BLOGMAS: Books To Give As Gifts

BLOGMAS: Books To Give As Gifts

Hot Chocolate Cookies that I baked for a holiday party last week! Baked with hot chocolate mix, chocolate chips, and topped with melted marshmallows 🙂

I love that so many of you enjoyed yesterday’s post of the 13 Best Books I’ve Read in 2021! I so enjoyed coming up with that list and having a bit of time to reflect on my favorite reads from the past year. I clearly read some AMAZING books in 2021!

This is the time of year for gift giving and books make such beautiful gifts. Last week I received this message:

FYI the book I recommended to her was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 🙂

It got me thinking…what other books would make great gifts?

Buying someone a book can be a difficult task if you aren’t sure what they like to read. I’ve had people buy me books that I couldn’t WAIT to read and I’ve had people buy me books that I…definitely could 😉

Here in absolutely no particular order are books that I feel would make great gifts. Some are older, some are newer, all are WONDERFUL. I’m linking my previous posts about these books which will give you the book synopsis, my review, and a link to order the books! Hope this helps those of you still looking for the perfect gift this holiday season (or anytime).

Does the Gift Receiver Love Romance?

Swear on This Life {Renee Carlino}

Me Before You {Jojo Moyes}

This is Not How it Ends {Rochelle B. Weinstein}

In 5 Years {Rebecca Serle}

Is The Gift Receiver a Teen (or an Adult Who Loves to Read Young Adult Fiction)?

Everything, Everything {Nicola Yoon}

The Hate U Give {Angie Thomas}

Wonder {R.J. Palacio}

What I Carry {Jennifer Longo}

Does the Gift Receiver Love Anything Political?

Young Jane Young {Gabrielle Zevin}

American Wife {Curtis Sittenfeld}

Is The Gift Receiver a Thrill Lover?

Pretty Baby {Mary Kubica}

The Couple Next Door {Shari Lapena}

The Arrangement {Robyn Harding}

Gone Girl {Gillian Flynn}

Is The Gift Receiver Obsessed With The Bachelor?

One to Watch {Kate Stayman-London}

Is The Gift Receiver a Book Lover?

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry {Gabrielle Zevin}

Is The Gift Receiver Family Oriented?

The Most Fun We Ever Had {Claire Lombardo}

Does The Gift Receiver Believe in Finding and Celebrating One’s Independence?

The Unbreakables {Lisa Barr}

Is the Gift Receiver a Fan of Historical Fiction?

The Help {Kathryn Stockett}

Before We Were Yours {Lisa Wingate}

Where the Crawdads Sing {Delia Owens}

Are Friendships Top Priority to the Gift Receiver?

Firefly Lane {Kristin Hannah}

Is the Gift Receiver a Christmas Season Lover?

The Winter Series {Elin Hilderbrand}

The Winter Novels {Joanne Demaio}

Is the Gift Receiver One Who Loves Great, Detailed Sex Scenes?

The Idea of You {Robinne Lee}

Bath Haus {P.J. Vernon}

Does the Gift Receiver Love to Read But You Aren’t Sure Which Genre?

American Dirt {Jeanne Cummins}

Room

Language of Flowers {Vanessa Diffenbaugh}

The Time Travelers Wife {Audrey Niffenegger}

The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns {Khaled Hosseini}

Gifts for Book Lovers That Aren’t Books:

My #1 Must Have Book Accessory

My #2 Must Have Book Accessory

Another Book Accessory Recommendation!

BLOGMAS: Must Have Book Accessory #4

Some other gift ideas…a gift card to a local bookshop, a Book of the Month membership, or a bookish coffee mug (I love the one that I bought for myself in this post). Barnes and Noble currently has some CUTE gifts for book lovers (I have pictures and descriptions of them in this post. The mug still haunts me…I regret not buying it).

I hope all of these suggestions were helpful to you! There are so many more that I could add to this but here is a good list to get you started with your book giving! I hope the recipients love these gifts…Please let me know if you give any of these as gifts this year!

