Happy (early) Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States (and anywhere else you may be celebrating)! 🦃 I did this Thanksgiving book tag in 2022, 2023, and 2024 and thought it’d be fun to continue the tradition with choices from books I’ve read this year. Thank you to Anna’s Book Nook for creating this tag!

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you
• Give credit to the author (Annasbooknook)
• Answer the prompts
• Tag others if you desire!

The Questions

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

I really love the Adam Binder series, and all of the characters have come to feel like family over the years. Redneck Revenant was a great foray back into that world. I enjoyed seeing how the characters had developed over the years, and dropping back into their lives for an exciting new adventure was a lot of fun.

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

I did not expect The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy to be my lowest rated book of the year. Unfortunately, the writing was not great, and the plot felt super repetitive and like nothing was happening. The characters also felt flat to me, and I wasn’t feeling the chemistry between them. 🤷‍♂️

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

I don’t re-read much, and there’s really not anything I can think of that I’d pick for this prompt this year.

4) Turkey: A Book With a Bird in It

The Raven Scholar is one of my favorite books of the year so far, and it had a great bird companion in it. So, this was naturally the first book that came to mind for this prompt. 🙂

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

I usually fall in love with books by Alexis Hall, but I could not wait for Looking for Group to be over. There was so much gaming lingo in this book that it overtook the story and made it hard for me to read and really connect with the characters.

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

Good Spirits was a wonderful holiday romance starring the ghost of Christmas past and the woman he waited over 100 years for. It definitely put me in a mushy mood and filled me with holiday spirit.

7) Mashed Potatoes: A Book With a White Cover

I know this cover isn’t completely white, but the background is. So, it counts. lol. I just recently finished Spellslinger and had such a great time with it. I want a grumpy squirrel cat SO BAD and can’t wait to pick up the next book in the series.

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

The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes is another pick that I recently read. This was such a weird story, and I’m not really that big a fan of bugs. So, I’m not quite sure why I loved this one so much. lol.

9) Pumpkin Pie: A Dessert Book That You Love

I never know how to answer this prompt. One year I picked a book that was sickeningly sweet. Another year, I chose a book that was a guilty pleasure. Last year I picked a prequel novella that worked as a great extra tacked on to the main story. This year I’ve decided to pick A Burning in the Bones because it was a stellar finale to the trilogy, kind of like a dessert is the delicious end to a meal.

Bonus: Black Friday: The Top 5 Books on Your “I want to buy them” List

There’s nothing that I can think of for this prompt because I buy anything I really want year-round. lol. I have no self-control, which my shelves do not thank me for.

I Tag

Anyone who wants to participate. So, if you’re bored, feel free to have some fun and consider yourself tagged. Otherwise, bookmark it until next year!

That’s it for this year’s Thanksgiving book tag! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good food and great times.