Blue Christmas

By: Mary Kay Andrews

Narrated by: Isabel Keating

Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins

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)

Changes are not good

Name change of Baybay to Bebe was disappointing as the first book went into detail of why she had the name. Loved the first book and couldn’t wait for others however I don’t believe I will try anymore of them especially if the person reading it is the same. She doesn’t fake southern accent well.

Good story

Lousy Narration. Why narrate something when you cannot pronounce the word Christmas. What's with the music? Good story, read the book.

Narration ruined it for me.

After listening to Savannah Blues, the first book of this series, I was enchanted by the characters and couldn't wait to listen to more. However, this book was not read by Susan Erickson who developed the original voices and did a magnificent job. In my opinion, when a narrator starts a series and does a wonderful job she/he should continue with the rest of the series using the original voices. I won't listen to any more of this series unless Susan Erickson is the narrator. Too bad because I love the story.

Blue, blu

Cheery Christmas tale with intrigue, family & friends and chaos! All that is required to wrap your arms around a mug of Christmas “feelings”...

Cute!

If you could sum up Blue Christmas in three words, what would they be?

Love this story...I have listened to it 3yrs in a row @ Christmastime. It's great to get me in the mood for a southern holiday season!

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?

Merry Blue Christmas

Where does Blue Christmas rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was wonderful!!! I loved it so much! I can't stop reading Mary Kay Andrews

What was one of the most memorable moments of Blue Christmas?

the decorations in the window

What about Isabel Keating’s performance did you like?

Her southern acent

music?

what was with the music. just popped up randomly and I didn't enjoy it at all.

Narration Ruins the Story

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I would change the narrator.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator spoiled this book. Bebe (with long a's)--the main character's best friend from the first Savannah book--became BEE BEE. The characters in this southern book did not have southern accents...not even poor ones. All the male characters sounded alike and female characters did not have consistent voices. I would love to buy more Mary Kay Andrew's audio books, but not when Ms. Keating is the narrator.

Was Blue Christmas worth the listening time?

I could not enjoy the story of this book because the narration was so poor.

Any additional comments?

I loved Savannah Blues and was excited to find this sequel. Unfortunately, I did not believe the narrator reviews. Does the author have no input on who narrates her stories. Can't believe, if she did, that Ms. Keating would have narrated so many of her books.

Great story - Horrible Narrator

This is such a great edition to the Weezie and BeBe series and I was really looking forward to listening to it, but the narrator ruined the experience. The narrator mispronounced many words, had no change in character voices and used a hideous accent that is nothing like a Savannah drawl.