Collecting Is Fun

Happy Monday everyone!

Sorry I've been MIA these past couple of days. It has been extremely busy for me to the point where I don't have time to read much. I hopefully can get back on track by next week. Review of Roar should be out by next week as well (if everything goes to plan this week). That being said, this is just a post talking about things I like to collect! It is just a simple and fun post. Hope you enjoy!

As someone that loves to read YA, I tend to collect the books as well. Unfortunately, until I have a full time/stable job, I won't be buying all the books I want. 90% of the books that are on my bookshelves are from thrift shops. I try my best to buy books that are in great condition for 3 bucks and under. If things go well this week, I should HOPEFULLY be able to expand my YA book collection and get some very nice bookshelves as well. Any recommendation on shelves? I was thinking of getting BILLY Bookcase from IKEA. 

Interesting fact, when I go to thrift shops to buy books, the most common ones are the Twilight series, The Hunger Game series, and all the Sarah Dessen books you can think of. One of the places I go to is a Goodwill and they had an entire THREE rows of the Twilight series. There are a couple of books on my shelf that I haven't read yet, but I plan to in the future. There also books I don't like but I enjoyed the cover. I go to the thrift store for books about once a month. I usually go to three seperate places. 

I also collect sea glass! You can read more about sea glass here. Once a month I go to the beach and comb for hours in the sand for these tiny pieces of glass that have been frosted over by the sea. I prefer to go in the winter. In the winter season, there tends to be more storms by the sea, causing for these small sea glasses to wash up more frequently. Also, less people come to the beach in the winter compared to summer, so more sea glass for me! 

The inspiration for me collecting sea glass is from the book Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler. The book is alright xD. The sea glass that are on the cover of the book are manmade and not nature made. The most common color of glass (varies depending by region) are clear/white, green, and brown. The second grouping of rarity would be the light blues, light greens and amber. The RAREST colors would be cobalt blue, reds, purples and pinks. The rarest CATEGORY are pieces that retain a shape or pattern or the original object, sea pottery, or sea glass that contain uranium! I have only ever found one red sea glass the size of a pencil eraser head. I have found a couple of sea pottery and only one bottle stopper sea glass. 

Lastly, I collect postcards! This is a new collection that I have started. 90% of my postcards are from my best friend in the entire world (shout out to you Jade <3). She has been sending me post cards for years and I've kept EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. I have postcards from California, USA, Bolivia, New York, USA, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Canada, Cuba, Louisiana, USA, and the newest postcard is from Ecuador. I hope to be able to collect more as I grow older!

Alright everyone! Sorry for the absence :( Here are a few things that I am collecting. Do you guys collect anything? Are there any rare items in your collection? Let me know! I would love to read all about it :)