Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This original tag was created by Nigel @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
I first saw the tag on Pat's channel, @BookChatWithPat8668
The Prompts:
Talk about a book inspired by each of the following prompts.
1. Pine needles on the floor – when nature strikes back.
2. Shards of Christmas tree balls to pick up – Shatters, falls apart or gets stabbed.
3. Ornament catches the eye – minor character steals the show.
4. Lights tangled and a couple out – A mystery, a tangled story with twists and turns.
5. Candle catches tree on fire – Fire burns the place down or is important to the story.
6. Sweets/Chocolates – A sickly sweet story you can’t resist or that you dislike or a story with sweets and chocolate in.
7. Fallen Angel – A fallen or flawed hero.
8. The perfect Christmas book. Nostalgia – connection with past and present.
9. Tag some others.
Books Mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
The Pool of Fire by John Christopher
The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia Scarry, illustrated by J.P. Miller
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Take Joy! edited by Tasha Tudor
This original tag was created by Nigel @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
I first saw the tag on Pat's channel, @BookChatWithPat8668
The Prompts:
Talk about a book inspired by each of the following prompts.
1. Pine needles on the floor – when nature strikes back.
2. Shards of Christmas tree balls to pick up – Shatters, falls apart or gets stabbed.
3. Ornament catches the eye – minor character steals the show.
4. Lights tangled and a couple out – A mystery, a tangled story with twists and turns.
5. Candle catches tree on fire – Fire burns the place down or is important to the story.
6. Sweets/Chocolates – A sickly sweet story you can’t resist or that you dislike or a story with sweets and chocolate in.
7. Fallen Angel – A fallen or flawed hero.
8. The perfect Christmas book. Nostalgia – connection with past and present.
9. Tag some others.
Books Mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
The Pool of Fire by John Christopher
The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia Scarry, illustrated by J.P. Miller
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Take Joy! edited by Tasha Tudor





![Booktuber Role Tag
The Booktuber Role tag was created by Allison @AllisonAnnotatedand I was tagged by Pat@BookChatWithPat8668 and Joe @BookBuds. Thank you!
The Prompts
1. How do you view your role as a booktuber? [Examples might be as a critic, a curator, an influencer, an entertainer, an educator, etc.]
2. Do you have any educational background in literature or literary criticism, either formal or self-directed? And [if you are comfortable sharing] do you have any other education or professional experience that you bring to bear on your reviews?
3. Do you typically do any research on either the book or the author before you review a book?
4. Do you focus your reviews more on the objective qualities of a book or more on your subjective opinions about it?
5. Have you ever received a free book or advanced reader copy from the author, and if so, did it have any impact on your ability to honestly review the book? (Or on how you felt about it?)
6. Do you review every book you read? Are there any reasons that you might read a book but choose not to review it?
7. How do you feel about the fact that many people now primarily consume book reviews by hobbyists on BookTube rather than professional critics? (What is lost; what is gained?) Booktuber Role Tag](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PzJqMWX4HmA/mqdefault.jpg)




