The Christmas Carol Book Tag! [original]

[@leenanorms]

I love the concept of this ! Excellent :)

[@LaurenAndTheBooks]

This is a gift! Thank you so much and loved hearing your answers, particularly loved hearing about your Lord of the Rings tradish! xx

[@myplansarebooked]

I love love love The Christmas Caorl. This is a great Tag. I am so looking forward to doing this Tag. Happy Reading!

[@ropecrewman36]

I'd never heard of Siri Hustvedt until just now. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@olivianewton2593]

You’re right about Muppets Christmas Carol ❤️ It’s not Christmas untill I’ve watched it with my mum

[@naomisbookshelf]

I am reading a Christmas Carol right now. This is a great tag! I am definitely going to do it for this Tuesday.

[@luke28]

What a lovely video idea! Makes me feel all christmassy!

[@wanderingreader6941]

Love this tag! Will definitely add it to my December video list. I read and study A Christmas Carol with my GCSE class every year and every year I get something different out of it, it never gets old. Hope you have a lovely Christmas! Xx

[@LuminousLibro]

I am definitely going to film this tag this weekend! So fun!

[@darkestwingz]

The 2005 P&P adaptation is more than just a film it's an Experience. Excellent choice. I'm planning to do my own Christmas Carol Book Tag too :)

[@Jessticulates]

This is so fun! LotR always makes me feel Christmassy, too, and you're not alone - I love the 2005 P&P adaptation and I prefer it to the 1995 adaption.

[@frannieforthoughts9527]

Oh, that Pride and Prejudice movie is a masterpiece! Not a perfect “adaptation” but a perfect movie nonetheless 😍 This tag was so precious and Christmas-y, I’m so gonna do this 🎄☃️

[@YourTrueShelf]

Yesssss love the tag! Will be doing it in December! Feeling super christmassy already, thanks in part to lots of Xmas music (& 2 excited children!!). Also love p&p with Kiera Knightly x

[@thereadingrobin2191]

I love A christmas carol and love this tag!

[@lisa60932]

I love the 2005 Pride and Prejudice as well! Like you can’t come home after a bad day at work and watch the whole BBC series, it’s concentrated happiness 😊

[@LaurenWade]

Haha, very true! 💜

[@anshumanyadav9433]

1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 2. The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay (EVERYONE PLEASE READ IT!!) 3. Summer by Ali Smith 4. Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (I DNF'ed it. :P) 5. When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy; The White Book by Han Kang; Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin 6. Discontent and its Civilizations by Mohsin Hamid 7. Grimm's Fairy Tales (and Harry Potter films) 8. Call Me By Your Name (Love it so, so much! 😭😭❤❤)

[@krissyn.3366]

This was a brilliant idea for a tag! I loved it and A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story as well.

[@NicoleFoti]

What a super cute book tag idea!!!!!!! I need to do this

[@munglejoela]

Agree with you on the Pride and Prejudice adaptation, that's my fave too. Muppet Treasure Island is also a good adaptation! Haha!

[@AuburnAfterglow]

Lovely tag! Yes, Summer is coming out next year, also excited! :D

[@insertbookpunhere]

The Tailor of Gloucester! I watched that VHS tape so many times that it broke. (remember when that was a problem we used to have?) I've never known anyone else who remembers it from childhood so I was starting to wonder if I'd made it up lol Love this tag, I'll definitely be making a video!

[@LaurenWade]

SUCH a beautiful episode 💔

[@sashahawkins]

Fave movie adaptation is the Lord of the Rings trilogy BUT YAS WITH YOU ON THE PRIDE AND PREJUDICE FILM. I ADORE IT.

[@rhuang9683]

love this tag and the questions so much!

[@victoriaclark4913]

Q1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Q2. All Among the Barley Q3. The Lantern Men- Elly Griffiths Q4. Conversations with Friends Q5. The Remains of the Day Q6. Room with a View Q7. The Christmas Chronicles- Nigel Slater Q8. The Remains of the Day

[@lucyrutherford]

I have so many videos to film because the camera on my phone has been broken for the past few weeks but once it’s fixed I am adding this tag to my list!

[@ornleifs]

