Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Blogmas #1: Bookish Christmas Presents

Finally, it’s my favorite time of the year: the holidays! This year is especially important to me because it’s both my first Christmas in my new apartment and first Christmas being married to my husband. (It’s still super weird calling him my husband and not boyfriend or fiancé.

Anyway, I thought I would try Blogmas this year and attempt to blog every day in the month of December. Keyword: try. I’ve been blogging a lot on Wordpress and actually forgot about this one, so I’m trying to overhaul this one and start all over. That being said, I thought it would be a fun way to come back to the Blogger website (and completely procrastinate doing any grad school work).

With Christmas and Hanukkah coming around, it seems that the thing on everyone’s mind is what to get their child/significant other/grandparent/BFFL/goldfish what to get for the holidays? If someone in your life is a book worm, then look no further. I’m going to give you some gift suggestions to give to your favorite book worm. 

Or to yourself. That's okay, too. There's no judgement here. 

1.) Bookish Apparel
                                 
                               

There are plenty of fun websites that sell clothes with fun bookish quotes, fandom related stuff, and other bookish sayings on them. Some of my favorite websites to get bookish clothing from include Society6 and RedBubble. I have the sweatshirt listed above and it is sooo comfy. These websites also sell leggings, t-shirts, tank tops, and more.

2.) Bookish Candles

                             


Okay, please only buy these if the book lover in your life isn’t a huge klutz like I am. There could be disastrous results. Anyway, I’ve seen lots of bookish candles going around the book community and they seem to be pretty popular. There’s a lot of companies out there to choose from and you can gift one of these based on your book lover’s favorite scent or book. I’ll go ahead and list the sites that I know of.

Frostbeard Studio
Wick and Fable
A Court of Candles

3.) Book Journals and/or Planners

                                   

Like this one, for example. If your bookish buddy loves to keep track of what they read or write book reviews, then this is the present for them. I just ordered the one pictured above, but I’m sure there are others out there. I particularly love this one, because there are pages that let you track which book series you’d like to finish, what books you’ve read so far, and other fun pages (i.e favorite quotes, TV shows and movies you’d like to see, etc.) I got this from Little Inklings Design who sells not only this fun book planner, but also stickers, mugs, and bookmarks. 

4.) Bookish Artwork or Posters

                                    

If your favorite bookworm loves a particular book series, then it might be a good idea to invest in getting them artwork that features their favorite series. You can find many bookish artists on the same websites that I listed for bookish apparel (Society6 and RedBubble) and also on websites such as Etsy. I feel like this would definitely be a thoughtful present especially this beautiful watercolor by the very gifted kbhend9715 if they love the Throne of Glass series

5.) Book Subscription Boxes    











If there was one thing that I think is number 1 on my Christmas list, it's getting my hands on one of these babies. Book boxes are subscription boxes for those who love to read and include a book and various fun bookish objects. Some include bookmarks, notes from the author, FunkoPops, and more. For me, Owlcrate is pretty high on my list, but there are bookish subscription boxes out there for everyone's tastes.

So, these were some fun bookish gift ideas for the season. I hope you enjoyed them!

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