I want to start by saying that this is NOT sponsored. These people have no clue who I am, lol. I just love this book club! It is admittedly a more expensive Book Club, BUT they really do a great job of giving your quality items. It's not cheap overpriced items shoved in a box. I've looked into other book clubs before and they've all fallen short of being worth the price. Now, I have talked about Once Upon A Book Club before and I'll include the link to that if you want to know more about them. once-upon-a-book-club.html But this particular box is different from their monthly subscription boxes. This is an advent box with twelve items to open starting on December 13 (or 12th if your family celebrates a day early, like mine). The other adorable part of this advent idea is that Logan LeDuc wrote mini stories to go with each gift. Sticking with what makes this book club so different- you open gifts AS you read through the story. It's a lot of fun and only adds to keeping you at the edge of your seat. (Could also make great motivation for slow readers.) Now, when I first got the email about this advent I was SHOCKED. They want HOW MUCH FOR THIS?! If you're internet savvy you've probably heard the terrible tales of people who spent $50 on an advent only for it to be stickers and items that could NEVER equal $50. Now, Once Upon A Book Club wanted $70! I debated the risk of such a purchase. From my monthly book crates I knew that they only packed quality items and had so far earned my trust. They said this crate would be worth over $100 in products. I figured I would take a risk, spoil myself for Christmas, and one way or the other it would be worth it to tell other book worms about this. SO? What did I think? Well here's a run down of the items I received, in photos of course. Plus I was able to find most items, or items SO similar, that I could indeed check prices out. Also they're in adorable wrapping and packaging, which admittedly made this even more magical. We've left the world of cheap cardboard and chocolate advents! Day One- A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams. This is a hardback and even has the sticker still on it. A $26 dollar book. This is also a good place to mention that if you are familiar with OUABC, they have YA and Adult boxes. I believe all the books in this advent were from the adult line. Something I'm hit and miss on, as I tend to prefer the YA stories but that's just a personal preference. Day Two- A Chain Cactus Bookmark. This is adorable and you can never get enough bookmarks. I worked at a store that would get these kind of Bookmarks in as a seasonal promotion. They tended to be priced at $3, but I've also found similar ones online for $1 plus shipping. Day 3- Kiss the Bookworm apron. This was a nice apron with an adjustable neck. Used it right away when making christmas cookies. Average price for an apron like this is $16. Day 4- A Metal Mug. Now, I found this EXACT mug just with a different saying on it. The price was $15. Day 5- Another book. A Boy Made of Blocks by Keith Stuart. Hardcover with the sticker as well. Another $26 dollar book. Day 6- An adorable Pin! I found this EXACT pin on Amazon for $9.99 Day 7- The only item I didn't care for, lol. But I hate socks. Thankfully my little sister was happy to take them, so they still have a nice home. I had a hard time narrowing down the price these socks would be. I found similar pairs ranging from $10-15 but they were a weird material so it's hard to say for certain. Day 8- A super cute pen with a book lover saying on it. As a writer and someone always busy taking notes- I LOVE this. I found pens like this for about $7. Day 9- One last book to really DRIVE home the book club aspect of this advent. This one priced at $18. Day 10- A cute book themed wallet. This was hard to put a price on. My gut wants to say 8 to 10 bucks. But when I looked the wallet up by the woman that designs it she has phone case wallets for $29 and no regular wallets listed. So only they can say for certain what it's worth. Day 11- This FANTASTIC tote bag. So pretty! Based off what I know of canvas tote bags you can get one like this for $11-22 Day 12- I think my favorite item and the perfect end to this Advent. A SOFT, comfy blanket with cute script writing across it. It came vacuum sealed and boy did it fluff up when I cut into the bag. You can see it laid out on the floor to get an idea of how big it is. And of course my sweet Finnigan just made himself comfortable on it right away. I'd price this item for at least $27 since I've looked for similar items before. If you take just the prices I listed off, even the lower end one's I'm not sure of, and add them up you're looking at $179 worth of product. And that doesn't included the packaging and the adorable little book to go with this advent. I'd say the items I received were definitely worth the $70 price. Once again they have proven to me that they care about the quality of product they are putting out to their members and I really appreciate this. Now, I know it's too late in the year to get your hands on one of those advents. But if you were on the fence or don't know if you can trust this company, I want you to know how much I adore them and love what I've received. If you're able to spoil yourself, or another book worm next year, I highly recommend looking out for their advent box. And if you just can't wait Head on over to Once Upon A Book Club and sign up for your own monthly crate. You can skip months on your subscription, and the items are always perfectly paired to the story you receive. https://www.onceuponabookclub.com/refer/Miran-FUXHWZMI
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