Over the festive season I try to read at least one
Christmas themed book. It usually gives me a warm feeling inside, a bit like
snuggling up under a fleece blanket near the fireside, with a cup of hot
chocolate when it’s snowing outside!
This year, I managed to acquire ‘The Snow Globe’ by Sheila
Roberts for just £1.00 from The Works. This book is currently retailing for
£8.99 on Amazon and has some great reviews.
This book was so good that I had to finish it yesterday. I
read the final chapters at the railway station in Taffs Well, on the train
home...and the last pages at Tesco’s cafe as I drank a cup of hot chocolate as
I savoured every single word. It seemed appropriate somehow, as that’s how the
book made me feel, all comfy/cosy inside and Christmassy too.
The main character, Kiley Gray, who has just been dumped by
her boyfriend for her sister, buys an antique snow globe which already has an
interesting tale attached to it dating back to the 1800s.
When Kiley shakes the globe and the flurry of snowflakes
settle, she sees a picture inside of her future that leads her on a journey, so
the globe becomes a sort of Christmas crystal ball that foretells the user’s
future.
The globe gets passed from person-to-person and magically
changes their lives for the better.
This really is a feel-good story that evokes the spirit of
Christmas. It’s a page-turner, it has to be as I’ve never spent a train journey
like that before where I’ve blocked out the outside world and wished the ride
had been a little longer.
Reading the book seemed a fitting end to the last day of Christmas, and what a feeling it left me with...
It was simply magical, filled with the spirit of the season!!
Currently till retailing for £1.00 at The Works!
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