The 27th Kingdom by Alice Thomas Ellis - beautifully written with interesting characters and with humour as well, but with a disappointing ending (to me).
Bon Voyage, Mr President and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - I normally avoid this author because I don't like magic realism. However the first 3 stories were enjoyable and stuck (reasonably closely) to realistic possibilities. The 4th didn't so I didn't enjoy that one.
I thought I had only 4 books to go, but David (who knows about sums) tells me that to achieve an average of one book a day, I have to read 6 by the end of tomorrow (or 5 by the end of today). Fortunately I still have a collection of very short books.
Kind stranger makes little boy's Christmas wish come true and gifts him an
emotional support calico cat after his dog passes away: ‘Maybe the best day
of my life’
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Santa Claws often takes the form of a chubby fella with a long, white beard
who wears a red suit and rides in a sleigh. Sometimes, though… Kind
strangers...
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