Hey Guys, I've "Gone Reading"

I don't know if you've heard about this awesome site, but I just love it!  GoneReading is an amazing company that has great gifts for book lovers. They have bookends, t-shirts, journals, and everything in between.  There's great things for young book lovers as well!

If you buy their merchandise, not only do you get some great gifts from the site, but you're helping to make a difference in the world!  GoneReading donates 100% of their after-tax profits to provide new funding for libraries and reading-centered non-profits!  How amazing is that?

I've been browsing the site, and collected some of my favorite things!

• Peace, Love, Books Poster - I want this poster so very much!  I'll probably frame it, because it is so nice!  
• Eat. Sleep. Read. Bookmark - What book lover doesn't feel this way?
• My Wizard Can Beat Up Your Vampire Bookmark - Done and done, because what world would Edward Cullen beat Harry Potter?
• Owl Print Bookplate - This combines two of my favorite things: books and owls!
• Penguin T-Shirt - Another awesome item that combines two of my favorite things: books and penguins!
• "Books I've Read" Journal - Perfect for keeping track of my books that I can tote around with me

There's other awesome things on the site, and they keep adding items all the time!  And as a gift to my readers, GoneReading was kind enough to give my readers 25% off on their purchases!

Just enter the code ELISQUARED25 at check out and you'll get 25% off of everything except book ends!  The code is good until April 23!

I hope you all check out GoneReading and enjoy anything you buy!  Remember you're not only getting awesome bookish gifts for yourselves but you're helping to keep libraries and reading centers alive!

Tweet

It's the HAUL-iday Season

Hey guys! Chronicle Books is doing a really awesome thing for this holiday season.  Pretty much they are inviting bloggers to go on the Chronicle website and pick $500 worth of books that they'd love to have.  And not only does the blogger get all of the books if they win, a lucky commenter gets a set of the books as well.  PLUS, this year, in the face of the hard economical times, Chronicle is also donating $500 worth of books to the blogger's choice of charity.  Definitely a GREAT way to spread the holiday joy!

I've picked some awesome books, running the gamut of art books to humor books.  A little something that I think incorporates all my interests! You should all check out the list, leave a comment if you like the books, and enter to win!!!

The HAUL: $499

ART/PHOTOGRAPHY/CRAFTS
The Art of Pixar By Amid Amidi  $50.00 
Shakespeare’s Love Sonnets By Caitlin Keegan 18.95
Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide By Chris Keeney $16.95
Open Studios with Lotta Jansdotter: Twenty-Four Artists' Spaces By Lotta Jansdotter $24.95Roadstrips: A Graphic Journey Across America Edited by Pete Friedrich $22.95 
The Small Object Labels and Stickers By Sarah Neuburger $10.95
Labels & Stickers By Lotta Jansdotter $10.95

HUMOR
All My Friends are Dead By Avery Monsen & Jory John $9.95

F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers By Richard Benson $9.95

LIFE/STYLE

1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment By Barbara Kipfer $9.95
52 Things to Try Once in Your Life By Lynn Gordon  $6.95

52 Ways to Celebrate Life By Lynn Gordon $6.95

STATIONARY/BOOK STUFF/MISC.

Polaroid Notes: 20 Different Notecards and Envelopes $14.95
This Book Belongs To: 30 Pages of Bookplates and Stickers for the Book Lover $10.95

Pocket Plain Moleskine Cahier $8.95
See the World with Chronicle Books Tote Bag $2.99

FICTION/NON-FICTION/POETRY
Fanzines By Teal Triggs $40.00

A Simple Plan: Poems By Gary Soto $14.95

Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories Edited by Susie Bright $16.95 

Wanderlust By Troy M. Litten $14.95 

Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air By Gregory Dicum $14.95

A Year in Japan By Kate T. Williamson $19.95
Dante's Divine Comedy Boxed Set By Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders $100.00

The Doorbells of Florence: Fictional Stories and Photographs By Andrew Losowsky $18.95

Swimming With Strangers: Stories By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum $22.95
Everyday Matters: A New York Diary By Danny Gregory $14.95

The Little Book of Saints $19.95

You can check out the specifics of each book at the Chronicle Books website.

For my charity, I am picking The Book Bus, which is an organization based out of the UK that  provides a mobile library service for children from disadvantaged communities and families in Zambia, Malawi and Ecuador.  Not only does the organization maintain 3 book buses, they also work to replenish and refurbish local and school libraries.  I think this is a really great cause, and very appropriate charity since I love books and children!

And remember,

Tweet