“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
https://ptbnpop.podbean.com/e/belles-with-books-43-good-golly-miss-marley
