The Holidays are nearly here, but the books are already rolling in! LibraryThing hosts SantaThing each year with its members and you can choose what level of participation between $10 and $30 and from what retailer whether Amazon or Book Depository. I love this program because you get to specify what kinds of books you’re looking for and most of the time they arrive on your doorstop by Christmas.
This year, I signed on for the $30 level, and my SantaThing got me these goodies (hat not included, that’s mine):
My Book Blogger Holiday Swap gifts arrived as well, and I was excited to find a new blogger to follow as well — Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews!
I got a boat load of cool goodies from a Santa ornament in a cowboy hat holding a cactus to a sparkly penguin bookmark and some bookplates. Who can’t use more bookplates when they lend out books? I know I can, though I probably would spend a mint to get all the bookplates I would need. Here’s the goodies I got from Sharon! THANK YOU!
Oh, yes, Wiggles and I with help from Daddy will watch the little Elf grow in water!
Great gifts Serena! Lucky you! I like the idea of the book swap. Like Ti, I haven’t participated since the first year when all I got was a very used paperback (not even something I would read) and paper bookmarks that you can grab at the bookstore by the till Lol. I took it very seriously and picked up something nice for who I had. Anyhow, I’m glad to see that are a lot of bloggers out there who do take the time to give a gift that looks like they put some thought into it and make it special.
I had one year like that, but I had a couple of good years recently. I take it very seriously and I think a lot of people do.
Adorable and fun!
Enjoy all the goodies! I especially love that penguin bookmark. So cute!
Santa was very good to you..what great goodies and books!!
Thanks for stopping by and checking them out. I hope you all have a great holiday
Wow, Santa did come to your house! Those gifts will be hard to top!
I hope that there will be some bookish gifts for me, but maybe not these days since I have so many to read still.
Ho, ho, ho! Nice swaps from your early Santas!
I especially like the cowboy Santa ornament, and MISS PEREGRINE is high on my own holiday wish list.
Enjoy this first Christmas with Miss Wiggles!
I really liked the ornament! How cute. I hope you have a great holiday with your family as well.
You got some good stuff!! I love bookish gifts. I didn’t participate in any exchanges and haven’t since the one time I did and never got anything in return 🙁
Ti, that’s terrible. I would have sent you something had I known. That’s just not fun at all….I think this is the best gift receiving year I’ve had with these exchanges.
Ooh, bookish surprises are the best! I’ve known Sharon for a long time. She’s a great book blogger and obviously knows how to do a gift swap right! 🙂
I can’t wait to start reading her blog, though I have little time to read blogs these days.