My Latest Obsession…

So today I wanted to do something a little different and share with you guys something I have been loving lately. It is book related so I figured it suited the blog and with so many people starting Uni and are back at school now I thought this might be helpful to some of you. So you may know that I am OBSESSED with bookmarks and actually collect them, and you may also know that I was quite ill recently. And so my lovely friend and fellow blogger Ellie at Musings of a Bookshop Girl actually introduced me to this obsession when she gifted me some mini magnetic travel bookmarks as a get well soon gift! I absolutely loved the idea of having instead of one big bookmark lots of little ones especially as being a book blogger I like to mark off several pages for quotes I want to use in reviews or references that kind of thing and because I found them so useful I went straight on to Amazon and bought some more.

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You can get cute different designs but what I found really useful were the emotion, punctuation and word mini i-clips. I’d never come across this kind of bookmark before and immediately thought how useful they would be. Marking off a sad face with something I didn’t like about the book, a question mark for a word I needed to look up, an @ sign for something I needed to look up about the book online, they are so, so, handy for marking a quick quote or word in a book, selecting why your marking it off instead of actually having to write a note to yourself explaining and ending up having lots of bits of paper that tend to fall out and bulk up the book. And best of all, on the back of each clip is an arrow so you can point exactly to the sentence you’re referring to instead of having to read the whole page again to find the quote you bookmarked.

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On top of being quick and easy to use the little magnets stay put and are nice and secure. They are so tiny that they look really discreet in your book and don’t make it too bulky. I like to store mine in the little plastic holders they come in using one for useful symbols and the other for the cute ones that are just for fun. I usually keep them on my desk so I can quickly grab one when I need it but they’re small enough to carry on the go as well. The i-clip bookmarks featured in this post are by Peter Pauper Press and can be found on Amazon for a mere £2.99 for eight. These little bookmarks really are a book bloggers best friend and have already been so useful to me so I really wanted to share a little post about them with you guys in case you’re a fellow book blogger, if you’re at school or uni and could use them for text books or required reading, or if you simply just love the idea and find them super cute and dinky! I have fallen in love with these little babies and have found them super useful when writing my book reviews, hopefully after reading this post some of you will try them out and fall in love with them too!

Christmas Questionnaire!

Hey guys, I found this holiday tag on youtube and was feeling in a really Christmassy mood so decided to do it and share it with you all. I’ve added a few of my own questions in to give it my own style. If any of you want to do this then feel free as long as you link back to me. If you decide to do it leave me a link in the comments so I can check out your response or if you just generally want to comment that’s fine too :-) 1.) Favourite holiday destination? Home I really do think there’s no place like home during Christmas. Although if I had to choose somewhere other than home I’d pick New York there’s just something about New York at Christmas. 2.) Favourite ornament or decoration? I have two there’s this bauble with a mouse and a snowball that has my name on it that I’ve had since I was a baby and more recently a me to you bear bauble that I bought last Christmas. I LOVE me to you bears. 3.) What are you doing for the holidays? On Christmas eve I think me and my family are just having a really relaxed day in our PJ’s watching films, wrapping presents and for me reading! Then on Christmas day I’m going to be opening presents, visiting my cousin because it’s her first Christmas with us, eating and probably doing more reading and film watching! And then on boxing day my whole family’s going to get together for a buffet and celebration. 4.) Are you a late or early christmas shopper? I’m kind of in the middle. I started early this year with having my cousin to shop for but now it’s getting mid-way into December and I haven’t got everything yet so I guess I’m kind of scattered. 5.) Who usually cooks holiday dinners? It’s actually usually my dad if it’s just my family because my mum will sometimes have to work on Christmas or if it’s a big family meal then my nan cooks the main meal and my parents and aunties will each bring a desert or drinks. 6.) Do you live where it snows? Yes I live in England so we get quite a good winter here! 7.) One thing that makes you happiest at christmas? It sounds corny but I love shopping for other people’s presents. I always put a lot of time and thought into it and I love knowing that the person I’m buying for is going to love their present on Christmas morning. I actually love giving presents more than receiving them. 8.) What do you want most for christmas? Books? Duh? And for my family and friends to have a lovely relaxing fun Christmas. 9.)What's your favourite holiday drink? Hot chocolate and wine…not together mind! 10.) Favourite Christmas song? Santa baby! Love that song! 11.) Favourite Christmas film? I have so many The Holiday, Love Actually, Bridget Jones’ diary, Elf, The Muppets Christmas Carol to name a few. 12.) Favourite Christmas book? I really like The Gift by Cecilia Ahern it has a really lovely Christmas moral. 13.) What is at the top of your list this Christmas? A lot of books! Fixing Delilah, Anna and the French Kiss, Pegasus and The Lying Game and some nice cosy PJ’s and slippers to snuggle down in to read my books! 14.) What is most important to you about the holidays? Having a time of year to relax and spend with my family, seeing them happy and having fun together. That’s what Christmas is all about after all! So there you have it, I love these questions and hope some of you decide to do them too so I can find out if you guys have any Christmas traditions! Hope you’ve had as much fun reading this as I have doing it!