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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings / #TopTenTuesday


Welcome to today's Top Ten Tuesday feature. This week's topic is; Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings. My previous Top Ten Tuesday post was, Ten Book Settings I'd Love To VisitYou can check out my previous TTT posts here.

IF Santa could bring me these 2018 releases, that would be awesome! Seriously. I don't need anything else, but a few of these titles....


I'm just saying, that if Santa can make it around the world in one night, than I think he should be able to use his Santa magic, and bring these 2018 releases to me early. That should be pretty easy considering he travels around the world in night, delivering countless toys. Books are easy. He can even put them in my stocking, or stacking them on the floor under my stocking. haha 

IF Santa could, these are the books I hope he can bring, though I know my hoping is definitely wishful, and not promising. 



  1. Hero of the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton, 3/6/18, Viking 
  2. Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller, 2/27/18, Feiwel & Friends
  3. Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare, 12/4/18, McElderry Books
  4. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, 1/2/18, Little Brown 
  5. These Rebel Waves by Sarah Raasch, 8/7/18, Balzer + Bray
  6. Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi, 3/6/18, Harper
  7. Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes, 2/6/18, Razorbill 
  8. The Defiant by Lesley Livingston, 1/23/18, Razorbill
  9. Sightwitch by Susan Dennard, 2/13/18, Tor Teen
  10. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian, 4/24/18, Delacorte 
  11. Furyborn by Claire Legrand, 5/22/18, SourceBooks
  12. A Reaper At The Gates by Sabaa Tahir, 5/22/18, Razorbill
What are some books you'd like Santa to bring you?

2017 Mundie Moms Favorites: Gifts Guides for Tweens & Teens #MMs17Favs


It's our favorite time of the year! Our yearly MUNDIE MOMS FAVORITES countdown! Each year in December we count down our favorite reads and more, from through out the year. Originally we were going to kick off our MM 2017 Favorites this week, but pushed it back to next week, because we're not quite down with our '17 reading pile. Next week is our official favorites week, but we have a number of posts, so I thought it would be fun to squeeze a few in this week. 

We love gift guides and thought we'd share a few of our own this year. To kick off our favorites weeks, we thought we'd share our gift kids for Tweens and Teens. These lists have been approved by our own tweens and teens. haha If you're in need of some last minute teen and tween gift ideas, check out our list below. Be sure to follow our 2017 Favorites posts through out the rest of the year. 

SOPHIE'S GIFT GUIDE FOR TEENS

My teens currently love:


1) tapestries (makes their bedroom look much cooler)
2) wireless speaker with lights (great for emergency dance parties)
3) a lightbox for messages (cute for favorite quotes)
4) instax/Polaroid camera (great for documenting special moments)
5) fairy lights (so fun to decorate with)
6) headset (let's face it, it's helpful for studying in a house with other family members)
7) succulent plants (preferably in a cute container)
8) fur rugs for their bedroom (you can find these at Walmart, Target or Pottery Barn Teen)
9) sequin mermaid pillows (you can flip the sequins back and forth resulting in both stress relief and fun patterns)
10) fun socks (keeps toes warm and ready for those #socksunday bookstagrams)
11) bath bombs (who doesn't love those) 

KATIE'S GIFT GUIDE FOR TWEENS / TEENS

My list is a current mix of things both my kids like: 

1) books
2) fun / fuzzy socks (who doesn't love a cute pair of socks)
3) bath bombs (we love LUSH ones, they are the best)
4) fun pillows (sequins ones are in right now)
5) instax/Polaroid camera (this makes picture taking so much fun, even though the iPhone cameras are nice, these are way more fun).
6) Clothes (I was told I can't leave clothes off this list lol). 

1) Nikes (especially ones branded by his fav basketball players)
2) A good headphone set for listening to music 
3) Athletic wear (this means no jeans lol)
4) Sport cards; really anything sports related 
5) Money / gift cards to their favorite stores 

We'd love to hear some of things you'd recommend getting for tweens and teens. Please leave us a comment below with your gift giving ideas. Happy Holidays!! 

OUT TODAY! 12/19/17 New YA Releases


Happy book birthday to today's new YA releases. Check out what hits book store shelves today:


  1. Prince In Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm, Disney Hyperion
  2. Bad Call by Stephen Wallenfels, Disney Hyperion
  3. Three Sides of A Heart edited by Natalie C. Parker, Harper Teen 
  4. Shadow Girl by Liana Liu, Harper Teen
  5. Here, There, EveryWhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones, Harper Teen
Which new releases will you be picking up? Thankfully there's still time to Christmas / holiday shop. Books make the best gifts! If you're in need of some last minute gifts, checkout these and other recent releases. 

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