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Home | Gift Ideas | 21 Fun & Unique Book Club Gift Ideas ( 2024 )

21 Fun & Unique Book Club Gift Ideas ( 2024 )

November 13, 2023 - Updated December 6, 2024 // 1 Comment

I love my book club! I love all the women in it, I love our discussions and insights about the books and life and I REALLY love getting out of the house! I’m a certified book club addict honestly.

One of my favorite traditions is our yearly gift exchange around the holidays. I like to always do a little something special and bookish.

I hope to give you some good inspiration for your own book club gift — whether you are looking for gifts for your book club members just because, for a book club gift exchange at Christmas or just something special for that book club enthusiast in your life!

I’m going to stick with mostly affordable and inexpensive gifts for book club members because, especially if you are gifting to the whole book club, it can get quite pricey. However, I will share some more expensive ones in the event you are just buying a gift for one or two book club friends or you are doing a swap that isn’t on a small budget.

Whether your book club is more serious or whether it’s irreverent and could just be called a wine club, I think there are plenty of great gift options for book club members.

These gifts will also be book club specific gifts as I have a lot of other gift ideas for book lovers on my site that would also make great gifts for book club friends. Such as: 

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  • Gifts For Readers On Amazon
  • Cute Bookmarks That Make Great Gifts
  • Literary-Themed Christmas Ornaments and Decorations
  • Best Reading Journals To Buy For Yourself Or A Friend

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Let’s get right into the ideas and inspiration!

Custom/Personalized Book Club Gifts

I love adding a personal touch especially if I’m only buying for one person as personalized gifts can get a little pricey for multiple people. I love adding a personal touch to remember all the memories made and books read by either finding something that can reflect your year or even just your book club’s name and the year.

A Personalized Book Club Mug/Wine Glass

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Personalized book stack coffee mug — what a great way to commemorate your book club than to have a custom coffee mug made with books you’ve read together!

What Happens AT Book Club STays AT Book Club with name mug
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“What Happens At Book Club Stays At Book Club” personalized mug: Cute one where you can put your name or your book club name with the tag “What Happens At Book Club Stays At Book Club”.

Personalized book club wine glasses from NOLAGIRL DESIGNS
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Custom Book Club Wine Glasses: These custom book club wine glasses are super cute — especially if your group loves a good glass of wine with book talk like mine does! There’s a lot of styles and options for this — put your book club name or a little phrase with the member’s name.

Wine tumbler customized with book club name
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Custom Book Club Wine Tumbler: So cute and simple — put your group’s name and year to commemorate a great year of book discussions and friendship.

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Custom Books Tumbler: Commemorate your group’s favorite book club books of the year with this cute personalized drink tumbler.

A Customized Book Stack Print

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Customized Book Stack Wall art: I LOVE this idea, for a nicer gift as it’s a little more expensive, to get custom wall art as a Christmas gift to a book club member at the end of the year. You could list the book club selections for the year or fave book club picks over the year.

Other options:

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Personalized Book Club Bookmarks

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I love the idea of commemorating some of your favorite book club reads/the picks of the year in this customized bookmark!

Other options:

 

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While this isn’t a book club specific custom bookmark, I love the idea of getting a customized flower-pressed bookmark. You could customize to stay anything — the name of your book club, a quote from a book you all loved, a sweet message for each member. These are just BEAUTIFUL!

Check out this post for even more cute bookmark options!

 

Customized Book Club Ornament

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Customized mini book ornament: What a cute Christmas gift idea for book club members to get a Christmas ornament personalized with their fave book club books from the year as little mini books inside a bauble.

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I love love this idea on commemorating the books you’ve read all year with this personalized book club ornament!

This is another cute way to do that with the little books inside the ornament!

Other options:

 

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Personalized Reading Journal/Notebook

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I love these gorgeous customized lined reading journals/notebooks! They aren’t full of prompts but just a place to record whatever you want freestyle. Such a gorgeous book club gift idea!

I also really love this “In The Library Of Life, Book Club Friends Are The Rarest Edition” though I haven’t personally purchased this for anyone yet.

P.S. Check out these other great reading journals and trackers here!

Personalized Book Club Frame

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Get a group shot and put it in this wooden frame personalized with your group’s name!

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Custom Book Cover Wine Charms

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What a cute idea that you could gift your whole club — pick their favorite book club book of the year and put it on a wine charm!

