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5 Fabulous Gifts for Readers + a GIVEAWAY!

December 4, 2017 By Talya Tate Boerner 21 Comments

If you have insatiable readers on your gift list, this post is for you (or them). I rounded up five things I believe to be clever and fun that will in some small way enhance your (their) love of reading. Here’s how the math works: 5 Fabulous Gifts for Readers + 1 Giveaway = a Merry Early Christmas!???

5 Fabulous Gifts for Readers

so what are these
5 Fabulous Gifts for Readers?

Tada.

Sprout Bookmarks

For the reader who loves to garden, there is no cuter bookmark anywhere. Am I right? These Sprout bookmarks prove the old adage good things come in small packages. LOVE. I’m in love with a bookmark that looks like a soybean sprout. A package of 6 is less than $8.00 at Barnes & Noble. If I could, I’d give every single person a sprout bookmark, and I’d go to sleep tonight convinced the world is a better place.

Coffee Mug

This library card coffee mug is available for $14.00 in the Amazon Handmade Shop. In particular, I love the stamped dates from the sixties and seventies. Those were my wonder years. And really, each date could serve as a writing prompt. For example: July 13, 1977. We’d been at the lake for four days already. We went every summer to celebrate my birthday. This year, my friend Judy Baker went with us. Three days ago, we celebrated my fifteenth birthday with strawberry cake and a sun-warmed watermelon. Soon, we would leave because Momma had to be home on Friday to do the farm payroll. But for now, we had sunburned noses and no worries whatsoever because it was July and we were fifteen.

 

gifts for the reader

 

And the Story Begins Book Club

For the avid reader who likes surprises… how about two new books from the genre of your choosing delivered to your door each month? A monthly subscription is $16.95. I’m curious if anyone belongs to a book of the month book club? There are many, many out there. This one seems well priced and not overwhelming. Yes, I know lots of folks are trying not to add more books to their collections because of space, but here’s how you solve that problem… donate them to Little Free Libraries when you finish reading. There’s probably one in your neighborhood.

 

5 Fabulous Gifts for Readers

Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions

If books were candy, these B&N collectible editions would be the Godiva chocolate truffle version of your favorite classics. You do re-read your favorites, don’t you? Personally, I would love this $10.00 copy of The Secret Garden or Alice in Wonderland. The cover designs of these collectible editions make these both books and home decor. Prices range from $3.99 to $25.00.

 

gifts for readers

Public Library Candle

It looks cool and burns for 80+ hours. At $24.95 that’s less than 32 cents per hour of time travel to all my favorite libraries. It’s magic, y’all, that vintage musty bookish library smell.

 

And now for my Christmas Giveaway!

O, Reader Christmas Giveaway!

 

To celebrate reading and the joy of not losing your place in a book, I’m giving away a package of Sprout bookmarks. Contest open to U.S. and Canada. Enter often until contest ends on December 13, 2017.

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Grace Grits and Gardening
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Comments

  1. Georgeanne Yehling says

    December 4, 2017 at 8:22 am

    Those bookmarks are PERFECT! And that candle … I need it!

    Reply
    • Georgeanne Yehling says

      December 4, 2017 at 8:23 am

      Also, I’m reading Geoff Colvin’s “Talent is Overrated” currently.

      Reply
      • Grace Grits and Gardening says

        December 4, 2017 at 9:09 am

        I’ve not heard of this book. I’ll check it out!

        Reply
    • Grace Grits and Gardening says

      December 4, 2017 at 9:07 am

      I agree! Thanks, Georgeanne.

      Reply
  2. Colene says

    December 4, 2017 at 8:24 am

    I definitely end one of those bookmark marks! I’m no longer on Twitter. Does that disqualify me from entering? ?

    Reply
    • Colene says

      December 4, 2017 at 8:26 am

      *need

      Reply
    • Grace Grits and Gardening says

      December 4, 2017 at 9:08 am

      No, you entered by commenting!

      Reply
      • Colene/Tom Chebuhar says

        December 4, 2017 at 9:54 am

        Thank you!

        Reply
  3. sewwriter says

    December 4, 2017 at 9:25 am

    So cute! We need about 12 bookmarks constantly in my house, so this would be perfect for us.

    Reply
  4. Anita Stafford says

    December 5, 2017 at 10:04 pm

    Camino Island by John Grisham, and my TBR stack keeps growing.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      December 6, 2017 at 6:07 am

      I just finished Camino Island too! Funny that we were reading the same book at the same time.

      Reply
  5. Carol Murry says

    December 5, 2017 at 11:48 pm

    What a great giveaway – the bookmarks are adorable!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      December 6, 2017 at 6:07 am

      Thank you! And thanks for reading / commenting!

      Reply
  6. creecy33 says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:15 am

    Can a family member win? Love the bookmarks.

    Reply
  7. Gina says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    These are THE cutest bookmarks. Fun list of gift suggestions, too!

    Reply
  8. Anna Pry says

    December 7, 2017 at 10:57 am

    none right now, my daughter is the reader and i hope to win these bookmarks for her 🙂

    Reply
  9. cathyvoight says

    December 12, 2017 at 10:47 am

    Just finished the book Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. It was well written and so very interesting. This from a woman who isn’t a fan of historical WWII literature.

    Reply
  10. Audrey Jarrett says

    December 12, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    Not reading anything at this time.

    Reply
  11. Holly Wass says

    December 12, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    Shery Lyn Kenyon

    Reply
  12. kelly woods says

    December 12, 2017 at 11:03 pm

    I’m reading my Bible right now. thank you

    Reply
  13. Leigh Nichols says

    December 12, 2017 at 11:24 pm

    lovely giveaway!

    Reply

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