In this special holiday episode of Belles with Books, Mirandia and Bianca discuss their top reads of the year, some favorite Christmas stories, and Mirandia makes Bianca cry one more time. The girls also give an update to a viral author rumor and discuss their favorite holiday adaptations. Join in the craziness, and maybe find your favorite book along the way!
Mirandia’s Top 5 of 2022
- Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren
- Vampire Knitting Club (1-9) by Nancy Warren
- Mythos by Stephen Fry
- The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
- The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Bianca’s Top 5 of 2022
- Gallant by V.E. Schwab
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
- HorrorStor by Grady Hendrix
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Maybe Not For Us
- Viscount Who Loved Me—-Bridgerton Series #2
- The Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
- Don’t Fear the Reaper—Lake Witch Trilogy #2 by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu
- The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
- The Secret by Eva Hoffman
Others Mentioned
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Polar Express
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
The Invisible War by Chip Ingram
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Holiday Shop by Maggie Knox
Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
Snowed in for Christmmas by Sarah Morgan
Talk Santa to Me by Linda Urban