General Book Club Gift Ideas

If you don’t want to go the custom/personalized route these are all ready to go! Whether you are looking for a funny vibe or for something more inexpensive, there’s plenty here!

A TBR Jar

Give your book club bff a fun way to pick their reads next year with a TBR Jar.

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There are so many TBR jars out there (and easy enough to DIY) but this one is truly so pretty and I love the little tokens that come with this one. Even when the tokens are used up the jar is still useful to make your own TBR selections or you can buy refill tokens.

A TBR Game

Instead of a TBR jar what about a fun way to choose their next read by a fun card game with prompts for picking a book. Easily re-usable for years to come!

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The prompts are so fun on this one and it can be a great way to spice up your reading life! If you are looking for customizable cards, I suggest checking out this shop that lets you customize the prompts.

A cute book club theme tee

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Baddie Book Club – for all the book club baddies out there!

A lovely era to be in, indeed! I am OBSESSED with this shop on Etsy — The Bookish Collective— and they have so many incredible t-shirts for book lovers. I can’t rave about them enough — they will even do custom orders sometimes if you like the concept of any of them but want something more personalized.

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A great era to be in, indeed!

 

A Book Club Tote

I don’t know about you but I’m always taking books to and fro and can’t have enough good, sturdy tote bags for book club, the library and more! The sturdier the tote, the more books I can bring to share at book club!

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Okay this one isn’t book club specific — though The Bookish Collective does have this “in my book club era” one and this Barbie pink Book Club one — but I have this one and it’s one of my favorite totes ever. I can’t stop recommending this shop, I know, but truly quality stuff.

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Book Club Ornament

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I always love these scrabble tile ornaments like this! I also really like this one made out of book pages!

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A Book Club themed candle

 
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Novelly Yours is my book blogging friend Brittany’s shop that she has had for almost a decade and I’ve literally seen her build it from the ground up as a hobby to what it is now. She makes fantastic candles (among other things!) and was a trend setter in book themed candles and her expertise SHOWS. If you don’t love the scent or want something more general bookish, she has a huge selection here.

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A book club wine glass

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This wine glass would be cute for your entire book club if you could swing it (unless you have a large book club mine and would go broke!)

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Also a cute book club gift option!

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One of these book club gift sets

 

If you are looking for the perfect done-for-you bundled gift — these are great!

For The Lush Book Clubs

If you aren’t sure if you are a wine (or margarita in my book club’s case) club…these ones are for you!

 


 

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I’m kind of obsessed with these funny book club wine charms!

Inexpensive Book Club Gifts Under $10

Unique Bookclub Bookmark

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I think these bookmarks are adorable especially with the book club packaging. Easy book club gift for sure! You can pick between the martini glass or a martini glass in silver or gold plus buy in bulk!

My Book Club Reads Between The Wines socks

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Read Between The Wines socks: Socks are always a fun and inexpensive gift — perfect for the book club lushes!

This “I Think My Drinking Club Has A Book Club Problem” ornament

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Perfect for the rowdy book club member in your wine group — I mean book group!

A Book Club Reading Log

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A perfect way to keep track of what you’ve read for the year!

My Girl Gang Is A Book Club Vinyl Sticker

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Looking for a cute little add-on to really round out your book club gift exchange? This is adorable!

This I Heart Book Club Keychain & Bookmark

Note: The keychain WAS $10 but the price bumped up a tiny bit.

 

Either of these wine club bookmarks

 


 

This Bitchin’ Book Club Magnet

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Hope this helps you find some great gifts for your book club friend! Tell me…are you in a book club? Are you close with the other members? Tell me all about your book group! Also..what do you guys do for the holidays? We did a book exchange last year!

P.S. Looking to give your book loving book club friends a Valentine? Check out these literary themed Valentines or these Harry Potter themed Valentine’s Day cards.

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  1. Erica Robyn says

    August 29, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    OH MY GOSH! I love all of theses! Especially the wine glasses!!

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“Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — “Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — she says as she is surrounded by piles on piles of books on the floor and desk and packed on her bookshelf and book cart. (Partner @berkleypub - thanks for the review copy).⁣
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I managed to pick my next read, as chronicled in these photos, but it was not easy with so many options! 

