Sunday, October 16, 2016

Shopping: Adult Coloring Books!

Adult coloring books are all the rage nowadays.  I love coloring and I think it's a great stress reliever.  Here's a list of some coloring books that I really want to purchase soon. 

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Recent Book Outlet Haul! September 2016


I have a book buying problem.  I love Book Outlet because they have some great deals on books.  This order was a little more expensive than past orders because I purchased mostly hard cover books and some of them were recent releases.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Uppercase March 2016

Uppercase is a monthly young adult book subscription box that includes one newly released hardcover young adult book (either signed by the author or a signed bookplate) and several book themed goodies. You also get an exclusive interactive reading experience.  

Price:  There are 2 different subscription plan options to choose from: The Expert Plan in which you receive a brand new hardcover young adult book, signed book or bookplate signed by the author, 1-2 high quality bookish items, a reading experience with exclusive content, and a personal hand written note to you. This plan is $23 per month.  The Book Exclusive Plan which is the same as the Expert Plan without the exclusive items.  This plan is $17 per month.
  I signed up for the Expert Plan. 

Shipping:  Uppercase currently ships to the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. They also ship to APO addresses.  Shipping within the U.S. and Puerto Rico is $6 and shipping to Canada is $24.




Want to see what's in the March 2016 Uppercase?  Let's find out!


Uppercase

Owlcrate March 2016

Owlcrate is a monthly young adult book subscription box. Every month you'll receive a box filled with a recently released young adult book and several book themed goodies.  There is a different themed box every month.

Price:  The cost of this subscription is $29.99 a month (plus shipping) for the month to month plan, $28.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 3 months upfront, or $27.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 6 months upfront.

Shipping: to the USA is $6.99, shipping to Canada is $10.59, and international shipping is $19.99.  All shipping costs are in US dollars.



What was inside the March 2016 Owlcrate?  Let's find out!


Owlcrate


Saturday, April 2, 2016

Another Book Outlet Haul Part 3

Book Outlet has amazing deals on new books daily!  They receive overstock from publishers and resell the books for incredibly cheap prices.  Most books have remainder marks on the bottom but this doesn't affect the pages of the book.  You're basically getting brand new books for very low prices. 


Shipping to the U.S. is $3.99 for the first 2 books and $0.50 cents for every book after that.  Shipping to Canada is $3.25 for shipping and $0.80 per item.  International shipping rates are based on the order weight and destination.




Below are the books I purchased from Book Outlet:





Sunday, March 13, 2016

Uppercase February 2016

Uppercase is a monthly young adult book subscription box that includes one newly released hardcover young adult book (either signed by the author or a signed bookplate) and several book themed goodies. You also get an exclusive interactive reading experience.  

Price:  There are 3 different subscription plan options to choose from: The Expert Plan in which you receive a brand new hardcover young adult book, signed book or bookplate signed by the author, 1-2 high quality bookish items, a reading experience with exclusive content, and a personal hand written note to you. This plan is $23 per month.  The Book Exclusive Plan which is the same as the Expert Plan without the exclusive items.  This plan is $17 per month.  The Personalized Plan where you fill out a personalized profile and you will receive a book based on your specific reading preferences. You still get the exclusive items but you will not receive the author content or the reading experience. This plan is $29 per month.  I signed up for the Expert Plan. 


Shipping:  Uppercase currently ships to the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. They also ship to APO addresses.  Shipping within the U.S. and Puerto Rico is $6 and shipping to Canada is $19.50.




Want to see what's in the February 2016 Uppercase?  Let's find out!



Uppercase


Owlcrate February 2016

Owlcrate is a monthly young adult book subscription box. Every month you'll receive a box filled with a recently released young adult book and several book themed goodies.  There is a different themed box every month.

Price:  The cost of this subscription is $29.99 a month (plus shipping) for the month to month plan, $28.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 3 months upfront, or $27.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 6 months upfront.

Shipping: to the USA is $6.99, shipping to Canada is $10.59, and international shipping is $19.99.  All shipping costs are in US dollars.



What was inside the February 2016 Owlcrate?  Let's find out!



