The Christmas Tree Minor Crisis Book Tag

[@jf8559]

Loved your answers, Pat. Oh, Boo Radley! I am inspired to reread To Kill A Mockingbird. Such a great cover on that Big Book of Christmas Mysteries. Hope your holiday season is lovely. 🎄🎉

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Thank you! I hope you have a lovely holiday season too.

[@vickicoleman2474]

You do the best tag responses!! 🎉

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@@vickicoleman2474 aww that’s very kind of you to say.

[@ellenmadebookclub]

I love the minor crises prompts 😂 Shattered bulbs are no joke! On the fallen angel: we used to have a star made of some kind of clay or dough, that my great aunt had made and sent us from the US. It wasn’t very pretty, it was too small and thick and painted green and red, but it was from her and it always made us smile when we were decorating the tree. I don’t think I ever met her, but it was a very special thing. The problem was it was kept in a box of Christmas decorations, as you do, and we kept it in the basement, where it sometimes got a bit damp… so some years, the star had sort of swelled from the damp, and was cold and yucky and we all laughed at it, but up it went, sitting on top of the tree like a green lump from our great aunt 😊

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Oh Ellen! I love this story of your precious "green lump" from your great aunt from the US! How precious! I think I have a few ornaments like that as well that have a special place on the tree not because of their physical beauty but because of their precious, sentimental value. My favorite ornaments are the ones that have a story behind them. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story.

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@ I agree, those are the best ones! 😊

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@ 🥰🎅🏻❤️🎄🤶🏻

[@WildHeartsandWildflowers]

Lovely, fun video, Pat! 'To Kill a Mockingbird' remains an all-time favorite for me. 😊 Oh, I just borrowed that 'Big Book of Christmas Mysteries' from the library to read this month. Love the cover! Short story mysteries, along with Victorian Ghost stories (reading 'The Phantom Coach' collection), sound perfect for the holiday season! 🎄🎄🎄

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@@WildHeartsandWildflowers oh how wonderful! Yes, perfect for the holidays!!

[@theresepazell7875]

To Kill A Mockingbird was one of my favorite Book and Movie..Enjoy. Lord of the flles is also great to. Good choices. No swearing in either so gors to show we dont need it to make a great book... Take care Happy Holiday

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To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those rare examples where I feel like the book and the movie are equally excellent. The novel was a major factor in my wanting to study literature and become a teacher. Thanks for viewing and commenting.

[@readandre-read]

That hurricane is absolutely wild in Their Eyes Were Watching God! I love these prompts and your selections. Real candles on the tree!? That sounds rather Victorian! Your big Christmas anthology looks wonderful. Great tag!

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Definitely a fun one to do. Real candles--can you imagine?

[@helenclare3250]

Fun tag! Boo Radley is a great answer. I hope you're well, Pat.

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Hi Helen! Thanks. I really should talk more about To Kill a Mockingbird one of these days. I hope you're doing well, my friend.

[@Nina_DP]

That was a fun one! Great answers, Pat. 🎄

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@@Nina_DP thanks, Nina! It was fun!

[@nonisnest9718]

I am now on the hunt for The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries!

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This one is a treasure!

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Great answers Pat. You whipped up a great soufflé from the minimal ingredients I provided! Best wishes, happy reading and here's to a great Christmas.

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It was such a fun tag, Nigel! Thanks for including me! Merry Christmas to you too! 🎅🏻🎄🤶🏻

[@FacelessBookReviews]

Love that Big Book of Christmas Mysteries... What a great cover!

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Isn't it great? I love all of those Otto Penzler BIG BOOKS. Such great collections. I've got a bunch of them. Hey, there's an idea for a video!

[@FacelessBookReviews]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I see one in the near future. Lol Can't wait to see those books.

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@@FacelessBookReviews thanks for sparking the idea.

[@ariannefowler455]

This was such a fun tag and I loved hearing your answers!

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@@ariannefowler455 aww thanks, Arianne. It was a fun one to do.

[@Ali-AvidReader]

This was a fun tag, you gave some great answers Pat😊

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@@Ali-AvidReader thanks, Ali. It was a lot of fun!

[@patriciah8579]

“Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.” I keep this quote in a little frame on my bookshelf. Harper Lee gives us a whole world in those two sentences. Loving the holiday-themed prompts. As ever, great responses, Pat. 🎄😊

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@@patriciah8579 oh Patricia! I love, love, love that you have this quote framed! How I wish we could meet for coffee or tea! 🥰

[@patriciah8579]

@BookChatWithPat8668 Someday. 🌞

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@patriciah8579 I hope so!

