Belles With Books #43 - ”Miss Marley - A New Christmas Classic”

“God bless us, every one!” is the quote heard every Christmas season from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. We are covering a prequel of the beloved Christmas classic this month, Miss Marley, by Vanessa Lafaye. Be sure to check out the NYT Most Notable of 2025 and the Goodreads Choice Awards lists that we discuss this episode (links listed below). 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/books/notable-books.html

 

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2025

 

Books Mentioned This Episode: 

Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye

A Heart for Christmas by Sophie Jomain

Mystery Escape Room Advent Calendar by Nicklas Falkner

The XMas Day Butcher by Spencer Guerrero

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

The Things God Break by Abigail Owen

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart 

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Scythe by Neil Shusterman

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

The Intruder by Freida McFadden

The Will of the Many by James Islington