The Twelve Loves of Christmas by various authors

 

Twelve Loves of Christmas is an advent book.  The idea being that you read one short story a day for 12 days of Christmas.  I really love the concept.  I read this book in September and as an e-book so I think the charm of it was a bit lost and I would definitely recommend a physical copy in this situation.

I'm not really a short story lover but the stories were very fast paced and quite full and complete stories.  Not every day was appealing to me but most of them were.  I definitely enjoyed this way more than I expected to and the physical copy would certainly make the reading more fun.  Probably reading it in December instead of September on vacation in Portugal would be more festive as well.  I think some of the stories would have great appeal to a young adult as well.

The Wish List Trip by Kerry Lonsdale and Orly Konig

 

Holly and Anna have just lost their beloved best friend Zoey to cancer.  To be fair they haven't been a threesome of friends for awhile now.  When Zoey's dad presents Anna and Holy with Zoey's last wishes there's no way they can say no - can they?  They are big last wishes.

Zoey wants Anna and Holly to spend two weeks travelling to all the places the girls travelled together since graduating college.  She's written the girls letters along the way with instructions.  Like take her ashes with them and scatter them everywhere.  Also, forgive each other and get back to being friends.  That's a big ask but the girls can't say no to Zoey.

In the letters Zoey reveals some big secrets that most best friends would have already revealed.  Holly and Anna have a few secrets to share too if they can even talk to each other.

This was a great read and fast paced as the girls were in a new location every few pages.  The secrets that were kept were pretty big and the unravelling of the Anna and Holly feud was just right.