Tag: the booklover

The Best Monthly Book Subscription Boxes

Town and Country Magazine posted an article listing the twelve best book subscription boxes. Surprisingly Book of the Month was not on the list. I do belong to that subscription box, but find myself skipping the month more often than I choose a book. Book of the month has some good perks once you reach the BFF level such as a free book in your birthday month. Check out Town and Country‘s list to see if there is something you like!

Spring Cleaning

When trees start to bud and that first sunny, warm day shows up, we start to think about clearing clutter (although I am by no means referring to books as clutter) and organizing our space.  We finally have some get up and go.   In an effort to get my books organized this spring I came across some interesting articles to help.

First, book shelves.  Southern Living has an article showing nineteen different bookshelves — from those organized by color, a fireplace turned into book storage, and a tree truck shelf.  Ideas abound!

Bookends are another important tool for organizing those books this spring and the New York Times has you covered.  While the bookends featured in the article are pricey, there are suggestions for lesser priced and even free bookends.

The Organized Home  (the newest Website from the editors of Remodelista and Gardenista) has an article on the seven best canvas bins for books and more for those inclined to the modern farmhouse look so popular right now.  Also on The Organized Home website are DIY bookshelves, unexpected places to store books, and modular bookshelves.

This should be enough to get you started on organizing those books as part of your spring cleaning ritual, but I do have to ask, why spend time organizing your books when you can read?

The 50 most anticipated books of 2018

David Canfield has compiled a list of the 50 most anticipated books of 2018 at the entertainment Website ew.com.  You can check out the list here.  I like Canfield’s list, he has a good mixture of women’s fiction, dystopian distress, memoirs, thrillers, etc.  You can find something to add to your usual reading fare and something to expand your imagination.  Go read!