Hi readers! Happy Christmas! I hope you all are enjoying a very happy and special holiday season! 🎄
I just wanted to share a little wrap-up post of our first celebration of Austenesque Jolabokaflod! 📚
*If you haven’t heard of Jolabokaflod, it is an Icelandic Christmas Eve tradition of exchanging books and reading! 🎁
This was my first time celebrating this holiday and I got to celebrate with 2️⃣5️⃣ Austenesque friends who live in 9️⃣ different countries! (Thank you BookDepository for making free worldwide shipping possible!) 📦
Here is what I received from my lovely Austenesque Jolabokaflod sender, Morghan!! Who so kindly sent 2 books on my wishlist instead of one! 🥰
Pride by Ibi Zoboi & Dear Nameless Stranger by Jeannie Peneaux
On Christmas Eve I chose to start Pride by Ibi Zoboi and am loving it so far!
And I enjoyed some chocolate!
And one of the best parts (other than receiving and reading a lovely new book from a friend on Christmas Eve) is seeing and hearing about what everyone else received!! 🙌🏼
Gah!!! I love it!!! Thank you so much, dear friends, for taking part in Austenesque Jolabokaflod! 🥰
Shall we celebrate this tradition again next year?
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Last couple of days to vote!
Would you help us recognize some fantastic Austenesque books that were released in 2020?
All you have to do is fill out the form below!
- You can pick up to 10 favorites (picking 3 is just too impossible, right!)
- Remember in order for your vote to count the book has to have been released in 2020.
- If you need help remembering which books came out in 2020, check out these lists!
Oh yes! Please make this an Austenesque tradition.
Happy Christmas, Meredith! I hope your holidays are merry and bright.
Thank you, friend for taking part! I am so thrilled you enjoyed it!
I like that tradition. I had read about it recently. Sounds like a tradition I could adopt but I would not want to live in Iceland. Happy New Year. I read over 325 books this year and just can’t remember all of them well enough to vote on favorites so I abstained from voting.
Lol! I definitely want to visit Iceland, but for now, I’ll contend myself with celebrating this awesome tradition!
I loved it! Let’s definitely make it an Austenesque Christmas tradition.
Thank you for hosting it, Meredith, and thank you to the many wonderful readers who participated.
Awww! Yay! I am so thrilled that you took part and enjoyed it!
Great fun! I loved participating and definitely would enjoy seeing this as an Austenesque Reviews Tradition! Love seeing all the pictures! I voted and can’t wait to see the results!
Here’s to a Better and Brighter New Year for everyone!
Oh yay!!! I think I’m definitely down to do it again…glad it wasn’t a flop! 😉
The pictures made me so happy!! Thank you for sharing yours!
Sounds like your new tradition was a huge hit. Fun to see everyone with your books. 🙂
I think it went smoothly for our first time – thankfully! Just one book arriving a little late! It is so fun!! I’m excited for all these readers to enjoy their new reads!
Thank you so much, Meredith, for all you did to bring us together this holiday season! And many thanks to Lori for sending me two books I’m very excited to read! If you decide to host Jolabokaflod next year, I’d love to participate again. Happy New Year to you and to all your readers!
Aww! Thank YOU for taking part Christina! I am so thrilled for your lovely reads – they are amongst my favorites! I am so glad you enjoyed taking part this year!
Hi Meredith!
Of course, make Jolabokaflod a tradition in Austenesque Reviews!!!. It has been so fun and sweet to participate! (and, yes, thanks to BookDepository!). Happy Jolabokaflod and Merry Christmas to everyone!
Yay! I’m glad you enjoyed it!! I really am glad it was possible for international readers to take part and enjoy sharing Austenesque reads together!
I had great fun participating in Jolabokaflod, thanks to my two Jolabokaflod pals, Lorelie and Christina D., as well as Meredith. The waiting for the book and then the time wondering which one it was became like waiting for Santa all over again! I do hope it’s an annual event. I know a few readers who would join if it were repeated next year, and I’m in!
You deserved two books, Meredith, for hosting.
Aww! So glad you enjoyed it, Suzan!! It was nice to have an element of surprise and anticipation! I know many readers received the package early enough and were very tempted to open it before the 24th – I know I was.
Oh yay! I would love to do it again next year!
I love seeing the pictures of all the readers with their books. Thank you, Meredith, for beginning this tradition in the JAFF community.
Me too! Definitely one of the best parts! Love all the books chosen! Thanks for checking it out, Laura!
Blessings, Happy New Year everyone. [Hello to Mr. Bingley]. Stay safe and healthy.
Happy New Year to you Jeanne! I hope it brings you a lot of happiness!