You know when you receive a parcel that makes you squeal a bit? Yes, that happened to me last week. What was this mystery package? A review from Beautiful Book Company. Yes, books. Surprise picks, beautifully packaged, begging to be read.
The lovely Emily at The Beautiful Book Company sent me the package, and she absolutely made my day. The Beautiful Book Company offer a great range of book boxes, book subscriptions and they’ve just started to add stationery to their collection, too.
Now, as you know I run Bring Back Paper here, championing all things papery, from snail mail to stationery, but books will always remain my first love. And when I say books, I do mean actual books, not e-books, so when I spotted this on The Beautiful Book Company’s website, I knew we could be friends…. Whilst many people choose e-books these days, we’re sure you’ll agree that there is nothing better than the look, feel and smell of a physical book, whether you’re opening it for the first time, or pulling it off the bookshelf to devour for the twentieth time.
You can choose from The Classic Collection, The Contemporary Collection, The ‘New Mum’s Collection, The Traveller’s Collection, The Chef’s Collection, The Film Lover’s Collection, The Arts & Crafts Collection, The ‘Big Cheese’ Collection, The ‘Put Your Feet Up’ Collection, The Retirement Collection, The Couple’s Collection and The ‘Get Well Soon’ Collection, along with a couple of options for kids, The Children’s Classics Collection and The Baby & Toddler Collection. Phew, that’s a lot of choice, something for everyone?
I received the ‘Put Your Feet Up’ collection. It was beautifully put together, so I’ll share it as I opened it stage by stage for you…
There are these adorable notebooks…
Then onto my book box…
The unwrapping process was wonderful, to reveal…
As a gift for a book-lover like myself? A guaranteed hit. Especially when that book has been hand selected for you, beautifully packaged and delivered right to your front door. I can see this making a gorgeous present, or treat for yourself, whether it be a one-off or an ongoing subscription, I do like the flexibility that it offers. I’m always up for trying reads that I may not have picked for myself, a great way of discovering authors or genres that are new to me, so this ticks that box. The packaging itself, as you can see, is just perfect and really makes the delivery feel special.
The only problem that I have with this is choosing which book to read first!
The team at The Beautiful Book Company are now offering one of my readers the chance to win a book subscription for their little one. The winner will receive either the Baby & Toddler collection or the Children’s Classic Collection, as a 3 month subscription (winner’s choice). The competition is open to UK entrants only, and closes at 12am 14th October 2015. Good luck!
Which collection tempts you?
Disclosure: I received a book box for the purposes of this review, though all opinions and little squeals are my own
childrens classics
These sound fabulous! The Children’s Collection sounds perfect for me.
I would love the Childrens Collection – my children would be so excited to get this through the door 🙂
Adding this to my Christmas list and my sons. This makes me very excited and the packaging is gorgeous. Want want want! x
It is so, so, so gorgeous! x
I’m a big kid at heart so the children’s collection definitely!
Children’s Classic Collection
Definitely the children’s classic collection my daughter loves reading
The baby and toddler collection. My 14 month old loves books, he’d rather turn the pages of a book than play with his toys!
definitely has to be children’s classics
The baby and toddler set looks great!
The baby and toddler collection would be ideal
The childrens one!
What a lovely idea! The childrens classics collection sounds great. 🙂
the childrens collection thankyou
The children’s subscription 🙂
I would love the baby abd toddler collection for my grandson.
what a brilliant giveaway, lovely selection of books
Baby and Toddler 🙂
The childrens classics
The baby and toddler one for my niece and nephew
The Toddler Collection
I would love to win the children’s subscription x
Children’s collection 🙂
The children’s classic collection!
I’d love to receive the Childrens Classic Collection.
The Children’s Collection – for my niece
Personally, I’d love The Arts & Crafts Collection but the Children’s Classic Collection would be perfect.
The baby and toddler please-hopefully my baby will stop trying to eat the books soon!
I like the Baby and toddler one or children’s one for my older son. If I could choose for myself, I would love the “Put your feet up selection” that you got!
Baby & Toddler collection would be perfection as I have a toddler and am due a baby soon
The children’s collection looks great.
The Contemporary Collection sounds exactly up my street!
i like the Children’s Classic Collection
Oh my!! Just look at the wrapping!! I am so in love with this now!!! The baby & toddler collection would be perfect for us right now… but the children’s classic collection is fabulous too.
It would have to be the children’s classics! Books I loved as a little girl that I could share with my two little ones! Can’t beat a good book!!
i love the children’s classics
childrens collection
The Chef’s Collection
The baby and toddler collection for my little one.
The children’s collections I love
The kids 🙂
The baby and toddler collection looks good
Oh the Children Classics sound amazing! I’d love to read them to the boys 🙂
I so want this subscription, I’m sad that I can’t really afford it at the moment but shall definitely put it up on my Christmas wishlist!! X
The children’s collection
The baby and toddler set for sure 🙂
The Children’s Classics sound fab.
Hello from a new reader =)
I’m Ema & your blog & this post excites me so so much! I’m a big fan of what I like to call ‘proper books’ too. I just don’t ‘get’ the whole e-books thing! – I too LOVE the feel and smell of books. My Son is following in my footsteps & already has a huge collection at nearly 3 years old =)
I’ve been looking for book subscriptions for gifts recently so thank you for blogging & hosting as I wasn’t aware of this company.
