Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.    

Welcome back to Tuesday! Hope you're almost done getting ready for the holidays. Every Christmas, Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl encourages us to fulfill the wishes of our fellow bloggers. Here are the instructions:

• List the top 10 books you’d love to own.
• Include a link to your wish list so that people can grant your wish. Make sure you link your wish list to your mailing address [here’s how to do it on Amazon] or include the email address associated with your E-reader in the description so people know how to get the book to you.
• Then you can jump around the Linky (on Jana's blog) and grant some wishes!
• You can do this anonymously or identify yourself in a gift note (including your twitter/insta handle, blog URL, or email address, which would allow people to thank you). You might even have some of your own wishes granted! 

Top Ten Books I Hope

 Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes

Here is the link to my Amazon Book List. 

While I usually list the Top 10 books I hope Santa brings, this will be the first time I am participating in the bookish wishes. No pressure for anyone to participate, but I will plan to visit some blogs today to see what your bookish wishes are. 

Happy holidays to all my fellow Top Ten Tuesday blogging friends!

December Special Feature: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The beloved Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, is the first of many Christmas themed books we will feature during the month of December.

First published in December 1843, this is the story of an old and bitter miser named Ebenezer Scrooge who undergoes an amazing and profound transformation after being visited by three spirits.

A Christmas Carol deals with two themes commonly found in Dickens's work: social injustice and poverty. Bob Crachit, who works for Mr. Scrooge, is paid a meager salary working long hours to support his large family. His youngest boy, known as Tiny Tim, is crippled, and is sure to die without proper medical attention. Contrast the Crachits' life versus Scrooge's wealth, and one would be sure that Scrooge is better off. But the Crachit family is thankful for what they have and the love and support they offer each other puts them way ahead of Scrooge in the happiness and contentment category.

The appearance of Marley's ghost is perhaps the most disturbing scene--especially when it is captured on film. Jacob Marley was Scrooge's business partner who has just died when the book opens. He has come to help his friend change his ways, for now he knows the cost of sins against humanity. Marley's warning, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come turn Scrooge into a new man, and the reader rejoices in his miraculous transformation.

A Christmas Carol has been brought to film many times with John Carradine, George C. Scott, and many other fine actors playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in various versions. The book has also been adapted for animated television using Mr. Magoo, The Muppets, and even The Flintstones, to name a few. And it looks like there might be a 2009 animated version staring Jim Carrey as the voice of Scrooge and all three Ghosts.

My favorite version remains the 1999 TNT production staring Patrick Stewart (Star Trek the Next Generation).

Please feel free to share your thoughts on this Christmas classic.