Audiobook Review: Happy and Merry by Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella

Author: Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella

Narrator: Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
Title: Happy and Merry

Genre: Short Stories, Anthology, Humor, Essays, Nonfiction
Format: Audiobook
Published: October 26, 2012
Where I Got It: Borrowed from library

Summary: 

Just in time for Christmas comes a collection of the very best holiday essays from the bestselling Mother/Daughter writing duo. Whether their shopping for matching reindeer dog sweaters or having second helpings of egg nogg, Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella will keep you warm with their humor and heart. So give yourself some holiday cheer in the midst of all the shopping, cooking, wrapping, and baking madness…you deserve to get a little Happy and Merry!

Review:

Randomly saw this as a nice "short" for the holidays on my Libby app. So why not? I listened to this while doing some chores. 

We'll divide and conquer this review...

Thanksgiving

I really liked this one. It had a nice message. It was very sweet. 5 stars. Nice start!

Holiday Guilt

Interesting look at the holiday guilt. Interesting way to think. I did chuckle a bit. 4 stars. 

Thank You

*scratches head* I can't fully remember this one. Did I zone out? Errrrrr. 1 star.

Busy Signal

This one had me chuckling a bit. It does make you try to appreciate the life we have now and not be so impatient. Nice messaging for sure. I'll stamp it with 5 stars. 

Twas the Night Before

This was okay. I liked it. I think it needed...more. It felt like it was the beginning of a nice piece. 3 stars. 

Lisa Hits the Eggnog

Some humor. Some nice messaging. 4 stars. 

And Many Happy Returns

Not memorable for me. I barely remember this one, and it was the finale. I remember the ending! The beginning and middle? Maybe it needed more or something. It just didn't stick with me. But I'll give it a 3. 

Overall

Some holiday humor and some important messages that we need to remember. Like being patient and taking it day by day, and being kind to others. Also, thank your local soldier. There was a lot of "life could be worse! You could be away from your family member who is a soldier for this country, far, far away." Oof. Thanks for that. Yes, nice to be thankful to be home, and yes, thank your servicepeople. 

After some complicated math...I'll stamp this with 3 stars. 

 Challenge(s):

- Audiobook #64

- Library Love #33