I’m back at it again for another round of Bookending Winter 2020! 

Hosted by Clo @ Cuppa Clo and Sam @ Fictionally Sam, Bookending Winter is a book blogging event part of Bookend Events, which happens during the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter seasons. I’ve hosted a few times, and it’s always great to connect with other bloggers and readers during the specific season. 

Here are my hosting prompts for December 21-23:

 Host #7 December 21st – 23rd: Danielle @ PoetryBooksYA

Monday 21st December

Prompt Title: Black-Owned Business Day

Prompt Explanation: Showcase one new Black-Owned business that has caught your eye recently. 

Tuesday 22nd December

Prompt Title: How It Started vs. How It’s Going 

Prompt Explanation: Think about when you first picked up a book. How did it start and how has your reading changed since then?

Wednesday 23rd December

Prompt Title: One Song, One Book 

Prompt Explanation: I wrote a post a while ago about the most recent songs and books that helped my mental health in 2020 so far. What is one book and/or one song that has helped your mental health journey this year?

Also, check out the rest of the schedule below:

Host #1 December 1st – 3rd: Clo @ Cuppa Clo

Tuesday 1st December

Prompt Title: Seasonal Switch: Winter Version

Prompt Explanation: Taking your favourite books, imagine if the book took place in Winter instead? Imagine Winter in Outer Space? What would it look like on a spaceship? How about that favourite summer romance but now it’s in winter? What would happen? How would the seasonal switch affect the story (or not!)?

Wednesday 2nd December

Prompt Title: 2021 Plans, Goals & Dreams

Prompt Explanation: Share your plans, goals and dreams for next year! I always find December to be the month steeped in self reflection, planning for the months ahead and reassessing my situation. What you share is entirely choice, keep it to just blogs and books, or branch out! 

 

Thursday 3rd December

Prompt Title: Supporting Small Businesses

Prompt Explanation: Shoutout your favourite small businesses for book lovers! Whether its book sleeves, candles, clothes, pins or something else – the sky’s your limit with the amount of love you can share for small businesses. I encourage you to boost ones you’ve already bought from, so you can share photos of your items BUT it’s of course entirely your choice. I will be sharing the love for all small bookish businesses I’ve bought things from, as well as including information with regards to where they ship to 😉

 Host #2 December 4th – 6th: Lauren & Bec @ Northern Plunder

Friday 4th December

Prompt Title: Warming Your Winter

Prompt Explanation: A lovely follow on from the previous prompt. Spend some time reflecting on those people in your life who’ve made this year better. Consider sharing some blog posts that really moved you, or talk about some memories you’ve made. Either way, just hype up some pals that might be in need of a pick me up.

Saturday 5th December

Prompt Title: Fireside Favourites

Prompt Explanation: Take a look back at your favourite reads of 2020. Hopefully these will make it to someone else’s TBR for them to pass the time whilst snuggled in with a hot coco next to the fire.

Sunday 6th December  

Prompt Title: Reading the Year Ahead

Prompt Explanation: December is a good time for preparing for the next year, one way to do this is through Tarot Readings. There are plenty of New Year Tarot Spreads that exist so it’s a good time to browse them and share your favourites, or even use them as research to create your own.

(Whilst this might be too niche for some participants, we do recommend having a look at the spreads as they can often be good questions or prompt to spend the time reflecting or planning, without the need for Tarot Cards)

Host #3 December 7th – 9th: Sam @ Fictionally Sam

Monday 7th December

Prompt Title: Google Translates My Favorite Books…Holidays Edition

Prompt Explanation: Inspired by Jimmy Fallon’s popular segment, Choose your favorite Winter/Holiday reads and let good ol’ google do the rest! 

Tuesday 8th December

Prompt Title: It’s The Final Countdown!

Prompt Explanation: Are you behind on your Goodreads goal and/or your resolutions this year? What are some plans you have to catch up and meet your goals before 2020 ends?

 

Wednesday 9th December

Prompt Title: Meme It To Me

Prompt Explanation: Summarize and/or describe your favorite book using only Memes and GIFs. 

Host #4 December 10th – 13th: Sumedha @ The Wordy Habitat

Thursday 10th December

Prompt Title: Fantasy Winter Retreat Tag

Prompt Explanation: You get to go on a week-long retreat to chill and have fun after the stressful 2020 experience. Using the prompts, round up the characters you’d like to vacation with!

Friday 11th December

Prompt Title: Winter Playlist

Prompt Explanation: Time to get your aesthetic vibe on! Share your playlist which you like to listen to nowadays while reading, having a drink, or daydreaming in the cozy weather.

