Day 5: Books

Most of the time I'm not really a fan of romance novels, particularly teenage ones but at this time of year my frozen heart starts to melt a little and I love a good, cheesy, cliched christmassy romance. My pick for this time of year is Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. I read it in November and it got me feeling all Christmassy even though I was super early. It's really interesting because there are three separate stories that are all set in the same town and that intertwine with each other, all three are really good so I'm not sure if I could pick a favourite.

I'm looking for Christmassy book recommendation if you have any?

Books. Books. Books

During the lead up to my exams I did absolutely no reading and kept putting off all the books I wanted to read till the summer, whilst this was a good choice for my exams it means that my 'To Read' list got rather long. To be honest I'm not really making the best progress but I know that I'll never finish all of them, though I'll try.
So far I have read-

• Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
• The Subtle Knife By Phillip Pullman
• More than this by Patrick Ness
• Paper Towns by John Green
• Mortal Instruments:City Of Glass By Cassandra Clare

Books I still want to read

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
• Mortal instruments 4, 5 and 6 by Cassandra Clare
• The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
• Heroes of Olympus 3, 4 and 5 by Rick Riordan
• The Killables Trilogy by Gemma Malley
• The Noughts and Crosses series (4 books) by Malorie Blackman

I don't know how I'n going to get through all of them, what am I letting myself in for?

Not that I need to add to the 'To Read' list but if you have any book recommendations for me leave them in the comments below...

DIY Ereader Cover Tutorial

This was one of my bigger projects over the summer and also probably the most useful thing I have ever made. The inspiration behind this was a book cover really as I wanted a case which I could still use whilst reading from my nook. As you can see I used Marvel Comic book print material which I adore! I bought it from Ebay for about £4.00 including delivery I think. The Cardboard I used came from the back of a pad of paper and the rest of the materials from my local craft store.

The measurements I used are below but these were for a nook so they will have to be changed for a kindle or other ereader. I also tended to do it more by eye then measuring which usually does lead to problems but I like to be difficult ;)

Material-37 x 22.5cm

Wadding-18.5x 32.1cm 

Foam sheet-A4 sized

'Spine' size-2.5 cm

Cardboard (2 lots of)- 12.7x16.5cm

You'll need-

Wadding

Thick cardboard

Material

Hot glue

Craft knife

Thin Foam sheet

Elastic

Method-

Cut the cardboard to size

Draw onto the wadding how big you want it, the 'spine' and where you want the cardboard positioned (which will act as the front and back cover).

Glue the cardboard to the wadding, leaving a margin between the cardboard.

There it is with the two pieces glued down.

Then cut out the wadding and material to size.

Fold and glue down the excess material.

Then cut a piece of foam to fit the middle and wrap material round it. Glue this to the centre.

Next you need to repeat this step but with 2 bigger pieces of foam to cover the inside cover or the ereader cover. But don't stick the right one down yet! First you need to add the elastic.

Use hot glue to stick one end down then the other, making sure they are tight enough to hold the ereader in place. Repeat this with four pieces of elastic at the top, bottom left and right. Also add one to keep the 'book' closed, So on on right of the cover so it is able to hook over the other side of the cover when it is closed.

The next stop is quite difficult. Add glue to the cardboard then carefully slip the foam into the elastic and glue down into place. You may have to add some extra glue around the corners.

And that's it!

The finished product-

If you have any questions feel free to comment below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.