ReadDog Books is a personalized curated book subscription box where the book is chosen based on your preferences. When you subscribe, you fill out a quick little form where they ask you what kind of book you like, which one did you love, what’s your ideal reading experience, etc. This subscription is $31.99 with free US shipping ($8 to Canada and $15 international), with discounts for longer subscriptions.
There’s a note about the theme for the month, regardless of the personalised book chosen for each subscriber. For March, we are reminded of the Ides of March, and that we should acknowledge whether the stresses in our life are in our control or not. There’s also a mention of their Facebook group where we can share our impressions on the box.
We also get a cute little print “Beware the Ides of March”.
Every month, we get a little something to drink. This month’s tea is White Grape, a white tea from KuCha House of Tea. It came with tea bags.
As usual, we get a couple of little goodies related to the monthly theme. I’ve received two Miracle Fish Fortune Teller, couple of candies (grape flavoured), a golden feather bookmark, a 3.15 pins referencing Cesar assassination by Brutus, and a length of vines!
This month, I’ve received a Sci-Fi book, The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu. This is a perfect choice as it is a book frequently recommended to people who liked books by Alastair Reynolds, one of the author I mentioned in my survey as one of my favourite. Actually, this is a book on my TBR list so I guess it’s time for me to read it!
Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
That was an awesome book! Hard Sci-Fi with a lot of physics involved, not so nice aliens, not so nice people, I loved it! I already ordered the second book…
Thank you Read Dog Books for giving me the opportunity to read a book I’ve wanted to read for a long time, but never got to it! The curation of this box was on point, and the little items that came with it were a nice and fun touch to the experience!
Once you have received and enjoy your box, you can fill out a survey about your experience so they can send you an even better box next time! This is a great gift box for that reader in your life who seemed to have read everything!
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