The Christmas Music Book Tag 2024

[@someothercharacter]

No Exit sounds right up my alley. I like the cold weather trapped by snow trope. For me, any Harry Potter book is a good Christmas read. The holidays are done really well in those books. Makes me want to spend Christmas in a castle or school for wizardry (I still maintain that wizards are filthy).

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@someothercharacter Then you’ll like “No Exit”, I’m sure. It really exudes that snowy isolated atmosphere and it’s non-stop tension all the way. I do agree about the holidays being done well in the HP books. The Yule Ball just stood out the most because of it being such a huge event. And one would think that wizards…you know, being wizards…could clean themselves more thoroughly. Even simply and quickly; all it would take would be a fast wave of a hand or wand, right?

[@chezjowy8596]

Lonesome Dove for Jan...on it!

[@kevintowle9665]

Great answers Trav!

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@kevintowle9665 thanks

[@apoetreadstowrite]

I love how many different reading paths there are, diversity is such a joy, & you always spotlight such (to me) unknown treasures. Thanks, Trav.

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@apoetreadstowrite I always enjoy discovering new treasures myself during my reading journeys! You are indeed correct, sir, there is joy in that diversity!

[@apoetreadstowrite]

@@Travsbookshelf: Absolutely.

[@ALatteThoughts]

There's a lot more I need to read but I love to both read and write short stories. I read the bazaar of bad dreams. It's y.a. but zombies vs unicorns is really good.

[@Uncommon_Reader]

Hello Trav, thank you for doing our tag and adding a link to my channel. I really need to read TJ Klune next year, I hear wonders about him. Very intrigued by No Exit, feels like one of those books you can't put down! Happy reading to you!

[@Travsbookshelf]

@Uncommon_Reader Thank YOU for creating an amazing tag! TJ Klune is definitely a must-read author. His writing of friendships and emotions is phenomenal. And I got through “No Exit” in one sitting and I am a turtle speed reader lol. It’s so good and very addictive.

[@NicolesBookishNook]

Great answers! Make Lawrence has been on my TBr for ages and I need to get on it because so many people love his books.

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@NicolesBookishNook Thanks! The Library Trilogy is my foray into Mark Lawrence’s works and it is phenomenal. It’s not only a different style of fantasy but also quite challenging, which I enjoy. I’m a fantasy nut anyway so this has definitely been a treat. I want to read more of his books/series, for sure.

[@BeyondBooks-wt5il]

Thanks for doing our tag! You read a nice mix of books and many that I've never heard of. Big Jim is PERFECT for the Grinch question!

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@BeyondBooks-wt5il You’re very welcome, ma’am! It was a great tag; I love a good challenge and a few of the prompts provided me with a little extra thinking. Big Jim fits the Grinch profile and then some lol. Thank you for creating this tag and once again congratulations on your 1 year on BookTube milestone!

[@BeyondBooks-wt5il]

@Travsbookshelf thanks!

[@amy_harboredinpages]

For December I'm currently reading The Fellowship of the Ring, Mirrored Heavens and Somewhere Beyond the Sea! I like this tag. Maybe I'll have time next year!

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@amy_harboredinpages Somewhere Beyond the Sea is so good so far! I’m loving it. I hope you enjoy your other reads. This tag was pretty fun, a little challenging but I like challenges.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Trav. This is the second time I have tried to comment on this video. In my first comment, which seems to have disappeared, I was trying to tell you the source of this tag and who the creators of it were, but maybe KZbin doesn't allow us to mention names of other channels? Anyway, great responses to the prompts.

[@Travsbookshelf]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 Hi Pat. It seems there may be a glitch in YT, perhaps? I, too, have been experiencing the same issue with my comments disappearing after initial attempts so I have to try again. Also, I apologize if I failed to credit the tag creators. Honestly, I wasn’t really sure due to the tag being done several times and seemingly under different titling in quite a few videos, some of which appear to be dated quite a few years back. I haven’t really watched any of the videos until the one Kevin tagged me in. Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@ yes, there are several similar tags, but this one was created by Reney and Daniela just this month to celebrate Reney’s one-year-anniversary on BookTube. I just mentioned their channel names so they would know you did their tag, but apparently, that’s not permitted.

[@Travsbookshelf]

@ I would love to become familiar with the creators’ channels and certainly give them the courtesy of credit for the tag’s invention. I always feel ashamed for not doing that in tags if I don’t know the source. Kevin shared my video in the community forum, so maybe the creators will notice? It is odd that you can’t mention them. I’m thinking YT is having issues yet again. I do keep seeing a lot of people mentioning similar problems they’re having within the platform.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@Travsbookshelf I responded to this comment about two hours, and my response has been deleted again!

[@Travsbookshelf]

@ That’s so odd. I tried tapping on ‘Newest’ because sometimes that’ll bring it up. Nothing. I looked in my YT STUDIO under ‘held for review’ (which it shouldn’t have been sent there anyway since all your other replies have been successful), and nothing there either. Did you try tagging them in the reply? You might try sending the post again by just typing them into regular grammar instead of applying the tag and see if it goes through. If it does then there must be an issue within the tagging structure. I’ve checked all my settings just in case and they are all normal.