Owlcrate


Monday, February 15, 2016

Uppercase January 2016

Uppercase is a monthly young adult book subscription box that includes one newly released hardcover young adult book (either signed by the author or a signed bookplate) and several book themed goodies. You also get an exclusive interactive reading experience.  

Price:  There are 3 different subscription plan options to choose from: The Expert Plan in which you receive a brand new hardcover young adult book, signed book or bookplate signed by the author, 1-2 high quality bookish items, a reading experience with exclusive content, and a personal hand written note to you. This plan is $23 per month.  The Book Exclusive Plan which is the same as the Expert Plan without the exclusive items.  This plan is $17 per month.  The Personalized Plan where you fill out a personalized profile and you will receive a book based on your specific reading preferences. You still get the exclusive items but you will not receive the author content or the reading experience. This plan is $29 per month.  I signed up for the Expert Plan. 


Shipping:  Uppercase currently ships to the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. They also ship to APO addresses.  Shipping within the U.S. and Puerto Rico is $6 and shipping to Canada is $19.50.




Want to see what's in the January 2016 Uppercase?  Let's find out!



Uppercase

OwlCrate January 2016

Owlcrate is a monthly young adult book subscription box. Every month you'll receive a box filled with a recently released young adult book and several book themed goodies.  There is a different themed box every month.

Price:  The cost of this subscription is $29.99 a month (plus shipping) for the month to month plan, $28.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 3 months upfront, or $27.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 6 months upfront.

Shipping: to the USA is $6.99, shipping to Canada is $10.59, and international shipping is $19.99.  All shipping costs are in US dollars.



What was inside the January 2016 Owlcrate?  Let's find out!



Owlcrate

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Uppercase December 2015

Uppercase is a monthly young adult book subscription box that includes one newly released hardcover young adult book (either signed by the author or a signed bookplate) and several book themed goodies. You also get an exclusive interactive reading experience.  

Price:  There are 3 different subscription plan options to choose from: The Expert Plan in which you receive a brand new hardcover young adult book, signed book or bookplate signed by the author, 1-2 high quality bookish items, a reading experience with exclusive content, and a personal hand written note to you. This plan is $23 per month.  The Book Exclusive Plan which is the same as the Expert Plan without the exclusive items.  This plan is $17 per month.  The Personalized Plan where you fill out a personalized profile and you will receive a book based on your specific reading preferences. You still get the exclusive items but you will not receive the author content or the reading experience. This plan is $29 per month.  I signed up for the Expert Plan. 


Shipping:  Uppercase currently ships to the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. They also ship to APO addresses.  Shipping within the U.S. and Puerto Rico is $6 and shipping to Canada is $19.50.




Want to see what's in the December Uppercase?  Let's find out!




Uppercase


Uppercase looked so pretty under my tree!

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Book Review: 'Black Rabbit Hall' by Eve Chase






My Rating:  4 stars

Another Book Outlet Haul! Part 2

Book Outlet has amazing deals on new books daily!  They receive overstock from publishers and resell the books for incredibly cheap prices.  Some books have remainder marks on the bottom but this doesn't affect the pages of the book.  You're basically getting brand new books for very low prices. 


Shipping to the U.S. is $3.99 for the first 2 books and $0.50 cents for every book after that.  Shipping to Canada is $3.25 for shipping and $0.80 per item.  International shipping rates are based on the order weight and destination.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Owlcrate December 2015

Owlcrate is a monthly young adult book subscription box. Every month you'll receive a box filled with a recently released young adult book and several book themed goodies.  There is a different themed box every month.

Price:  The cost of this subscription is $29.99 a month (plus shipping) for the month to month plan, $28.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 3 months upfront, or $27.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 6 months upfront.

Shipping: to the USA is $6.99, shipping to Canada is $10.59, and international shipping is $19.99.  All shipping costs are in US dollars.



What was inside the December 2015 Owlcrate?  Let's find out!



Owlcrate

Another Book Outlet Haul Part 1

Book Outlet has amazing deals on new books daily!  They receive overstock from publishers and resell the books for incredibly cheap prices.  Some books have remainder marks on the bottom but this doesn't affect the pages of the book.  You're basically getting brand new books for very low prices. 


Shipping to the U.S. is $3.99 for the first 2 books and $0.50 cents for every book after that.  Shipping to Canada is $3.25 for shipping and $0.80 per item.  International shipping rates are based on the order weight and destination.

