Warm up with Reading | Penticton Public Library

1) 25 days, 26 ways to make this your best Christmas ever

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Christmas should be the most anticipated day of the year. But many people dread the shopping, financial strain, and extra activities they have to sandwich between the layers of their already too-busy lives. Bestselling author Ace Collins is the perfect guide to help them navigate the stress of the holidays. As he shares twenty-six easy ways to revamp Christmas expectations, readers will relax, refuel, and readjust their attitude toward the season....

2) Alaskan holiday: a novel

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Macomber, Debbie

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Debbie Macomber brings us to the Alaskan wilderness for a magical Christmas tale about finding love where it’s least expected.

“Picture-perfect . . . this charmer will please Macomber fans and newcomers alike.”—Publishers Weekly
Before beginning her dream job as sous chef in one of Seattle’s hottest new restaurants, Josie Avery takes...

3) An angel for Christmas

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Graham, Heather

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Christmas has never brought out the best in the MacDougal family. Still, year after year they gather together in the Blue Ridge Mountains to try to make the season merry and bright. But this year is an especially strained one, with Shayne's impending divorce, Morwenna's slavish devotion to work and Bobby's reluctance to face what life has to offer. They've never felt less like a family. Then, in the midst of a sibling shouting match, a mysterious...

4) Angels at the Table: A Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy Christmas Story

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Macomber, Debbie

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Angelic intervention volume 8

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this joyous and whimsical holiday novel, Debbie Macomber rings in the season with the return of Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy, delivering laughs, love, and a charming dose of angelic intervention.

Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy know that an angel’s work is never done, especially during a time as wondrous as New Year’s Eve. With an apprentice angel, Will, under their...

5) Artful Christmas: 30 elegant craft projects

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Wasinger, Susan

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Presents step-by-step instructions for thirty Christmas crafts utilizing accessible materials, from a doily snowflake bowl and playing card ornaments to folk art felt coasters and a tiny tin advent calendar wreath.

6) The artisanal kitchen: more than 30 recipes to sweeten the season /Gluten-free holiday cookies

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Medrich, Alice

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"Holidays are the time for baking and enjoying cookies and treats, and those with gluten sensitivities shouldn't have to miss out. Baking with flavor flours-oat flour, sorghum flour, teff, coconut flour, and nut flours, like almond and hazelnut-means that everyone can enjoy holiday treats, from the classic Chocolate Chip Cookie to the decadent Peanut Crunch Brownies. Alternative flours make these cookies and bars gluten-free. And rather than simply...

7) Away in a manger

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Bowen, Rhys

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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 15

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"It's Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once, Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: she and Daniel have a baby son and twelve-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, the voice of an angel, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doorway, singing "Away in a Manger." Bridie is touched...

8) Baking for the holidays: 50+ treats for a festive season

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Kieffer, Sarah

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"A festive baking book featuring more than 50 recipes to enjoy during the holiday season and all winter long"--

9) The bear and the nightingale: a novel

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Arden, Katherine

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Winternight trilogy volume 1

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"In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of...

10) Beautiful Winter

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Norman, Edle Catharina

11) Best in snow

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Rosenfelt, David

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Andy Carpenter novels volume 24

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"In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a snowstorm that dumps two feet of snow on the ground. Lawyer Andy Carpenter likes snow - white Christmas and all that - but it can cause problems for the walks he takes his dogs on every day. When Andy's...

12) better off thread

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13) The big book of cidermaking: expert techniques for fermenting and flavoring your favorite hard cider

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Shockey, Christopher

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"With expert advice and clear, step-by-step instructions, The Big Book of Cidermaking equips readers with the skills they need to make the cider they want"--Publisher.

14) The big book of holiday paper crafts

15) Blue Christmas

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Andrews, Mary Kay

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Savannah series (Mary Kay Andrews) volume 3

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"Wonderful. . . . A must read come holiday time."—Roanoke Times

"Nobody does Christmas like Mary Kay Andrews." — Debbie Macomber

New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews's rollicking Christmas tale featuring the beloved characters from Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze

'Tis the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in

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16) The book of matcha: superfood recipes for green tea powder

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Cheadle, Louise

17) Call me Mrs. Miracle

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Macomber, Debbie

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Angelic intervention

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From bestselling author Debbie Macomber, comes a modern retelling of "Miracle on 34th Street" starring Mrs. Miracle. While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in NYC, Mrs. Miracle seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake the owner's son.

18) Canadian Christmas traditions

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Mandryk, DeeAnn

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Amazing stories

19) Candy cane murder

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Fluke, Joanne

Series

Hannah Swensen mysteries

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A collection of three holiday mysteries includes stories by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meyer, and features fourteen Christmas recipes.

20) A Cherry Cola Christmas

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Lee, Ashton

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Cherry Cola Book Club volume 4

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Christmas is coming to the small town of Cherico, Mississippi, and there's no better way to prepare than with the Cherry Cola Book Club's feast of good food, good books-and good people… Cherico's newlywed librarian Maura Beth Mayhew is back from her honeymoon and she and Jeremy McShay are settling into married life. Maura Beth's father has even given them the down payment on a charming cottage. But as the holidays approach, Cherico's economy is...