2022 Holiday Bookish Gift Guide

Happy Christmas shopping season!

Some of you may remember that last year for Christmas, I offered Read-Along Gift Boxes for Veiled in Smoke and Shadows of the White City. What fun! Each box had between six and eight gifts related to the stories, which I personally wrapped and packaged. I had a blast curating those boxes and pulling them together! But it was pretty time-consuming, and you all had no idea what you were getting when you purchased them, so it wouldn’t ruin the surprises. You had trust me, and you did. I sold out of those boxes. Amazing!

This year, I’m taking a different approach to bookish holiday gift ideas. You see what you get, and you order a la carte from my new Etsy shop. I’ve partnered with Storiarts to custom-create four different products related to all three books in The Windy City Saga. And just like last year, these are limited edition. That means I only ordered 50 of each item, and once they are gone, they’re gone. I do not plan to re-order them. So don’t wait! I’m also offering a few other gifts, all of which are available to browse in my Etsy shop.

Everything in the shop is 20% off for the month of November when you use the promo code EARLYBIRD20, or when you just shop directly from this link. Plus, everyone who orders this month will receive a free bookstack sticker, pictured at right.

Here’s is a gift guide to give you some ideas of how to put together your own bookish gift bundles inspired by this award-winning series. Every item is in the Etsy shop unless linked elsewhere. Shop for your loved one or for yourself!

Veiled in Smoke: A Novel of the Great Fire of Chicago

1. The book. The book is available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook formats. For the paperback, try your local bookstore first. If you don’t have one, consider BakerBookHouse.com for 30% off and free shipping. Also available at BarnesandNoble.com, ChristianBook.com, Amazon, and Kobo.
2. Personalization. If you have the paperback, add a personalized, signed bookplate. (Pretty please, when you order, let me know who you want the bookplate to be signed to. If you're ordering from a computer, you'll see a personalization field you can fill in. If you're ordering from a phone, you may not see that field, so you'd have to send me a message with that info.) Or, if you really want to have the book itself signed, you can order that from Etsy, too.
3. The Veiled in Smoke tote bag. Oh, you guys, I love this bag so much! It has text from Chapter One on one side, text from Chapter Six (when the Great Fire is raging) on the other side, original artwork on both sides, and the side panels are designed to look like a book spine. It’s really sturdy and versatile. Check out dimensions and details on Etsy.
4. Water bottle/laptop decal stickers. The main characters of Veiled in Smoke are bookstore owners, and they love classic literature. So choose from a couple of stickers featuring quotes from Charlotte Bronte or Louisa May Alcott.

Shadows of the White City: A Novel of the 1893 World’s Fair

1. The book. Again, try your local bookstore first. If you don’t have one, try BakerBookHouse.com for 30% off and free shipping. Also available at BarnesandNoble.com, ChristianBook.com, Amazon, and Kobo.
2. Personalization. If you have the paperback, add a personalized, signed bookplate. (Just let me know who you want the bookplate to be signed to.) Or, order the signed book from my Etsy shop.
3. Shadows of the White City writing/reading gloves. Keep hands warm and cozy while writing or reading this winter! Features text from the novel and original artwork of Kristof’s violin.
4. Stickers! In honor of the protagonist, Sylvie, who is an introvert who loves to read and facilitate book clubs in her bookstore, we have two water bottle/laptop decal stickers to choose from. Which one describes you best?

Drawn by the Current: A Novel of the Eastland Disaster

1. The book. I’ve saved the best deal for last because right now, and until Nov. 28, BakerBookHouse.com is offering the paperback for 50% off and free shipping while supplies last. This novel is a Christy Award finalist in historical fiction this year. (Also available at BarnesandNoble, ChristianBook, Amazon, and Kobo, but not with this deal.)
2. Personalization. A signed bookplate for a paperback makes it even more special. Be sure to let me know who to sign it for. Again, you can order a signed copy directly from the Etsy shop, but it’s cheaper to take advantage of the BakerBookHouse.com deal.
3. Drawn by the Current writing/reading gloves! Featuring original text from the moment the Eastland starts tipping, along with original artwork of the steamship itself.
4. Drawn by the Current infinity scarf with the same pattern as the gloves. Handmade in the USA, fantastic quality, super soft and sure to keep you warm.
5. Stickers. In this novel, the protagonist and her friend see their friendship as similar to that of Anne Shirley and Diana Barry, and they develop an Anne of Green Gables Fan Club for the family bookstore. In honor of that, choose from the Fan Club Member sticker, or the sticker featuring a quote from Anne Shirley.

Or, mix and match your favorites together from all the books. See all the listings from the Etsy shop home page here. (Check out the bundles in the lefthand sidebar of the Etsy shop for extra savings!)

If you visit the store and don’t see the sticker you were hoping to get, that means they sold out already. Email me (jocelyn@jocelyngreen.com) and let me know which one you wanted, and I’ll re-order that kind of sticker and let you know when it comes in. (It usually takes about 12 days to replenish the sticker stock, so if you like to get your shopping done early, don’t wait. I do have more Anne stickers already ordered, which should be back in the shop Nov. 8.)

Last but not least, I still have copies of the out-of-print nonfiction book for women, Free to Lean: Making Peace with Your Lopsided Life. It’s no longer available to purchase anywhere else, but you can order the book for $5 each in the Etsy shop.

Happy shopping, and thank you for your support! I have the best readers ever.

Oh! Man. Just when I thought I was done sharing all my deals... did you know that my next novel, The Metropolitan Affair, is 40% off with free shipping when you pre-order the paperback from Baker Book House? Yep! So when you're there to order Drawn by the Current for 50% off or any of my other Bethany House titles for 30% off, pop this in the cart too!

And now I'm done, I promise.