Decided to go with a most anticipated book of 2022 for me from an author who has written books I’ve really enjoyed.
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I am about halfway through and cruising along because I NEED to figure out if Joseph is the worst or what really is going on here in this story that starts with 3 women being stood up by the same guy on Valentine’s Day.  I feel like there is something more to this one but I can’t quite put my finger on it yet! ⁣
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Hoping to finish it this weekend! What are you reading this weekend? And do you have trouble picking your next read? How do you choose amongst all the options?
Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perf Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perfectly in my hands.⁣…
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Truly felt like there were zero things more joyful than the warm sun on my face after colder, dreary days and remembering how much I love the feel of reading a mass market paperback. It’s probably a very specific little joy of mine and I definitely reveled in it today.⁣
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But the real big joy has been rereading this book and experiencing it all over again before @bridgertonnetflix season 2 — especially the Pall Mall scene. And something to do with a 🐝 😅 iykyk⁣
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With all the joy I’m getting out of this reread it makes me wonder why I don’t prioritize rereading like I used to before I started blogging 10 years ago.⁣
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In my head I just want to experience all the new stories and try to make a dent in my TBR but I forget, until I do it, the genuine pleasure in revisiting old companions and how it’s a different side of reading one can experience — the nostalgia, the person I’ve become since reading the book and the way I approach a book already knowing what happens. Well the general sense of what happens because my memory is 💩!⁣
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Anyways that’s what I’m up to currently. Trying to finish this up so I can pack my books for a short trip I’m going on later this week. My first ✈️ since 2019!⁣
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Whatcha reading? Do you reread often? And tell me a little teeny tiny joy from your day.
If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow m If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow mash up the “screaming, crying”  Blank Space clip with the “emotional damage” refrain to the Bastille’s Pompeii to let you know how I feel after the last few chapters of #TheGildedCage !!⁣
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And if you don’t understand what that means, I’m sorry 😅⁣
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But woo boy do I need the third installment of this series!!! But I also think I’m going to be even more emotional damaged after that one soooo.⁣ 
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Seriously, one of the best simple joys of my life is the feeling of being so wholly and totally invested in a series that you have to remind yourself it’s fiction lest you spend all day in bed crying about the devastated look a character had on their face — a face you didn’t even see with your own two eyes but you are so invested that you feel nauseous and gutted like you sure did.⁣
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Just me orrrrrr?⁣
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No but for real. If you love YA fantasy, go start #theprisonhealer so you can be caught up when The Blood Traitor comes out in June (and be my emotional support person for the duration of reading it). I love these characters and I dying to see what happens next. 

Have you read this series yet? Last book series that had you SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP because of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE it inflicted?
A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be bothered to make it pretty — mismatching fuzzy sucks, coffee almost gone and Christmas pajama pants that are super old.⁣
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But y’all Black Cake is so good!! I’m almost halfway through and I know it’s A Choice to declare it one of the best books I’ve read all year but I’m feeling bold based on how it’s going.⁣
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I love a good family story (especially one with a family secret!) and this is top notch. The writing is 👌🏻 and I know I’m going to be screaming when the pieces come together!⁣
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In other news, I’m 65% of the way through The Dry by Jane Harper and I’m enjoying it so much that I ended up staying on the treadmill twice this weekend after my allotted time was over just so I could keep listening.⁣
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Will and I FINALLY started Ted Lasso this weekend. It is a damn delight!! For all the hype and praise, it has overdelivered for me which is kind of shocking because normally hype is scary. I told Will that I feel like all the praise hasn’t even come close to how much I could love it. We are only 7 episodes in so no spoilers!⁣
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I’m kinda mad we sat on starting it for so long but at the same time I think the timing is right to help me see my way out of this February funk I have found myself in the past couple weeks.⁣
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Anyways, hope everyone is having a good weekend! Have you read Black Cake or The Dry? Where are my Ted Lasso fans at? I’m happy to join your ranks! Also please tell me your fave character bc I am finding it impossible to pick this far!
No but seriously every year I contemplate organizi No but seriously every year I contemplate organizing a search party for one Katjay Millay who wrote one beautiful and amazing book and then...vanished.

Like for real. She wrote a tweet in 2015 that she was taking a few weeks off and then.... no tweets, no new books. Radio silence.

I hope she’s okay, for real, and that she knows I obsessively stalk Goodreads/Twitter/the internet to make sure I haven’t missed new book news from her at least twice a year. 🥺

Is there any author who you’ve been waiting forever for a new release from??

