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December 2, 2020


virtual advent tour 2020: day #2
posted by soe 6:00 am

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Welcome back to the second day of our Virtual Advent Tour!

Behind today’s door we have a post from long-time Tour contributor Deb Nance at Readerbuzz, with a joyful post you’re going to want to bookmark filled with her and her colleagues sharing holiday picture books. I now know how I’m going to start each workday before my morning calls.

Inspired to join us? Sign up here. And do stop back tomorrow for another mystery Advent reveal!

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top ten books i want to read again
posted by soe 1:44 am

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl asks us to share ten books we want to reread. I love rereading books (why own them, otherwise?), so this is a lovely and easy topic:

  1. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling — every few years.
  2. The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde — ditto. Both Rowling and Fforde are very imaginative and I appreciate their world-building and their snark.
  3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows — I’m a sucker for rereading letters.
  4. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern — I admit I’ve never reread this one, in part because the first reading was so perfect I fear repeat viewings will suffer in comparison.
  5. Landline by Rainbow Rowell — I haven’t read this one since it first came out, but maybe it’s time again this month.
  6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott — I don’t reread these one constantly the way I did growing up, but I enjoy dipping back in again from time to time.
  7. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery — I mean, sure, I maybe appreciate Marilla’s POV a little more than I did when I first read this book, but it still inspires raptures when Anne first comes through the White Way of Delight with Matthew.
  8. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill — I enjoyed this so much I bought myself a copy for purposes of rereading.
  9. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen — I like her other books, but I love Elizabeth.
  10. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas — I just wish it would stop being so relevant.

How about you? Are there books you want to reread?

Don’t forget to stop by the Virtual Advent Tour if you haven’t yet!

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