Fabulous Finds Friday

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Check out this beautiful fountain in Cincinnati! I love fountains and I love books so this is super awesome-sauce.

I think it's something any book lover can appreciate. :)

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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So considering we're all book lovers I think it's safe to assume we all own bookshelves. Some people may not because they don't have enough books to put on a bookshelf, and others may prefer ebooks. But if you're into real books and love your bookshelf you're in for a really cool treat. I found a really cool article that lists 18 cool bookshelves that were found all over the internet.

18 Insanely Cool Bookshelves Article

Inspired by the article linked above I wanted to list some of the coolest bookshelves I've found online. 

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HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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I know I missed last week's Fabulous Finds Friday (FFF), I'm really sorry. It's the end of the semester and so much has been going on it's hard for me to keep up with what I'm forgetting to do. On Friday I had a feeling that something was off and that I was forgetting to do something. It wasn't until Saturday that I realized what I had forgotten. Unfortunately, I also forgot this week's Wordless Wednesday because of a huge exam I was studying for.

Today's Fabulous Finds Friday is about the funniest, saddest, and scariest books people in LA that were randomly interviewed on the street have read. I really liked this video, being the obsessed reader that I am, because you can see how one book can have different effects on different people.

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• The funniest book I ever read would probably have to be Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy #1) by Jennifer Estep. Her sense of humor is so dry and quirky and her books always have me laughing out loud.
• The book that made me bawl my eyes out was A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks, that man knows how to tug at your heart strings.
• The scariest book I've ever read would probably have to be Uninvited by Amanda Marrone. It wasn't a really scary book, I just don't really read scary books. But the boyfriend in the book was a creep. It kind of reminded me of the movie Fear.

What is the funniest, saddest, or scariest book you've ever read? Leave a comment down below. If you want to watch more videos like this Barnes & Noble have a 'Why I read' series on their YouTube channel.
Check it out here!

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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I found this video and thought that I'd share it with you. If you read my blog chances are you read books too, and if you read and have kids chances are they read to or you read to them. Reading time with my mom before bed was my favorite time ever when I was little, it was what sparked a little flame within me that later on in life grew and engulfed me with a passion to read the written word.

Read to a kid today if you can, and for those who don't have any kinds there are always volunteer opportunities to read to kids at your local library.

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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Many people have yet to discover a well-kept secret of their local libraries. Over the years everything seems to have gone digital; music, movies, books, games, etc. a lot of people began to read ebooks. I've read only a couple of ebooks because I personally prefer real books. That's a topic for another day, and also seems to get people into an arguing frenzy over what makes a book a book.
However, ebooks do have their benefits. You can carry around twenty ebooks with you on a phone, ereader, laptop, ipod, or other technological device and it weighs hardly anything. Libraries have hopped on the bandwagon of ebook lending yet not very many people know about it.

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As a college student I love the library because I can read books I dearly want to read without having to blow all of my money away. So, this post is for those of you who like to read ebooks, are a poor college student, don't have time to visit the actual library, or are sick in bed at this very moment (much like I am today) and are browsing the Internet for something to do.
Upon searching the Internet for an international public library I stumbled upon Bookyards an online public library. Anyone can borrow books and read them online, which I think is a wonderful idea. The selection, however, isn't varied but if you're looking for a particular book check out your local library to see if they have ebooks for borrowing.

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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So if you're like me and lose things all the time, buying new bookmarks to replace lost ones would be out of the question because it would end up adding up to a fortune in the long run. Book stores tend to have the cutest bookmarks from characters of book to movie adaptations to little inspirational quotes. Over the years I have bought and been given bookmarks from friends and family only to sadly misplace them or accidentally leave them in a book I borrowed from the library. This week I actually opened up a book I got from the library and there was one of those cool moving bookmarks in there where the picture moves when you turn it. It just so happened to be of my favorite animal; an elephant rubbing its bum against a tree. I think I moved the bookmark for almost half an hour just laughing.

What is the point of this post? You're wondering. Well, I'm here to tell you all hope is not lost. For those of you who lose your bookmarks all the time or are just really into DIY projects I wanted to share with you some really cool make-it-yourself bookmark ideas that you could gather inspiration from to make some for yourself and friends.

