Holiday Gifts

giftsYou aren’t tired of shopping yet are you? Every year I love to feature Etsy shops that have the perfect gifts for book lovers. Unfortunately Etsy has changed some features and I can’t put together a treasury, which was a collection, and now you have to go through Pinterest or something else like that.

I can barely keep up with my blog so I’m not into Pinterest at this time but I still put together a round up of some fun stuff and hope you’ll enjoy the links to some cute gifts.

Wrap your gifts with this literary gift wrap. The shop also has Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde and others!

You can never have enough bookmarks so check out this corner bookmark. The shop also has notepads and cute felt keychains.

Something cute for your jacket (I love to put pins on my book totes). Lots of fun laser cut pieces!

Speaking of book totes, I love this one. There is also a mug with the same quote. So cute.

Keep track of your book club dates and other important dates with this Literary Calendar. The shop has other adorable goodies like pins, postcards, etc.

Finally, you all need stickers for your calendar so check out all the planner stickers that Andi has in her shop. My favorite set is this one of course.

Now tell me where you love to shop for your bookish gifts. I still have to buy some presents (maybe even for me – haha). Have fun shopping, have a great weekend and more bookish talk soon!

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Month In Review

MonthInReviewOne month left in the year – am I going to finish my reading challenges? Will I make a dent in my stacks? Well if November is any indication I may be in trouble. Despite having two days off from work this month I didn’t get very far in my reading. I only managed to finish two books.

I read Landline by Rainbow Rowell and Ice Cold by Andrea Maria Schenkel. Landline was a bit of a disappointment but Ice Cold was a wonderful read and best of all it meant that I did read at least one book for German Literature reading month!

Speaking of reading challenges, I may finish my Books in Translation and Poetry reading challenges but the two others will probably be a fail. I’m pretty happy with my participation though and I’ll try to remember to do a recap of all challenges.

Challenges… I wonder what new challenges are popping up for next year. I better not look or I’ll get distracted by those.

Anyway, I have quite a few books in progress and my goal for December is to finish all the books in progress. Ideally I’d like to not add any more books to the ongoing stack, at least not until I finish some of them, but that’s hard to do. I am also starting to think of reading plans for next year. What I’d like to read more of and just things like that. Anyway, how was your reading month and what do you have planned for December?

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Tuesday Intro

fistchapIt’s been a while since I’ve done a Tuesday Intro post but given that I have some new books I thought it was a good time to join First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea. Here’s the first chapter intro:

“Ten years ago, I helped a handful of men take my little brother’s life. I wasn’t there when it happened, but I told Luthando where to find them. Earlier that year, my brother and I had made a pact to combine our initiation ceremonies. This was back in 1993.” 

This intro is from The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga. From Publisher’s Weekly: “Gritty and revealing Ntshanga’s debut novel offers a brazen portrait of present day South Africa. This is an eye-opening, ambitious novel”

What do you think? Would you keep reading?

I want to finish at least one book before I start another but this one will probably be next up on my list.

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