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1 author picked The Noel Diary as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I continue to search for wonderful Christmas fiction that warms the heart. This past year I read several titles of Richard Paul Evans, who some refer to as “the king of Christmas stories.” His small book stories offer protagonists with life challenges and are sometimes partly autobiographical. 

Because I am so fascinated with how memory works, I was glued to his story, The Noel Diary. 

The male protagonist, a writer, struggles with the deeply unresolved relationships with his parents and with a floating, recurrent memory of a woman he does not know. While cleaning out his deceased mother’s house, he…

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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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