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A Kenyon Bookstore Wishlist

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Reagan Neviska
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Ally Bruschi
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Kenyon chapter.

The Kenyon College Bookstore is the one stop shop for your ice cream, college swag, and anything you might need when the shuttle isn’t running. As a frequent shopper, I find myself mentally drooling over all of the cool things I would love to have in my possession, but don’t want to spend my money on. But, if you have a birthday present to buy, or want to treat yourself, you just might want to take a look at all the cool, (random) things the bookstore has to offer!

Here are some suggestions:

1. Out of Print – East Egg/West Egg Friend Necklaces“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

What a better way to show your friendship than with an hommage to The Great American Novel?

Alternative: Madeline Shirt. In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines/ Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines…which now come on a shirt! I loved this show as a child and this, along with Out of Print’s other book-cover shirts, express a child-like style that I know I can hope to have for only so long.

2. Sloane Ranger – Nautical LanyardI’ve never used a lanyard often, but this nautical pattern has had my eye for a quite a while. This high-quality, classical design might just make me into a lanyard person.

3. Archie McPhee – Bigfoot Action FigureSome people say we live in the middle of nowhere here. We’re surrounded by forests, and rivers. Ohio has had a large number of Sasquatch Sightings, but in case you haven’t seen one yet, there’s always this action figure.

Alternative: In case you want a souvenir to honor the animals we see everyday, here’s a mug I’m quite a fan of.

 

4. Word Cloud ClassicsAs soon as the bookstore put these out, I was in love. Leatherbound books are beautiful on their own, but tied in with beautiful quotations and embossing, these would totally class up my bookshelf.

5. Quotable Journals – CaterpillarBlank journals are kinda my thing. Combined with my favorite (optimistic!) quotation, I would like to have this proudly on display, to write in, or to add to the many other half-filled notebooks, which I thoroughly enjoy.

6. Penguin Book Mug – Jane EyreI love tea and Jane Eyre. Win-win.

 

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Reagan Neviska is a senior at Kenyon College where she studies Anthropology and Music. She is an active member of her coed Greek service organization, The Archon Society, as well as the president of Gospel Choir, a Her Campus Chapter Writer, and a member of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, where she plays percussion. Reagan's interests include reading, practicing and listening to music, playing with dogs (her family has four!) and watching Downton Abbey.  You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @Reagaroni.
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Ally Bruschi is a senior political science major at Kenyon College. She spent this past summer interning as a writer with both The Daily Meal, a digital media group  dedicated to "all things food and drink" and The Borgen Project, a non-profit organization that partners with U.S. policymakers to alleviate global poverty. Before entering the "real world" of jobs, however, Ally spent many summers as a counselor at an all-girls summer camp in Vermont, aka the most wonderful place on earth. A good book, a jar of peanut butter, a well-crafted Spotify playlist, and a lazy dog could get her through even the worst of days.