It’s gift guide time
November 23, 2009
It’s that time of year where I start working on book gift guides for BlogHer. The teen/YA one will be posted in about two weeks, the adult one the week after that.
So I want to know, what books and bookish items are you gifting this year? What have you gotten in the past that you loved?
Posted by sassymonkey @ 9:02 am
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
I found these book covers on a list of bookish gifts..I can’t remember who posted them..perhaps it was you! They’re really nice for protecting books and they have the built in bookmark. It’s also very nice for when you’re reading a book with a very unfortunate looking cover…
http://hideabook.com/
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sassymonkey Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:52 am
It may have been me. lol I know I’ve mentioned such things in the past. You can find great ones on Etsy too!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Last year, I gave each of my daughter’s daycare teacher a bookmark. I figured since they were so into books at school, they must read on their own time as well
I’ve also given my stepdad photography books since he is into photography.
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sassymonkey Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I always, always, always need bookmarks.
I used to give books to absolutely everyone, but always something that they’d be interested in (or that I was pretty sure they were interested in, I think I got it wrong a couple of times).
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November 23rd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I think my husband and I are going to finally jump on board and give each other Kindles. I’m pretty excited!
Amy Reads Good Books´s last blog ..Booking Through Thursday
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sassymonkey Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:54 am
That’s exciting! I got a Sony Reader for my birthday this year, and I also read e-books on my iPhone. So handy.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
- six copies of Flow
- two copies of Cakewrecks
- Passive Agressive Notes
- Bent Objects
- The Help
- Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
Considering some Buffy books but haven’t decided yet.
Denise´s last blog ..Traveling with Pomegranates
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sassymonkey Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Buffy chapter books or the Buffy season 8 graphic novels?
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November 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
The books I know I’m gifting so far are Matchless by Gregory Maguire for my mom (and another copy to me, from me). My sister is going to get The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and the new Wicked the Musical Pop-Up Book from DK. My brother is going to get either L.A. Bizarro (“The All-New Insider’s Guide to the Obscure, the Absurd, and the Perverse in Los Angeles”) or maybe How to Be Inappropriate by Daniel Nester.
I haven’t come up with any good book-related gifts this year yet …
Kristen M.´s last blog ..Non-Fiction Review: Three Cups of Tea
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sassymonkey Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Frankie! Yay Frankie! Frankie is an excellent gift. So’s Maguire.
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November 24th, 2009 at 9:20 am
High on my wishlist are gorgeous editions of 8 Modern Virago classics, which are hardback with a cover designed by people like Orla Kiely & Cath Kidston. http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/NewsEvents/News-Archive/Virago-Modern-Classics
Sadly, think they’re only available in Britain!
Whether any of my family actually use my wishlist is quite another matter…
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sassymonkey Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Liz, you know about the Book Depository right? If not, get thee there. You can order them through there AND get free shipping. I puffy heart the Book Depository.
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