*I was supplied with a free Quarterly YA subscription box to review here. All opinions are my own.
In recent times, I have shared on my monthly book review posts that I enjoying YA novels more and more lately.
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Therefore, it makes sense that Facebook kept showing me an ad for Quarterly. See my Goodreads is linked with Facebook. So, Facebook can see my reading preferences.
What is Quarterly subscription?
It is a subscription service that delivered directly to your doorstep quarterly.
But what makes Quarterly special?
For starters, the name “Quarterly” means it comes to you quarterly or every three months not monthly. I know many subscription services you need to keep up monthly. But in Quarterly, you receive three books not one.
One of those books happens to be a brand new release annotated by the author with hand-written notes. Seriously, the notes are custom post-it notes that tell you all sort of tidbits from the author. So, it is like getting a backstage glimpse and peak into the author’s thoughts throughout the novel.
The box also contains two more curated YA novel titles. These titles compliment the brand new author’s release with the author explaining nicely in a letter to you why they chose these books to accompany theirs.
Plus, the box is rounded out with some delightful bookish goods, such as bookmarks, candles and/or even fake tattoos.
What was included in my 1st Quarterly subscription box?
♥ Newly released YA Novel – The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles
Goodreads synopsis: For the perfect love, what would you be willing to lose? It’s been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who’s still reeling from her father’s shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors’ mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods—only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X. X is no ordinary bounty hunter. He is from a hell called the Lowlands, sent to claim the soul of Zoe’s evil attacker and others like him. X is forbidden from revealing himself to anyone other than his prey, but he casts aside the Lowlands’ rules for Zoe. As they learn more about their colliding worlds, they begin to question the past, their fate, and their future.
♥ This Side of Home by Renee Watson
Goodreads synopsis: Identical twins Nikki and Maya have been on the same page for everything—friends, school, boys and starting off their adult lives at a historically African-American college. But as their neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, suddenly filled with pretty coffee shops and boutiques, Nikki is thrilled while Maya feels like their home is slipping away. Suddenly, the sisters who had always shared everything must confront their dissenting feelings on the importance of their ethnic and cultural identities and, in the process, learn to separate themselves from the long shadow of their identity as twins.
♥ Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
Goodreads synopsis: Will Scarlet is good at two things: stealing from the rich and keeping secrets – skills that are in high demand in Robin Hood’s band of thieves, who protect the people of Nottingham from the evil sheriff. Scarlet’s biggest secret of all is one only Robin and his men know…that she is posing as a thief; that the slip of a boy who is fast with sharp knives is really a girl.
The terrible events in her past that led Scarlet to hide her real identity are in danger of being exposed when the thief taker Lord Gisbourne arrives in town to rid Nottingham of the Hood and his men once and for all. As Gisbourne closes in a put innocent lives at risk, Scarlet must decide how much the people of Nottingham mean to her, especially John Little, a flirtatious fellow outlaw, and Robin, whose quick smiles have the rare power to unsettle her. There is real honor among these thieves and so much more – making this a fight worth dying for.
♥ Bookish Goods
♦ Hearth & Hammer Signal Fire Candle
♦ Nature Tats – Fake Tattoos with Three Ever Green Trees
♦ Noteworthy Paper & Press Bookmark with Walt Whitman Quote
♥ Personalized Letter from the Author
This box was rounded out with a three page letter from author, Jeff Giles to explain exactly why he included all of the above items in this edition of Quarterly.
How much does Quarterly YA subscription cost?
Quarterly YA subscription costs $49, which is like $17 per month. The newest Quarterly will premiere April 2017 now. The new titles will be released on or around March 28th!
Want to win a WHOLE YEAR of LITERARY BOXES?
Thanks once again to Quarterly for the FREE YA subscription box to try out. I now have three new YA books to add to my list to read.
Do you subscribe to Quarterly?
Do you enjoy YA Novels?
Have you read any of the above titles?
Share with me in the comments…
AnnMarie John says
I don’t subscribe but this will make a great gift for book lovers. I don’t think I’d be able to wait 3 months since I can typically read a book (if it’s really good) in a day or two, depending on the size. 3 books a month would be my thing, but for slower readers this is perfect for them.