I’d also like to add YA author Sarah Ockler to this list! Last release was 2015 😭😭
Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are becoming movies/tv shows soon! And one of them is out TODAY!⁣
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The Sky is Everywhere — it’s out today on AppleTV+ and I can’t wait to sob my brains out. One of my absolute most favorite books ever by one of my all time favorite authors. It’s gorgeous and heartbreaking in its poignant depiction of grief, first love and healing — all woven together in Jandy’s signature gorgeous, lyrical writing.⁣
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Along For The Ride (out April 22) — one of a handful upcoming @sdessen books being adapted in the near future and I can’t wait! These books are so near and dear to my heart.⁣
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No release dates yet for The Summer I Turned Pretty tv series (the ultimate coming of age summertime story!) or The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (the cutest meet cute of all meet cutes all set in 24 hours) but I am HYPED and have all my fingers crossed for 2022 🤞🤞

Have you read any of these? Anyone else hyped for these adaptations.

Also, for the past few years, I’ve kept a running list of books becoming movies/tv shows for the year. Head to my bio to check out the list! I try to update it weekly and keep on top of it all but life ya know 😆 but I try!
Is this a book club? I think we just started a boo Is this a book club? I think we just started a book club. Or maybe just a @jenniferesmith appreciation club?? (partner @randomhouse )⁣
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Either way, after loving Jennifer E. Smith's YA books for years, it's been a real treat to also read her debut picture book with Riley (we loved!!) as well as her adult debut out in 3 weeks!⁣
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⁣So let me tell you about that adult debut — The Unsinkable Great James!!

This one just was the perfect warm-hearted read for a cold and gloomy January.

A perfect setting to escape into (Alaska), a tender-hearted meet cute and a poignant look at the shared grieving experience of those left behind.

I was initially drawn, like I always am, to the daughter losing a mother storyline and an exploration of that grief but I was so taken by the father/daughter relationship between two people who were left untethered by losing the person who held their family together.

Greta and her father don't see eye-to-eye on basically anything when they are thrown together on this Alaskan cruise, a trip Greta's father and mother were supposed to take, and you can feel the tension of their long-standing tumultuous and fractured relationship -- a relationship that feels like its hanging in a balance and could not recover.

The two are both hurting so much from this loss  and it took my breath away at times in how true it rang to be in your own grief bubble and feeling like the loss is yours and yours alone while forgetting about the others shouldering their own piece of this loss. I loved watching them very slowly SEE one another.

I can't say enough good things about this one -- great setting, Greta's music, the meet-cute, the messy and imperfect nature of family and love. Definitely recommend!⁣
I was on a hot reading streak and now for the past I was on a hot reading streak and now for the past few days I get all cozy in bed to read at night and am asleep by 4 pages in. Will got a kick out of waking up to me basically spooning my kindle. Ebbs and flows, y’all.⁣
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Let’s do a little reading update with an edition of Last, Current & Next.⁣
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Last - The Girl With the Louding Voice: Adunni is by far one of the most memorable voices I’ve read in a book in a very long time. Her hope and resilience in the face of some awful situations kept me turning the pages and rooting for her. I can’t believe it took me so long to finally read it. Highly recommend!⁣
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Now - Deep in Providence (thank you @fiercereads ): I’m about halfway through after I carved out some time to read early this morning and I’m enjoying this story of grief, love and magic. I’m nervous about these girls trying to resurrect their dead friend though! When I put it down today I was getting a little creeped by some things happening.⁣
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Next - The Kiss of Deception: I’m rereading the first book in this YA fantasy series because it’s been forever and I really wanna finish the trilogy. I’ve been really wanting to go through series I’ve left unfinished for years (not for lack of interest but because I suck at juggling all the series I start) so this is one of them. I remember loving it so I’m excited to dive in and binge. 

