Unplugged Book Box is a subscription box focusing on self care with a bookish twist. They have both Adult and Young Adult monthly book boxes and specialty boxes. I have been wanting to try out Unplugged for a while now and when I heard about them doing a horror box that would arrive before Halloween I had to try it. The box I bought was the XL Horror Fandoms box which had a few more items than the Large Horror Fandoms box. This box is just a goodies box so no book was included.
The bookish items included were:
- An Edgar Allen Poe Blanket
- An Edgar Allen Poe Book Sleeve
- A Ninth House Headband
- The Exorcist pillow case
- A Pan’s Labyrinth mug
- It perfume
- HP Lovecraft Bookends
- Midsommar Tea with a skull spoon
- A plague doctor enamel pin
- The Shining soap
- Trick R Treat Bath bomb
- Friday the 13th lotion
- A Bates Motel candle
- The Blob candle
I generally don’t love just goodies boxes as I worry that I won’t love the items and won’t use them. However, this box is amazing. It combines practical long use items such as blankets and mugs with items that can be used up like candles and soaps. I would recommend Unplugged Book Box and their fandoms boxes for anyone looking to a unique box and experience.
For July I decided to try out a book box that I had hear about but had never received before. Fairyloot is a Young Adult book subscription box focusing on fantasy based out of the UK. Each month you receive a new Young Adult hardback book and 5-6 bookish goodies. Like most book boxes the hardback are special editions and the items are a combination of both practical things and more decorative items. July’s theme is Resilient Royals.
Fangs by Sarah Anderson is a short graphic novel/comic book that follows the story of a vampire and a werewolf falling in love. I received an ARC of the book through Netgalley. This is a very short story that is just events in this couples life but its very cute. Good for fans of vampires and werewolfs and a way to introduce others to the graphic novel format.
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert is a YA fantasy novel. The story follows Alice and her mother who often have to runaway from bad luck. After the death of Alice’s grandmother, who is famous for writing fairy tales, their luck seems to be getting better. However, one day Alice come home to find her mother missing taken by those from the Hazel Wood which means that the fairy tales might actually be real. I love the twist later on in the story and the focus on how one an change fate.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey is a morbid and funny take on a children’s alphabet book. Though this is not for children but those who have a more sick sense of humor. Not much else to say about this book.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition vol. 2 by Hiromu Arakawa is the second volume in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series. This is one of my favorite manga series and I’m rereading each volume as I collect these editions. Whats great about rereading this series is that I’m pick up hints about where the overarching story will go in the later volumes that I never caught before.
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor is a historical fiction novel about the sinking of the Titanic. The story follows Irish immigrant and third class passenger Maggie Murphy as she sails on the Titanic and survives the sinking. Maggie’s story is also connected to that of her family and Granddaughter in more modern times. Good for those who like reading both historical and historical fiction about the Titanic. This story is loosely based on the true story of the Addergoole 14.
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