With all the buzz around the movie Book Club are you feeling inspired to up your reading game by joining a book club this summer? What if the Book Club came to you AND gave you little gifts as you read the book?!? Sound too good to be true? Enter Once Upon A Book Club. This hugely popular subscription box will have you waiting by the door every month to find out the book that was carefully chosen by a team of absolute bibliophiles!! This is just the tip of the surprise iceberg! Inside the gorgeous book shaped box are 3-5 wrapped gifts just waiting to be revealed throughout your reading journey. Once you are done with the book, the experience isn’t over. There are live discussions with the author and other book clubbers to keep the story going!
Bringing books to life each month, Once Upon A Book Club is a unique reading experience that adds a different element to turning the page. Each month, you’ll receive a book to read, a 5” x 7” quote print, along with 3-5 corresponding gifts to match a quote or item mentioned in the book! Each individually wrapped with a page number, readers open the gifts as they finish the corresponding page – the experience is unforgettable! Complete with discussion questions and special “Meet The Author” events over social media, this book club subscription is unlike any other!
Always an avid reader, owner and designer Michelle Wolett found herself constantly inspired by books. After reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Wolett found herself in a different world when reading the book and once it was over, she immediately became motivated. What if we could create something that makes you feel like you were physically a part of that world? You would become so engrossed by your book and then open a package to find an item that was just mentioned in it! It would feel like the reader is actually there. Brainstorming new ideas, Wolett came up with Once Upon A Book Club!
“Each box takes months of preparation. Every detail mentioned in the book is thought over to find the perfect spots to insert a gift”, Wolett describes. “Subscribers can expect gifts to be anything from the book. It can be a piece that relates to that particular era, a journal that the character is writing in, a vase that used to hide something. We search something significant to the story line, to really make the reader feel like they have been pulled in and help tell the story first hand.”
This popular book club has been featured on The Today Show, Red Tricycle, Bustle, Hello Subscription, BuzzFeed, Life & Style, InStyle and more.
According to an article in the NY Post, over 5 million Americans belong to book clubs. In recent years, book clubs have seemingly skyrocketed in popularity. Bustle talks about this growth by saying, “What was once associated with either grouchy academics or wine moms has now become an activity for all kinds of folks. There are cookbook book clubs, biography book clubs, digital book clubs, national book clubs — pick a theme and somewhere, someone is reading a book with that very specific demographic of people. And it’s totally understandable — there’s something deeply satisfying in sharing the same book, the same story, the same world, with a host of other people. Hearing their own impressions and experiences. Maybe even looking at a chapter, a character, even a single passage in a new light after your neighbor completely blows your mind with a new perspective.”
BuzzFeed featured OUABC and as a summer essential saying, “Commit to reading just one book a month this year and with a subscription from Once Upon A Book Club. Take some time away for yourself and enter the magical world of reading that Once Upon a Book Club has created.”
Wolett says that each month the team carefully selects specific items pulled from the book to enhance the reading experience. “We want the reader to feel as though they are experiencing the story first hand. Is a character in the book hiding a valuable necklace in an old tin can? It is important that readers do not open their gifts until they have reached the corresponding page. We want the reader to open that same tin can as is mentioned in the book and pull out the exact necklace that is described in the book. It’s the experience of bringing the book to reality.”
Hello Subscription’s review of Once Upon a Book Club gushes, “This is a great subscription to add a new book to your shelf every month, with the gifts that are not just attractive but useful at the same time! I think the concept of this subscription is exciting and fun – I loved the idea that I could only open the gifts after reading the corresponding page. Having goodies to open along with the text added an additional layer of suspense to the novel.”
The Adult box typically includes one, newly released (within the past 3 months, unless otherwise stated) books of the following genres:
- Women’s Fiction
- Contemporary Fiction
- Historical Fiction
They do occasionally branch out from these regular genres and choose a mystery or romance as well, but these stories all have powerful messages and all books are read carefully before being selected for our boxes.
The Young Adult boxes are typically appropriate for ages 14+. The chosen books never include excessive violence or erotic fiction, however many do contain young adult themes, including profanity, discussion of death, drugs, domestic issues, war, etc. They recommend any concerned parents to email info@onceuponabookclub.com to ensure that the selection is appropriate for your child.
Once Upon A Book Club is available in Adult and Young Adult with prices ranging from $34.99-$390.000. Plans range from One Month to Three Months, Six Months, and 12 Months with NO renewal!