Blogmas 2021 Posts:

12/1: Welcome to Blogmas 2021 {Video}!

12:2: BLOGMAS: Birthday Giveaway {Amazon Gift Card}!

12/3: BLOGMAS Book Review: One Day in December {Josie Silver}

12/4: BLOGMAS: My Birthday Visit to Barnes and Noble!

12/5: BLOGMAS: 3 Library Books I Recently Returned Without Reading

12/6: BLOGMAS Book Review: The Christmas Wedding {James Patterson}

12/7: BLOGMAS: (Non Holiday) Book Review: Other People’s Children {R.J. Hoffmann}

12/8: BLOGMAS: I Bought 5 New Books!

12/9: BLOGMAS: 8 Holiday Books I Want To Read

12/10: BLOGMAS: Must Have Book Accessory #4

12/11: BLOGMAS: The Holiday Drinks Book Tag

12/12: BLOGMAS: Book Review (Non Holiday): The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend {Katrina Bivald}

12/13: BLOGMAS: Book I’m Currently Reading, Coffee I’m Currently Drinking, I Thing Currently Making me HAPPY!

12/14: BLOGMAS: (Non Holiday) Book Review: The Photographer {Mary Dixie Carter}

12/15: BLOGMAS: 6 Books I Want To Read in 2022

12/16: BLOGMAS: GIVEAWAY {Amazon Gift Card}! Book Coffee Happy Readers Are The KINDEST!

12/17: BLOGMAS: A Change In My December Reading Plans!

12/18: BLOGMAS: The 13 Best Books I Read in 2021

Xo,

Jenny

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My 2nd Sunshine Blogger Award

WHAT IS THE SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD?

The Sunshine Blogger Award is given to those who are creative, positive and inspiring while spreading sunshine to the blogging community.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you in a blog post and link back to their blog.
Answer the 11 questions sent by the person who nominated you.
Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions.
List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post and/or on your blog.

A huge thank you to Mani from Mani’s Book Corner for this nomination! If you have yet to check out her lovely blog, you must! She’s such a nice person and her book blog is wonderful.

My Answers to Mani’s Questions:

1. What’s the biggest book you have read?

Probably THIS BOOK…which is absolutely one of the very best books I’ve ever read!

2. What was your favourite book when you were a kid?

The Baby-Sitters Club! I read every single one and LOVED them all. Team Claudia and Stacey forever 🙂 My daughter is reading the graphic novels now and she’s obsessed with them!

3. What’s the last film/TV show you watched?

iCarly! My daughter and I are working our way through the series before the reboot comes out next week! She’s already watched the whole series but is rewatching them with me. We snuggle up in my bed whenever we can fit in an episode. Love it!

4. Would you accept a job as a librarian in an haunted library?

Hard pass.

5. What would be the title of the book based on your life?

Happiness 🙂

6. If they make a movie based on your life, who would you cast as actor/actress for your role?

Not just the actress but the character: Beverly Goldberg from The Goldbergs. Hands down. I feel her in my soul.

7. Who is your absolute favourite writer?

Oh man I don’t have just one! A few that I love: Gabrielle Zevin (she wrote the VERY best book I’ve ever read!), Claire Lombardo (read THIS BOOK), and Liane Moriarty (but only sometimes…read my thoughts on my love/hate relationship with her HERE).

8. Are you keeping up with your 2021 New Year’s Resolutions? (it doesn’t have to be reading goals)

I’m proud to say that I am! Both blog related and personal 😉

9. Is there a book you keep saying “One day I will read it” but you never do?

Love in the Time of Cholora! I’ve owned it and have been wanting to read it for years! Read my thoughts on why HERE.

10. Can you name an underrated book you read and loved?

THIS BOOK. I loved it so much and am shocked it’s not more popular?