Saturday 12th December

Prompt Title: Bookish Rant & Rave Tag

Prompt Explanation: Use this tag to dump your thoughts on books which you’d like to talk more about but usually don’t. Time to really rave about loved books, and rant about frustrating books.

Sunday 13th December

Prompt Title: Positive 2020 Reflections

Prompt Explanation: 2020 has not been easy but we should take some time to find positives everywhere because it helps us move on easily. Take today to talk about the highlights that made this year bearable.

Host #5 December 14th – 16th: Maude @ Psyched About Books

Monday 14th December

Prompt Title: Snowstorm day

Prompt Explanation: It’s the beginning of the Canadian winter, and we’re having the first snowstorm of the year. What are your plans for the day?

Tuesday 15th December

Prompt Title: Movie night – holidays edition

Prompt Explanation: It’s the time for Christmas movies – the cheesy ones, the classic ones, the brand new ones… Discuss the tropes, themes, etc. that you like or dislike in Christmas movies. Feel free to recommend your favorite!

Wednesday 16th December

Prompt Title: Comfort reads by the fire

Prompt Explanation: Winter is the season for warmth and comfort, reading books by the chimney in your favorite armchair. What are your top 5 comfort books to read/reread during this season?

 

Host #6 December 17th – 20th: Jeimy @ A Novel Idea

Thursday 17th December

Prompt Title: It’s another snowflake Story!

Prompt Explanation: Write a 1 sentence and a 1 paragraph story using the 5 selected wintery words. 

Friday 18th December

Prompt Title: Winter Vacation: QUARANTINE EDITION!

Prompt Explanation: It’s time for another Winter Vacation!! But this time we’re quarantined! List five snowy fantasy worlds/cities you want to spend the quarantined in! 

Saturday 19th December

Prompt Title: Bookending Winter 2020: Winter Cafe

Prompt Explanation: Answer prompts based off 5 wintery drinks/baked goods

 

Host #8: December 24th – 27th: Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads

Thursday 24th December

Prompt Title: Under the Mistletoe

Prompt Explanation: Let’s talk about OTPs!! Who are your faves? Who would you split up? And who aren’t together, but if you were at a party with them you’d lure them under the mistletoe to make sure they kissed?

Friday 25th December

Prompt Title: Christmas Down Under

Prompt Explanation: You’re all invited to spend a week in December with me in Australia*! What would you do if you were to celebrate the holiday season (Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, whatever takes your fancy) in Australia? Where would you go? What Aussie traditions would you want to take part in? How would you spend your time having a summery end of year?
*If you’re already in the southern hemisphere, feel free to take a trip north and tell us about your plans for a white Christmas!!

Saturday 26th December

Prompt Title: Box it up

Prompt Explanation: You are now in charge of your very own book box business! (Congrats!) What would you put in your boxes? Are there any businesses in particular that you would want to feature? What book coming out soon would you want to put in the box? Share all of your merch ideas and run wild with creativity!!

Sunday 27th December

Prompt Title: Winter Vacation

Prompt Explanation: It’s time for you to pack up and head to your favourite (fictional) holiday destination for New Year’s Eve! Where are you going? Who are you taking with you? What is the weather like there? What will you be wearing? What activities do you have planned? (And what books are you taking with you as well?!)

Host #9: December 28th – 31st: Sam @ Fictionally Sam

Monday 28th December

Prompt Title: 2021 Reads I Can’t Wait To Read

Prompt Explanation: What are your top ten most anticipated reads for next year?

Tuesday 29th December

Prompt Title: Storyteller Tag

Prompt Explanation: Brush up on your shelf knowledge folks, and let’s name out your favorite storytellers with a fun and original tag! 

Wednesday 30th December

Prompt Title: Mix and Match

Prompt Explanation: Make the greatest literature remix ever and choose characters from some of your favorite stories and mix them into another book! Example: The cast of Twilight in The Martian by Andy Weir–what do you think they would do? How do you think they would react/interact with the new setting and characters?

Thursday 31st December

Prompt Title: End of Year Wrap Up and Look Ahead

Prompt Explanation: 2020 Wrap Up and 2021 New Year Resolutions! 

 

For more information on this event, visit Clo’s post HERE. We’re also participating in Instagram lives instead of Twitter chats this season, which is a first for us. I’m excited for what’s to come, and I hope you are too.

Comment below! How excited are you about Bookending Winter 2020? 

 

 

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