It's Like They Know Me!

Hello All, I hope everybody had a great whatever they choose to celebrate (or not) this season.  I was as always spoiled rotten.  Seriously folks my family and friends know me so well it's not even funny.  This year's haul included my Kindle Fire from the Hubbin so I can not only read any book at any time, but it is so high tech and usable I can actually write a lot of my posts on it  YAY HUBBIN!  Mammasan went WAAAAAAAAY above and beyond and got me the ultimate combo gift.  It is the book  As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride  by Cary Elwes...who I may have wanted to marry since I first saw the movie The Princess Bride.  To make it even more epic...she some how managed to have it signed by the Dread Pirate Roberts himself, Mr. Cary Elwes!!!!!  A small freak out may have commenced upon opening of said gift.  My baby sis of course found the best collection of books that not are only readable, but look amazing on my bookshelf.  I got a bunch of other cool stuff too...'cause you know...spoiled, including a Game of Thrones inspired card and an epic hand drawn dinosaur that goes RAWR...'cause we all know that is exactly what they say...no screeching here lol.  Anyways  I am looking forward to some quality reading time so if I go MIA I'm probably curled up in my reading chair with a huge stack of books.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Sock It To Me

Fall means boot weather, and what is the best thing in the world to wear with your boots?  Book socks of course.  What the heck are book socks?  These are book socks.

Banned Book Socks

Support the freedom to read while keeping your feet warm

Bookshelf Socks

How cute would these little bookshelves look peeking over a cute pair of ankle boots?

Library Checkout Socks

 A fantastic way to keep the old school library card alive...and keep my toes dry

Bookworm Socks

Have them, wear them, I LOVE THEM!

Book Socks

It's raining books Hallalulah it's raining books!

Ok I'm gonna go put my socks on and curl up with a good book for a few minutes.  Happy Reading Everybody!!!

Random Christmas Bookyness

Finally got our Christmas shopping done in an EPIC marathon this weekend.  Here is the results of our quest for the perfect gifts of awesomeness while still staying on a budget.

Turkish Delight

We found this great candy store called Lolli and Pops (I am a huge fan of candy stores!).  Hubbin handed this to me saying, "Isn't this a thing in one of your favorite books?, you should get it for your book shelf."  One of the many reasons I love Hubbin, also my Chronicles of Narnia now have their own decorations.  

Bacon Soda

Of course if my bookshelf gets a decoration, Hubbin needed something for his "Man Shelf".  This soda is from the same shop as the Turkish Delight and we spent the day shaking our head in joy and disbelief over this wondrous find...and no we haven't tried it yet.

Book Gifts

The whole point of this trip was to get gifts for others, more specifically our five nephews.  This pile of packages are all books for the boys.  We do get them toys, but we pride ourselves in also being the "Book Aunt and Uncle" that send at least one book with every package.  This year the ages range from 2-7 so we got to get a variety this year.

Yep so that is how me and Hubbin shop, we are like two little kids who need constant supervision.  We got sugared up, caffeined up, bought ourselves stuff we like and then proceeded to hit the bookstore TWICE to load up on literary awesomness for our families.  Hope everybody else is getting some reading/shopping time in.  I am off to finish my book so I can ramble about it tomorrow.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Spoiled Already

I am one lucky girl, look what I have already gotten for Christmas!

Book Pendant

From my Mamma this awesome book pendant to wear or decorate my bookshelves with (not the exact one, but my camera is being dumb today)

Jane Austen Classic Book Collection

This awesome collected Jane Austen from my lil redhat (forever) at my Fire Station

Winterspell

A gift to myself, from myself...along with some bookstore and coffee time.

So far this is shaping up to be a fantastic Christmas for me, now to go hit the stores and finish my shopping for others.  Happy Reading Everybody!

The Games Afoot

The holidays are a time to get together with friends and family...and annihilate them at card and board games!!!  What...is that just my family?  Is making your baby sis cry over a game of Life not what you are supposed to do when you all finally get together?  Oh...oops...sorry baby sis.  Well maybe we can play some of these literary themed games and talk about books instead :-)

Bookopoly

I LOVE books and I LOVE Monopoly...so who is getting this for me for Christmas?

