PageHabit is a monthly book and bookish item subscription. The subscription costs $29.99 per month, and you can choose from a variety of genres available like Mystery, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, and Young Adult Fiction. PageHabit also gives back to the community – each month, they partner with different organizations to make sure that children around the world have books to read.
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This month, children from Sierra Leone will benefit from PageHabit purchases! It also includes an infographic-style trivia about the country.
You can now add selections! They’re $18.98 each.
Everything in my December 2017 box!
I picked Historical Fiction this month. My box includes one (1) newly released book, plus several bookish goods.
FYI – the bookish goods are the same overall the subscriptions. Here are the books in the other subscriptions (all hardcover prices):
- Romance – Now That You Mention It By Kristan Higgins ($17.70)
- Mystery – Signal Loss By Grary Disher ($25.46)
- Young Adult Fiction – The Truth Beneath the Lies by Amanda Searcy ($12.32)
- Literary Fiction – Three Daughters Of Eve By Elif Shafak ($16.99)
- Fantasy – Glass Town By Steven Savile ($14.52)
- Horror – One Of Us Will Be Dead By Morning Moody David ($17.10)
- Historical Fiction – Enchantress Of Numbers A Novel Of Ada Lovelace ($16.72)
Keychain. This gold vintage-style keychain features 2 charms: a pen and a round charm with a quote from Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle.
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
PageHabit Bookmark. The front of the bookmark is a minimalist design with the logo of PageHabit on white background.
At the back of the bookmark is a friendly reminder from Dr. Seuss on a red background.
Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.
The bookmark is super sturdy and now one of our monthly fave bookmarks.
I squealed when I opened this month’s box!
This month’s featured author, Jennifer Chiaverni, added notes on some parts of the book to help readers understand her point of view and make the reading experience even better.
Enchantress Of Numbers A Novel Of Ada Lovelace ($16.72)
The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker illuminates the fascinating life of the world’s first computer programmer Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace—a woman whose exceptional contributions to science and technology have gone unsung for too long.
The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada’s father, who was infamously “mad, bad, and dangerous to know,” Ada’s mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada’s mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. Any troubling spark of imagination—or worse yet, passion or poetry—is promptly extinguished. Or so her mother believes.When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she at last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Little does she realize that her delightful new friendship with inventor Charles Babbage—brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly—will shape her destiny. Intrigued by the prototype of his first calculating machine, the Difference Engine, and enthralled by the plans for his even more advanced Analytical Engine, Ada resolves to help Babbage realize his extraordinary vision, unique in her understanding of how his invention could transform the world. All the while, she passionately studies mathematics—ignoring skeptics who consider it an unusual, even unhealthy pursuit for a woman—falls in love, discovers the shocking secrets behind her parents’ estrangement, and comes to terms with the unquenchable fire of her imagination.
In Enchantress of Numbers, New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini unveils the passions, dreams, and insatiable thirst for knowledge of a largely unheralded pioneer in computing—a young woman who stepped out of her father’s shadow to achieve her own laurels and champion the new technology that would shape the future.
There is a short synopsis of the novel on the inner flap of the book’s cover.
From this side of the book, you can see that the author has left quite a few notes for the readers.
Here is a sample note. They are handwritten on a sticky note with the page number so that in case it gets lost, you know exactly what page each note is for.
You can find interesting facts on the notes.
It even has an explanation of why the author chose the artwork on the cover of the book.
Each book from PageHabit also comes with a letter from the author. This one is quite long!
Next item is a short story commissioned in partnership with Great Jones Street.
A Whiter Shade Of Christmas By Taylor Grant ($0.99 Kindle Version)
Matt lies about his Christmas plans to his co-workers every year for the past five. He doesn’t want to admit to the truth, his loneliness, or the place he visits every Christmas Day. But a chance encounter with a homeless acquaintance might just save him this year.
About the Author
Taylor Grant is a two-time Bram Stoker Award® nominated author, professional screenwriter and award-winning filmmaker. His work has been seen on network television, the big screen, the stage, the Web, as well as in graphic novels, newspapers, national magazines, books, and heard on the radio. His Bestselling collection, The Dark at the End of the Tunnel, received a Bram Stoker Award nomination.
The text on this book is a little bigger than the usual, making it easier to read.
Kikkerland Copper String Lights ($8.17) Also included in this box are copper string lights. These can be used to decorate and light up your room or your reading corner.
It comes with a controller at one end, making it easier to switch the lights on and off.
These string lights measure 6 feet or 1.8 meters long with 20 LED lights.
This is what it looks like when it’s switched on.
The light from the LEDs have just the right brightness. It’s not too bright and not too dim, which is just right when you are cozying up with your favorite book.
I love everything PageHabit sent to me this month! The book and the short story are both interesting, while the additional bookish goods are really cute. No matter which genre you like, this is a great subscription because you can choose from the seven genres available and you can even purchase an add-on. There’s no such thing as too many books, right? Best of all, they give back to the community of young readers all over the world!
What genre is your favorite?
Comments
They mentioned The Countess of Lovelace in a show I was watching and I thought she sounded interesting. I had no idea they had a book about her! I’m going to look for this book.