Voltaire had good hair and also good advice.
“Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.” Let us read and dance because….
March 3rd is WORLD BOOK DAY! Glory.
My friend Elle and I want to celebrate it now and forever, from this day forward, ‘til death do us part by offering to you, our friends and fellow book readers, THE READER’S DIGESTION BOOK CLUB AND WEBSITE.
Yes, you read it right.
So dance away, because we also have a PLACE for all of our book things.
(Pssst, now is the time to join, because we’re going to give something on our list away this week!)
Come with us!
- Give the site a view and let us know what you think!
- Join The Reader’s Digestion Club (win something AWESOME)
- Buy Gifts For the bookish people in your life (World Book Day and St. Patrick’s Day are so close that when they collide they collide the result is an uber generous saint-like ability to gift book junk to each other. (I’ve even put together a little list of items you may want to buy to make it easy for you to give book love between now and St. Patty’s)
Enjoy the list and we hope to see you around!
10 BOOK GIFTS UNDER 30 BUCKS
- The 221B Baker Street Candle – inspired by Sherlock Holmes. A mixt of black tea and just a hint of the leather of old books. – $11
- Periodic Table of World Lit Poster – Do we need to explain? $25
- Pilot Spotliter 2 Colored- Double Sided Highlighter – $2
- Dinosaur Succulent / Reading Companion – $25 + A Trip to Florida
- Loaded Latte – $4-14 Depending on How They Take their Coffee
- Oxymoronic Sloth On A Bicycle T-Shirt – $24
- I Wish This Coffee Were Pizza Mug – $18
- Lit Cube – Surprise Box Filled With Awesome Book Geekery $30
- Library Card Socks– #SockSunday $10
- Save Bookmark – Requires a printer, but it’s FREE!
You will have to share how your reading adds to your Christian life or how it adds to your personal life and what you learn from it. Ever read a book more than once because it was so good?
I’d love to share how reading adds to my Christian life. Maybe that’ll be my next post! But to give you a little glimpse, reading helps me widen the window I have to see how God is shaping me, it shows me the “other” and strengthens empathy, it gives me a sense of humor and deeper courage to ask tough questions. I can look back and see how God uses the stories and voices of others to nudge me to action or to think about other perspectives. How about you? I’ve read two books every year since I graduated from college. Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster and Gift from The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I’ve also read and reread all of the Oliva children’s books, because I have children they give me an excuse to read them out loud every night. I love that pig.