2022 Holiday Gift Guide!

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Hi Smooches! We’re doing our part for capitalism by giving you the best bookish, romance-inspired and Smooch-tailored gift guide we could come up with for the holidays. There are romance novels. There’s a cookbook. There’s tech. There’s tarot. There are craft projects. There is money flying out of your wallet and buying the love and devotion of the people around you! Let’s get into it! (For some of the book recs, we’ve included the title and author but not a link. Anchor gets mad when we post too many links) Meg’s recs Korean American cookbook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/korean-american-eric-kim/1140163742 Smut Peddlers Presents https://www.therippedbodicela.com/book/9781638991137 Lore Olympus The Prince and the Dressmaker https://www.therippedbodicela.com/book/9781626723634 Book nooks https://bookriot.com/build-or-buy-these-book-nooks/ and https://www.etsy.com/jp/shop/MiniaturePopUpBook?page=1#items Painted edge books https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShellBeeBooks?ref=shop_sugg Mocktail recipe: 1 part Tazo skinny chai concentrate. 1 part cranberry sparkling water. Cranberry syrup to taste. For aesthetic book friends Book by Commodity perfume (Liz has the Expressive version) https://www.sephora.com/product/book-expressive-P395008?skuId=2616217 Embosser www.etsy.com/listing/1181475489 Blood splatter bookmark www.etsy.com/listing/912365678 www.etsy.com/listing/1180888534 For your writer friend Scrivener www.literatureandlatte.com Steel Series Apex 3 gaming keyboard or other cool keyboard https://www.target.com/p/steelseries-apex-3-tkl-wired-gaming-keyboard-for-pc/-/A-86543010 (Note that mine looks like the second photo, not the first, and doesn’t have a wrist rest) Scribbles That Matter dot grid notebook https://scribblesthatmatter.com/ Beats Studio3 headphones https://store.apple.com/xc/product/MX422LL/A Passion Planner https://passionplanner.com/collections/2023-weekly-planners Giant water bottle with time stamps https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JDWFXF2/ref=twister_B09NMMCJHG?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 Books for your friend interested in historicals Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera Bombshell by Sarah Maclean The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins For your political friend (or a Stucky shipper) Sierra Simone’s New Camelot trilogy starting by American Queen For your friend who has a soft spot for Twilight King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair For your cynical friend The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren For your teenage niece Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper @professor_crunk on Instagram When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri Misc. The Wakanda Files Golden Thread tarot from Labyrinthos Weiser Tarot Magickal Tarot deck by Robyn Valentine Tarot No Questions Asked by Theresa Reed Dopamine jar https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQtsMHY/ Sexy advent calendar Cult of the Lamb Dagne Dover neoprene bag https://www.dagnedover.com/collections/neoprene