[@alex_unabridged]

This is a fun one! Thanks very much for the tag - my video will go up tomorrow. Loved your responses - Macbeth for prompt two is spot on! 😊

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Thanks, Alex. I will look forward to your responses!

[@literarylove123]

I love your answers for this tag so much! As soon as you showed To Kill a Mockingbird, I knew which character you were going to choose. I love it. Les Miserables . . . yes. Such an amazing book. Thank you so much for tagging me. I can't wait to choose my answers and record my video.

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Thanks, Jen. This tag was a lot of fun. I'll look forward to your responses!

[@RaynorReadsStuff]

Loved this tag Pat. Your answers are fabulous and it’s a really fun tag. Look forward to doing this one. Lord of the Flies is my nemesis. Never been able to finish it. Have no idea why 😊

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Thanks, Debs. You're not alone with not loving Lord of the Flies. I'm curious about you're not being able to finish it, though. Is it taught in the UK? It's still pretty standard fare in US schools.

[@Already-Overbooked]

Pat thank you so much for the Tag! This was a fun one to watch with really cool prompts!

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@@Already-Overbooked no pressure ever, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy your responses when/if you decide to do this one. 😊

[@KellyLovesBooksandMovies]

This is a fun one! I'm really going to have to think about my answers for this one. I really need to read Their Eyes Were Watching God. It's been on my list forever.

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Hi Kelly. No pressure re: the tag. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a really beautiful book. Another one I used to love to teach....Hope you are doing well.

[@Bookishtravels1]

What fun Pat! 🎉 i remember reading Lord of the Flies at school.

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@@Bookishtravels1 this was a really fun tag! I hope you’ll consider yourself tagged if you’d like to do it too!

[@CGRatedBooks]

Awesome awesome, Pat. Thanks for the tag. I enjoyed your video.

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Thanks, Charles. No pressure ever. But this was definitely a fun one.

[@CGRatedBooks]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I'm really getting into booktube tags. I do enjoy them so.

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@ they are a great way to talk about a lot of books and to connect with a lot of people! 🥰

[@CGRatedBooks]

@BookChatWithPat8668 yes, the get to know your neighbors part!

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@@CGRatedBooks absolutely!

[@JessBookgirlTV]

You had a lot of interesting answers. Thank you for tagging me.

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@@JessBookgirlTV thanks, Jess! This was a fun one! 😊

[@booksoffthebeatenpath]

Thank you for tagging me! I can’t wait to do this tag!

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It’s a fun one! I’ll look forward to your responses!

[@books_and_bocadillos]

What a great tag! 🎄🫶🏽

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@@books_and_bocadillos I hope you’ll consider yourself tagged if you want to do it too! It was a fun one! 🎅🏻🎄🤶🏻

[@booksandpicnics]

Thank you for this lovely video and all the best wishes for a lovely Christmas season, dear Pat!🎄😊 I really disliked Lord of the Flies as a child but maybe I should give it another chance at some point...

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thank you for watching. I hope you’ll consider yourself tagged too if you’d like to do it. Lord of the Flies is a very dark book, for sure. I did enjoy teaching it as there are so many things to talk about in it. But it’s certainly not an uplifting story. I hope you’re doing well!

[@stuartgriffin1001]

Great tag. I love your answers

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@@stuartgriffin1001 thanks, Stuart! I saw that Nigel had already tagged you on the original, or I would have tagged you as well.

[@stuartgriffin1001]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 I figured that was why you didn't tag me. I appreciate you letting me know that was the case

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@@stuartgriffin1001 You're always on my tag list, but I actually tried to be aware of who was tagged by Nigel on this one.

[@awebofstories]

What a great tag! I have to admit, I thought you were going to go for Julius Caesar as your Shakespeare play for the 2nd question, but I completely see how Macbeth works!

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@@awebofstories Julius Caesar would be perfect too!

[@bighardbooks770]

_Ooooooo,_ how I love MacDuff and the ending of MacBeth! I have some ideas for some good books for this one! Thanks for tagging me, Pat. 😊 Appreciated 🎉

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@@bighardbooks770 hooray! I will look forward to your responses, Allen!

[@troytradup]

Pretty sure I wrote a paper back in high school arguing Boo Radley was the main character. I was one of those students. 🎄

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I would have loved to have read such a paper!