{"id":11917,"date":"2021-12-28T01:17:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11917"},"modified":"2021-12-28T07:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T12:56:37","slug":"tbtbsanta-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11917","title":{"rendered":"#tbtbsanta 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few years, I&#8217;ve taken part in The Broke and the Bookish Secret Santa (#TBTBSanta for shorthand), now hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatartsyreadergirl.com\">That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, my package came early and I put it aside as incentive to get through the hard days that were coming in December. Just before heading north, I opened it up:<\/p>\n<p><center><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/51781477147\/\" title=\"#TBTBSanta Packages\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51781477147_c49d47aaea_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"#TBTBSanta Packages\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Very exciting so far! We have a sparkly unicorn, stickers, fun socks, and two types of tea! Plus a bunch of packages to unwrap! And at least one of them will be a book!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/51783165660\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"#TBTBSanta Gifts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51783165660_5a17971f8f_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"382\" alt=\"#TBTBSanta Gifts\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two of the packages were books &#8212; and one of those contained a trio of reads! That&#8217;s Casey McQuiston&#8217;s second novel, <em>One Last Stop<\/em>, and the first three novels in Naomi Novik&#8217;s Temeraire series about what the Napoleonic Wars might have been like had there been a squadron of dragons involved. I&#8217;ve adored books by both these authors, so I&#8217;m so excited to read these in the new year! There&#8217;s also some stationery, more candy (mmm! 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