Pride and Prejudice: The Game

Pick a couple, race to the church, who knew P&P would provide so much action!

The Little Prince: Make Me A Planet

I would love to play this nostalgic game with my FIL

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

This game lets you actually use clues to solve the cases, sounds like my kind of game

Clue: World of Harry Potter

This is something my whole family could have fights...I mean fun with :-)

In all honesty, playing games with my family and friends is one of the things I look forward to most during our rare get togethers.  As insanely competitive as we are, we always have such an amazing time, laughing, fighting, cheating and discussing our favorite board games.  Who knows maybe one these games will be this years memory.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Making Bathtubs Reading Friendly

After an insane week/weekend and another crazy crazy week ahead all I want to do is slip into a nice hot bath and read.  Unfortunatly I have a bit of a clumsy side and tend to drop my wine and books into the water on occasion.  Here are a couple nifty inventions to help with my problem.

Bamboo Bathtub Caddy

This one is so awesome it even has a none spill spot for my wine!

Wire Bathtub Caddy

This one has lots of little nooks and crannies

Ebonized Tub Caddy

I really like the simple elegance of this one

I am sure my books would appreciate any one of these to keep them out of the water.  So if anybody needs a gift idea for their favorite bookworm...:-)  Until then I will go balance my book on one knee and wine glass on the other and hope for the best.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Scent's For The Bookish

As the days grow colder and colder I love to burn a candle or ten to make the house smell cozy...and also I like fire.  Check out these awesome candles from the Etsy shop Frostbeard.  I totally want all of these!!!!

Smells Like: Scotch pine and firewood

Smells Like: Fresh roses with a hint of lilac and hyacinth.

Smells Like: Sweet pipe tobacco, cherry wood and fresh rain

Smells Like: Cedarwood vanilla, fireplace and lemon

Smells Like: Oakmoss, clover, aloe, with a hint of sweet cherry pipe tobacco

There are a ton more of these on their site, so go check it out.  Also if you see a bedraggled bookworm panhandling by the side of the road, it is because I could not resist buying all of these...or I can just go bat my eyes at all my peeps and see if I can't get them to buy me some.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Gifts For Book Lovers

This month is the month of gifts, between graduations, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and Iamsosorryisaidthatstupidthingforthefiftithtime apology gifts there is a good chance you will be searching for the perfect gift for somebody this month.  If the person you are buying for is a book lover...or me :-)  maybe consider one of the following.

Reading Journal

This is a journal for a reader, it has space for everything, title, date, author, genre, and a zillion other things...in fact it is so perfect that I just got myself one!

Book Lamp

This would look great on a desk, or on a table in a library...'cause we all have libraries :-)

Clock Pendant

I love this pendant because you could give to almost any sort of book lover, plus it just looks really really cool.

Book Coasters

These would look great in any book lovers home, and may prevent some rings on books!

Novel Teas

Tea and Books, two great gifts to give to anybody on any occasion.

Hopefully this little cheat sheet will make the gift giving rush a bit easier to handle...or like it did for me, inspire me to buy two of everything so I can have one two :-)  Happy Reading Everybody!

It's A Wrap

Spent last night wrapping all the Christmas presents we were not gonna buy this year.  Seriously this happens every year, we decide that we will buy gifts for the nephews and just small token gifts or gift cards for everybody else and then we go shopping.  My Hubbin and I should never be allowed to go shopping together, our tastes, sense of humor, and monetary spending habits are near identical and it is very rare for one of us to be the adult and say "maybe Suzie Q doesn't need a thousandth candle holder even if it does have cats on it", it's more like "wouldn't this be perfect for Suzie Q it has a cat on it, she loves cats" and the other person is like "Oh that is sooooo perfect it will go with the other 999 cat related items she can't actually use but we get for her anyways, lets get it".  So anyways this leads to epic marathons of wrapping...which is fine with me 'cause I think it looks so pretty under the tree.  I also like to coordinate my wrapping with the tree each year 'cause that 's how I roll so it's always fun holding out for the perfect roll of wrapping paper.  Here are some literary wrapping ideas for you to coordinate with your bookshelves :-)

Christmas Book Wrapping Paper

Sorry for the blurry pic, but go to the site and check it out. it's pretty awesome.

