‘Jingle In’ July – Book Bingo
I love a Christmas book, and currently have so many I could read them all year round, but I thought ‘Jingle In’ July would work too.
A lot of TV channels do Christmas in July, and show movies or Christmas specials all day for the whole month. So I thought, why not do the same with books?
‘Jingle In’ July – Book Bingo
Recommendations
When putting together recommendations for ‘Jingle In’ July, I tried to keep accessibility, more in mind than usual. For example, not all bookstores or libraries may have these in stock this time of year and I find a lot of Christmas books are not available on audio as other genres are. Which is why the number of recommendations is small on 2 of the prompts.
Jumping into the recommendations…
Prompts and books included in the images above
A murder mystery at Christmas
- Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton
- The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
- The Christmas Eve Murders by Noelle Albright
- The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
- Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick
- The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
- The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder by Fiona Leitch
- An Unfortunate Christmas Murder by Hannah Hendy
- The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict
- The Night Before Christmas by Alex Pine
- A Christmas Murder in Merrywell by Jane Bettany
- A Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff
Set in a bookstore at Christmas
- The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
- The Tanglewood Bookshop by Lilac Mills
- The Secret Christmas Bookshop by Cressida McLaughlin
- Christmas at the Little Bookshop by the Sea by Eliza J Scott
- Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop by Kiley Dunbar
- Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop by Otto Penzler
- Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop edited by Otto Penzler
- Christmas at Sweet Notes Bookshop by Eve Edwards
- Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop by Lesley Eames
- A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton
- Christmas at the Foyles Bookshop by Elaine Roberts
- A Seaside Bookshop Christmas by Jennifer Faye
A Christmas book with an animal on the cover
- The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Susan Wiggs
- Snowed in at the Cat Café by Rachel Rowlands
- The Christmas Dog Sitters by Lucy Mitchell
- Christmas at Corgi Cove by Annie England Noblin
A Christmas book where santa is mentioned
- The Secret Santa Project by Tracy Bloom
- The Santa Killer by Ross Greenwood
- Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Santa’s Coming by Serena Pier
TBR / What I Read Cards
As always, I’ve created these boards to help you build your TBR or track what you’ve read. You can also upload them to share on your Instagram stories!
July’s Goal
I have two major readathons this month. Summerween and Sunrise on the Readathon. So my original plan to try and add a few Christmas books in has been thrown in the air, but I am hoping to at least get a line on the bingo board.
What’s your goal for July?
And that is the ‘Jingle In’ July Book Bingo! I’d love to hear your thoughts, and if you decide to play along, please tag me on Instagram @afictionalplace.
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As always, thanks for reading…
