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Carrie Mercer
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Episode14: Werewolves Hazardous Dukes and Christmas Letters
Books reviewed in this episode:
Marley 9/10 novel
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe 9/10 short stories
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners 8/10 novel
How The Dukes Stole Christmas: A Christmas Romance Anthology 8/10
Christmas Podcasts mentioned in this episode:
Sleigh Bells and Mistletoe Christmas
Book Giveaway! Want to win a new hardback copy of the novel Marley? Just leave me a review and then email to let me know and tell me where (a link would be great!), and I’ll enter you into the drawing! I’ll be giving this one away in the next episode, so you have until February 10th-ish 2020!
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
Instagram for the show is at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can do
so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
Support the showEpisode 13: Witches, Hospitals, and Christmas Rap
Books reviewed in this episode:
Grandpa’s Witched-Up Christmas 8/10
The Drummer Boy 8/10
Geronimo Stilton: Christmas Catastrophe 8/10
Deck the Halls, We’re Off The Walls 8/10
Holly Claus: The Christmas Princess 8/10
Podcasts mentioned in this episode:
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
Instagram for the show is at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can now do so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
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CBR 12 King Moonracer on An Ice Floe
Christmas Book Review
11/11/19 • 39 min
Episode 12: King Moonracer on An Ice Floe
Books reviewed in this episode:
Back To Christmas middle grade fiction 8/10
Holly Blues adult mystery 8/10
The Island of Misfit Toys kids graphic novel 7/10
The Queen and The First Christmas Tree non-fiction picture book 9/10; in the description of this book I mention how Queen Charlotte put more helpers and nurses into hospitals for pregnant women so that more "children would survive childbirth" but I meant to say so that more WOMEN would survive childbirth. Oopsie.
The Night Before Christmas adult novella 7/10
African American Christmas Stories collection of poetry and fiction 7/10; in the description of the story "Three Men and A Woman" I mention Ella being from "Southern Carolina"--yeah, I made up a new state! Actually it's South Carolina. Also, in my description of that story, I quote a passage in which the N word is used for a black person (Jerry) and I just say N so it might be confusing. What I quoted was "and the N___ be burned alive at the stake."
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
Instagram for the show is at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can now do so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
Thanks to everyone who wrote to me and entered my first book giveaway, I loved hearing from you all, and I’ll have another giveaway soon!
Support the showEpisode 11: Krampus, Cookies, and Cross Stitch
Books Reviewed in this Episode:
A World of Cookies for Santa: Follow Santa’s Tasty Trip Around the World 8/10
The Last Christmas 7.5/10
Krampus:Shadow of Saint Nicholas 9/10
The Magic of Christmas to Cross Stitch: French charm for your stitchwork 9/10
Other Books Mentioned in this Episode:
I mentioned the Snow Maiden Snegurochka in A World of Cookies being in a Connie Willis story I reviewed in an earlier episode. Oopsie, I lied! It wasn’t Connie Willis, it was Seanan McGuire and the story was Fresh as the New-Fallen Snow, and it was in the book of short stories Hark the Herald Angels Scream, which I reviewed in episode 2.
Podcast mentioned in this episode:
MY FIRST GIVEAWAY! To celebrate reaching double digit episodes, I’m giving away a brand-new copy of the book The Myths That Stole Christmas: Seven Misconceptions That Hijacked the Holiday (and how we can take it back), by David Kyle Johnson. Just send me an email at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com and maybe tell me a book you’ve read that you heard about on this podcast. That’s it! Thanks! The drawing will be open until Halloween—October 31st, 2019.
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
Instagram for the show is at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can now do so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
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CBR Episode 10 LEGOs Old Dogs and Expectations
Christmas Book Review
09/20/19 • 30 min
Episode. 10: LEGOs, Old Dogs, and Expectations
The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book Volume 2 7/10
Old Dog Cora and The Christmas Tree 8/10
The Christmas Extravaganza Hotel 8/10
Yes, Virginia, There is A Santa Claus 6/10
The Road To Ever After 10/10
The Adults 7/10
Podcast mentioned in this episode:
MY FIRST GIVEAWAY! To celebrate reaching double digit episodes, I’m giving away a brand-new copy of the book The Myths That Stole Christmas: Seven Misconceptions That Hijacked the Holiday (and how we can take it back), by David Kyle Johnson. Just send me an email at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com and maybe tell me a book you’ve read that you heard about on this podcast. That’s it! Thanks! The drawing will be open until Halloween—October 31st, 2019.
Thanks for listening!
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
There’s now an instagram for the show at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can now do so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
Support the showEpisode 9: Toy Nostalgia and Christmas Cinema
Show Notes:
Books reviewed in this episode:
Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas 10/10
Under the Tree: The Toys and Treats that Made Christmas Special 1930-1970 8/10
Pick A Pine Tree 9/10
Podcasts mentioned in this episode:
(some of) Alonso Duralde’s film podcasts:
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
There’s now an instagram for the show at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can now do so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
Support the showEpisode 8: Gandalf, Apple Trees and Junking in Savannah
Show notes
Santa Sold Shrooms 6/10
ok, whoops. I said the Sami are a "nomadic reindeer tribe." Doh! Nope, they are people, not reindeer. They herd reindeer. And are nomadic. Mouth got ahead of brain.
Murder Under the Mistletoe 6.5/10
The Christmas Cat 9/10
Apple Tree Christmas 10/10
Christmas Bliss 7/10
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
There’s now an instragram for the show at https://www.instagram.com/ChristmasBookReview/
If you’d like to support the show and get a Christmas goodie, you can now do so at patreon.com/ChristmasBookReview
Show Notes for
Episode 7 : Redwork, Aliens, and Rockefeller Center
Books Reviewed in this episode:
Just Be Claus: 24 Jolly Holiday Embroideries craft book 9/10
Red and Lulu children’s picture book 9/10
The Berenstain Bears Christmas Tree 8/10
Presents Through the Window: A Taro Gomi Christmas Book 9/10
Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus 7/10
Other Books Mentioned:
Old Hat New Hat is now a board book, which we didn’t have when I was a kid (and I had to walk to school in the snow uphill both ways, blah blah middle-aged whingeing)
The Berenstain Bears book I was thinking of but couldn’t remember is Bears on Wheels
Carrie Mercer can be reached at ChristmasBookReview@gmail.com
there's now an Instagram for the show at https://www.instagram.com/christmasbookreview/
I will be setting up a Patreon soon, details in the next episode!
Episode 6: Small Towns Golden Lessons and Shameless Commerce
The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle 10/10
Susan Wittig Albert's website: http://www.susanalbert.com/
Did I call this a mystery? I think it's just more of a historical fiction novel.
Everything I Need To Know About Christmas I Learned From A Little Golden Book
Oops I forgot to give the numerical rating on this one during the podcast! But you could tell I liked it, right? 9/10
The Business of Holidays
Yeah, I forgot to mention my rating of this one as well! Where is my brain? 8/10
Christmas Price Index https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/topics/pnc-christmas-price-index.html
Santa Claus School founded by Charles W. Howard http://www.santaclausschool.com/
Christmas Miscellany: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Christmas 8/10
Carrie Mercer can be reached at christmasbookreview@gmail.com
there's now an Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/christmasbookreview/

CBR Episode 5 Shopping, Dryer Lint and Babies
Christmas Book Review
05/01/19 • 37 min