Book Box Club - July 2019
Theme: I Love UK YA
Items:
Review: - Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood
- Heartstream by Tom Pollock
- Clubhouse Invite
- I Love UK YA Notebook by Megan Tucker Illustration
- I Love Books Flag by Jay and Boos
- Apple Crumble Tea by The Tea Crew
- Book-Lover Necklace by Book Box Club
- Book Box Club's UK YA Summer Reading Digital Zine
- Bookmarks and Postcards

I’ve started to experiment with other book subscriptions boxes other than FairyLoot to get an idea of what else is out there, with the aim to eventually subscribe to a box. Therefore, this is my first time buying through Box Box Club. This box was roughly £28 and had free delivery, so it is a bit cheaper than FairyLoot, therefore I thought I’d give it a try.
The July theme was I Love UK YA. I have books from authors from all over the world but my favourites are mainly American authors, so the theme intrigued me to find more authors from my country. I also picked the box because I liked the sound of book 2, not so much book 1 at the time.
The books were at the bottom of the box and were neatly wrapped which was very pretty and something new to me. The first book was Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood, this book looked so pretty and I love the spine, it’s one of my favourites on the shelf. When I first read the description of the book through Book Box Club, I wasn’t too excited as it just sounded like a boring romance book. However, when it arrived I checked out the blurb and discovered it was set in the 1930’s, my favourite decade so that’s helped peak my interest as I do like historical fiction and don’t have enough of those books. The book also came with a bookmark and author bookplate, which I appreciated.


One of the items I liked was the notebook, this has come at the right time too as I’ve been needing one. The notebook is a pretty design of a bookcase and includes some titles from UK authors on the shelves. The thing I really like about it though is the fact is it lined rather than plain white pages. I prefer lines when writing things and shall be using the notebook for the blog ideas.



Another thing received wasn’t in the box but in my emails was the Summer Zine. This was basically a YA magazine, and featured interviews with authors and stuff about upcoming books and more. I did like it, but I think I would have preferred it to be in the box as a physical copy rather than digital.

In conclusion, I do think I would get this box again in the future but I don’t think I would subscribe as FairyLoot is still better for me. I like the exclusive covers and sprayed edges you get with FairyLoot and I feel like the books they get are more like the ones I would pick up shopping than the ones I got in Book Box Club. But if there is a theme that interests me and I don’t fancy FairyLoot’s then I may skip a month for Book Box Club.
Rating: 3.5 runes out of 5
Written by Lauren
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