Landfall Freight November 2015

Landfall Freight is a monthly graphic novel/comic subscription box.  Every box includes graphic novels, comics, and zines all featuring female driven stories.  The majority of the titles are female written and/or illustrated.  Now that is awesome!  I love graphic novels and comics so I had to subscribe and I wasn't disappointed.  

Price:  $29.99 per month plus shipping.  
*Please Note:  December boxes are sold out.  Subscriptions will reopen on December 22nd.

Shipping:  $6.99 to the U.S., $10.99 to Canada, $29.50 for international shipping.  


Want to see what was inside the November 2015 Landfall Freight?  Let's find out!



Landfall Freight



The theme for November was 'Girl Gangs'.  They also include awesome artsy goodies in every box!!


Every box comes with a card describing everything inside.



The Landfall Freight November 2015 box included:



Never Goodnight by Coco Moodysson (graphic novel)



This graphic novel currently has a 3.63 star rating on Goodreads.  This looks very cool.  I can't wait to read it!!

Retail Value:  $18.99  Amazon Price:  $14.45


Goodreads synopsis:

The cult Swedish graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed Lukas Moodysson film ‘We Are the Best!’


Coco, Klara and Mathilda have known each other since primary school, where they met in Folk Dancing class. Now they’re almost teenagers, and their anarchist ideals and dreams of forming a world-beating punk band set them apart from the other girls at school. They can’t play any instruments, practice with pillows and pans, and keep getting told that punk is dead. But they’re not going to let any of those things get in their way…


Published in English for the first time, Never Goodnight is a hilarious and life-affirming memoir that will remind you that all you need in life is your best friends, a can of hairspray and three guitar chords.



They also included a cute bookmark and the always wonderful caramel apple lollipop!




Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson (Comic Issue #1)


I've been wanting to read this and I'm so excited that it was included in this box.  This looks really good and it's written by Brian K. Vaughn who wrote the Saga series (which is awesome!!!).  I'm also happy that this is the first issue.  This currently has a 4.33 star rating on Goodreads.

Retail Value:  $2.99

Goodreads synopsis:

SAGA writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN launches a brand-new ONGOING SERIES with superstar Wonder Woman artist CLIFF CHIANG!

In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. 

Stand By Me meets War of the Worlds in this mysterious young adult adventure.



Imaginary Girl Bands by Gemma Flack (Zine)


Gemma Flack has a shop on Etsy which I have to check out.  This is a cute zine!!

Retail Value:  $3.70



Phonograph Bead Bracelet and Cassette Box


This bracelet is so cool and the cassette box it came in is sweet.  The card states that these bracelets are made from vulcanite, the same material that records were once made of.  How cool is that?!!  These bracelets were made by the girls at Landfall Freight.  Awesome!



Glue Compressor Stickers


These are cool stickers designed by Etsy artisan Ivonna Buenrosto.  I love these stickers. 


DIY Bookplate


They include a DIY item in every box and this is really cool and unique.  You can color it and glue it on your favorite book to make sure they know who it belongs to.


Tara's Take:  I really love this subscription.  I'm a fan of graphic novels and comics and it's so cool that the majority of the graphic novels and comics included in this subscription feature women and/or are illustrated by women.  That makes this subscription really unique and awesome.  This sub is definitely a keeper and I can't wait to see what's inside the December box.


If you want to subscribe to Landfall Freight go to http://www.landfallfreight.com/

Uppercase November 2015

Uppercase is a monthly young adult book subscription box that includes one newly released hardcover young adult book (either signed by the author or a signed bookplate) and several book themed goodies. You also get an exclusive interactive reading experience.  

There are 3 different subscription plan options to choose from: The Expert Plan in which you receive a brand new hardcover young adult book, signed book or bookplate signed by the author, 1-2 high quality bookish items, a reading experience with exclusive content, and a personal hand written note to you.  This plan is $23 per month.  The Book Exclusive Plan which is the same as the Expert Plan without the exclusive items.  This plan is $17 per month.  The Personalized Plan where you fill out a personalized profile and you will receive a book based on your specific reading preferences. You still get the exclusive items but you will not receive the author content or the reading experience.  This plan is $29 per month.  I signed up for the Expert Plan. 

