So, technically it is Thursday, not Friday, but I can't stop thinking about writing this post so I might as well throw myself into it, and with the way everything at work has been these past few weeks there's the chance I'll walk through the door tomorrow and go straight to bed without posting haha. I love working for the NHS but oh man these are some tough times to do so. Anyway, on with the show! Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a lover of diverse fiction. The easiest way to get me interested in reading something, other than a pretty front cover and the word "dragons," is to tell me there's some LGBTQ+ rep going on within the pages. And, more recently, anyone who knows me well knows that I've become obsessed with book crates. And to my knowledge, no book crate exists that caters specifically to LGBTQ+ books.... until now! Rainbow Crate book box is a new book crate full of diversity! Its doors open to subscribers on April 1st 2020 and the first box launches in June! I love OwlCrate, I love Illumicrate, and I love FairyLoot. I especially love it when they feature LGBTQ+ books, but the idea of having a crate specifically designed to give us books and merch that focus on LGBTQ+ books and characters? It fills me with so much excitement I can't even put it into fully articulate it. Rainbow Crate is run by Danielle and Jamie, who you can get to know a little more by clicking on their names, and they've spent months learning how to run a book crate business. They will ship internationally, and they want to feature a bit of everything in their boxes. From Young Adult to New Adult to Adult with all kinds of genres mixed in, which I love. Variety is the spice of life, right? This box has the potential to be amazing. Look at how far these other book crates have come. Owlcrate recently celebrated it's 5th year anniversary box and they're doing fantastic. I want this book box to receive such a warm reception from new and old book crate subscribers alike. I want it to do so well that in 5 years time I look back on this post and grin, surrounded by my 60 Rainbow Crate boxes plus numerous special editions! I want to have enough boxes that I can make a mini house out of them, if I haven't saved enough money for a deposit on an actual brick house by then haha. But in order for that to happen, we need to support, encourage and, where we can, subscribe. I know not everyone will be able to do this as money can be an issue, especially at stressful times like this, but if you could share this crate with your friends who might be interested, or on social media, then it will snowball and snowball and the more followers they get the better, and the more chance we have of getting the opportunity to watch this blossom into something incredible. You can find links to their social media below, they're still in the process of getting things set up and I think the best place to keep caught up with them for now is Instagram or twitter. They're currently looking for reps (I... i'm not sure what the right term here is, but I auditioned? Applied?? Either way, wish me luck haha, in case you couldn't tell, I am INCREDIBLY invested in this whole thing) and for LGBTQ+ artists so check their Instagram out for more information about that. Thank you for reading, and thank you in advance if you're able to support this box. And especially thank you to the Rainbow Crate team. You're going to make a lot of people very happy, and I am definitely going to be one of them.
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March 2020 is my first Owlcrate month! The theme was Music of the Night and it was also their 5th year anniversary so it was an extra special box. I've always wanted to subscribe to Owlcrate but I live in England and the idea of the shipping charges plus the potential for import duty fees made me nervous. However, as an adult with a paying job now, I realised that I could make my own decisions on what to spend my money on, and so I decided to treat myself! Pei, from PeiReads, signed up too, which is what prompted me to think about it again. The crate arrived super quickly, and I was very surprised. I had been warned by the website that it could take two weeks or more to get to me, but from shipping it only took about a week or so. Within this months crate there was The Kingdom of Back, a signed special edition with sprayed edges and a letter from the author. Matching the theme, the book is about music, and specifically about Mozart's sister, who was also a child prodigy. I'm really looking forward to reading it! Along with the book we also have a lip scrub inspired by twilight, a Goblin candle that smells incredible, a Phantom of the Opera art print, a wooden quote plaque, some Harry Potter book plates, a beautiful book inspired pin, a cool little owl wireless speaker and owl socks. There was also a sneak peak for next months box, Full Moon Magic, which you can find more information out on their website. I'm so glad I signed up. There's something about knowing you're getting a crate of goodies, and I really liked not knowing for sure which book it was I would be getting. They give you hints just in case you already have the book or were going to buy it soon, but it's all a guessing game until it comes! If you fancy subscribing to Owlcrate you can use my link by clicking and then enter the code WELCOME10 at checkout for 10% off! This week Fangirl Friday is inspired by my most recent adventure into social media! I already had an instagram account but I didn't really use it for all that much other than pretty pictures of the sunset but now I am the proud owner of a bookstagram account. I was inspired to make one when my friend Pei, from PeiReads started her own (you should check it out, it's very aesthetically pleasing, it's under the same name as her blog). I'm currently off work because I had dental surgery yesterday and I'm in chill out mode. This involves feeling sorry for myself, feeling VERY hungry because my mouth hurts enough without trying to eat, watching a lot of netflix and spending too much money on books online. It also involves a lot of browsing social media. Instagram is home to some of the most amazing photos on the internet, and this is true for bookstagram also. Some people have been posting book photos for almost 10 years, from what I've seen. I can only hope that I grow to be as good at it as them! Some notable bookstagrams include: everyone I follow actually, they're all gems and you should go check them all out, but these are a just few of my favourites; worldchild, tata.lifepages, discoveredreads, literaryxqueen and yaallegiance. we are the daughters of the witches you burnt - something wicked this way comes |
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