Review of Cashmere Writing Gloves--Check out Literary Book Gifts for all your Bookish Needs!

 

 

 

I’m so excited to share about this new bookish company I recently discovered!  They are called Literary Book Gifts (https://literarybookgifts.com/).  They reached out to me to do a review of their cashmere writing gloves and of course I said yes! 

The cashmere writing gloves are so nice and well made!  They are perfect for writers or bloggers because they are fingerless.  I love them because I blog and type a lot on my keyboard.  In the winter my hands get cold, so now I can still type and my hands can be super warm and comfortable.  I love that you can choose from a variety of colors (of course I chose pink!).  They are very soft.  You can also use them to stay warm or as an accessory and still use your phone or touch screen.  I love how cute, warm, soft and stylish they are!  I would definitely recommend them to any writer, blogger or fashionista!

Literary Book Gifts has a lot of fun bookish goodies to choose from.  I went ahead and bought myself the Woman’s Emily Dickinson shirt in purple and the Little Women tote in blush (the smallest size).  I love them!  They shipped quickly.  I love that my tote is the perfect size for books and can also be a purse.  It’s great for trips to the library.  The shirt is so cute with a sparrow and words from Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers.”  Be sure to check out their sizing chart before you order and read the details of the product.  My shirt runs small so I ordered a size up.  These products are super cute and bookish, but also very stylish at the same time.  On their website, you can choose from Men’s shirts, Women’s shirts, tote bags and writing gloves.  There are so many books you can choose from to feature on the shirts and totes with a lot of color choices as well!  I think you should definitely check out this wonderful company!  https://literarybookgifts.com/

I want to thank Literary Book Gifts for the complimentary pair of writing gloves for review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I express in this review are my own. #partner #sponsored


All photos are used with permission from Literary Book Gift's website

Review of Campaign Monitor-- A user-friendly email marketing platform provider!

 

I recently had the opportunity to test out an email marketing platform provider called Campaign Monitor.  I'm always trying to find better ways to promote my blog and Instagram, so I thought Campaign Monitor would be perfect for that.  Through Campaign Monitor’s web-based platform I’m able to send out a newsletter to promote both my blog and Instagram and update my followers on the different tours and giveaways happening on my blog and Instagram. 

With Campaign Monitor, I took advantage of the free trial, but did spend time also looking at what was included in their other packages.  Their Basic Package—$9 per month—includes email design tools, technical support, subscriber management and more, which I thought was a lot for the price!  You can see a list of the three plans and what they include here: 

 

https://www.campaignmnitor.com/pricing/

There is so much included in this platform, one could spend hours perfecting their campaigns and making them look professional.

I was able to create a test campaign from one of the many pre-made templates available on Campaign Monitor’s website (I chose a sample template that was promoting a deal on an organic juice because I’m all about organic and healthy foods!). I sent the campaign emails out to some of my family members.  The template was easy to use and I had several options for importing the list of email addresses or just entering them manually.  I thought a nice feature was that I could choose to send emails out to targeted audiences if I wanted.  You can also use apps connected to Campaign Monitor that help in this area.  I easily was able to name the campaign, use the provided ad and enter my recipients’ email addresses and the campaign was sent.  You can see a full list of Campaign Monitor’s features here:

https://www.campaignmonitor.com/features/
 

I was also impressed with the insights Campaign Monitor can give you once you’ve sent out your email campaign. These insights help you better your future campaigns.  I am hoping to spend more time on this site to use it as I mentioned above for my blog and Instagram.

I liked how much content this site has and how user-friendly it is!  I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has a business or website who wants to easily grow their product!

 

Disclosure:  This review has been provided at the request of Campaign Monitor and Anagram Interactive. I want to thank them both for their partnership and sponsorship.  A small amount was provided to me so that I could access all of the available features on their website. A positive review was in no way required as part of this partnership. The views expressed here are my own.  All pictures are from Campaign Monitor’s website and used with permission (except for the logo).
 

Link to the main site: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/b/

 

 

 

Christian Satire at its Best—"How to Be a Perfect Christian" by The Babylon Bee—Review

I've been following The Babylon Bee on Facebook for a couple of years and was interested in what their book would be like.  They are a group that puts out satirical articles poking fun at cultural Christianity.  For "How to Be a Perfect Christian: Your Comprehensive Guide to Flawless Spiritual Living," some authors got together, and now they have a whole book that does basically the same thing in a how-to type format.  The whole book is meant to be read as satire.  It pokes fun at all of the ways our culture has made Christianity into a hip, me-centered universe that does and says all the right things to fit in.  Heaven forbid we actually make it all about the Gospel and stop judging someone on what version of the Bible they read.  Which, in the end, is their whole point—that no one can be a perfect Christian and that's why we need Christ. 

This book was at times super relatable, so much so that it was scary.  I found myself laughing out loud, nodding my head because something was all too true, and cringing.  I think this book is geared towards my generation, as I appreciated the DC Talk, fish bumper sticker references.  I also related a lot because I went to a Bible college with a lot of rules.  Many of the rules we had to follow were in this book, down to what Bible we had to use.  I think those who do not enjoy satire or don't have this kind of sense of humor might get offended.  But it is clear that The Babylon Bee does it all in love and I found it to be a quick, fun read!

 Content: This is a clean read.

 Rating: I give this book 4 stars

 Genre: Christian Non-fiction

I want to thank WaterBrook and Multnomah Launch Team, Multnomah and The Babylon Bee for the complimentary copy of this book for review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I express in this review are my own. This is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s CFR 16, Part 255.

 

 

 

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