David Baldacci
Paperback | Pages: 260 pages Rating: 3.59 | 21360 Users | 2667 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Christmas Train |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington D.C. to L.A in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, as he rediscovers people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.The Christmas Train is filled with memorable characters who have packed their bags with as much wisdom as mischief ... and shows how we do get second chances to fulfill our deepest hopes and dreams, especially during this season of miracles.
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| Title | : | The Christmas Train |
| Author | : | David Baldacci |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 260 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2004 by Warner Books (first published November 4th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Holiday. Christmas. Fiction. Romance. Mystery |
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Ratings: 3.59 From 21360 Users | 2667 ReviewsWeigh Up Out Of Books The Christmas Train
I loved it!!!Electrifying and well written, a genuine page-turner!!!This is a wonderful novel, with a Christmas flair, and enriched with a heart rending love story and much romance..This is also my first David Baldacci novel, but after this one, I want to read much more by this author!!!A great novel for the Christmas season, it did make me laugh aloud and with tears!!!Also a love story, rendered masterfully with much feelings, that has touched me..And you have here a thief and a mystery as aTom Langdon is an investigative reporter who is traveling by train for Christmas to write a story about traveling by train during the holidays. He is heading to California to be with his girlfriend Leila to go Skiing. When his ex-girlfriend and love of his life Eleanor ends up on the same train he is on, things get pretty crazy as they used to be a fling. Will seeing her bring back an old romantic flame becoming something more and will he get used to the craziness on the train from all the
In the past I was a huge David Baldacci fan but for some reason stopped reading him somewhere along the time of the Camel Club series. However, in my quest for seasonal books I picked up "The Christmas Train" and I'm very glad that I did. There is a tiny bit of a mystery to the book so it often gets labeled as such. You have to look long and hard for that mystery, though, and I would put this book squarely in seasonal fiction instead. The writing is solid, factual, humorous and flows
I love this holiday classic, even if it is totally cheesy. It is one of my annual reads at this time of year and I hope it can be added to a holiday TBR list for others as well.Baldacci brings his readers a holiday classic sure to stoke the fires of the heart and keep the holiday season on track. Tom Langdon is on a mission, to get from New York to LA in time for Christmas. After a slightly intrusive and highly problematic search by airport security, Langdon finds himself on a red-flag list,
OK, so I bought this on sale as an audio for some light seasonal reading while I was doing Christmas prep last year. I have never read anything by this author and after this one, I may never again.After reading the synopsis I was not expecting or requiring great literature, but found this so trite and predictable and the characters, while not unlikeable, just too lightweight to hold my interest.The premise was nice - a writer taking a train cross country at Christmas and all of the "fascinating
Good Christmas read that took place on a cross-country train trip from Washington DC to Los Angeles. It had fun settings, train facts and interesting characters. The audio book had some great sound effects which added to the mood. There is something enchanting about a train ride experience. The ending was unexpected but overall a quick and enjoyable read.
It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between. To be honest I was expecting a Crime/Mystery/Thriller kind of book. Not a Romance. This might teach me to look the books up on GR before diving inNever the less it was a fun, quick, holiday read. And the love story was not the primary focus and that in its own is a big positive to me. I might not read this again, but I will be on the look-out for the movie adaptation.
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