Book Subscription Box - OwlCrate for August

As I've indicated in the past I've signed up for a few of the book subscription boxes.  Ok more like 4 :)

Today I'm sharing the August OwlCrate box.  

OwlCrate as gotten a lot of coverage and positive reviews, so I was super excited to get in on this one! And besides it has OWL in the title!!!

This month's theme was MYSTERY.

Here's what I found when I opened the box.

The book is: Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly

This was the first I saw of this book but I LOVE the sound of it!

Then to go with the theme there was:

 A cute Sherlock Holmes notebook that will go in my purse for quick notes

Adorable Holmes nail stickers

A picture quote from Harriet the Spy - this will go up in my office!

The best tho was a key chain with a quote from a Nancy Drew book.  I LOVE love LOVE it!!!!

Close - Ups

I loved getting this box.  It's just a nice little treat for myself!

For sure I'll continue to get OwlCrate!!!

Uppercase Book Subscription August Box

I've gotten caught up in the fun of subscription boxes and signed up for a few (ok 4).  

Doing I want to share what I got in my Uppercase box for the month of August!

Here's how it was packaged before opening it:

And all the goodies! 

I've seen the book Rebel Mechanics around, but hadn't bought it.  It's not my typical read - so I'm glad it was put into my hand because I might not have gotten it otherwise.  It looks fantastic!!

I also LOVED the bookmark because it matches the cover 100%.  How cute is that?!?!

And the necklace - it is the cutest thing! My daughter saw it and nabbed it right away.  I have a feeling I'll never see it again.

Here are some close-ups.  

It was a fun box to get!  I'll stay with Uppercase for awhile :)

Quarterly YA Book Box Unwrapping

Lately I've been seeing a lot of posts about subscription boxes.  Of course when I saw some that were book related my interest perked right up!

After looking at a few of them I decided to give Book Riots YA box by Quarterly a try.

If you don't know what a subscription box it - it's pretty neat.  Once a month/week/quarterly a box arrives at your home filled with fun theme related items (whatever the theme you signed up for is)

The one I signed up for is curated by Book Riot and it comes every quarter.  

Last week my first box arrived!

It was really heavy!

Upon opening it here's what I saw

What's really cool is that there is a packet that explains everything in the box PLUS it had an extra scene from one of the books!

The Books

I haven't read any of them, so that was exciting!

Chasing Shadows by Swati Avasthi

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
A Sense of the Infinite by Hilary T. Smith

And there was a signed bookplate included :)

The Extras

These reminded me of my wedding! We used library cards for information about hotels etc! I'm going to use these at work for notes and reminders :)

I could't believe there was a book light because I had just been looking at them wanting a little one to have around!

Some Swag

All of it laid out

Over all it was pretty fun to open.  I got some great new books.  I'm going to keep getting this one a few more times.

If you're interested I know of these book related subscription books as well:

OwlCrate (this one is super hard to get into!)

Uppercase (I signed up for this one too)

The Bookish Box - This one interests me because it's not a book you get each month it's a bookish t-shirt!! I just might sign up for this one.  

And if you want to see how crazy these subscription boxes have gotten check out this post about them on Buzzfeed.