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Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Getting for Chanukah

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme: Top Ten Books You Wouldn't Mind Santa Leaving Under Your Tree (with a slight alteration). I'm probably one of the easiest people to shop for. If you have the link to my Goodreads, you're basically guaranteed to get me something I'll like. (And even if you don't, I'm really not hard to please.) But, of course, there are some books that I'm more excited for than others. Here are ten that I would be absolutely thrilled to get as gifts this year. GEMINA by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: The more I think about how great this book is going to be, the more I want it. And it's so pretty! P.S. I LIKE YOU by Kasie West: I love Kasie West! Her contemporaries are all so adorable - I can't believe I haven't read this one yet. THE SECRET KEEPERS by Trenton Lee Stewart: Finally, another book from the author of my favorite middle grade series ever! I...

Chanukah Book Tag (Original)

  I LOVE this time of year . There's just so much happiness to go around! And while a lot of that is connected with Christmas, there's anot her holiday around this time that doesn't get as much attention. (Actually , there are a number of holidays, but I'm just focusing on one here.) Chanukah! Chanukah is one of my favorite holidays, along with Thanksgiving and New Year's . And it's also r ight up there with Thanksgiving for best food - latkes, sufganyot, chocolate gelt, and I need to stop bec ause I'm getting hungry. And frankly, it deserves more love. If I see Santa everywhere for two months, I want to start seeing a few more menorahs. Especially since this year, the timing is perfect - the first night of Chanukah is also Chris tmas Eve! So, after seeing a lot of Christmas spirit in the book blogging community, I decided to add some Chanukah into the mix with a book tag! I had a lot of fun creating this - I've nev er come up wi th a ta...