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Tag: One Magical Christmas

A dash of blog news + the #ThanksgivingReadathon | Wherein one #bookblogger re-tackles her #ChristmasReads and! delights herself silly with #SciFiMonth selections!

Posted Tuesday, 26 November, 2019 by jorielov (Editor) Bascomb James, (Editor) Christina Boyd, A Family by Christmas, A Light in the Window, Alison May, Berni Stevens, Cari Lynn Webb, Christmas at Pemberley, Christmas Kisses, Christmas Once Again, Daughters of Boston, Emily Colin, Failure to Communicate, Far Orbit: Apogee, Galen Surlak-Ramsey, Heavens Edge series, In Love by Christmas, Jennifer Silverwood, Jina Bacarr, Julie Klassen, Julie Lessman, Kaia Sonderby, Kira Weston, Larry Boyer, Lenora Worth, Little Computer People, Melanie Bateman, One Magical Christmas, Rachael Dacus, Regina Jeffers, Robert Zubrin, Sleigh Bells Ring (anthology), The Case for Space, The Dream Keeper's Daughter, The Fighter of Aldea, The Renaissance Club, The Robot in the Next Cubicle, The Silent Governess, The Time Key, Trans-Continetal series, Trans-Continetal: Girl in the Gears, Viv Royce, Yuletide 0 Comments

DETAILS: Read as many books as you can in the 7 days of the readathon which are 25th November – 1st December. Use the hashtag #ThankgivingReadathon via your social accounts to help celebrate the readathon and/or share it! Publish a Sign-Up Post between November 1st and November 30th. Publish a Wrap-Up post between December 1st and December 7th. Participate in the Bookstagram Challenge or in theory you could do those posts via #bookishTwitter. Link Up your sign-up and wrap-up posts. Comment on all the wonderful #ThanksgivingReadathon blog posts, Twitter updates, and Instagram photos from all the participants!

Hosted by: Death by Tsundoku | @DeathByTsundoku

Official Sign-Up Page & Where you Add your Links!

My Reading List for #ThanksgivingReadathon [2019]:

A Light in the Window by Julie Lessman

Sleigh Bells Ring (anthology)

Christmas Kisses by Alison May (anthology)

Christmas at Pemberly by Regina Jeffers

In Love by Christmas by Cari Lynn Webb

The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen (a non-Christmassy selection!)

→ (*as well as my purchase requests at the library*) →

A Family by Christmas by Viv Royce

Christmas Once Again by Jina Bacarr

→ and a few extras for good measure via audiobook →

Yuletide: A Jane Austen Inspired Collection of Stories by the Quill Collective focusing on “Pride & Prejudice” narrated by Harry Frost

One Magical Christmas by Berni Stevens, narrated by Willow Nash

Mr Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva, narrated by Euan Morton

Whilst reading a selection of Science Fiction & Magical Realism which are found via my #SciFiMonth TBR post – these lovelives will be alighting onto my blog’s archives during this readathon and through 7th of December to re-write history a bit & bend time per losing hours with my migraine & the crisis of my father’s BP spike as microblogged.

The ones I’m specifically looking forward to finishing are as follows:

The Renaissance Club (Time Travel) by Rachel Ducas
Far Orbit: Apogee (edited by) Bascomb James (Space Opera anthology)
The Case for Space (Non-Fiction) by Robert Zubrin
The Robot in the Next Cubicle (Non-Fiction) by Larry Boyer
The Time Key (Time Travel) by Melanie Bateman
Little Computer People (Speculative Sci Fi) by Galen Surlak-Ramsey
The Dream Keeper’s Daughter (Magical Realism) by Emily Colin
The Fighter of Aldea (Alt. Earth Spec Fict Fantasy) by Kira Weston
Heaven’s Edge Novella Series (Space Opera, the Rims) by Jennifer Silverwood
(see also #SatBookChat featured Spotlight w/ link to archived chat)
Trans-Continental: Girl in the Gears (Steampunk) by E. Chris Garrison
Failure to Communicate (First Contact, Space Opera) by Kaia Sønderby

If you love reading #ChristmasReads and/or #HolidayReads – which befit the following genres of interest – kindly leave me notes on this post – Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction or INSPY Lit.

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

#ThanksgivingReadathon 2019

Posted Tuesday, 26 November, 2019 by jorielov in Blogosphere Events & Happenings, RALs | Thons via Blogs

#HoHoHoRAT | A 10-day #readathon which is the Christmassy chase-up into my #blogmas #ChristmasReads for 2019!

Posted Friday, 8 November, 2019 by jorielov (Editor) Christina Boyd, A Family by Christmas, A Light in the Window, Alison May, Berni Stevens, Cathy McDavid, Christmas at Pemberley, Christmas Kisses, Christmas Once Again, Daughters of Boston, Her Christmas Pregnancy Surprise, Jennifer Faye, Jina Bacarr, Julie Lessman, Lenora Worth, One Magical Christmas, Regina Jeffers, Sleigh Bells Ring (anthology), The Cowboy's Christmas Baby, Viv Royce, Yuletide 6 Comments

DETAILS: Read or Listen Between Midnight 8th November and ending at 11:59 pm 17th November read or listen to holiday and Wintry novels and novellas. So grab your holiday reads, your winter books, your yuletide murder-mysteries, your naughty & nice romances and even your holiday horror and get ready for some fun! Share your progress on Twitter or Instagram using #HoHoHoRAT

Hosted by: Caffeinated Book Reviewer | @kimbacaffeinate

My Reading List for #HoHoHoRat [2019]:

A Light in the Window by Julie Lessman

Sleigh Bells Ring (anthology)

Christmas Kisses by Alison May (anthology)

Christmas at Pemberly by Regina Jeffers

The Cowboy’s Christmas Baby by Cathy McDavid

→ (*as well as my purchase requests at the library*) →

A Family by Christmas by Viv Royce

Christmas Once Again by Jina Bacarr

→ and a few extras for good measure via audiobook →

Yuletide: A Jane Austen Inspired Collection of Stories by the Quill Collective focusing on “Pride & Prejudice” narrated by Harry Frost

One Magical Christmas by Berni Stevens, narrated by Willow Nash

Mr Dickens & His Carol by Samathan Silva, narrated by Euan Morton

The one novel I am unsure if I will have enough time to read during the duration of the readathon itself is: “Home for Christmas” by Catherine Lanigan. See my reading schedule for Lanigan’s series via #WWWeds! Whilst in the early morning hours of the first day of #HoHoHoRat I read & finished “Her Christmas Pregnancy Surprise” by Jennifer Faye (see also Review).

If you love reading #ChristmasReads and/or #HolidayReads – which befit the following genres of interest – kindly leave me notes on this post – Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction or INSPY Lit.

Let us take a closer look at why I’ve pulled these stories to be read: Read More

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

#HoHoHoRAT 2019

Posted Friday, 8 November, 2019 by jorielov in Blogosphere Events & Happenings, RALs | Thons via Blogs