Making a bookmark

A while back, I participated in a mini swap via lovely iggles on twitter, or twiggles. We exchanged bookmarks. I made them, and started taking pictures while I did them... but I got distracted and forgot to keep taking pictures. Whoops.

Then that love story book exchange happened, and I realized that my swap partner was actually my original iggle secret santa from December! So I decided I wanted to make her a bookmark too, as a small thank you.

And I remembered to take pictures the whole way through this time. lol.

Here's almost all of what I used. Not pictured is a small penguin bead, a couple of markers, a homemade stamp and a heart shaped paper puncher.

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Note: This was my intended love story book for the iggle swap, but then I heard back from my partner, and found that this book didn't fit! Serves me right for jumping the gun and ordering early! LOL. Oh well, I'll keep the book as a backup to giveaway in the future. lol. 


So one of February's IGGPPC Swaps was a love story book swap. I decided to sign up for all of the swaps in February, so I sat there for a good long while, just thinking about what kind of book I would want to send to an iggle.

I'm actually a lover of sappy romance novels. I love how, no matter what, there's always a "and they all lived happily ever after" ending. That being said, I don't read them too often. They're great, but not priority books. Although sometimes I find myself needing to read a sappy romance, because soooo many books I read have sad endings or have characters I just can't get behind. And I need some cheering up. So enter sappy romance. I've only ever found a small handful of romance novels I didn't like. Therefore odds are I'll be grinning like an idiot with tears of joy by the end of a romance novel.

ANYHOO... I know I love romance novels, but I also know not everyone does. In fact, I feel like it's one of the most hated upon genres. So what do I send as a love story book? I thought of Nicholas Sparks, but then... I'm not that big a fan of him. I loved the first of his books I read - A Walk to Remember. But then, after reading a few more of his books, it started to feel... the same. Someone dies in almost all of his books. Sometimes it's a secondary character, sometimes it's a main character. And it gets tiring.

So I didn't want to send a book I probably wouldn't like! And now what???

The idea came to me as I was reading a chapter of As You Wish.

Why not The Princess Bride?

A quick search online showed some fairly reasonable prices, although with shipping it wasn't so great. As I searched though, I found an ache forming in my stomach.

I do not own a copy of The Princess Bride.

And I was afraid I might not want to part with the copy I end up buying...


So, I decided to halve my budget, and try and get two copies of The Princess Bride. One for me, and one for my swap partner.

And then I found thriftbooks.com.

This website has millions of used books with free shipping to the US!

And they had The Princess Bride!  Hoorah!!

5 Fandom Friday - Things I've Bought But Haven't Read Yet

Today's 5 Fandom Friday had additional options - "watched" or "played" vs. "read".  But it's safe for me to say I have plenty of books I own but haven't read yet.



1: The Name of the Star - Maureen Johnson

 I purchased it when it first came out, and then went to a book signing for it. So it's signed my Maureen... I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet...





2: Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

I bought this book to get it signed as well. Her second book had already come out by then, but I hadn't read this one yet, and still haven't.




3: Every You, Every Me - David Levithan

 The last book on this list that was purchased to get it signed. I don't think I've even opened this book yet.



4: Beauty Queens - Libba Bray

During one of the... I dunno - four? times I met David Levithan at book signings, he started talking about this book and how fun it was. I was interested. I bought this book at Borders when they were going out of business. That tells you how long I've had this book. Still not read it.





5: Target Haul... 

The Secret Garden, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Little Princess... last summer, these books for $1 each in Target's bargain bins, and I grabbed each one because I hadn't read any of these stories. I still haven't read any of these stories. Heh.




So there ya go. And I have a few more that were given to me and I haven't read yet. That's a goal for this year!






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