We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is Books I Hope Santa Brings This Year/Bookish Wishes (Link-up those wishlists and grant some wishes for the holidays!)
It’s that time of year again and even though it’s meant to be the “most wonderful time of the year” it’s not always the case for everyone, so I hope that you’re all doing okay and taking care! 💜
This week’s prompt is about the books I hope Santa brings me this year but I’m definitely my own Santa because my family and I don’t celebrate Christmas, and I even spoiled myself already with a few book purchases the other day! So on that note, I’m slightly twisting today’s prompt and sharing 10+ books on my wishlist that I hope to add to my own physical shelf soonish! 😊







I’m counting these as one because they’re part of the Stay a Spell Series by Juliette Cross and I simply can’t wait to buy physical copies. These books quickly became faves over the last month of reading and I’d definitely re-read them again during the spooky season because they’re super fun paranormal romances ft. witchy sisters, paranormal shenanigans, and swoony simp love interests!






Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Valor by John Gwynne






One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Have you read any of these books or are they also on your wish list? I hope you all get treated (or treat yourself) to the bookish goods your heart desires this year. 💜

I hope you get all the wishes granted, Dini! You’ve been so sweet this entire year, and I’m so glad that we met! Happy holidays, friend!!
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Aw, Jordyn! 💜 Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m so glad I found your blog this year and that we’ve connected! Happy holidays to you as well, friend. I hope you have a wonderful time!
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Thank you for your kind wishes, Dini. I don’t celebrate Christmas either, and this can be a hard time of year for me. I hope the last 11 days of the year are filled with joy for you.
I’ve heard really good things about Homegoing.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-hope-santa-brings-this-year/
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Sending all the warm thoughts and hugs your way, Lydia! 💜 I hope the last few days of the year are also filled with much joy and comfort for you.
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I love seeing this list after I sent you some books. ❤ I hope you have a wonderful rest of the year!! I think spoiling ourselves with books is also the best! 🙂
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Hahaha, ngl, Leslie, I absolutely forgot to add all these books to my wish list? I’m such a numpty 😂 I hope you have a wonderful rest of the year too, friend. I’m excited to start a new year with all the books lined up to read together! 😍
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Right?! We have so many books lined up and I cannot wait!! ❤ I hope that we start off 2023 how we did 2022~ that was amazing!! haha ❤
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I loved One Dark Window! I hope you get some of these!
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I’ve heard so many great things about that book and I can’t wait to read it! Thanks, Joanna! 💜
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I love how you counted the first one as one. Haha. Totally something I would do. I hope you get all of these soon.
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Haha, there’s no way I’m not counting that series as one! I need them all 😂
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Walking in a Witchy Wonderland has to be one of the best festive titles I’ve ever read–I’m going to check that out immediately! You’re so right that this time of year can be tough, too–I hope you have the best possible rest of 2022, and a great 2023.
FangirlFlax @ FangirlFlax
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I absolutely loved it but I’m also a huge fan of this series so maybe I’m a little biased. It was super cute and festive though! 💜 I hope you have an awesome rest of the year as well and here’s to an awesome 2023!
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Nothing wrong with a little book bias! Here’s to an awesome 2023 for sure 🙂
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I hope many of these books find their way to your shelves, Dini. The only one on my TBR is Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young.
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I hope you also enjoy Spells for Forgetting, Carla. Happy reading! 💜
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Wow, that entire Stay a Spell series looks so pretty! Hope you’ll be gifted some (or all 🙂 ) of these!
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The covers are absolutely stunning! I’ll definitely be looking to get my hands on all of these books ASAP 😍
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I have read several of the Stay at Spell series and really enjoy them! I love just about everything Juliette Cross writes, but this is my favorite series by her so far. I have copies of The Prophets and We Are Not Free on my TBR pile. I am looking forward to both of them. Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young sounds really good! I hope you enjoy all of these!
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I discovered Cross through this series and I’m SO GLAD that I did! These books, especially the later ones, have become fast favourites for me and I absolutely adore this witchy family and their partners 😍 I can’t wait for the lat one to come out. I hope you enjoy Prophets and We Are Not Free as well and happy reading! 💜
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That’s correct. Every book in a series counts as one. LOL! I adored the Staub book. I hope Santa brings them all.
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Ah, it’s so validating to know that I’m not the only one who thinks the same way about series! 😂 I’ve heard great things about Staub’s book and I’m looking forward to reading it.
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Hope you’ll get to see these lining your shelves soon!