Whatcha reading? Have you read any of these? Anyone else on the struggle train with reading at night right now?
Braved the downpour to get my library holds. I hop Braved the downpour to get my library holds. I hope they are worth it! Please tell me they are!⁣
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This is also, before I get to the stack,  an appreciation post for my tiny library and wonderful librarians.⁣
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They normally open at 9am during the week —except Fridays. Did I remember that? Nope. So I was I was SO proud of Riley and I for getting our butts in gear to be for around opening time to drop off a stack and get my new ones.⁣
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And alas, I go to open the door and it’s locked. Now I’m holding Riley’s hand, two tote bags full of books, an umbrella that I’m trying to keep over the both of us, mind you. I’m thoroughly confused until it hits me that it’s Friday.⁣
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So I’m like, welp, guess we are just dropping off in the bin so I try to grab my books out and put them in one-handed while juggling the umbrella and less than enthused Riley.⁣
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Mercifully the door opens and  our children’s librarian takes pity on us and lets us in to drop off and pick up the holds.⁣
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Is this what being a VIP as a celebrity feels like?? Sure feels like it to me 😆 for real though, it pays to be a regular and have a cute kid in tow who is being pelted with rain.⁣
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Anyways excited about this stack but especially Wahala, Daughter of the Moon Goddess and How High We Go In The Dark the most.⁣
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Also have been meaning to snag The World Gives Way after @jordys.book.club recommendation!⁣
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Have you read any of these? Any that you think were definitely worth the rain-soaked journey for??⁣
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Alright now I’m off to curl up and read on this rainy, dreary day which is really what I think a day like this is meant for.
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“Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — “Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — she says as she is surrounded by piles on piles of books on the floor and desk and packed on her bookshelf and book cart. (Partner @berkleypub - thanks for the review copy).⁣
⁣
I managed to pick my next read, as chronicled in these photos, but it was not easy with so many options! 

Decided to go with a most anticipated book of 2022 for me from an author who has written books I’ve really enjoyed.
⁣
I am about halfway through and cruising along because I NEED to figure out if Joseph is the worst or what really is going on here in this story that starts with 3 women being stood up by the same guy on Valentine’s Day.  I feel like there is something more to this one but I can’t quite put my finger on it yet! ⁣
⁣
Hoping to finish it this weekend! What are you reading this weekend? And do you have trouble picking your next read? How do you choose amongst all the options?
Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perf Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perfectly in my hands.⁣…
⁣
Truly felt like there were zero things more joyful than the warm sun on my face after colder, dreary days and remembering how much I love the feel of reading a mass market paperback. It’s probably a very specific little joy of mine and I definitely reveled in it today.⁣
⁣
But the real big joy has been rereading this book and experiencing it all over again before @bridgertonnetflix season 2 — especially the Pall Mall scene. And something to do with a 🐝 😅 iykyk⁣
⁣
With all the joy I’m getting out of this reread it makes me wonder why I don’t prioritize rereading like I used to before I started blogging 10 years ago.⁣
⁣
In my head I just want to experience all the new stories and try to make a dent in my TBR but I forget, until I do it, the genuine pleasure in revisiting old companions and how it’s a different side of reading one can experience — the nostalgia, the person I’ve become since reading the book and the way I approach a book already knowing what happens. Well the general sense of what happens because my memory is 💩!⁣
⁣
Anyways that’s what I’m up to currently. Trying to finish this up so I can pack my books for a short trip I’m going on later this week. My first ✈️ since 2019!⁣
⁣
Whatcha reading? Do you reread often? And tell me a little teeny tiny joy from your day.
If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow m If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow mash up the “screaming, crying”  Blank Space clip with the “emotional damage” refrain to the Bastille’s Pompeii to let you know how I feel after the last few chapters of #TheGildedCage !!⁣
⁣
And if you don’t understand what that means, I’m sorry 😅⁣
⁣
But woo boy do I need the third installment of this series!!! But I also think I’m going to be even more emotional damaged after that one soooo.⁣ 
⁣
Seriously, one of the best simple joys of my life is the feeling of being so wholly and totally invested in a series that you have to remind yourself it’s fiction lest you spend all day in bed crying about the devastated look a character had on their face — a face you didn’t even see with your own two eyes but you are so invested that you feel nauseous and gutted like you sure did.⁣
⁣
Just me orrrrrr?⁣
⁣
No but for real. If you love YA fantasy, go start #theprisonhealer so you can be caught up when The Blood Traitor comes out in June (and be my emotional support person for the duration of reading it). I love these characters and I dying to see what happens next. 