11. What’s one movie you want to be novelized?

Eh. None? I would never watch a move and then read the book….but I ALWAYS read the book and then watch the movie! And truth be told, I’m actually not a big movie fan. I’d much rather read a book or watch a tv show.

I nominate:

Anyone who would like to participate! Please tag me so I can read your answers 🙂 Mani’s questions were great so I will keep them for you to answer. Aaaaaaand I didn’t have a Sunshine Blogger logo to use so I just tossed a selfie on the top of this post instead. Basically I followed exactly none of the rules but I enjoyed answering the questions, lol…???

**You can read my answers to a whole different set of bookish questions when I was last nominated for The Sunshine Blogger Award HERE.**

Xo,

Jenny

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The ultimate list of my top book suggestions can be found HERE

The 12 best books I read in 2020 can be found HERE

Book Coffee Happy’s 11 Most Viewed Blog Posts of All Time

Looking at my analytics, I always find it so interesting to see which of Book Coffee Happy’s posts rank with the highest blog views.

I started writing my book blog 2.5 years ago and it is hands down one of my most favorite hobbies that I’ve ever had! It has given me such a creative outlet, so many fun opportunities, and has introduced me to some amazing people. Thank you so much for reading!

Many of you have started reading my blog over the past 2.5 years and therefore may have missed some of my most popular posts. I have written 267 posts! Here are Book Coffee Happy’s 11 most viewed posts of all time starting with #11 and ending with the #1! Enjoy 🙂

Book Coffee Happy’s 11 Most Viewed Blog Posts of All Time

#11: **DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK** Book Review: Tampa {Alissa Nutting}

Not a surprise. That book is VILE.

#10: Spring Break 2019 Book Recommendations

I still stand by ever single one of those book recommendations!

#9: Walt Disney World Vacation Tips and Tricks {VLOG}

Awww I LOVED our trip to Disney and I loved making that video of my best Disney tips and tricks!

#8: I was Wrong. So Very Wrong. This Book is AMAZING.

Read that book. Today.

#7: The 12 Best Books I Read in 2020

2020 was such a weird year but I did read some amazing books!

#6: My Top Book Recommendations

YES. Love every single book on that list.

#5: One of the Best Books I’ve Ever Read

I still think about that book often.

#4: Book Review: The Housekeeper {Natalie Barelli}

Ok, I’ll be honest. I have no idea why that post receives the traffic that it does but for some reason it gets viewed pretty much every single day from all around the globe…???

#3: Book Review (Unpopular Opinion): Then She Was Gone {Lisa Jewell}

So many people love that book. I did not.

#2: I was Stuck on a Mountain in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

It makes me happy that so many of you read that post! I had such fun writing it. What a CRAZY experience we had up on that mountain…

And The #1 Most Viewed Blog Post of all time on Book Coffee Happy…

#1: Why I Stopped Reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo…But You Shouldn’t!

That post is literally viewed EVERY SINGLE DAY by readers all around the world, has thousands and thousands of views, and brings more traffic to my site than any post I have ever written. You should definitely read that book…even though I couldn’t even make it through the entire thing, lol. That post explains all of that and apparently has people are quite curious.

Which of these posts did you enjoy the most? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!

Xo,

Jenny

This blog is my favorite hobby and I would so love your support! Here are ways you can help my blog to GROW:

*Please share this page with your book and blog loving friends!*

*Subscribe with your email address to my blog (scroll all the way to the bottom of this page on mobile devices OR check the top right of this screen to enter your email address)*

*If you already have a blog, please “follow” mine*

*”Like” my Facebook page (and please comment on, “like”, and share my posts)*

*Follow me on Instagram*

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*Subscribe to my YouTube channel*

*Clicking and buying products through my Amazon Affiliate links. The cost to you is exactly the same and I receive a tiny commission off of your purchases.*

*Leaving a positive review on my Facebook page*

The ultimate list of my top book suggestions can be found HERE

The 12 best books I read in 2020 can be found HERE