Janine says
I think you know how much I love to read and just how quickly I can, too. That said, I loved the idea of getting three new books in 3 months as I already subscribe to BOTM, too. And I also read through my local library for free and NetGalley, too. So this is just another way for me to feed my reading needs 🙂
Ginny Marie says
How fun! This sounds like a great gift idea for my 12 year old! I may suggest it to my step-mom. 🙂
Janine says
Awesome and so happy that this may work out as a gift for your 12 year old and honestly think she’d love the books I got so far. So, hope you can do this for her now 🙂
Dara says
I enjoy reading YA books and I love that this comes with bookish goodies!
Janine says
Dara, I loved the YA picks, but the bookish goods truly made it for me, too!! 🙂
William Holland says
You have done such a nice job with this site of yours, Janine. It really is constructed well, and your association with affiliates is a constant source of income. Well done, my friend.
Now, go dig out from that snowstorm. 🙂
Happy Hump Day, my friend!
Janine says
Aw, thanks Bill for all your kind words and truly can’t say that enough. As for the snow, it was sadly more ice and freezing temps overall. At least the sun is shining today! Happy Hump Day once again!!! 🙂
Meredith Spidel says
This is such a great idea! I love all your reading finds 🙂
Janine says
Thanks so much, Meredith and you know I love sharing my reading tips with you, my reading buddy!! 🙂
Seana Turner says
I love YA novels. I always enjoyed reading them when my girls were at that stage because we could talk together about what they were reading. I thin it is always more fun to read when you can talk about the book with someone else, so I encourage Moms to read what their kids are reading!
Janine says
I couldn’t agree with you more and little by little my girls are beginning to read books that I could see myself reading even if they weren’t. But yes love to share the love of reading with them and also enjoy the books they read, too here 🙂
Allie G smith says
Okay, that is way cool! I love it. Do they offer the service for different genres?
Janine says
Yes, Allie they also have some other boxes, including a general fiction one, which can be found here: https://quarterly.co/products/literary-box 🙂
Nellie says
I think I would love a subscription box like this! $17 per month is a pretty great deal! Not to mention that I really love that it mails physical books–I can’t do digital reading for some reason lol
Janine says
I can read both, but still nothing like a real physical book for me in the end, too 🙂
Tamara says
A book called Scarlet?! Count me in. I have always loved YA, and I always will. Even when I’m farther and farther from being one!
Janine says
Yes, I wish you lived closer as I would so lend you the Scarlet book for sure. And I am with you so much on the YA books even as the older I am getting here, too!! 🙂
Dana says
I’ve never heard of Quarterly – love this idea! I do love a good YA book, and this would be a great gift for a teenager too. I’m going to enter to win right now.
Janine says
Yay and got my fingers crossed for you now, Dana!! 🙂
Bev says
Ooh .this sounds like a fun subscription box! I like that they add in some little goodies in addition to the books.
I am in the midst of a YA series — Passenger. I don’t read a ton of YA books, but I tend to enjoy them when I do 🙂
Janine says
Bev, the goodies seriously are an awesome part of this box. So far, I am loving the YA picks for this Quarter and anxiously awaiting next’s quarter’s reveal now, too 🙂
Mary says
I’ve never heard of Quarterly Janine. sounds like a service I would love. Finding new books is like discovering a long lost friend.
Janine says
Couldn’t have said it better myself, Mary!!! 🙂
Jen says
This is seriously fantastic! What a great gift for yourself or for your book loving friends. I am totally heading over to check this service out. Happy St. Patrick’s Day and have a great one 🙂
Janine says
Aw, thanks Jen and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, too!! 🙂
Kristi R Campbell says
This service is amazing! What a cool cool thing (going to try and win now). I’m listening to the audio book of Wonder right now and am loving it (can’t remember if you suggested it?? I think you did???). I’ll look forward to reading reviews of the books you just got!
Janine says
I did read and love Wonder. I also reviewed it here on my blog, so couldn’t agree more with you on that one. And I just finished the first of three books last night and cannot wait to share about it here. Hint… I loved it!! 🙂
Aunt Gloria says
Hope this comes through OK. This Quarterly idea sounds good and the books sound interesting.
Janine says
Yay it did and Quarterly definitely is an awesome subscription service that I would highly recommend!! xoxo