Tome Raiders

We are a group of friends who love books.  We each like a variety and plan on using this blog to explore them all.  We'll post book related images, crafts and items, as well as reviews and books themselves. - Casey, Steph, Stina, and Stephanie

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By Stina- When I'm reading a book about magical creatures or the Fae, I find that the most beautiful and intricate stories are built on the frames of Folklore stories. This book is classic Irish tales. #fairyandfolktalesoftheirishpaesantry #fairytale #wbyeats #cuchulain #cuchulainofmuirthemne #ladygregory #happystpatricksday #tomeraiders #bookstagram #bookworm #book #loveofreading #lovereading #ilovebooks #instabook #bibliophile #reading #bookaccount #booklove #mustread #booksandtea

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I spent the weekend selling my stuff at a #darkartscraftfaire and my booth neighbor was @the.blackshelf !! They sell incredibly rare antique books. The kind of beautiful books that will crumble into dust if they aren't kept super protected. Listening to them talk about their love of books, and their vast knowledge about them... total #bookdreams. Plus look at these gorgeous photos (that I stole from them) 😍😍😍 go follow them right away. Unless you don't like books and beautiful photos. @the.blackshelf @the.blackshelf #bookworm #bookstgram #booknerd #tomeraiders #owlcrate #deadwicks #portsmouthnh

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"In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. The most important thing you should know about REAL WITCHES is this. Listen very carefully. Never forget what is coming next." For the end of #bannedbooksweek I decided to put on my @outofprint socks (even though I don't have any toes) take off my wig, and relax to #roalddahl 's book #thewitches don't worry though, I left my gloves on so that my cat nails wouldn't scratch it up.- by Stina #oop #oopbanned #tomeraiders #bookstagram #bookworm #booknerd

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So I have been pretty busy over at @laserbrainpatchco (one of my other accounts) working on a fun new project. I'm making a club for pins/patches. Each month will be a themed package with a custom designed pin, and a patch or two, a sticker or some 1" buttons. October's theme is the afterlife. If you want to sign up, use the code "AFTERLIFE" for 10% off #owlcrate #threedarkcrowns #kendareblake #patch #pin #enamelpin #enamelpins #pinstagram #patches #patchstagram #patchstyle #patchgamestrong #patchgame #patchthread #laserbrainpatchco #laserbrainpatch #embroideredpatch #irononpatch #pingame #pingamestrong #owlcratebox #owlcrateunboxing #laserbrainpatchco #tomeraiders

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By Stina- So this month's @owlcrate was interesting in that it had a little different feel to it. I was a little skeptical because they claimed it had a scented item and scents give me migraines. But I was pleasantly surprised. (I'll just give away the candle) The book is #threedarkcrowns by @kendareblake and it had a super cute little folded fortune game, a letter and a signed bookplate. Pouch from @outofprint It had a really fun bath bomb from @dabombfizzers. I really love this item, because it's pretty and it tells your fortune. How cute is that? Candle: @themeltinglibrary Bookmark: @eviebookish And the most interesting item is a serial book. #remade from @serialboxpub where they put out stories in weekly episodes. How fun is that?! #bookstagram #bookgram #booksofinstagram #subscriptionbox #book #fortune #fortuneteller #bath #relax #bathbomb #bathfizzer #dabomb #candle #map #pouch #bag #eviebookish #kendareblake #missperegrineshomeforpeculiarchildren #staypeculiar #owlcrate #owlcrateunboxing #dabombfizzers #serialboxpub

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By Stina- on of my favorite series is #abhorsen by #garthnix It's about a girl who's powers are helping the dead pass on, and protecting the living from the dead. It's essentially a super fantastical zombie series. The cover art of this series are also some of my absolute favorite covers. By Leo and Dianne Dillion. #leoandDiannedillion #acrossthewall #abhorsentrilogy #abhorsenart #abhorsenseries #bookstagram #tomeraiders #diannedillion #leodillion

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By Stina- so my 6 year old son insisted on picking this book up at the library. So far, it's been really enjoyable. About a robot who gets shipwrecked and sees everything for the first time. Beautiful and interesting descriptions, a lot of discussion of feelings. A book sure to help a child's empathy and understanding grow. Plus, the robot is a girl. Which I (and my son) is loving. When you teach your kids that females are cool, they don't care if they're reading about girls. #thewildrobot #peterbrown #ladyrobot #tomeraiders #bookstagram #bookworm #book #flowers #orange

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Guys, let's be honest. #socksunday doesn't work at the beach. 😎 #beautyofdarkness #bookworm #bookstagram (at Old Orchard Beach And Pier)

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By Stina- so it was my 9th wedding anniversary this week with @jmwulfe so I posted some lovely flowers and #mysticandrider a #twelvehouses novel by #sharonshinn because I love how she writes relationships. They are so multi layered, interesting and never perfect. I love that everyone has to constantly work on their relationships but at the end of the day, they're still a team. (Not to mention how great the rest of her stories are.)

