Archive for 2016

A Trip Down Christmas Market ❅Blogmas Day 24❅

Mince Pies - Vegan & Super quick ❅Blogmas Day 23❅

Hello my shining stars,

and welcome back to Blogmas day ❅22❅! *Christmas song playing in the background* 3 days until the big day now! How crazy is that? I feel like December has gone quicker than I was able to say "Merry Christmas"... It's sad to be thinking that Christmas time will be over so soon, but I hope all of you are still enjoying the few days we have left! Anyways, let me stop rambling, grab yourself a hot chocolate, get all cosy and keep on reading!

Holly Brown has turned into the oh-so-famous Grinch. She hates Christmas itself and everything that is surrounded by it. But can you blame her after losing her beloved husband a few years ago near Christmas day and her grandma just a few weeks ago? Her husband being the one who taught her the true and lovely spirit of Christmas. These days she would do anything just to get away from all the Christmasy stuff and everyone who's in the festive spirit. So when her boss of the house sitting agency asks Holly to look after a house in Lancashire, she jumps at the opportunity to escape.

Jude Martland, the owner of the soon to be looked after house by Holly, tries to avoid Christmas at all costs as well. Poor Jude, saw his own brother run off with his fiancee the last Christmas, so no joy of celebrating festivities are left now. Though he is forced to soon return home, where he finds his house full of raging people, uninvited guests, one unwanted ex-fiancee and Tess seemingly being at the root of it all.

Whilst Holly has no shame at all for the now critical situation, Jude is ready to blame her for it. But Holly has soon come to realise that if she was searching for a place to avoid Christmas, she has come to the wrong place. This family is all about Christmas and looks forward to the festivities just as much as a child would to their presents.

Can Jude and Holly clean up the mess that Holly has done in the next twelve days until Christmas? And what will happen between the two of them after having this hate-love relationship? They will soon find themselves in a situation they never thought possible. This year is providing them with a Christmas story they shall never forget and discoveries which may change their lives forever.

This book was amazing! It has everything you would want a Christmas read to have. Beginning with the stunning sparkly cover of the book itself, and all the Christmas happenings in the story line. Trisha Ashley will have you feel like you're in the middle of the scenario yourself and sorting out the annual Christmas dramas from your family.

Cuddle up with a big cup of hot chocolate, a mince pie and a big cosy blanket and let yourself get glistened by this snowy and romantic Christmas book.

And that's it for this review today! I do hope you liked it if you did then please share this post over on your social medias! Also, make sure to let me know your opinion on this book in the comments down below and if you've read it! If you have any recommendations for future book club sessions then leave them down below too so I can check them out! Make sure to follow and subscribe to my blog so you won't miss out on my goodies!

Which Christmas book is your favourite?

Mary tobogganing offline xx

The Goodway Book Club Christmas Edition: Twelve Days of Christmas ❅Blogmas Day 22❅

My Christmas Dinner 2016 - vegan, refined sugar-free ❅Blogmas Day 21❅

Hello my shining stars,

and welcome back to Blogmas day ❅20❅! *Christmas song playing in the background* I do hope that everyone's doing fine and that all of you are in the most festive spirit ever! Come on, it's only five days until Christmas from today, eeeeeeeek, I'm so excited! Anyways, I'm rambling, what's new, but without further ado, just grab yourself a hot chocolate, get all cosy and please keep on reading!

Tess Brookes had it all. A well-payed job, amazing friends, two men who were in love with her and that all whilst visiting two amazing countries like Hawaii and Milan.

Now Tess has landed back on planet earth and is punched in the face by reality. Made redundant, living in her best friends Amy's flat with Amy's roommates, following a dream that turns out to be harder to achieve than initially planned, as in working for a complete arsehole, and haven't heard anything in months from the two lovely men, Charlie and Nick. All whilst her best friend is making a career herself in the one and only New York City.

When everything seems to be at its worst, Tess packs her bags and books a last-minute flight to NYC, to join her best friend Amy and Kekipi for his approaching wedding. And who wouldn't want to spend Christmas in one of the most magical cities in the world? Once Tess stepped out into the world and got a taste of the New York lifestyle, she decides to make many changes all at once. And it wouldn't be a proper Lindsey Kelk book and all classy and clumsy Tess, if there weren't Nick who lives in the same city, and them hilariously bumping into each other.

Despite all the tough times Tess has had, she still regains her strength and positivism and gathers everything she has together and fights for her dreams. With her friends supporting her she finds herself rather successful and happy again! And then let's not forget about Nick, and Charlies of course. What's going to happen to them? Who is Tess going to choose?

Honestly I bloody LOVE Lindsey Kelk! I love the way she writes and her overall humor in general. I love the fact that you can just relate to all of the characters in her books and you really feel like you you're part of the story whilst reading it! There's no god-now-it's-getting-boring moment in her books whatsoever, you will only find yourself laughing out loud over tragically hilarious things, which have happened to us all!

If there is still someone you need a gift for for this Christmas, then I can assure you that this book is your friend! It's amazing in every possible way and I know that everyone's going to love it just as much as I did!

And that's it for my review of our first Christmas book of The Goodway Book Club - Christmas Edition! Let me know your thoughts on this book in the comments down below, I'd love to read them and to know how you liked it! Also make sure to come back in the next couple of days to read my second review! Want to read more? Then make sure you're subscribed to my blog so you'll never miss a single post of mine!

Who's your favourite character of A Girl's Best Friend?

Mary tobogganing offline xx