Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Challenge: Gifts for Readers

For the last two years, I've been taking part in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge over at Long and Short Reviews. The first link will take you to the list of topics; the second one goes to the homepage, where you find a post with everyone's responses each week. Feel free to join in!

Today's prompt is "best non-book gifts for readers" which ought to be interesting. 

My list is, of course, perfectly reasonable: 

  1. Books. No, wait, can't use that one.
  2. Bookshelves. There are never enough of these.
  3. Bookends, preferably shaped like gargoyles. There are never enough of these, either. 
  4. Childcare/baby sitting. Gives the reader more time to read. Or write, for that matter.
  5. Possibly a maid or maidservice, to dust the bookshelves. Surprising how often this comes up, actually. 
  6. Some sort of time-travel device, so that when they finish a book at four in the morning they can still go back and get a decent night's sleep. Note to readers: just make sure not to pester yourself about how the book turns out while you're trying to sleep after you've finished it.
  7. Tea.
  8. A butler or someone similar, to make sure the reader remembers to eat. 

As you can see, there are plenty of viable non-book gifts that you can give to the reader in your life. Show your love by making it easier for them to read!

16 comments:

  1. Gargoyle bookends are a fantastic idea! Now I want a pair of them. :D

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    1. Beautiful Wife got me a pair years ago, and I still adore them.

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  2. If you find a place that sells time travel devices, please share ...

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  3. I could use a time travel device. Tea seems to be a favorite.

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  4. I also want the time travel device. Really would come in hand in so many ways. :)

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  5. Yes on the gargoyles. I love those bookends.

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    1. I always wanted to live on some sort of gothic castle or mansion with gargoyles and flying buttresses and secret passageways in the library. Gargoyle bookends are about as close as my very-suburban house can get!

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  6. I like these. Particularly the bookshelves. We have a lot and yet our spare bedroom still looks like a slush pile.

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    1. I seriously think I could live comfortably in a house that was mostly made of bookshelves.

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  7. OMG these are SUCH great ideas! I did not think about bookshelves... how did I not think of bookshelves *stares at piles of books on the floor*? And childcare! Cleaning! Someone to feed me! I think you should be Santa for bookish folk from now on, please.

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    1. Mostly I just want to keep everyone fed and give them tea.

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  8. Bookshelves are a fantastic idea!

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    1. There are really never enough of them around when you need them!

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