Dec 1, 2012

Checkin' It Twice Blog Tour + Giveaway

About the Book:
Title: Checkin' It Twice & Other Heartwarming Holiday Tales (Volume 2)
Author: Multiple
Publisher: LDS Publisher Press (imprint of Rosehaven Publishing)

Release Date: November 15, 2012
Genre: Christmas Short Story Collection

Book Description:
Can Santa learn a lesson from the Savior?
Can a foreign exchange student help you see Christmas a little more clearly?
Do things really look better from a distance?
And just how many holiday ornaments does one woman need?

Get in the Christmas Spirit with Volume 2 of award-winning stories from LDS Publisher's 2010 and 2011 Christmas Story Contests!

Featuring LDS Authors:

Checkin’ It Twice by Michael Young
Foreign Exchange by Teresa G. Osgood
Slushballs by Janice Sperry
Fishing Buddy by Rob Smales
Christmas Bus by LeeAnn Setzer
Broken Things by Angie Lofthouse
Gifts from Jesus by Kasey Eyre
Substitute Santa by Gussie Fick
Third Strike Christmas by Brian C. Ricks
Christmas Stash by Jennifer Ricks
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh by Weston Elliott
Milkshakes and Mittens by Brenda J. Anderson
The Real Magic by LisaAnn Turner
With Wondering Awe by Jennifer Carson Shelton
A Soldier’s Christmas by Amie Borst
The Two Hundred Forty-fourth Ornament by Jennifer Ricks
 
My Review:
I LOVE books like this one! Filled with short stories and easy to read! Pick it up, put it down, pick it up again. Read in order, or, out of order. Read, ponder, savor, and most of all, enjoy!

I really enjoyed ALL of the stories, but space only allows for me to mention a few...

I was very TOUCHED by the title story, Checkin' It Twice...As Santa is "checkin' his list" he realizes that Christ doesn't have a naughty list. Christ gives freely to ALL! Very thought-provoking!

I also LOVED Fishing Buddy...A lonely man goes out to ice fish on Christmas Eve to pass the evening away...but he finds another man out on the ice and spend the evening with Kris K...who suddenly has to leave because he has a VERY BUSY NIGHT ahead of him. But before Kris fully disappears he leaves a very special gift with a note that says "Same time next year?"

The Two Hundred Forty-Fourth Ornament was WONDERFUL...A teacher understands that her school kids have a hard time focusing on school work during the week before Christmas...so she plans for it...parties...spelling lists of Christmas words, etc. She also has to plan that each year one more child will learn the truth about Santa Claus from another child. What she didn't plan on this year was a very special gift from one of her students.

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(A digital review copy of this title was provided by the author for this review. However, all reviews are of my own opinion :)

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