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Blue Christmas

By: Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by: Isabel Keating
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Editorial reviews

Isabel Keating's voice shines in her portrayal of characters who engage in a holiday shop-decorating contest in Savannah, Georgia. Keating's voice reflects antiques dealer Weezie Foley's enthusiasm as she embraces the task of decorating her store in a 1950s' theme. As Weezie makes holiday plans with boyfriend Daniel, her voice is tinged with humor, a tone that contrasts well with his deep, pragmatic tones. Weezie's neighbor, a fellow shop owner in the historic district, has a clear, distinctive Hispanic accent, complete with a touch of smugness that expresses his conviction that he will win the decorating contest. Keating's diction remains crisp and clear, even as she provides many of her characters with lilting Southern accents.

Publisher's summary

It's the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to deck out her shop for the Savannah historical district decorating contest, which she intends to win. Weezie is ready to shoot herself with her glue gun by the time she's done, but the results are stunning. She's certainly one-upped the owners of the trendy shop around the corner.

But suddenly things start to go missing from her display, and there seems to be an uninvited midnight visitor to her shop. Still, Weezie has high hopes for the holiday, maybe in the form of an engagement ring from her chef boyfriend. But Daniel, always moody at the holidays, seems more distant than usual.

Throw in Weezie's decidedly odd family, a mysterious 1950s Christmas-tree pin, and even a little help from the King himself (Elvis, that is), and maybe there will be a pocketful of miracles for Weezie this Christmas Eve.

©2006 Mary Kay Andrews (P)2006 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Andrews...nails idiosyncratic Southern charm and teases out a touching denouement." (Publishers Weekly)
"Andrews gives her readers what they have come to expect from her, along with some new twists, in this funny, funky Christmas story." (Booklist)

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Good book, narrator problems

It's almost impossible to ruin one of the "Southern" books by Mary Kay Andrews -- I'm not so fond of the other series, but these books, packed with fun stuff about picking and antiquing and junk shopping -- and selling -- are always interesting. I've both listened to the other books in this series and read them a several times over. Nothing very profound here, just plain old good fun.

That said, this one came close to being ruined by the narrator. In the first two minutes, she committed the first goof -- pronouncing Weezie's wacky sidekick's name as "BeeBee" instead of 'Bay Bay'. It's important, because in one of the earlier books, Andrews makes a big point about how the name is pronounced, and why. So right away, I knew this was going to be a less-than-terrific narrator.

Some of the other accents are just atrocious -- one character she makes sound as though he's a monster, growling, just out of the grave. She messes around with the gay characters in such a way I'm surprised people haven't complained -- it's not pleasant.

Still, you'd have to work harder than this narrator to ruin the book -- its a good short listen, still fun. Just try to let that horrible narration go in one ear and out the other...

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The jury is still out...

I really LOVE Mary Kay Andrews and have been pleased with the audio versions of all her other books, but the narrator on this one is AWFUL....nothing worse than a BAD Southern accent and words and key names being repeatedly mispronounced...am going to try to listen to it again. My advice is to to the preview and make sure you can deal with the audio....alright...I'm going to try again...I am confident it's going to be a good book...but you know the audio in audiobook is a pretty important word! LOL

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Shallow and dry......

I purchased this audiobook thinking it would be along the same lines as books by Fannie Flagg or Jan Karon..unfortunately it was a far cry! The plot is petty, the language really krass for the circumstances, and the narrator does nothing with her flat voice to improve it..Can't recommend this one folks!

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Narrator disappointment

I read this book years ago, thought it was charming, so I bought the audio version for fun this season. I still like the story, but the reader ruined the audio. Her central/narrator character and some of the female characters were fairly good, but every one of her male characters sounded like either a moron or a thug, or both. Wasn't too thrilled with her racist interpretation of the Latin guy, either, and his gay partner was just weird-sounding. I couldn't even finish the recording.
I don't know if Keating is any better on other books, but based on this book, I will never buy anything she reads. What a disappointment.

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Enjoyed the story, BUT the narration was horrible. She made the characters sound like stupid cartoon people, especially the men.

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the right book for the right moment

I packed my ipod with lots of Christmas enjoyment and this book was one of my choices. I enjoyed it very much. It was light and sweet and perfect with a cup of coffee, a pair of scissors, a wee bit of tape, and presents to wrap. This was the perfect book for the moment: what more can you ask?

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Nice series

Enjoyed this series. Loved the characters and the relationships. Wish there were more in this series,

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Good Story

I love the Savannah setting. I have visited Savannah and Tybee Island, I can picture the the city and its sites as the narrarator reads the story. I enjoy the characters Eloise and her long time friend Bebe.
I do think the male voices need some work.
Overall an enjoyable and entertaining listen!

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audible is 8 chapters, book is 24 chapters

I got jipped on the audible version. It's only 8 chapters. The book is 24. I kinda of want my credit back.

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Soooo boring

This book because I have read several of the other books by this author that I found enjoyable, however, this one is so boring I can’t even finish it, so it was a complete waste of my money. Don’t waste your time.

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