And I have to say, after spending an entire year reading only books from bookish subscription boxes, many of these bookish subscription box curators are doing a bang-up job of understanding what books I like to read. I found all sorts of interesting books I would likely never have looked twice at. Fun times #1! But that was years ago, and this year I’m trying to get through the books I already own. I am sure that I’m the only person in the history of the world to ever continue buying books well past the point of having overflowing shelves of to-be-read books. As I struggle to read all these already-owned books whose weight will surely soon begin to crack the foundation of my home, it doesn’t make sense to sign up for more bookish subscription boxes. Good news for me though — there are plenty of other subscription boxes out there! And in order to stay on brand, I don’t even have to choose options that are entirely void of books. Instead, I can check out some cool subscription boxes that are not specifically bookish but do indeed occasionally include books. And then when new books arrive I can tell my husband, “Whoops! Well how did a book get in there? This isn’t even a book subscription box! It’s not my fault!” Except not really because we are both grown adults and do not have to ask permission of one another to bring books into the house, how novel! So there you have it. Whether you’re a new parent, you love traveling, you’re into oracles, or you have one of several other hobbies, you’ve got a subscription box to love — and you’ll get a book or two every once in a while to boot.
