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Monthly Book Blog Wrap-Up: December 2022

Published on December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 by CelesteLeave a comment

December is basically over, which brings me to another monthly book blog wrap-up post! Since I plan on spending time putting together some 2022-related posts, I’ll keep this one rather brief. Part of me wants to apologize for a light and heavier month of book reviews and memes, respectively. But I won’t. I needed to take some time for myself. And the days around Christmas ended up busier than expected. Which brings me to the topic at hand: my December wrap-up. Let’s go!

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First Lines Fridays: December 23, 2022

Published on December 23, 2022December 22, 2022 by CelesteLeave a comment

Merry Christmas Eve Eve! I’m back with another First Lines Fridays, which is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The rules are as follows:

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!

If you’re using Twitter, don’t forget to use #FirstLinesFridays!

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag

Published on December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 by Celeste3 Comments

This is my second Christmas on my book blog, A Literary Escape. So I thought it would be fun to re-do the same book tag I first did at this time last year. Lizzie Loves Books created the 12 Days of Christmas book tag. It uses the 12 Days of Christmas song as bookish prompts to recap your reading year. If you’re curious about any of the books below, I linked to my reviews of them, if I wrote one.

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Smash or Pass Book Tag

Published on December 20, 2022December 18, 2022 by Celeste2 Comments

Chris at Biblio Nerd Reflections must have known I wanted to do this tag. So, thanks for tagging me! Becky at Becky’s Book Blog created the Smash or Pass book tag and it’s exactly what it sounds like. For each prompt listed, state whether you would “smash” or “pass” on it. There are no specific rules except to link back to the creator and whoever tagged you. Let’s go!

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Book Review: How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior

Published on December 19, 2022December 16, 2022 by Celeste1 Comment

Good morning! Today’s review is about HOW THE PENGUINS SAVED VERONICA by Hazel Prior. I don’t typically read general fiction or women’s fiction, but I wanted to see what the hype about this book was. It’s a sweet tale about found family after personal hardship and learning to let others in.

Author: Hazel Prior
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Berkley Books
Publish Date: June 16, 2020
Print Length: 368

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