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Guest Post from Author Karen Schaler

Guest Post from Author Karen Schaler

Writer of Netflix Hit A Christmas Prince Karen Schaler shares her holiday survival tipsinspired by her latest Hallmark Christmas movie Christmas Camp and her new novelFinding Christmas. Ready or not, Christmas movie marathons are starting up earlier than ever this year, evenbefore Halloween. The same thing is happening in stores across the country where Halloweencostumes and candy sections are…

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: "THE CHRISTMAS CAMP". BY KAREN SCHALER..

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EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS by Karen Schaler  

New #bookreview: EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS by Karen Schaler, a heartfelt romance that had me laughing out loud & crying now and then - perfect #Christmas fodder! @KarenSchaler #Christmasromance #romance #holidayromance #sweetromance #happyholidays

CLICK TO PURCHASE A Heartwarming, Feel Good Christmas Romance Novel From the publisher: From Karen Schaler, the Emmy Award-winning writer of Christmas movies for Hallmark, Netflix, and Lifetime, and beloved Christmas romance novels, comes this powerful new Christmas romance for 2023, a heartfelt holiday love story about second chances and believing anything is possible at Christmas… A shrewd…

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#Christmas #Holiday #romcom

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Blog Tour Review – Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler – Sincerely Karen Jo

Hello Lovelies and Happy Wednesday! Welcome to my Blog Tour Stop for Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler hosted by TLC Book Tours. This book was such a joy to read and absolutely warmed my heart. I love Christmas movies, but haven’t read too many Christmas themed books. After reading this delightful gem, well, I’m definitely going to add more on my TBR during the holiday season. From Karen…

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Book Review: A Royal Christmas Fairy Tale by Karen Schaler

https://amzn.to/43W1FvE Title: A Royal Christmas Fairy Tale Author: Karen Schaler Release Date: October 5th, 2021 Page Count: 358 Format: Hardback and Audiobook Start Date: May 3rd, 2022 Finish Date: May 3rd, 2022 Rating: 5 Stars Review: I discovered this book because of the holiday edition of Once Upon a Book Club. A group of us decided to get the holiday edition and buddy read this…

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My personal addition to Jenny Nicholson’s A Christmas Prince theory

This morning I decided to watch some of the Today show as I do on very rare occasions. While watching, I saw one segment in particular that piqued my interest. The segment can be found here.

The segment is about the sudden explosion of Christmas media by writer/journalist Karen Schaler, notable for being the writer of A Christmas Prince. While watching it, I reflected back to the Jenny Nicholson aka @spiderjewel video about the movie and its sequel. And then I realized, the world in A Christmas Prince isn’t just a dystopia.

Aldovia is an introspective representation of its creator, Karen Schaler.

In order to keep to the spirit of Jenny’s original video, I put my explanation into a short numbered list.

1. “Christmas” Karen

In order to understand how A Christmas Prince is introspective, we need to understand the creator.

Karen Schaler, after releasing three Christmas movies and three Christmas books in the same year, garnered the title of “Christmas Karen.” But her history with Christmas has deeper roots than that.

In the video, she explains that her great aunt was born on Christmas day, and her name was Merry Christmas Day. With this fact, Karen believes that the Christmas spirit is deeply rooted into her own personal being.

This ties into the royal family of Aldovia, with them having an almost obligatory need to celebrate Christmas in every part of their lives, and in the lives of their country’s citizens. The best example of this is Prince Richard, who, like Karen’s great aunt, was born on Christmas day. The very idea of having Christmas be integral to the lifestyles of the royal family shows how Karen projects herself into the Christmas Prince story. But that’s not the only aspect of Karen that she uses in the story.

2. Christmas 24/7

It’s very interesting how throughout the Today segment, Karen emphasizes her imagination where it’s Christmas year-round. She wants to imagine herself in a fantasy where it’s Christmas 24/7. Sound familiar?

Aldovia is a physical manifestation of her dream, an alternate universe where it’s perpetually Christmastime. Of course Aldovia can’t be a Christmas-eccentric dystopia without the “dystopia” part. Which leads into my final point...

3. Troubling times and financial crises

As Aldovia acts as a playing out of Karen’s fantasies, it also acts as a form of escapism. She compares trying to drown out the troubles of real life by means of Christmas as going down a rabbit hole which she decided to never leave.

