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[Book Blogger Hop] Book Club Holiday Exchanges

December 21, 2018      Erica Robyn      26 Comments

Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer, where you answer a question and join a “hop”. The purpose is to help bloggers discover and get to know one another.


For this week’s Book Blogger Hop question, Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews asked:

Does your book club have a book exchange for the holidays or any other time during the year? If you don’t belong to a book club, do you think that would be something fun to do?


My answer:
Yes! My book club will be having our second annual book swap on January 3rd and I can’t wait!

I especially love our swap because the only rule is that you bring a book that you don’t mind giving away all wrapped up in order to participate in the book swap! This can be a new book, or a well-loved copy from your shelves that you are ready to pass on.

Last year I brought in a new copy of my favorite The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. I’m still debating which book I want to bring in this year…

Thanks for reading!
Do you do any type of holiday swaps, whether in a book group, at work, or with family?

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  1. Mir (@tbrandbeyond) says

    December 21, 2018 at 11:54 am

    I love book exchanging with my book friends. Great answer

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 21, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      😀

      Reply
  2. Angela Lawrence says

    December 21, 2018 at 12:38 pm

    That sounds like a fun idea! I wish I was in a book club sometimes.

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 21, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      <3

      Reply
  3. Barb says

    December 21, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    What a great concept. I sign up for the COYER Secret Santa and it's the third year I've participated. It's always fun.

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 21, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      Ooh! I'll have to do that one year!

      Reply
  4. Lindsi says

    December 21, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    I keep trying to get involved in local book groups, but they never work out. People either don't commit to reading the book, or they just stop showing up. It's really frustrating, because I'd love to have a group of people to meet with once a month to discuss books! Although, I am happy to have the blogging community, and wish we could all just meet up instead!

    Lindsi @ Do You Dog-ear? 💬

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 21, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      Ugh that really stinks! I hope you find a good one soon! And right?! I would love if we could all meet up!

      Reply
  5. Paige says

    December 21, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    Oh my book club has never done this, but am totally going to recommend it next year!

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 21, 2018 at 8:48 pm

      😀

      Reply
  6. Lovely Audiobooks says

    December 21, 2018 at 11:53 pm

    This blog hop looks really nice! I'm not in a book club but this sounds really nice. Books make the best gifts 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 22, 2018 at 12:36 am

      It's my favorite weekly hop 🙂

      Reply
  7. Nicki J Markus says

    December 22, 2018 at 2:00 am

    Hope you'll have fun in your next book swap!

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 23, 2018 at 2:09 pm

      Thank you! <3

      Reply
  8. Just Another Girl and Her Books says

    December 22, 2018 at 2:30 am

    Sounds like fun…although I know I'd never take a book off my own shelves, but it'd be nice to know that buying a used book would be an option as well.

    Hope you have a great weekend. – Katie

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 23, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      😀

      Reply
  9. Greg says

    December 22, 2018 at 6:35 am

    That sounds like a lot of fun. 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 23, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      😀

      Reply
  10. Ryoma Sakamoto.Japan says

    December 22, 2018 at 1:16 pm

    Merry Christmas and wishing you peace, joy and happiness in the new year.

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 23, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      <3

      Reply
  11. Deanna Reads Books says

    December 22, 2018 at 2:25 pm

    I participated in #tbtbsanta but that's really the only bookish swap I do.

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 23, 2018 at 2:10 pm

      <3

      Reply
  12. Shooting Stars Mag says

    December 24, 2018 at 2:17 am

    How fun! I do blog swaps, but I haven't done an in-person swap in forever.

    -Lauren
    http://www.shootingstarsmag.net

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      December 24, 2018 at 11:40 pm

      😀

      Reply
  13. Maria Behar says

    January 2, 2019 at 9:01 pm

    SO sorry for the late comment back…. 🙁

    This SURE sounds like fun!! If I were to participate in this kind of thing, I'd have to buy a new book. I can't POSSIBLY give away one of my faves! Lol.

    Thanks for commenting on my BBH post! Hope you had a VERY Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!! <3 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Metcalf says

      January 4, 2019 at 11:57 am

      Absolutely no worries!! 😀

      Reply

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