Uppercase currently ships to the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. They also ship to APO addresses.  Shipping within the U.S. and Puerto Rico is $6 and shipping to Canada is $19.50.



Want to see what's in the November Uppercase?  Let's find out!



Uppercase



Owlcrate November 2015

Owlcrate is a monthly young adult book subscription box. Every month you'll receive a box filled with a recently released young adult book and several book themed goodies.  There is a different themed box every month.

Price:  The cost of this subscription is $29.99 a month (plus shipping) for the month to month plan, $28.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 3 months upfront, or $27.99 a month (plus shipping) if you pay for 6 months upfront.

Shipping: to the USA is $6.99, shipping to Canada is $10.59, and international shipping is $19.99.  All shipping costs are in US dollars.



What was inside the November 2015 Owlcrate?  Let's find out!


Owlcrate



Major Book Outlet Haul!!

Book Outlet has amazing deals on new books daily!  They receive overstock from publishers and resell the books for incredibly cheap prices.  Some books have remainder marks on the bottom but this doesn't affect the pages of the book.  You're basically getting brand new books for very low prices. Awesome!!  I recently put in a couple of orders to Book Outlet during the month of October. They had a 15% off sale and I went a little crazy.  OK, I went EXTREMELY crazy!  I have a book buying problem.  I know this.  I ended up ordering 30+ books! Most of these books are young adult or middle grade novels because I love books meant for younger readers.  I'm definitely not young anymore but I guess reading these books makes me feel young again or something.  I don't know. 

Graphic Novel Haul!

I still had some gift cards to use from my birthday so I went a little crazy on Amazon.  I love graphic novels so I ordered 13 graphic novels!  I definitely have a book buying problem.

Below are the graphic novels I ordered from Amazon:



Book Riot YA03

The Book Riot YA box is a quarterly book subscription box filled with 2-3 young adult novels and a couple bookish goodies.  This box is a little more expensive.  The cost is $45 every 3 months. (The cost used to be $50 every 3 months so they just dropped the price!) Shipping to the U.S. is $5, shipping to Canada is $20, and international shipping is $30.

Want to see what's in the Book Riot YA03 box?  Let's find out!


Book Riot YA Box


The theme for this month was 'Chilling YA Horror Reads.'

Uppercase October 2015

Uppercase is a monthly young adult book subscription box that includes one newly released hardcover young adult book (either signed by the author or a signed bookplate) and several book themed goodies. You also get an exclusive interactive reading experience.  

There are 3 different subscription plan options to choose from: The Expert Plan in which you receive a brand new hardcover young adult book, signed book or bookplate signed by the author, 1-2 high quality bookish items, a reading experience with exclusive content, and a personal hand written note to you.  This plan is $23 per month.  The Book Exclusive Plan which is the same as the Expert Plan without the exclusive items.  This plan is $17 per month.  The Personalized Plan where you fill out a personalized profile and you will receive a book based on your specific reading preferences. You still get the exclusive items but you will not receive the author content or the reading experience.  This plan is $29 per month.  I signed up for the Expert Plan. 

Uppercase currently ships to the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. They also ship to APO addresses.  Shipping within the U.S. and Puerto Rico is $6 and shipping to Canada is $19.50.



Want to see what's in the October Uppercase bag?  Let's find out!



Uppercase


Owlcrate October 2015

Owlcrate is a monthly young adult book subscription box. Every month you'll receive a box filled with a recently released young adult book and several book themed goodies.  Every month there is a different themed box.

The cost of this subscription is $29.99 a month plus shipping. Shipping to the USA is $6.99, shipping to Canada is $10.59, and international shipping is $19.99.   

What was inside the October 2015 Owlcrate?  Let's find out!




Owlcrate




Book Riot Horror Box!

I had to do it.  I couldn't help myself.  I had to order this box.  Book Riot released this awesome Horror Box filled with 4 spooky books and 3 bookish items.  This is a one time box that costs $100.  This box is still available (as of today).  It is a lot of money but I love horror and I love books so I impulsively purchased this box.  

Want to see what's inside the Book Riot Horror Box?  Let's find out!

Book Riot Horror Box