Bookish Shops I Love

~Wrapping Up 2015: Bookish Shops I Love~

I love bookish items, to the extreme. And while I don't necessarily have a lot of bookish items, these are shops that I've been stalking for a while now and am going to binge buy from very soon. They're so cute and have the best items!

*Disclaimer: None of these shops asked me to make this list or be put on it. This is just my honest-to-god fangirling over here*

MyBookmark on Etsy

This shop has the cutest bookmarks! I follow them on Instagram and it's hilarious and aweing how many bookmarks they have created. This is what they create, for so many different books and series:

Cool, right?

HappyHelloCo on Etsy

They have the cutest character bookmarks for everything from Throne of Glass to Harry Potter!

See?

Bookwormboutique on Society6

This shop sells ALL the bookish items I could ever want. I'm getting floor-to-ceiling bookshelves with a window seat and instead of boring throw pillows, all my pillows will be from this shop right here. They sell EVERYTHING from mugs to duvet covers! Seriously, just check them out and buy stuff.

Frostbeard Studio

This is all about the candles. Candles that smell like books, candles themed after books, it's great. Even though I don't burn candles in my room, I do have a wax melter and they have wax tarts. Hollah! I'm looking forward to getting one of these soon. I've been following them on Insta for months and am super excited to finally place an order soon!

Lastly, Redbubble

This one's for obvious reasons. I can't even put all the stuff they have but they have something for everyone. My most recent purchase was a laptop sleeve in this design:

It's gorgeous. They also have a beautiful Throne of Glass themed studio pouch I've got my eye on...hmm...

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Thanks for reading. I hope I inspired you and/or introduced you to new awesome bookish shops! 

xoxo

Lauren

Top 15 Books/Series of 2015

~Wrapping Up 2015: Top 15 Books/Series of 2015~

These are my top books and series I read in 2015

Enjoy

1. Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

2. Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

3. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

4. Academy: Ghost Bird series by C.L. Stone

5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Illustrated by J.K. Rowling & Jim Kay

6. The Dark Elements by Jennifer L. Armentrout

7. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

8. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

9. Halo trilogy by Alexandra Adornetto

10. Twilight: Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer

11. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

12. Defy & Ignite by Sara B. Larson

13. Doon by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon

14. Slayers by C.J. Hill

15. Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

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There you have it; my top 15 books/series of 2015. I did count series/trilogies as 1 entry or else the entire list would be Ghost Bird and Throne of Glass. I hope you enjoyed. What were your favorite books of 2015? 

xoxo 

Lauren

Series I Want to Start in 2016

~Wrapping Up 2015: Series I Want to Start in 2016~

It's no secret that I have not read all the books out there. In fact, I was missing from the entire book reading community for a year and a half because of Wattpad, which has left me racing to catch up to everyone. That being said, there are lots of series I want to start in 2016, as well as a lot I want to finish up, but that's a whole new conversation.

5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

I wasn't actually sure I was going to want to read this after watching the TV show, but it was at Barnes and Noble and I read a couple pages and decided I needed to have it. Much more details in books, aye?

4. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

This has been so hyped up, but when it first came out when I was in middle school, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. But then it blew up. I have high expectations for this book, but I've also told myself because I have such high expectations, I probably won't like it as much. With that whole thing, my expectations then tend to lower so I expect to not like it. So hopefully that balances itself out and I do enjoy this series.

3. Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead

Confession time, I actually have read and own the first two books. But I've forgotten all that has happened, and I want to continue on because I really wanted the third one but fell out of touch with it. So hopefully I can get all the books and marathon the series, because I like doing that.

2. The Selection trilogy by Kiera Cass

I've been wanting to read this trilogy and recently discovered 2 of my closest reading friends have read this trilogy and LOVE it. It has been raved about, and I want to get into it but I'm also nervous. I don't really know too much about it, but I know there's some sort of selection in it. Obviously.

1. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

I've been very interested in this series for a while now and I'm hoping to pick up the first book soon so I can jump right into it. Now that I have a job, I can buy books a lot more which means reading a lot more. Hollah! 

But I've heard a lot of good things about this and I just love me a female protagonist surrounded by guys (Ghost Bird, Scarab, Throne of Glass, etc, etc). 

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Thank you for reading. I hope you guys are enjoying your last few days of 2015. What are some series you want to start in 2016?

xoxo

Lauren