{"id":10840,"date":"2020-12-08T01:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T06:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840"},"modified":"2020-12-08T05:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T10:04:28","slug":"top-ten-christmassy-books-on-my-tbr-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840","title":{"rendered":"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a> is a seasonal freebie, so I’ve decided to plumb my Goodreads to-read list and give you ten holiday titles that appear on my list. (In case you were wondering, I have more than 60 books that fall into that category I’ve yet to read.)<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Mr. Dickens and His Carol<\/em> by Samantha Silva<\/li>\n
  2. Murder for Christmas<\/em> by Francis Duncan<\/li>\n
  3. Don’t Call Me Christina Kringle<\/em> by Chris Grabenstein<\/li>\n
  4. The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York<\/em> by Alex Palmer<\/li>\n
  5. The Great Christmas Knit Off<\/em> by Alexandra Brown<\/li>\n
  6. On Strike for Christmas<\/em> by Sheila Roberts<\/li>\n
  7. A Killer’s Christmas in Wales<\/em> by Elizabeth J. Duncan<\/li>\n
  8. Sing We Now of Christmas<\/em>, compiled by Michael Young<\/li>\n
  9. A Stubborn Sweetness and Other Stories for the Christmas Season<\/em> by Katherine Paterson<\/li>\n
  10. An Idiot Girl’s Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List<\/em> by Laurie Notaro<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How about you? Are there seasonal titles you’re hoping to read? <\/p>\n

    If you’re stopping by from the Top Ten Tuesday list, please make sure you check out our Virtual Advent Tour<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is a seasonal freebie, so I’ve decided to plumb my Goodreads to-read list and give you ten holiday titles that appear on my list. (In case you were wondering, I have more than 60 books that fall into that category I’ve yet to read.) Mr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-christmasholiday-season"],"yoast_head":"\ntop ten christmassy books on my tbr list - sprite writes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list - sprite writes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is a seasonal freebie, so I’ve decided to plumb my Goodreads to-read list and give you ten holiday titles that appear on my list. (In case you were wondering, I have more than 60 books that fall into that category I’ve yet to read.) Mr. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"sprite writes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-08T06:42:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-08T10:04:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"soe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"soe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"soe\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2aa28906a6cfcf6a027e45ac700a834d\"},\"headline\":\"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-08T06:42:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-08T10:04:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":5,\"articleSection\":[\"books\",\"christmas\\\/holiday season\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840\",\"name\":\"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list - sprite writes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-08T06:42:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-08T10:04:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2aa28906a6cfcf6a027e45ac700a834d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?p=10840#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"sprite writes\",\"description\":\"broodings from the burrow\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2aa28906a6cfcf6a027e45ac700a834d\",\"name\":\"soe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/49c494d6a64fd2b375e219c4ee1ae734e9edce9f8490a38074dcf6ba8a3dc716?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/49c494d6a64fd2b375e219c4ee1ae734e9edce9f8490a38074dcf6ba8a3dc716?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/49c494d6a64fd2b375e219c4ee1ae734e9edce9f8490a38074dcf6ba8a3dc716?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"soe\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spritewrites.net\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list - sprite writes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list - sprite writes","og_description":"Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is a seasonal freebie, so I’ve decided to plumb my Goodreads to-read list and give you ten holiday titles that appear on my list. (In case you were wondering, I have more than 60 books that fall into that category I’ve yet to read.) Mr. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840","og_site_name":"sprite writes","article_published_time":"2020-12-08T06:42:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-08T10:04:28+00:00","author":"soe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"soe","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840"},"author":{"name":"soe","@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/#\/schema\/person\/2aa28906a6cfcf6a027e45ac700a834d"},"headline":"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list","datePublished":"2020-12-08T06:42:14+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-08T10:04:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840"},"wordCount":209,"commentCount":5,"articleSection":["books","christmas\/holiday season"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840","url":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840","name":"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list - sprite writes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-12-08T06:42:14+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-08T10:04:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/#\/schema\/person\/2aa28906a6cfcf6a027e45ac700a834d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10840#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"top ten christmassy books on my tbr list"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/","name":"sprite writes","description":"broodings from the burrow","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/#\/schema\/person\/2aa28906a6cfcf6a027e45ac700a834d","name":"soe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49c494d6a64fd2b375e219c4ee1ae734e9edce9f8490a38074dcf6ba8a3dc716?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49c494d6a64fd2b375e219c4ee1ae734e9edce9f8490a38074dcf6ba8a3dc716?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49c494d6a64fd2b375e219c4ee1ae734e9edce9f8490a38074dcf6ba8a3dc716?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"soe"},"url":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10841,"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10840\/revisions\/10841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}