Can’t Wait Wednesday #57 – Countdown To Christmas by Jo Thomas

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #57 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.

From The Publisher:

Chloe can’t wait for Christmas . . . to be over! Her son Ruben is staying with his dad this year and Chloe is planning to ignore the holidays all together. Her only nod to the season is the advent calendar Ruben left her, to help count down the days till he’s home again.

But then an heir hunter gets in touch, telling her there’s a plot of land in Canada she may be entitled to. Surely, it’s a scam. Or could it be just the escape she needs right now? They’re offering to pay for her flights . . . and Ruben’s latest note in the advent calendar tells her to ‘say yes!’

Suddenly, Chloe’s new countdown to Christmas involves a log cabin in the middle of a snowy forest, a community that’s worried for its future, a gruff lumberjack who gives her butterflies and a lot of pancakes with maple syrup . . .

This Christmas is full of surprises!

Why I Can’t Wait To Read Countdown To Christmas:

I’m a proud Canadian and love that this book is set here (even if there appear to be a few stereotypes). I love that the story includes an advent calendar (Ruben’s notes look so cute!) and I can’t wait to hear how Chloe makes out spending Christmas on “her own”.

Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!

Recent Editions of Can’t Wait Wednesday:

Can’t Wait Wednesday #56 – The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella

Can’t Wait Wednesday #55 – The Twelve Months of Christmas by Sheila Roberts

Can’t Wait Wednesday #54 – A Winter in New York by Josie Silver