Hi dear friends!!
Last year we adopted a new tradition from our Icelandic friends…
And we put our own Austenesque spin on it!
While I could have celebrated Jolabokaflod on my own – sharing it with members of this community and seeing all the wonderful Austenesque books shared made it 100x more special! 🤗
So, consider this your invitation to join us in celebrating Austenesque Jolabokaflod!! 🎁
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~ What Austenesque Jolabokaflod Looks Like ~
📗 All are welcome to take part!
📕 Anyone who is taking part will send 1️⃣ Austenesque book and receive 1️⃣ Austenesque book for Austenesque Jolabokaflod.
📗 Gifted books will all be paperbacks (no ebooks or audiobooks) and can be gifted from either BookDepository.com or Amazon.com.
📕 Participants will share their mailing address and a list of 5-10 Austenesque books that are on their wishlist (and that they don’t plan on purchasing or receiving as gifts in the next 2 months!)
📗 I’ll collect all the information from interested participants and then randomly sort and designate who is gifting to whom. (This will be Secret Santa style – meaning you won’t know in advance who is gifting your book!)
📕 Participants will purchase an Austenesque book (from their recipient’s wishlist) and send it to their assigned recipient before December 5th.
📗 Recipients will receive their Austenesque Jolabokaflod book in the mail, but keep it unopened until December 24th.
📕 Recipients will open and enjoy their new book on December 24th in celebration of Austenesque Jolabokaflod! (To really embrace the holiday – read a few chapters of your new book and eat some chocolate!)
Want to take part in Austenesque Jolabokaflod?
Here’s what you need to know!
🎁 Participants will need to pick 5-10 books that they would like to receive (in paperback)
🎁 Paperback format only (sorry!) as it ties back to the holiday’s origins and is a more satisfying gift to “open” and receive.
🎁 Please use Book Depository for shipping international (shipping rates are super high!) and Book Depository offers free shipping. But if you prefer to use Amazon – you can.
Do you want take part in Austenesque Jolabokaflod?!
If yes, fill out this form before November 10th!
I loved celebrating Austenesque Jolabokaflod last year and I am so looking forward to all the fun this year! 🙌🏼🎁📚
Lovely idea. I will pass on this as I don’t want any more paperbacks in my library. I have over 100 and no more space.
WOW, Meredith! Very very good news!! You can count on me! It was so special and fun to take part last year so… YES!
Thank you so much for making it happen again!
I’m in!
Loved this from last year. Thank you for putting it together again.
Yay, I am so happy you are continuing the Julabokaflod.
It was such a thrill to participate last year and I am greatly looking forward to this year’s event.
I’m so excited for this! Thank you for orchestrating. This will be my new favorite tradition
I regretted not participating last year, so I am very excited you are doing this again. Thank you, Meredith!
This was so much fun last year. I picked books not only that I wanted to read, but that had pretty covers that I’d like in my library. I got good ideas for other books I’d like from the lady who I chose a book for, too.
I’m so glad you’re doing this fun book-related holiday exchange, Meredith.
Wonderful tradition.
I was disappointed that I couldn’t participate last year, but this year I’m in!!! So excited!
Done!
Last week I was wondering when you were going to announce it 🙂
Hi Meredith! So glad you are doing this again! I absolutely loved being a part of it last year! Thank you!
Wonderful news! I missed a chance to participate last year, but definitely want to partake in this year austenesque Jolabokaflod. Thank you, Meredith, for organizing this exciting form of celebration!
So much fun! Now to choose a list of books that I want to read but won’t be tempted to get before December!
This is such a fun idea! I think I’m going to have to jump in this year…
Yay! I’m so excited you are hosting this again, Meredith. I enjoyed it so much last year and loved the book I received.
Will definitely be taking part this year!