So I subscribed to Book Riot's mailing on Quarterly.co (If you're not familiar with either, check out their sites. I'll still be here when you get back). The idea of handing over money for a box without knowing beforehand exactly what was in the box was both exciting and worrying. After a couple of months of indecision, my curiosity won, and I received my first box today. I am very glad I did it.
First, the box is indeed beautifully packaged. I opened it in the office of a graphic designer friend, and she admired and laughed as much as I did over the fun, quirky treasures inside.
First, the Banned Book mug:
I've read a surprising number of banned or once-banned books, I discovered. Also, if you aren't sure how to care for and use a mug, the makers of this mug have an informative video at http://www.philosophersguild.com/PAKE
There were a few other fun thing inside, shown here. In the "Read Harder" tin were excellent book darts for marking pages, a "guide" for faking like you've read the books of Karen Russell, Donna Tartt and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (the books I haven't read are going on my "To Read" list, I promise). The flash drive is from Jacob Tomsky of Short Story Thursdays emails. On it are videos of Tomsky reading a few stories (out loud, not just him reading, because that would be weird) and a couple of PDF documents of stories. I signed up for his emails, naturally. You can follow him on Twitter.
Finally, it couldn't be a mailing about books without a couple of books inside: Judging a Book by Its Lover by Lauren Leto (@LaurenLeto on the Twitters) and Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley. Books about books and reading—how meta!
I nearly forgot the "Yay! Books!" magnet, which sums up my feelings about this box.
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