And so Aldovia is used as a getaway of reality’s problems. But it doesn’t stay as a harmless utopia for long. It starts to tear at the seams. The world is riddled with deception, facades, and wrongness. What is supposed to be a cheerful sleigh ride ends up being a sleigh ride through deserted plains almost as barren and undesirable as Antarctica. What is supposed to be a joyous coronation ends up being a revelation involving fraud and a lifetime’s worth of lies. Even in the sequel, the country is plagued with a financial crisis (although Karen wasn’t involved in the making of the second movie, but it still feels true to the themes of the original).

Aldovia is a horrifying romanticized representation of how the escapism of Christmas can’t suppress the constant struggles of reality. Merry Christmas!

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Book Review: Christmas Camp

Book Review Title: Christmas Camp Author: Karen Schaler Genre: Christmas Romance Notes: Quick read, lovable characters

This is the book you need for pre- Christmas reading! You know the ending but Schaler authors this one with lovable characters, beautiful scenery and solid plot. We all get that "grinchy" feeling some years and this book helps remind us what Christmas cheer is---so go celebrate your traditions and create new memories. I read it over the weekend so there's still time to squeeze this one in!

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A Christmas Prince - Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

#AChristmasPrince - Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

A Christmas Prince is a cute, yet predictable film which perhaps is more touching than expected. (more…)

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Meet This Author: Karen Schaler

Meet This Author: Karen Schaler

How did you get your nickname “Christmas Karen?” After I wrote my first movie, the Netflix original ‘A Christmas Prince’ that became an instant holiday hit with two sequels, I went on to write three more Christmas movies for Hallmark and Lifetime, and three Christmas books for HarperCollins Publishers in 18 months. I also trademarked and brought my Christmas Camp books and Hallmark movie I wrote…

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: "THE CHRISTMAS CAMP". BY KAREN SCHALER..

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End of year book asks: 3, 4, 13, & 14, please!

Thank you my friend!!

3. What were your top five books of the year?   A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer   The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah   Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton   Honolulu by Alan Brennert   Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?  Oh my goodness yes!  I read mostly new to me authors this year and a few of my favorites are: Simone St. James, Brigid Kemmerer, Michael Crichton, and Margaret Weiss.

13. What were your least favorite books of the year? Well normally it would be the multitude of books I didn’t finish but I didn’t keep track of those this year. So of the books I finished I’d have to say: Fae’s Captive by Lily Archer, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver, and The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh.

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over? I wanted to finish one of the two books I had been reading: Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler, and Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. I finished the Christmas book and DNF’d the other one.  I just started reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott but I know I won’t finish it by the end of the year.  My reading always slows down considerably after Thanksgiving so I typically end my reading year within the week or two after Thanksgiving.

Thank you again!! 

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Writer of Netflix hit A Christmas Prince reveals it was inspired by her trip to Kate Middleton and Prince William's former home in Anglesey - where locals were 'highly protective' of the couple

By Harriet Johnston For Mailonline - December 23rd 2019,

Karen Schaler, from Los Angeles, told The Telegraph she wrote the film after finding Anglesey locals had 'so much respect' for the privacy of Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 37.

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This week, one of our taggers read Christmas Camp by Karen Schaler to celebrate the start of the holiday season, and we’re sharing it for our #WhatAreYouReadingWednesday. Christmas Camp is a clean adult romance novel about the spirit of Christmas and is set on the East Coast in a cabin in the mountains. It also has a TV movie adaptation!

The protagonist is a Grinch who doesn’t like Christmas but is sent to a “Christmas Camp” where she experiences the joy of the season through events like making snow angels, baking cookies, and cutting down a Christmas tree. The story also features a dog who just knows things and a strong father-son relationship.

Christmas Camp is a light read with no profanity, violence, or cheating, but it does contain mild references to past character death.

What are you reading this week and how would you tag it?

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Book Review: Finding Christmas

Title: Finding Christmas Author: Karen Schaler Genre: Christmas Romance Notes: Cheerful, sweet

If you are a lover of Hallmark/Lifetime/ION holiday movies, then do not pass up reading "Finding Christmas" by Karen Schaler. It is guaranteed to meet your expectations for a cheerful, heartfelt holiday read.

I read Schaler's "Christmas Camp" last year and fell in love with the characters and charming setting, this follow-up novel is no less holiday cheer inspiring. (You do NOT need to read Christmas Camp first--theses are stand-alone novels.) 

Emmie adores Christmas and wants to cram in every possible way to celebrate and share that joy with her workaholic boyfriend, Grant. Sam is an author, who also loves Christmas, dealing with writer's block.

Although not totally unpredictable, readers who enjoy Christmas cozies, will love to indulge in this sweet read. There is a perfect mountain town to set the ambiance, an adorable dog with spunk and an array of likable characters that will get you so pumped with holiday cheer that you will want to get those decorations up asap.

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