The collection I’d love would be The Baby & Toddler Collection for my Son =)
Saved your blog to my reading list & look forward to following. X
Hello, lovely to ‘meet’ other paper book fans! Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoy future posts, too 🙂
The children’s collection xx
Hi Jocelyn, Oh the way the books are presented is a real treat in itself! I do love my Kindle, but I would love to receive a package of lovingly presented books like this. And I know my daughter would be in her element if she were to get a box of books like this. I usually by books from The Book People, but I am certainly going to be checking out The Beautiful Book People just to see what they have to offer.
I think I would choose the the Put Your Feet collection too.
xx
It was so lovely unboxing and unwrapping it, and now I have the pleasure of reading them all – perfect 🙂 x
Such a lovely idea, If I had to choose it would be between the Children’s Classic or the Contemporary Collection.
the put your feet up collection x
A present that lasts for life – not just for Christmas
this looks wonderful!! what a brilliant gift idea, and some fabulous books there.
I would choose the baby and toddler collection!
My boys would love the children’s classic collection!
it would have to be the children’s collection – I’m obsessed with children’s books x
These are amazing Jocelyn! What a lovely parcel to receive, I would be squealing with glee! If I was to choose I think I’d like Film Lovers collection! xx
Definitely the children’s collection – what a wonderful idea!
I think my kids would really enjoy the Children’s Classic Collection!
The Children’s Classics Collection sounds fab!
The Children’s Classics Collection looks fab. x
The Children’s Classic Collection sounds really lovely x
Ellie loves reading so definitely the classic! Thanks for hosting x
Children’s classics
The baby and toddler collection – though I love the idea of everything!
The Children Set looks awesome
The childrens classics appeals to me the most.
the childrens classic collection
The ‘Put Your Feet Up’ Collection,
The Childrens Collection would be brilliant for my little girls.
THE BABY AND TODDLER COLLECTION
The children’s classic collection
The Chef’s collection – they look like they have some lovely recipes!
I would love the baby & toddler collection
Put Your Feet Up collection
The Childrens Classics Collection
Children’s Classic Collection
The Traveller’s Collection
The Trraveller’s Collection
Baby & Toddler Book Subscription
The childrens collection, grandson loves a good book
Both as I have a range of kids ages, but probably the children’s classics 🙂
With four grandsons aged under two it will have to be the Baby & Toddler Collection
Children’s classics.
The baby and toddler one sounds perfect for us.
The Children’s Collection
The baby and toddler collection! 🙂
Children’s Classic Collection
The Arts & Crafts Collection
The Children’s classic collection
childrens please
The children’s collection looks great thank you !
Childrens Classic Collections
I’d enjoy the arts & crafts collection, but the children’s classics collection sounds wonderful to put away for when my daughter’s a bit older (and for me to read some books I might have missed growing up).
I have started reading a few classics so I would choose the Classic Collection for me.
The children’s collection
The Childrens Classic Collection
I would love to win Wind in the willows for my grandson it was a childhood favourite
The children’s collection looks great
definately the childrens classics!
The toddler collection for my twins
The baby & toddler collection
The baby and toddler collection
The baby and toddler ones 😀
the children’s collection please. love this idea
The Baby And Toddler collection
I’d choose the children’s classics. I think I’d end up reading them too.
The contemporary Collection
The Film Lover’s Collection sounds good
The Children’s Classic collection
The ‘Put Your Feet Up’ Collection pls
childrens classics
The Children’s Classics Collection
The baby and toddler collection. Start as we mean to go on!
The children’s classic collection
Has to be the children’s classics – your never too old to read them 🙂
Children’s Classic Collection 🙂
Arts and Crafts but they all sound like great collections!
Jenny x
would have to be The ‘New Mum’s Collection or baby and toddler
Children’s collection
The children’s classics collection would be great
The children’s collection
the childrens please
Would love to win the Children’s Classic Collection
The children’s subscription. My daughter is 4, so actually a little young for it but is just starting to enjoy having “chapter books” read to her and is falling in love with classics
Yes please
I’d love to Classic collection but I think I’d have to choose the Children’s Classic collection for my Daughter!
I’d love to Classic collection but I think I’d have to choose the Children’s Classic collection for my Daughter!
The Baby & Toddler collection
The Classic Collection
The baby and toddler collection, would be nice to start building a collection up as we are trying for a baby.
I like the sound of the childrens collection 🙂
Well the Put Your Feet Up ones look perfect for me! I think I would find it hard to choose, to be honest. I know my daughters would love getting a children’s version to unwrap!
Children’s collection
The baby and toddler collection
childrens
Children’s Classic Collection 🙂
The Chefs collection
Definitely the childrens classic collection
I love the Childrens Classic one, we read every night, and i know my kids would be soo happy
childrens classics please
The baby and toddler collection.
the baby & toddler collection would be perfect for my little granddaughter
It’s got to be the the baby and toddler collection, perfect for my son Noah 🙂
I would love to win the Baby & Toddler collection for my daughter.
the childrens classic collection
Baby and Toddler collection would be perfect for my little 4 month old 🙂 I have a bookcase for him but a small number of books so more would be lovely!
The Childrens Collection looks brilliant! Would love this for my son.
The children’s classic collection would be lovely
The Children’s Classic Collection sounds perfect for my daughter Amber.
The Children’s Classic Collection 🙂
The Children’s classics! I am hoping there may be a few of my favourites to read with my 6 year old x
The children’s classic collection 🙂