Question 1: The Ghost of Christmas Past - A book that was a childhood favourite: - Well that would be "Christmas Carol" itself, I read it first when I was about 10 and have re-read it since, almost every Christmas and watched all the movie/TV adaptation I can find, absolutely love that story. Question 2: The Ghost of Christmas Present - A recent book that you think will become one of your all time favourites: - It may not be recently published by I just bought "The Blazing World" by Siri Hustvedt which I have high hopes for. Question 3: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - A book coming out next year that you're most excited about: - I am currently reading the Manga "Blank Canvas" by Akiko Higashimura and the third volume is coming soon. Question 4: Bah, Humbug! - A book that everyone else loves that you just can't stand: - "Methamorphosis" by Kafka, yes I know it's a classic but for me this was such a Ho Hum experience. Question 5: Bob Cratchit - An old dependable that you always recommend: - "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull" By Richard Bach. A simple but powerful tale of finding your own self and not letting outside influences cloud your judgement. Question 6: Tiny Tim - An underhyped book that you think deserves more love. - "Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic" by Bart Kosko. A very important book, which is all about clearing our brains tendency to think in Black and White or opposites and seeing instead how Fuzzy and Cloudy many things are and how they flow from one to another. Question 7: Today? Why it's Christmas Day! - What's a book that always gets you in the mood for Christmas (apart from A Christmas Carol)?: - "Moominland Midwinter" by Tove Jansson. I got that book for Christmas as a child and even though it's not about Christmas it's full of snow and mysteries and I absolutely love it. Question 8: The Muppet Christmas Carol - You're favourite film adaptation of a book: - 2001 A Space Oddysey - to be fair the book and the screenplay were written at the same time but still it's my All Time Favorite movie, a mindblowing Masterpiece.

[@aminthereader8946]

"2001 A Space Oddysey" Yes! Didn't occur to me.

[@MaryAmongStories]

aaah I love A Christmas Carol so much, what a cute tag ^^ Lanny is on my tbr, I'm looking forward to reading it :) completely agree about Evelyn Hugo. yes yes yes Pride and Prejudice MOVIEEE! I'll definitely film this tag! loved it ❤❤

[@williamstewart6454]

The book that i tend to reread at christmas is "Miracle and other Christmas stories " by Connie Willis My other tradition is to watch the Christmas episode of Buffy The Vampire slayer: Amends(A Buffy Christmas ) I also tend to listen to a lot of Christmas Carols and Christmas songs in the month leading up to Christmas

[@rachaelchambers3065]

LOVE this tag!!!

[@FMsukina]

Q1: "The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters" by Janet & Allan Ahlberg Q2: "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, "Rage Becomes Her" by Soraya Chemaly and "Beloved" by Toni Morrison Q3: I also don't know what books will be released next year. Q4: "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn Q5: "Winter of Fire" by Sheryl Jordan, "The Way the Crow Flies" by Anne-Marie MacDonald, and "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel Q6: "Daughter of Fortune" by Isabella Allende, "The Grownup" by Gillian Flynn, and "The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood Q7: Any of the Harry Potter books, Christmas-themed murder mysteries or romances (I'm not a fan of romance, but I really enjoy a Christmas-themed romance at this time of year for some reason.) Q8: "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Sullivan Entertainment), "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott (1994), and BBC's "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen (featuring Jennifer Ehle & Colin Firth).

[@CharlieBrookReads]

Such a great tag !!! 🎄Muppets Christmas Carol is THE BEST !!❤️ ... Although I think we slowly work our way through all the adaptations in Dec😂 🎅 Yaa Gyasi is bringing out a new book in 2020 😉❤️ Right, now I need to go put a Christmas movie on 🎄🎅

[@LaurenWade]

Oooh I didn’t know that about Yaa Gyasi! (Shocking I know, since I don’t know any books at all coming out lol) but that is excellent news! I know, I love a lot of the earlier adaptations of A Christmas Carol as well, always get me in the mood! Xx

[@WomanVsBooks]

Great tag, will get on to it soo. So glad someone else doesn't enjoy Evelyn Hugo, thought I was the only one 😂

[@readingandwhatnot]

Im going to do this one! I'm a year late but thats okay

[@aminthereader8946]

1. I am David. 2. N/A! 3. The Mirror and the Light 4. Mrs Dalloway 5. Breakfast at Tiffany's 6. The Siege of Krishnapur 7. The Road to Oxiana 8. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[@HH-nd8kw]

My favourite movie adaptation of a book is The Lord of the Rings.

[@LaurenWade]

A very strong choice! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@FlyingElectra]

so weird because you answered my ANSWERS ! Ali Smith's Summer - the Lord of the Rings and Pride & Prejudice, I was saying the answers out loud and you were saying the same THING - crazy !

[@gemmababe]

You+Me+P&P2005 It's us against the world, but I have no regrets because that movie is pefecTION.

[@SummersMovingBookshelf]

I said 7 Husbands right before you said it! I DNFed it earlier this year, I couldn’t do it.

[@JeansThoughts]

jemima puddleduck is better than Peter rabbit - there I said it

[@annaascott]

I love Siri Hustvedt!!!

[@LaurenWade]

🙌🏻

[@meursaultscourtroom8886]

Same about the 7 Husbands....the writing was icky.

[@kathykempf432]

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" was my least favorite book that I read this year. I thought I would love it, but I couldn't like a plot where the main character does nothing except out of selfish ambition. I just didn't like Evelyn Hugo as a character and I didn't enjoy reading about her. The plot twist at the end was the only positive for me, but it still didn't make up for the seemingly endless plot which wasn't much of a plot.