Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025

I wasn’t sure I’d have time to sit down and do the Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025 edition. But I squeezed it in! This is now my fourth year doing it (2022, 2023, 2024) and this year I’m choosing from books I read in 2025. If you’re not familiar with the Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025, the short rules are below.

Originally created by Anna’s Book Nook, here are the rules:

Thank the person who nominated you
Give credit to the author (Anna’s Book Nook)
Answer the prompts
Tag others if you desire!

At the end of my answers I also listed all the prompts to the Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025 for easy copying and pasting into your own post.

Friends and Family: A Book with Characters that Feel Like Family

I always feel like I can sink into an SJM book and eventually they feel like family.

Fallen Leaves: A Book that Fell Flat (didn’t meet your expectations)

Unfortunately, SAME by Hannah Rosenberg, a book of poems about female friendship and motherhood, just didn’t resonate with me as much as I hoped.

Thanksgiving Dinner: A Book You Want to Read Every Year During This Season

I have the perfect book for this, so thank you to past me for reading this in February! LOVE YOU A LATKE by Amanda Elliot is a great seasonal read for this time of year.

Turkey: A Book With a Bird in It

I loved THE FAERIE MORGANA by Louisa Morgan. It felt so atmospheric during Arthurian time.

Ham: A Book that Made Your Eyes Glaze Over (Boring)

There were certainly sections of STARLINGS by Mike Stark that started to get boring, mainly because it felt repetitive. I feel like someone who’s more of an avid birder will have a greater appreciation for it.

Dinner Rolls: A Book that Melted Your Heart and Made You Feel Warm

This is a slightly tougher one for me because I don’t intentionally read things with the found family trope or anything super cozy. But I think ROLL FOR ROMANCE by Lenora Woods probably fits this prompt. So does THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by T.J. Klune.

Mashed Potatoes: A Book With a White Cover

I meant to write a review for this book, but I guess I never got around to it. Anyway, I really liked this memoir about a woman who moved to a house that happened to have 30 or so feral cats living around it.

Gravy: A Book You’re not Totally Sure Why You Love, but You Do

I wouldn’t say I “love” this book, but I really liked the narration of it, especially of the sheep (“Four legs good, two legs bad!”)

Pumpkin Pie: A Dessert Book That You Love

No one loves tuberculosis, but EVERYTHING BY TUBERCULOSIS by John Green is a book I really enjoyed reading this year. If you haven’t read it yet, definitely hop to it! I also adored THE MILLICENT QUIBB SCHOOL OF ETIQUETTE FOR YOUNG LADIES OF MAD SCIENCE by Kate McKinnon. The audiobook is amazing and is narrated by the author.

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