Have I scoured etsy for christmas gifts for my nerdy friends? And other literature-related ones for me? Of course, so why not make a lists of them. I’ve gotten so many good-spirited, but ultimately useless book gifts over the years – reading lights are on top of that list as “seems practical, but so many bad designs”.
Pins & Jewellery
- Books are magic pin from fairycakes
- Mandrake pin from MuggleBornSisters
- Fueled by tea pin from thecleverclove
- Frog pin from annyamarttinen
- Frankenstein heart pin from LiteraryEmporium
- Queen Katharine “my drops of tears i’ll turn to sparks of fire” quote pin from Literary Emporium
- The subtle knife pin (his dark materials) from HannahHitchman
- Bookshop pin from StaceyMcEvoyCaunt
- Cosmic girl pin from LisaJunius
- Fueled by tea pin from thecleverclove
- Just one more stitch pin from thecleverclove
- Axotlotl A5 notebook from HannahHitchman
- Virginia Woolf “thinking is my fighting” from LiteraryEmporium
- Teacup charm necklace from LiteraryEmporium
- Silver dagger earrings from AshleaBechaz
- Sherlock Holmes key keychain from StaceyMcEvoyCaunt
- Teapot cookie cutter from imagineacookie
- Midnight dance washi tape from LisaJunius
- Alethiometer (his dark materials) tote bag from StaceyMcEvoyCaunt
- Shot glass “math puns are the first sine of madness” from RealPeopleGoods
- Various Harry Potter pins from JoyAddict
- Fighting invisible battles pin from fairycakes (also available as a charm) for the chronically ill or those otherwise fighting invisible battles. I want this so badly. There’s a similar one with the text “coping admirably” for a cute, heart-warming gift as well. They also have a very cute “feminist killjoy” heart-shaped charm and several trans rights and rainbow ones.
- This I just bought! It’s space rainbows from ProudScience, and they’re just as lovely as the photo. Great as a physics/stem student, but also if you simply are a space-loving queer person. They also have a very popular rainbow chemistry glass set.
College / university
And finally what’s on top of my wishlist of practical book gifts; a book support for heavy textbooks (and other books of course). Also honestly, if you’re looking for a gift for a college/uni student in particular, I would cry for a gift card for a medium-fancy grocery store at this point, we’re poor and think way to much on how to limit food budget.
Also a reusable flask or thermo cup is likely the most used school item of mine that sometimes need to be switched out. I didn’t think about how much I drank the free coffee at school either, before I had to buy coffee myself, and currently I’m at least thinking about buying a better coffee-setup than my one-cup aeropress (no matter how practical it is to bring with me places), so I think many coffee-lovers would be interested in some kind of gift card there as well; either for equipment for coffee or the actual coffee.
When I come to think of it, with home-office, I suspect many students have pretty shitty setups for working, so if a family member is currently sitting on a non-office chair, that’s the gift to begin with. Even if it’s used, it’s so worth getting an office chair if you spend any time working from home as a college student.
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