Penguin Classics Wrapping Paper

I love the bright colors of this paper.

Vintage Book Pages

This would also be an easy DIY project

Book Bow

You can also use pages as accents instead of the whole wrapping (that is what I did this year)

Page Runner Package

Only attempt this if you are of a Martha Stewart type...or you are keeping it for yourself :-)

Hope you all have fun wrapping your presents in these awesome book related wrappings, keeping Christmas literary...just the way it was intended ;-)

Are you a wrapper or a bagger?  Do you coordinate your gift wrapping with your decor or do you just go to town?  What do you watch/listen/ignore while doing your Christmas wrapping?

Dewey Decimal

I love libraries. I love the endless possibilities that they offer to just about anybody.  I love that they have been around forever.  I love that you can have your own personal library right in your own home.  Here are some things that will let you keep a bit of your library with you at all times.

Fairy Tale Dewey Decimal ID pendant

398.2 is the ID number for fairy tales using the Dewey Decimal System

Personal Library Kit

Now you can turn your books into your own personal library, complete with old school date stamp

Shhh! Bag

Perfect bag for toting around a mini-library

Library Paradise Found Shirt

Here is a shirt to show the world where true happiness lies :-)

Use Your Library Poster

A vintage style poster to add some library art to your walls :-)

Hopefully this will inspire a trip to your local library, or maybe encourage you to make your own bookshelves into a home library, or maybe build a 33 story tower library in your backyard, each floor decorated by genre and/or theme filled with millions of books! :-)  Happy reading everybody.

Snow In A Globe

With all of the snow that has been flying around I feel like I have been stuck in a snow globe.  Here are some of our favorite literary moments that feel the same way.

Time Turner Snow Globe

I guess this is less a snow globe and more a sand clock, but still pretty cool.

Narnia Snow globe

I love how the whole thing is set on a book

Lord of the Rings Snow globe

The giant guardian statues was always one of my favorite parts of the story

Alice in Wonderland Snow Globe Bookends

Snow globe AND bookends, what could be better?

Romeo and Juliet Snow Globe

True love...before all the deadness starts :-)

Well it looks like the sun is starting to peak through, maybe I will get outside for a few minutes and maybe the feeling that I am trapped inside a snow globe will go away :-)  Happy reading

Christmas Haul

I got a lot of great gifts this year (I am one spoiled bookworm), here is just a small sampling of the literary delights that appeared under my tree this year

Federation: The First 150 Years

I love Star Trek, I love books, I love my Hubbin who combines my love of Star Trek and books!

Book Bracelet

A bracelet full of bookey goodness, which is wearable (and worn) on a daily basis, thanks Mammasan.

Sherlock Holmes Computer Game

My baby sis and I have been on a Holmes kick lately, and what better way to continue the obsession than to play it on the computer!

Hope everybody got a little bit of literary cheer this season, and maybe gave a bit themselves.

Traveling With My Books

I just got back from gallivanting all over the country side...in the middle of a snow storm no less and had a great time.  I have decided that one of the most valuable things a person can have with them is a really great book bag.  Now book bags are tricky because you have to take several things into consideration.  First of all they have to be big enough to hold a wide selection of books, because who knows what I will be in the mood for.  Second they have to be comfortable, because my Hubbin say's if I can't carry it myself it stays home.  You have to be able to access it easily and be able to see you selections.  Also I have found a couple extra pockets for chargers, book lights and monocles is very helpful (note to self get a monocle).  Here are a couple of bags that fit the bill.

She is too fond of books

This is one of my favorite literary quotes, plus it has a flat bottom so all your books don't spill out

Messenger Bag

This type of bag always reminds me of traveling by horse.

Writing Butterfly Bag

A backpack style bag is perfect for when you need your hands free...to read

I Ransack Libraries Bag

This would make the perfect library bag

Tree Book Bag

This one just screams for all my fantasy books to be toted around

What is your favorite book bag?  Does it surprise anybody that I have multiple bags for different occasions? What is the most books you have ever brought with you on a trip?