Gift Buying Guide for Book Lovers

Holiday Gift Guide

If you are reading this, you probably like to read. Odds are that you know others that love to read, many of them on your holiday shopping list. Here is your holiday guide to shopping for bookworms. Of course if you are the bookworm you may want to print and leave this article somewhere strategically placed so someone else can shop for you. 

People who love to read can be the easiest and the hardest to shop for at holiday time. The reason they are the easiest is, well, easy. They have a hobby that devotes entire stores to their chosen interest and with new books coming out every week as new budding authors emerge, the choices are endless. The problem is what exactly to get your book lover. What if they do not like a specific author, have read the book already, or the subject is no longer interesting to them? Here are a few tips to get you started on your holiday shopping. 


A Book Light
This may seem like an obvious gift, but there are so many to choose from and so many uses for them, that this will always be a welcomed gift. Check your local book retailer for different colors, sizes and even ones that bend. Some book lights come with page holders and magnifying glasses to reduce the strain of eyes in the dark. Read the packaging carefully to make sure you purchase the right light. Some are designed for mass market paperbacks while others are designed for hardcover books. Book lights are great in the car for passengers on late night trips and on airplanes. Some lights are smaller than others for travel, but make sure they give off enough light. Also, read the packaging to see which light uses easy to find replacement bulbs, how many hours they last, and what type of batteries power the unit.