Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me

TIME IS RUNNING OUT in my Holiday Giveaway. I have thirteen orphaned YA books and they need a happy home. Your bookshelf could be that place.

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My previous TTT's: Worst Ways to End a Book, Literary Characters I Want to Marry,  Books I'd Want on a Deserted Island, Books/Authors I'm Thankful for, Most Anticipated Books of 2013

I LOVE Christmas. Christmas means peppermint mochas, poinsettias, gingerbread cookies, carols, and GOODIES. Everybody knows the best kind of goody to give and receive is a book. These are some of the MANY, MANY books I wouldn't mind showing up under my tree.

If I am lucky enough to receive these books, I will react with grace and humility maybe.

1.      SCARLET by Marissa Meyer. I’ve said it once, I’ve said it… okay, not a hundred times, but at least thrice: I would like this book now please. I’m sure Santa has all kinds of access to ARCs, so I don’t see why he can’t bring me that one.

2.      SIEGE AND STORM by Leigh Bardugo. Same as above. Thank you kindly.

3.      HARRY POTTER PAGE TO SCREEN: THE COMPLETE FILM MAKING JOURNEY

 

I will let Amazon do the talking:

"Worthy of a vault at Gringotts, this amazing limited edition collection includes eight exquisitely crafted volumes shelved with a scale prop replica of The Monster Book of Monsters and a gilded, oversized portfolio with five frame-able prints of concept art. Featuring never-before-published art and text chronicling the making of the Harry Potter films, the set is limited to just 3,000 copies worldwide. 

"Seven of the volumes were created expressly for this collection and delve into different aspects of the filmmaking, showing how the team designed locations, graphics, costumes, creatures, and special effects. A book of the paintings of Hogwarts showcases the exquisite artistry of each. A keepsake book filled with snapshots and personal photos looks at the lasting relationships between cast and crew. The eighth volume is a cloth-bound edition of the New York Times Best-seller, Harry Potter: Page to Screen. All of these precious objects are housed in a collectible box that looks like it came from Diagon Alley. Arriving at your doorstep with a numbered certificate of authenticity, this limited edition is the ultimate collectible for any wizard or Muggle. 

This collector’s edition includes:
      • A cloth-covered case, styled to look like a shelf from a shop in Diagon Alley
      • A cloth-bound edition of Harry Potter: Page to Screen
      • Seven additional volumes detailing the Harry Potter creative team’s ten years of extensive efforts:
            * The Creature Shop Compendium: Flora and Fauna from the Harry Potter Films
            * Environments Envisioned: Building Fantastic Sets and Scouting Dramatic Locations
            * A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publications from the Harry Potter Films
            * Movie Magic: Practical Props and Exciting Effects
            * The Paintings of Hogwarts: Masterpieces from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Sets
            * Ten Years Later: Life on Set with the Harry Potter Cast and Crew
            * Wizard Wear and Muggle Attire: Costuming the World of Harry Potter
      • A replica of The Monster Book of Monsters film prop
      • A gilded portfolio of five frame-able prints of original Harry Potter concept art"

This. Mine. Want. *drools* Yes, it’s casually six hundred dollars, but… 

4.      The MATCHED series by Ally Condie

 

I’ve never read them, and I know this is a thing that must be rectified IMMEDIATELY.

5.      UNDER THE NEVER SKY by Veronica Rossi

 

Ditto above. I’ve heard tremendous things about it.

6.      DIVERGENT and INSURGENT by Veronica Roth

 

Ditto also. So many amazing books of the past I need to get to, so little time.

7.      THEWORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY, THE CHRONICLES OF DOWNTON ABBEY, AND LADY ALMINA ANDTHE REAL DOWNTON ABBEY: THE LOST LEGACY OF HIGHCLERE CASTLE 

 

I just really like Downton Abbey, guys. I love melodrama, British history, pretty castles, and even prettier old timey clothes. And books full of big glossy pictures.

8.      FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM by Philip Pullman 

 

I love fairy tales, I love Phillip. Easy math.

9.      THE COMPLETE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN. Yes, I already own them all. I have every book in its own volume, plus an anthology with all of them together, plus an old illustrated copy of Pride and Prejudice that belonged to my mom. BUT LOOK AT THESE. THEY ARE SO PRETTY:

 I will buy any book if it's pretty. I own so many books, and I keep buying the same ones over and over because they keep updating them with PRETTY COVERS. I'm like a book magpie. I'm attracted to the shiny.

EDITED TO ADD: I just bought them. I have no self-control It's my gift to me. Stop looking at me like that.

10.  THE ANNOTATED CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens

Ooh, look at it. It's so shiny. So shiny and full of illustrations and annotations. I love those things so much.

EDITED TO ADD: My mom just told me she already bought me this and was going to give it to me for Christmas. Now she's annoyed that I have ruined the surprise. "If SOME PEOPLE were not so PICKY about the GIFTS that they GET..." (Yes, I know she didn't have to tell me, but don't ruin her rant with your logic). My mother is both a delight and a grump. THANKS MOM.

What bookish delights are you hoping for this Christmas? Do you love me someone enough to get them that Harry Potter gift set? Or will you be giving out old, much-loved copies from your own personal library, like my grandpa does to me? (I love those. They always have improbably low old-timey prices written in pencil on the inside of them, some even have his notes in the margins. BOOKS = LOVE, GUYS).