Historical Bookworm

Historical Bookworm


Episode 52: A Christmas Special & a Bookchat about O Little Town with Janyre Tromp

December 21, 2022

In today’s episode, we are joined by Janyre Tromp for a chat about our favorite Christmas stories historical and recently released, including the novella set Janyre is a part of, O Little Town


Janyre is a historical novelist who loves spinning tales that, at their core, hunt for beauty, even when it isn’t pretty. She’s also a book editor, published children’s book author, and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her family, two crazy cats, and a slightly eccentric Shetland Sheepdog.


Here is a little about Janyre’s novella “While Mortals Sleep.”


While World War II rages overseas, news reporter Eleanor Sweers returns home to Mapleview to face the repercussions of the death of her sister and her nightmare of Christmases past. But the homefront isn’t as far from the war as she thought: a bomb has landed in the middle of the U.S. Now Eleanor and family friend Gideon Braum may have to choose between the scoop of a lifetime and the love of a lifetime.


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Listener Recommended Christmas Book List
  1. Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham 
  2. A Texas Christmas Carol by Karen Witemeyre 
  3. A Christmas Promise: A Victorian Christmas Novella by Gabrielle Meyer
  4. Five n Dime Christmas from Barbour 
  5. The Unbroken Song by Jennifer Q. Hunt
  6. Michelle Griep’s Once Upon a Dickens Christmas 
  7. Joy to the World novella collection by Erica Vetsch, Amanda Barratt, and Carolyn Miller.
  8. A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs 
  9. An Endless Christmas by Cynthia Ruchti.
  10. The Sugarplum Ladies by Carrie Fancett Pagels
  11. While Mortals Sleep by Janyre Tromp part of the O Little Town novlella set
  12. The Christmas Book by Lynn Austin
  13. Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander
  14. The Matchmaker’s Gift: by Lynda Cohen Loigman
  15. Holly’s Homecoming by Jenny Knipfer
  16. The Woodcarver’s Snow-kissed Christmas by Izzy James
  17. A Husband for Christmas Margaret Tanner
  18. The Doctor’s Daughter 
  19. Gabriel’s Gift by Susan Baganz
  20.  Yesterday’s Christmas by A.M. Heath 
  21. A Hill Country Christmas: Hope for Hardscrabble Times by Lynn Dean, Gail Kittleson, Michael Barr, Gina Lister, & Shannon McFarland
  22. Christmas Roses by Amanda Joy Cabot
  23.  Christmas at Whitefriars by  Elizabeth Camden
  24. An Ivy Hill Christmas by Julie Klassen
  25. Victorian Christmas Brides Collection
  26. Giver of Wonders by Roseanna White. 
  27. The Christmas Melody by Shanna Hatfield
  28. Holiday Hope by Shanna Hatfield
  29. Holiday Heart by Shanna Hatfield
  30. Holiday Home by Shanna Hatfield
  31. Christmas at the Inn by Ashley Clark Book
  32. A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Historical Romances during American Pioneer Christmases by Margaret Brownley, Wanda E. Brunstetter, Kelly Eileen Hake, Liz Johnson , Jane Kirkpatrick, Liz Tolsma, Michelle Ule, Debra Ullrick, Erica Vetsch
  33. Christmas on King Street by Ashley Clark
  34. Christmas at the Inn by Ashley Clark