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SBTB 2018 Gift Guide: Charitable Gifts and Reading Certificates

It’s our last gift guide of the year! I hope you’ve had fun shopping with us, and that you’ve found some lovely ideas for the people in your life. We’re back with one final edition, including our annual Reading Certificates (they pair excellently with bookstore gift cards or tea or chocolate or pretty much anything), Introvert Time Certificates, and Craft Time Certificates! Obviously they can be mixed and matched for ideal combinations of gifting.  There … Continue reading SBTB 2018 Gift Guide: Charitable Gifts and Reading Certificates

Gift Guide: Amanda’s Favorite Things

Our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide is still going! This time, I’m talking about some of my favorite things that I use or enjoy on a regular basis. I’m no Oprah and I can’t gift everyone a car, but I hope these things make some cozy, thoughtful presents this season. Let’s get to it! We’ll start with some cute and warm clothing! Sejora Fleece Lined Leggings are a staple for me, though I don’t pair them with … Continue reading Gift Guide: Amanda’s Favorite Things

Gift Guide 2018: Randomly Delightful

Time for another installment of our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! I’ve been reading through the metric tonne of catalogs that have landed in my mailbox, and reading the email suggestions you’ve been sending in. You’re all fabulous shoppers. Let’s do this! First: Baby Gift For All Eternity, sorted. The Out of Print Clothing baby onesie collection is terrific, but the Everybody Poops onesie is my new favorite. Everyone Poops onesie: $20 AMZ | Out of Print: $20 If you … Continue reading Gift Guide 2018: Randomly Delightful

2018 SBTB Hanukkah-palooza, Night Three!

Happy Hanukkah, 2018! We’re three days into our festival of lights, bookish joy, giveaways, and mayhem. I look forward to this week all year, and I hope you enjoy it, too. Ready for today’s giveaway? Seriously, as much fun as it is to build the gift guides and shop for all of you, it is extremely enjoyable to shop handbag stores looking for adorable bags that are low-maintenance, not too heavy to carry, and above … Continue reading 2018 SBTB Hanukkah-palooza, Night Three!

2018 Gift Guide: GAMES!

Time for another installment of our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! As usual, if you have any other gift ideas or want to tells us all about a wonderful item you discovered, please email me! We love shopping for ourselves, and for all of you, and we compile the gift guide all year – and we really love all your suggestions! NB: most of the links in the Holiday Gift Guide posts are affiliate-coded, which means a … Continue reading 2018 Gift Guide: GAMES!

The Rec League: Age Appropriate YA Romance

We have a very special Rec League from Melissa: I am hoping that the SBTB community can help me out for the holidays. Every night at dinner our family discusses what books we are reading. My 10-year-old daughter has always loved to hear the plot lines of the most recent romance novel I am reading. Thanks to Netflix and Jenny Han, my daughter has found that there are age appropriate romance novels she can read, … Continue reading The Rec League: Age Appropriate YA Romance

2018 Gift Guide: I Think There Are Some Sales This Week?

Time for another installment of our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! If you have any other gift ideas or want to tells us all about a wonderful shop you discovered, please email me! We love shopping for ourselves, and for all of you, and we compile the gift guide all year. NB: most of the links in the Holiday Gift Guide posts are affiliate-coded, which means a portion of the purchase price is sent back to us … Continue reading 2018 Gift Guide: I Think There Are Some Sales This Week?

2018 Gift Guide: Enamel Pins

Amanda here with our next gift guide installment! Recently, I’ve started an enamel pin collection, and I absolutely love it. Pins are a great way to show off your hobbies, fandoms, and any other things that are integral to making you the awesome you that you are. If you have any other gift ideas or want to tells us all about your personal Etsy Shop Of Wonderment, please email Sarah! We love finding off-the-beaten path gift … Continue reading 2018 Gift Guide: Enamel Pins

2018 Gift Guide: Comforting, Useful, and Fun

Ready for our weekly gift guide installment? This week, I’ve got some perennial ideas that are thoughtful, warm, comforting, and fun. As usual: if you’ve got ideas or want to tell me about your nifty-keen gift idea, or about your personal Etsy Shop Of Wonderment, please email me! I love featuring all sorts of stores and researching different ideas for book lovers always yields some very fun holiday giving. NB: most of the links in the Holiday … Continue reading 2018 Gift Guide: Comforting, Useful, and Fun

2018 Gift Guide: Jewelry, Miniatures, Stitchery, and More

Ready for our weekly gift guide installment? Let’s go shopping together! This week, we’re talking fun jewelry, miniature adorableness, and more. As usual: if you’ve got ideas or want to tell me about your nifty-keen gift plan, or about your personal Etsy Shop Of Wonderment, please email me! I love featuring all sorts of stores and researching different ideas for book lovers always yields some very fun holiday giving. NB: most of the links in the Holiday … Continue reading 2018 Gift Guide: Jewelry, Miniatures, Stitchery, and More

Stuff We Like: 2018 Gift Guides Ahoy!

I know, there’s still pumpkin spice everywhere, and Halloween candy everywhere else, but it’s time for me to start plotting our 2018 gift guides, and I want to invite your ideas! Let’s go shopping! Each year, gosh, going back to 2011, I’ve shared gift ideas for you or the readerly people you love on a weekly basis. I cull items from the Nonstop Onslaught of Catalogs, from online stores I love, and from strange and … Continue reading Stuff We Like: 2018 Gift Guides Ahoy!

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