First, we want to thank everyone who has bought a copy of Christmas with Hot Apple Cider. We know a number of you have done so. And many have also bought copies to give as gifts. We love that!
Second, thanks to the Anglican Journal and Faith & Friends for the lovely reviews.
From the Anglican Journal – reviewed by John Arkelian
“THE PROMISE AND its fulfillment”: that phrase is apt shorthand for what Christmas means to the person of faith. And those words are nicely exemplified in the book in which we found them—Christmas with Hot Apple Cider…. Most of the book’s selections are mini-memoirs, short accounts of real-life events. Those non-fiction accounts are interspersed with several fictional short stories and poems and one short play…. Like the Chicken Soup books, they’re good for the soul, rather like a spiritually-charged version of Reader’s Digest magazine’s first-person accounts.” See the complete review on page 15
Note: The above review has also been posted on Artsforum.ca.
From the Salvation Army magazine, Faith & Friends – reviewed by Ken Ramstead
“An eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose, Christmas with Hot Apple Cider will satisfy every literary taste.”
The reviewer also shared a little of his appreciaton for Martin Smith’s delightful story, “The Time When Arnold Palmer Lost His Left Foot,” about a golf game Martin was given one Christmas when he was young, and what he learned about losing his temper.
You can get Christmas with Hot Apple Cider at Chapters, Indigo, Coles, and IndigoSpirit bookstores across Canada as well as most Christian bookstores, or at any online stores in Canada or the US.
The ebook is available worldwide on Amazon, Kobo, Nook, iTunes, etc.
If you should happen to spot other reviews, do let us know!