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A really simple yet super cute bookmark idea would be to cut strips of card stock and stamp them with cute little designs. Then you can just punch a hole at the top if you'd like and string a ribbon through there.
 

 

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You could also print out pictures of book spines on card stock or a thick paper and then punch a hole at the top and string a ribbon or string through.

 

 

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I think these are just too cute I might just make one myself. Check out the tutorial for how to make these adorable bookmarks here.

 

 

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This DIY bookmark would be super easy and fun to make. Just stop by your local home improvement or paint store and get some paint color cards. If you'd like you can punch designs in it like the hearts above and punch a hole at the top and string ribbon through it.

 

 

I hope you guys were inspired by some of these ideas and will make really cool bookmarks of your own. I personally like to draw bookmarks on cut strips of card stock and then laminate them using just plain old packing tape to protect the ink from bleeding. Comment below and let me know what your favorite bookmark you've ever had was and if you too have a problem with losing them.

 

 

 

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabulous Finds Friday

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This is a Marauder ring, a reference from the Harry Potter series. I actually own one of these very rings but I lost it a few weeks ago and have yet to find it again :( which really upsets me because it was my favorite of all of the rings I own. My skin gets a really bad reaction to the metal Nickel and luckily this ring was made of a hypoallergenic Aluminum alloy metal so it doesn't but my skin at all. The Marauders in the Harry Potter series are some of my favorite characters, especially the ones in the 'New Generation of Marauders'; Fred and George who were my favorite characters in the entire series. If you're a Harry Potter fanatic like me and love hand stamped jewelry you'd love this girlie's shop. I am in no way affiliated with this shop nor am I advertising or being compensating for mentioning her shop in a blog post. I bought this ring from her a few months ago and we're not friends or acquaintances. But I thought any fellow Potterheads out there would appreciate the find. :)

Check out the shop; Chasing At Starlight

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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As I mentioned earlier on my last Wordless Wednesday post (link here) I'm going to be doing a different variety of posts on my blog to be more active. The other day I came up with a great idea to do a Fabulous Finds Friday every week. Fabulous Finds Friday (FFF for short in order to not so tedious and redundant) will be where I post a link, photo, quote, book, club, you name it, that's related to the written word that I found throughout the week that I want to share with you guys.

 

 

 

This is the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, Canada. Just one of the very impressive libraries listed on a blog post about the best libraries in the world. I could explore this library all day long, it reminds me of the architecture of the Library of Antiquities in the Mythos Academy book series.

Check out the rest of the article here. Prepare to have your mind blown.

 

 

 

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

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It's time for another Fabulous Finds Friday! This week has seemed to go by pretty slowly and felt so long, it's hard to believe it's finally Friday. For this week's FFF I found a really cool accessory. A while ago I saw a cool link on Pinterest about a book quote scarf where pages of book quotes are printed onto infinity scarves that look like cowls. They are just the neatest things, and they're sold at an online shop on Etsy. The link to the shop is below if you want to check it out. I don't have one, but I wouldn't mind wearing the Pride and Prejudice one.
The scarf in the picture below has quotes from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

 

Book Quote Scarf

 

 

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)

Fabulous Finds Friday

Hey everyone!


As I mentioned earlier on my last Wordless Wednesday post (link here) I'm going to be doing a different variety of posts on my blog to be more active. The other day I came up with a great  idea to do a Fabulous Finds Friday every week. Fabulous Finds Friday (FFF for short in order to not so tedious and redundant) will be where I post a link, photo, quote, book, club, you name it, that's related to the written word that I found throughout the week that I want to share with you guys.

 

Here's this week's Fabulous Finds Friday.

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"You have bewitched me, body and soul."~ Mr. Darcy

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

 

 

 

 

This is one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite novels of all time Pride and Prejudice. I'm also a bit addicted to tea and I just love tea mugs.

 

However you don't have to go out and buy special mugs like this. You're in for a surprise! While scrolling through the big web that is the Internet one day I discovered a really nifty DIY idea to decorate ceramic plates. All you need are Sharpies; ceramic plates, cups, or whatever you want to decorate; and an oven.

 

Click the link below to get in on the secret so you can make your own delicious book quote dishes.

 

Sharpie Ceramics

I hope you liked today's Fabulous Finds Friday

HAPPY READING EVERYONE! :)