ME Recommends: Festive Reads
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Here’s what the Mushens Entertainment team are reading (and snacking on!) this festive season…
Juliet recommends…
I love LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott, it always makes me feel extremely Christmassy – something about the portrayal of a close, loving, bickering family I find very familiar! I also really recommend the most recent adaptation of it, although I am still mad that Amy ended up with Laurie and will take that rage to my deathbed.
To read with…
Charbonnel & Walker gingerbread truffles! They only sell them at Christmas and they are the nicest thing I have ever eaten.
Liza recommends…
THE MITTEN by Jan Brett is a children’s book, but I love reading it every winter. It tells a beautiful story about all the animals in the woods who find a mitten. One by one, they climb inside to keep warm on a cold winter’s day. It is a beautiful retelling of the classic Ukrainian story.
To read with…
I love a good cup of tea, but when it comes to the holiday season, mulled apple cider is where it is at! An apple orchard where I grew up always made non-alcoholic cider that’s the perfect warm drink for some winter reading. It’s *chef’s kiss* with a good book.
Silé recommends…
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE by Emily Bell - I read this recently and it is such a wonderfully warming romantic read. It’s about a long lost love and an old promise at Christmas: perfect to cosy up with over the festive season!
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Hot Chocolate is my all-time fave for any time of year but I especially love it at Christmas because you get all the cool flavours and variations like candy cane, spiced cinnamon or gingerbread – all delicious!
Kiya recommends…
Christmas makes me want to read childhood classics, and something about BALLET SHOES by Noël Streatfeild makes me feel extremely warm and festive! I was obsessed with this book when I was younger, and although my dream of becoming a ballerina was extremely short-lived, this delightful and uplifting story lets me live vicariously through the Fossil sisters.
To read with…
Iced lebkuchen stars (Sainsbury’s own, and definitely not traditional!) are dangerously addictive, and it’s probably a good thing that they’re only sold at Christmas! I love cosying up with a bag of these and the cinematic masterpiece that is You’ve Got Mail.