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Thanks, Ali! 💜
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I would definitely count all the books in a series as one book! lol
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Hehe, and why not, right?! 😉
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We Are Not Free was one of my favorite books of 2021; I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/my-christmas-2022-bookish-wish-list/
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Ooh, I actually haven’t seen many reviewers post about it but it looks really good. I’m glad to hear that you loved it so much!
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I reviewed it early in my blogging life, here’s a link to my review: https://readbakecreate.com/we-are-not-free/
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I have Homegoing on my TBR – definitely need to find time for it in 2023. I hope you get to enjoy all of these soon
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I hope you enjoy it as well! Happy reading 🙂
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Spells for Forgetting is definitely on my TBR! Hope Santa drop a few off for you☺️
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I hope you enjoy it! I’ve heard so many good things 🙂
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I hope you are able to add all of these to your shelves soon! I actually have an extra copy of A Taste of Gold and Iron I’d be happy to send you. It’s the hardcover UK version. I bought it before I was able to snag the special edition I wanted. So, I’m happy to pass it on. Just let me know!
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Omg, what an offer! That’s so kind of you, Chris! I’m really considering it but it might cost a buttload just for shipping to Indonesia. 🫣 Did you get the Broken Binding special edition? That book is freaking gorgeous and I was sorely tempted to get it even though I hadn’t read the book yet. In the end, I missed out but it’s awesome you got your hands on a copy!
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I did get a Broken Binding SE. I missed out the first go around and was super bummed (hence the spare copy). Then I was able to snag one during the sale of their extra stock. 🙂 I’m happy to send my extra copy if you’d like it. It won’t do anyone any good sitting on the shelf forever. I figured the shipping would be pricey, but I don’t mind. Just let me know where to send it if you’d like it!
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I just bought One Dark Window because it was on sale and look forward to reading it! I hope you get all these books!
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Aah, I hope you love it! I’m really keen to read it cos I’ve seen glowing reviews. Happy reading 😍
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I hope you will be able to get all of these soon. We do celebrate Christmas, but it’s a family thing with a lot of food. We never actually do present for Christmas. I will definitely have to be my own Santa as well. I hope you are doing well and best wishes!
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Family thing with a lot of food sounds perfect! I hope you enjoyed Christmas with your family this year 🙂
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I have had a great time, thank you. We decided last minute to do presents, so I did not have to be my own Santa this year. I hope you had a great weekend as well! 💛
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Buying your own presents is always great, Dini. No surprise but also, no surprise. 😉
As you say, not everyone feels great at this time of year, too many expectations for some, too much stress. I am looking forward to a few days with our sons, though, as any mother, I’ve already been super busy preparing food, shopping for it, etc. But all in all, I’m really happy to have them here.
Thanks for visiting my TTT which only has five books this week.
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It’s a bit belated now but I hope you had a wonderful time with your sons and that the food prep, shopping, etc. wasn’t too hectic! Happy holidays, Marianne 🙂
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Nice thoughts are never belated. We had all my family over yesterday, 20 people in all, including some small, very active kids, that was a little stressful, but even that was still nice. So, yes, I had a wonderful time. Thank you very much. I hope the same for you.
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Treating yourself to a few books is always a good thing. Those Stay a Spell series covers are so pleasant to look at. I hope you can add them to your collection soon.
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It’s actually been a while since I indulged in book shopping so I’m quite chuffed with all that I bought 😍 I hope to add the Stay a Spell books to my shelves as soon as the last one comes out next year!
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Those Stay a Spell series covers all look so good together! I need to start it.
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I can’t wait to get my hands on physical copies! I hope you enjoy them, Louise 😍
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I hope you enjoy all these! I loved Homegoing and have We Are Not Free on my TBR list.
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I can’t wait to read them both. I hope you enjoy We Are Not Free whenever you pick it up! Happy reading 🙂
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I hope you get to treat yourself to all these books! 🥰 One Dark Window looks intriguing and I’ve heard good things about A Taste of Gold and Iron 😊
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Hehe, it is definitely nice to treat ourselves every once in a while! I’m really looking forward to reading both books 😍
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I’ve had Homegoing on my shelf for a few years. 🤦♀️ But I’ve got it penciled in on my reading challenge, so hopefully we both get to read it soon. I LOVED Spells for Forgetting, and We Are Not Free is so very good, too. I hope you get some of these soon!
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