Comfort and Joy Audiobook

" This book had me laughing at the start. Meeting all the characters, and hearing all Clara's thoughts about them was great. I enjoyed the way each chapter focused on a different Christmas season through the years. I loved Clara's take on family and Christmas! "

" An insightful book which would mainly appeal to women, a fun read all the same, as the main character says and thinks some things which we can all relate to and say, "that's exactly how I feel." "

" I will read and love anything that India Knight writes, but this is not nearly as funny as My Life On A Plate. "

" Frothy chick lit that strays towards the preachy a little bit too often. "

" A light read. Not a great book but it gets 4 stars for being couldn't put down and just what I needed to help deal with home-from-Maui blues and jet rag. "

" An easy read to get in the mood for Christmas. I liked the fact that the third year was set in Morocco "

" Thankfully, I was forewarned that this one was probably not going to live up to my presumptions and expectations. I didn't really care for the characters, and the holiday feeling was found to be lacking. "

" Deserves to be read around Christmas, light/funny tales of Christmas over consecutive years. Hugely autobiographical of Ms Knight which makes it more interesting. Finished a bit prematurely I thought. "

" I'm a sucker for Christmas books! I first thought I might put this one back after reading a few pages, I decided to stick it out. Lots of quirky characters - Pat, the mother-in-law is my favorite. Some laugh out loud moments made this book worthwhile! "

" An enjoyable but chaotic Christmas read. "

" Ok, when I started reading this book, it had a Becky Bloomwood meets Bridget Jones kind of feel. And I kind of thought it would be a great read! But the story went NO WHERE!! I gave it about 75 pages before I couldn't take it anymore. I was just so bored and nothing was happening. So buhbye!! "

" bittersweet, darkly funny, and sometimes a little too close to the bone "

" Was a quick fun read. Not deep. I don't know if I will seek out more from this author or not... "

" I finished this book at my parents' house, home for the holidays, with King's College Choir Christmas carols in the background. Perfect. "

" Funniest chick lit I have read in a long time. Christmas theme was done just right, not too much that it became cliche or annoying. Loved Clara, the narrator and the other characters stand out as real people as well. "

" Really easy read and something a bit different for christmas. Nothing particularly special however. "

" Different from my usual choices and I liked it. "

" I liked the concept of the book. Holidays tend to highlight the dynamics of families and produces self reflection. It was interesting to watch this family evolve and roller coaster a bit through several Christmases. Glad I picked it up this Christmas, enjoyed reading it "

" A modern take on Christmas which was quite refreshing, especially when the last Christmas was actually 2011 and so in the future! It was basically describing Christmas a few years running for the main character and was a nice read. "

" My timing for reading this story was great. I found this story a particularly enjoyable read. "

" Well written, hilarious and poignant. An upper-class, 40 something, more together Bridget Jones. "

" I downloaded this audio book from the library as a last minute "road trip time filler" - it started out well and kept my attention, but it progressively went downhill, both in language and content. I finally stopped listening and ended up disappointed in something that had potential. "

" An entertaining take on the family Christmas. Disarming, astute in observation and at times made me laugh out loud (rare for me with books!) actually a 3.5 out of 5 for me but thats not an option! Not lifechanging but very enjoyable. "

" chick lit....a fun easy read, i enjoyed it. three different christmases in the life of this woman and her wacky ever changing extended family. fun to read about xmas in the summer, good beach read "

" While the British slang was entertaining, this book was full of bathroom "humor" and overkill on sex references. I might have like it if I was a 13-year old boy, but since I'm not - thumbs down! "