📚 announcing: the closely reading shop 📚

come check it out + get your discount code!

Hello, my friend.

I’ve always been a “hold it in my hands” person.

It’s why I love to buy my books and write in them.

Why I held onto a giant box full of DVDs, even though you can stream it all.

Why I like to journal on paper with stickers and washi tape and pens and highlighters. Hold hands. Write birthday cards with extra-long greetings. Send postcards in the mail. Make things out of clay.

And it’s why I especially love expressing myself with everyday items, like hats and mugs and buttons.

The Closely Reading shop is now open!

This small, curated collection of bookish goods is designed to make reading feel more tactile, warm, and intentional. And I wanted objects that help us take our closely reading time seriously: a mug that insists on a slower sip, buttons that celebrate our favorite characters and reads, a hat that makes your next library run feel like a ritual.

Sharing the same name as my Substack, the Closely Reading shop is filled with literary-inspired hats (I wear a hat almost every day, so it had to happen!), as well as some big-logo mugs and bookish buttons inspired by our read-a-longs.

Launch week thank-you (for everyone)

To celebrate opening week, enjoy 10% off your order:

Code: CLOSELY10
Where: Apply at Etsy checkout
Valid: Launch week (through Sunday, August 24, 2025)

💌 Shop here >

Ways to support (free & fast!)

1. Click through and favorite my shop on Etsy.

2. Share this post with your book club buddies.

3. Comment which fall item you’d love next: totes, bookmarks, reading journal? (Matchbooks?! Posters?! Magnets?!)

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Mini FAQ

Shipping
US now; international on some items—comment your country to vote it up so I know what I need to work on.

Damaged in transit?
Message me on Etsy—I’ll make it right.

Custom ideas
Tell me! I’m testing small runs for a fall drop in early October. (Think: Halloween reads. Holiday reads. Winter vibes.)

For paid subscribers ☕️ (extra perks!)