TGIF - Thanksgiving Version

Happy Friday, everyone. I'm glad it's finally here! This time of year we rarely have to spend 5 whole days in school -- holidays, teacher conferences, etc. But this week was a full FIVE days. How dare they expect us to survive that!

Ginger at GReads! asks a very appropriate question for this time of year:

Giving Thanks: Which books are you most thankful for receiving from other bloggers, friends, family members, or publishers?

Well I have a lot to be thankful for, but I'll stick to the question so as not to write a book. Suffice it to say that I have a wonderful, loving family and a great job, for starters.

The most amazing book "win" I've experienced is when I won the entire Wicked Lovely series from Jen at Makeshift Bookmark. (She's one of my favorite bloggers, too.) I'm also thankful that my husband got me an iPad (which helps a lot with blogging and reading) for Christmas (and I already have it.) I'm thankful for the great going-out-of-business sales at Borders, but I really miss them. (Books-a-Million is set to open any day now.) I usually ask for gift cards for books, so I don't get them gifted a lot. I'm also VERY thankful that I work in a library, and have access to thousands of books every day. It's a real budget saver.

At Parajunkee and Alison's they are asking another holiday question:

Q: Letter to Santa: Tell Santa what books you want for Christmas!

As I said above, my favorite bookish thing to get are gift cards! My wish list of books changes on a daily basis, and the most fun for me is to browse until I see a book and think, "Oh, I've wanted that for a long time!" I also like "bookish" things. My husband got me a book necklace, and I'm always finding mugs, t-shirts, jewelry, and totes that I would like to have to support my habit. This is my latest find (saw this on a sewing blog - my other hobby.)

Here's the link.

Please click here for information about my 2012 giveaway. If you want to get rid of all those short books on your TBR, this may be the challenge for you!

Hope you have a great weekend. Can't wait to see your lists!