Have you read this series yet? Last book series that had you SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP because of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE it inflicted?
A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be bothered to make it pretty — mismatching fuzzy sucks, coffee almost gone and Christmas pajama pants that are super old.⁣
⁣
But y’all Black Cake is so good!! I’m almost halfway through and I know it’s A Choice to declare it one of the best books I’ve read all year but I’m feeling bold based on how it’s going.⁣
⁣
I love a good family story (especially one with a family secret!) and this is top notch. The writing is 👌🏻 and I know I’m going to be screaming when the pieces come together!⁣
⁣
In other news, I’m 65% of the way through The Dry by Jane Harper and I’m enjoying it so much that I ended up staying on the treadmill twice this weekend after my allotted time was over just so I could keep listening.⁣
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Will and I FINALLY started Ted Lasso this weekend. It is a damn delight!! For all the hype and praise, it has overdelivered for me which is kind of shocking because normally hype is scary. I told Will that I feel like all the praise hasn’t even come close to how much I could love it. We are only 7 episodes in so no spoilers!⁣
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I’m kinda mad we sat on starting it for so long but at the same time I think the timing is right to help me see my way out of this February funk I have found myself in the past couple weeks.⁣
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Anyways, hope everyone is having a good weekend! Have you read Black Cake or The Dry? Where are my Ted Lasso fans at? I’m happy to join your ranks! Also please tell me your fave character bc I am finding it impossible to pick this far!
No but seriously every year I contemplate organizi No but seriously every year I contemplate organizing a search party for one Katjay Millay who wrote one beautiful and amazing book and then...vanished.

Like for real. She wrote a tweet in 2015 that she was taking a few weeks off and then.... no tweets, no new books. Radio silence.

I hope she’s okay, for real, and that she knows I obsessively stalk Goodreads/Twitter/the internet to make sure I haven’t missed new book news from her at least twice a year. 🥺

Is there any author who you’ve been waiting forever for a new release from??

I’d also like to add YA author Sarah Ockler to this list! Last release was 2015 😭😭
Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are becoming movies/tv shows soon! And one of them is out TODAY!⁣
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The Sky is Everywhere — it’s out today on AppleTV+ and I can’t wait to sob my brains out. One of my absolute most favorite books ever by one of my all time favorite authors. It’s gorgeous and heartbreaking in its poignant depiction of grief, first love and healing — all woven together in Jandy’s signature gorgeous, lyrical writing.⁣
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Along For The Ride (out April 22) — one of a handful upcoming @sdessen books being adapted in the near future and I can’t wait! These books are so near and dear to my heart.⁣
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No release dates yet for The Summer I Turned Pretty tv series (the ultimate coming of age summertime story!) or The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (the cutest meet cute of all meet cutes all set in 24 hours) but I am HYPED and have all my fingers crossed for 2022 🤞🤞

Have you read any of these? Anyone else hyped for these adaptations.

Also, for the past few years, I’ve kept a running list of books becoming movies/tv shows for the year. Head to my bio to check out the list! I try to update it weekly and keep on top of it all but life ya know 😆 but I try!
Is this a book club? I think we just started a boo Is this a book club? I think we just started a book club. Or maybe just a @jenniferesmith appreciation club?? (partner @randomhouse )⁣
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Either way, after loving Jennifer E. Smith's YA books for years, it's been a real treat to also read her debut picture book with Riley (we loved!!) as well as her adult debut out in 3 weeks!⁣
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⁣So let me tell you about that adult debut — The Unsinkable Great James!!

This one just was the perfect warm-hearted read for a cold and gloomy January.

A perfect setting to escape into (Alaska), a tender-hearted meet cute and a poignant look at the shared grieving experience of those left behind.

I was initially drawn, like I always am, to the daughter losing a mother storyline and an exploration of that grief but I was so taken by the father/daughter relationship between two people who were left untethered by losing the person who held their family together.

Greta and her father don't see eye-to-eye on basically anything when they are thrown together on this Alaskan cruise, a trip Greta's father and mother were supposed to take, and you can feel the tension of their long-standing tumultuous and fractured relationship -- a relationship that feels like its hanging in a balance and could not recover.

The two are both hurting so much from this loss  and it took my breath away at times in how true it rang to be in your own grief bubble and feeling like the loss is yours and yours alone while forgetting about the others shouldering their own piece of this loss. I loved watching them very slowly SEE one another.

I can't say enough good things about this one -- great setting, Greta's music, the meet-cute, the messy and imperfect nature of family and love. Definitely recommend!⁣

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