explanation, this may be an ok selection for you. Personally I was happy to see an author admit she's not a writer but gave the effort anyway. For that alone I give this book two stars. less

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