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By Stina-So this is the book I got in @owlcrate this month. It's P.S. I like you by @kasiewest. (Also this dress if from @heruniverse) I had read a couple of hard books, watched Pete's dragon (sob fest), had a couple of long days at work, and was feeling sad. I really needed a light happy read. So I read it all up. It was really cute, a hair dramatic, and fun. It hit a little close to home for me, so it was part funny and part horrifying flashbacks of my own high school. I was the weird art kid who dressed dorky and went to lots of music shows to escape. My family was huge and I babysat a lot too. Luckily, I had Steph S (also on tomeraiders account) to be my bestie and tell me that my boyfriends were stupid. Haha anyway, worth a read. I decided to read her other books too, and read #thefillinboyfriend last night, which was pretty fun too. #owlcrate #psilikeyou #kasiewest #bookstagram #tomeraiders #heruniverse #cloudcity #booknerd #bookworm #book

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By Stina- got my #owlcrate @owlcrate just in time for #socksunday! This was a really fun box. It had the book #psilikeyou by #kasiewest, (which I thought was super sweet.) with a letter and a sticker bookplate 1. a cute little #michaelroger notebook for writing all your song lyrics. 2. Two buttons 3. An adult coloring book. 4. Tiny kasie west colored pencils 5. A print from @susanne_draws 6. An #elenorandpark necklace with a tiny brass mixed tape

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By Stina- so Steph S and I picked this as our latest summer buddy read. I finished this one first. I included vegan cookies in this picture because they speak a lot about some vegan food and cookies are mentioned as being dry and crappy. I want to go on record as saying that cookies are probably my favorite food. I take vegan cookie defamation as the highest form of insult. So I can only assume the author has eaten crappy vegan cookies from someone who's bad at cooking. Don't listen to her, vegan cookies are amazing. ANYWAY So I won't give you much of a review.. Except to say that it was a very hard book for me to read. It was thoughtful, interesting and well done. I hated it. Haha it's one of those books that can change your perception, it's certainly worth a read. #sarahdessen #dreamland #sarahdessenbooks #sarahdessendreamland #sarahdessensummer #bookstagram #booknerd #book

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By Stina- #socksunday also happens to be the #bostoncomiccon!! Anyone else going? Tons of great artists, guests and panels. Not to mention the cool crafts/stuff/art for sale, and the comics and BOOKS. If you haven't gone before, you should absolutely take the time to go. I mean... Comics are really just great books with beautiful art. ❤️ the cosplaying is fun too... But I never dress up. Mostly because I hate to half ass anything so it would have to be really epic... And I don't have that much time (unless I read less😑) Can I also mention these hilarious batman socks spelled "bataman" that my amazing friend @crimsonmane brought me from Korea? #bookstagram #tomeraiders #spectrum #scottcampbell

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By Stina. (My art page is @teawulfe) Working on a project with @matthewsylar Finished my half tonight, now to see what he comes up with. Also, for those of you who loved #buffythevampireslayer did you know that the story continues right where it left off? Wanna see what happens? Pick up the comics. They're awesome. Shown here is the #willow side story comics. #darkhorse #josswhedon #buffycomics #warrenmears #buffyseason8 #buffyseason9

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By Stina, This month's #owlcrate @owlcrate was good vs. evil. I was happy to get evil, because after reading #thesavagesong by @veschwab I had a photo idea. This really is a perfect book for this theme as it explores the basic idea of good vs evil and how individuals define it. This box also included a lovely letter from the author, a bookplate and a coloring book of YA covers. This creepy little dementor with a weird cat butt mouth is perfect to go with this book. Corsai! @originalfunko Death Star Necklace(y'all know Star Wars is my thing) : @VectorEngraving Queen Magnetic Bookmark: @JanesTinyThings sticker by @DropAndGiveMeNerdy #Dropandgivemenerdy #janestinythings #vectorengraving #Bookish #GoodvsEvil #Funko #funkopop #bookstagram #booknerd #veschwab #tomeraiders

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Book mail day! @jamesfahyauthor was one of the first people to like, comment and talk about books with us, I've had him on my #tbr for a while. He's nice, he likes beautiful architecture, and because of his ultra strong selfie game I've seen his tits more than my own in the past few months 😂 His book #hellsteeth has some really good reviews, so I'm looking forward to reading it. By Stina #tomeraiders #bookstagram #booknerd #bookworm #jamesfahy

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Another Sunday that feels a little too warm for #socksunday so instead I'll show off a pair of my favorite leggings ❤️ by Stina #bmstarwarsartoothreepiolegs #bookstagram #bookworm #starwars #artoo #c3po #r2d2