Last year I enthusiastically signed up for a million swaps, planned out exactly when I would be posting holiday reviews, and joined two readathons. I am not planning on being as crazy this year because good lord, woman. Without further ado, here’s how I’ll be celebrating the holidays this year on Bookmark Lit!
I don’t think I’ll be joining any actual readathons this year, because I made a vow to stop before the end of the year. Things got a little crazy back at the end of the summer, so I’m forbidding myself from signing up for the rest of 2015. I definitely plan on reading some holiday books this December, though! I creeped around Goodreads and pulled together some fun holiday stories to pick from. Obviously I won’t get to all of them, but there are my options:
I decided to add a little something to each review instead of my usual Friends gif and standard rating report. I’ll be including a “holiday cheer rating” to show how the book fits in with the holiday season. Is it a full-on swoony Christmas romance, or just a story set during December?
All of the reviews will have a snowflake rating to show just how holiday cheery they are. I love books that are hardcore Christmas-themed, but there are a few on my TBR that seem to just feature the wintertime. Additionally, I’ll share exactly what holidays you’ll come across in the story. Based on the books I’ve already added to my TBR, these ones may be a possibility:
You may have noticed My True Love Gave to Me on my TBR… and if you are a stalker reader of my blog, you’d remember that I did a buddy read last year with Cristina of this anthology. I am thinking of reading a story per day from December 12th through December 23rd. I put out a note on Twitter a week or so again to see if there was interest in an official (re)readalong, so we’ll see!
Of course, I also will be joining in with the Broke and Bookish Secret Santa! I had a lot of fun last year picking out gifts for Katrina and Morgan did an AMAZING job with my presents. Sign-ups are currently closed but I hope you all made it in time 🙂 I ended up cutting myself back and just focusing on this swap. I had a lot of fun last year with the other two, but it was hard to focus on buying gifts for my family, friends, and three different swap partners.
I love your graphics, your rating system is so creative! Your TBR list is great, is there any chance you’d want to buddy read one of these? Besides My True Love Gave to Me obviously haha.
Haha yeah sure! What book(s) are you planning to read?? Shoot me an email 🙂
I’m doing TBTB secret Santa too. I’m excited about it. I’m also planning to read Let It Snow in December because it’s the only John Green I haven’t read. That’s about it for me for the holidays. I’m not a huge Christmas fan. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.
Oooh gotcha. I enjoyed Let It Snow for the most part!! The first story was my favorite. The Maureen Johnson one.
This sounds great! I look forward to hearing more about your holiday reads ^_^ I ordered The Gift by Cecelia Ahern for myself as a Christmas read! Also, I bought Love Actually.
Ooooh I haven’t thought about those ones! The Gift.. I’ll check it out!
I’m going to look into the ones on your list that I haven’t read yet. Decked with Holly and Love on the Lifts are on my TBR too. I’m trying to save the winter but non-Christmas books for January, but it’s hard to tell with some of them whether they’re Christmas or not.
Yeah I know what you mean! Love on the Lifts is a more wintery book I think?
Ohhhhhhh I’m going to have to add some of these holiday reads to my December tbr. I always reread my favorite childhood Christmas story “Winter Dreams, Christmas Love” which is a super adorable, cheesy YA from the 80s and that’s about it for my holiday reads. I want to do better this year.
Ohhh I haven’t heard of that! Cheesy YA is totally necessary for the holidays.
The Broke and Bookish Secret Santa is one of my favorite things! I love being able to pick out presents for whoever I get (and I tend to go nuts if I find that they have the same interests as I do). Here’s to spreading the Christmas cheer!
Yes, I love when someone has the same interests as me! Makes it so easy and fun to shop for them.
This is a great post!! I know the feeling, I did wayyyyyy too much last year. Cutting back a bunch haha. I’m so excited for TBTB Secret Santa again!! I loved picking your presents 🙂 I’m also doing Angie’s cookie and book swap which I think will be fun and low pressure. LOVE your holiday rating system, that is so perfect! I have a bunch of those on my TBR as well. I think I’m just going to reread my favorite My True Love stories though instead of all of them again 🙂
I would do the cookie exchange but I’m terrible with baking D:
Oh I LOVE your idea of a story-a-day read along from My True Love Gave to Me!
I may organize a little readalong!
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