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Monday, December 2, 2019

Christmas Songs Book Tag (2019)

I am playing along with That Artsy Reader Girl's A Little Bookish Christmas meme called Christmas Songs Book Tag. Since I've never participated before I am not limiting my choices to only books I read this year.

1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You”: Favorite bookish couple.
  •  Most of the Jane Austen couples: Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice); Anne Eliott and Captain Wentworth (Persuasion); Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney (Northanger Abbey); Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars (Sense and Sensibility); and Fanny Price and Edmund Bertram (Mansfield Park)
2. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: Name a book where a character is away from home.
  • Miles Halter in Looking for Alaska by John Green. He is at boarding school.
3. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”: Name your favorite “little” book (children’s book, short story, novella, etc.).
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

4. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town“: What book(s) do you hope Santa brings you this year?
5. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Which book turned your nose red (made you cry)?
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. So much injustice against women.
  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. So much injustice against blacks.
6. “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: Your favorite book/kind of book to read during the holidays.
  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. A family favorite.

7. “We Three Kings”: Your favorite trilogy. 
  • His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
8. “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow”: A character you would love to be snowed in with.
  • Mark Watney from The Martian. The guy is brilliant and seems like he can do just about anything, like rig up electricity if the power goes out.
9. “Last Christmas”: A book that seriously let you down.
  • East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I couldn't finish the tome. I wanted to love it and did not.
10. “White Christmas”: An upcoming release you’re dreaming about.
  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. 64 years before the first Hunger Games. Can't wait! 


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  1. Lark December 2, 2019 at 1:06 PM

    This is fun! And I totally agree with you on all those favorite Austen couples. :D

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  2. JanaDecember 2, 2019 at 1:14 PM

    Thanks for joining the fun! I also love Jane Austen's couples. :) Great pick!

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  3. Lisa of HopewellDecember 2, 2019 at 2:09 PM

    Good choices! I am sooooooo with you on East of Eden. Just thinking of Cathy gives me (honestly) nightmares. My list will be up later in the week.

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  4. Brooke LorrenDecember 7, 2019 at 8:54 PM

    Oooh A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! Good choice!

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  5. Sue JacksonDecember 9, 2019 at 3:27 PM

    What a fun meme!! I love that you're so holiday themed on your blog :) I'm just trying to catch up on overdue reviews - ha ha

    Suzanne Collins is coming out with a Hunger Games prequel??? Woohoo!

    I loved Looking for Alaska AND The Little Prince (which I just read for the first time last year).

    You don't ask for books for Christmas??? I never buy books for myself, so I LOVE getting (and giving!) books as gifts. Christmas Day, our house is filled with books given and received :)

    Lots of fun -

    Sue

    Book By Book

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  6. Megan @ Megabunny ReadsDecember 20, 2019 at 7:14 AM

    Colin Firth will ALWAYS be my Mr Darcy!!!! Lizzy & Darcy forever!!!!

    I also did this tag!
    http://megabunnyreads.home.blog/2019/12/16/christmas-songs-book-tag/

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