4.5 AVERAGE


Cozy!
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

LOVED everything about this book!!! READ IT!!! That's all I have to say.

Just kidding, I do have more to say! Basically this is a collection of short stories, about quirky and delightful characters, and crazy Christmas situations that happen to them. Crazy situations that are still oddly relatable. I am definitely picking up more Vinyl Cafe books now. Thanks to my penpal, Felicia, for sending this to me and introducing me to the Vinyl Cafe!

This was cute, some laugh out loud moments, but with an air of overall cheesiness. "Cozy" reads aren't really my style, but this was generally easy to get through.

Perfection. I would give this (and any one of Stuart McLean's books) to anybody and I know they would love it. Always a treasure, and it was a beautiful surprise to have one more book to read this year since Stuart's passing. Happy to have it, and will revisit it each December. :)

I will always thing of Stuart when Christmas rolls around, it’s nice to have this collection to revisit well loved stories.
funny lighthearted fast-paced

“The Vinyl Cafe” is a Canadian staple, and I can’t express my joy at having the Christmas stories in book form. From start to finish, the book was charming and the stories funny. You can relate to some of the characters and it’s easy to get caught up in their world.

A Christmas classic. Highly recommend even if you haven’t heard of “The Vinyl Cafe”.
funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No