Uppercase YA Book Subscription Box Review – December 2015

Uppercase is a YA book subscription box from Lisa Parkin. Each month Uppercase sends you a new YA book, a related accessory, and exclusive content from the author of the chosen book.

My Subscription Addiction pays for this subscription. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).

The Subscription Box: Uppercase

The Cost: $29 (If you want them to pick a book based on your tastes the cost is $35 each month)

The Products: “When you sign up for Uppercase, every month you’ll receive:

• 1 exciting new YA book
• 1 book accessory (funky items like bookmarks, posters, jewelry, totes, etc)
• A personal explanation of the choice + other similar titles
• Discount codes for popular book buying websites
• Exclusive content from the author of that month’s book”

Ships to: US and Canada (extra shipping costs for Canadian subscribers).

Ships via: USPS

Check out all my reviews of Uppercase!

Each box includes a printed sheet detailing the items included, and a hand-written note from Lisa.

Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom – Retail Value $18 (On Amazon for $12.78)

Book Summary from Amazon:

The Rules:

Don’t deceive me. Ever. Especially using my blindness. Especially in public.

Don’t help me unless I ask. Otherwise you’re just getting in my way or bothering me.

Don’t be weird. Seriously, other than having my eyes closed all the time, I’m just like you only smarter.

Parker Grant doesn’t need 20/20 vision to see right through you. That’s why she created the Rules: Don’t treat her any differently just because she’s blind, and never take advantage. There will be no second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy who broke her heart.

When Scott suddenly reappears in her life after being gone for years, Parker knows there’s only one way to react-shun him so hard it hurts. She has enough on her mind already, like trying out for the track team (that’s right, her eyes don’t work but her legs still do), doling out tough-love advice to her painfully naive classmates, and giving herself gold stars for every day she hasn’t cried since her dad’s death three months ago. But avoiding her past quickly proves impossible, and the more Parker learns about what really happened–both with Scott, and her dad–the more she starts to question if things are always as they seem. Maybe, just maybe, some Rules are meant to be broken.

Combining a fiercely engaging voice with true heart, debut author Eric Lindstrom’s Not If I See You First illuminates those blind spots that we all have in life, whether visually impaired or not.

And this book also comes with a signed bookplate sticker.

Mitercraft Wood Cherry Blossom Bookmark – Value $7

This bookmark is gorgeous!

2016 YA Quotes Calendar

This is a great item for a December box! It includes quotes from: Throne of Glass, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Shatter Me, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Fangirl, Divergent, Anne of Green Gables, Tuck Everlasting, An Abundance of Katherines, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and The Fellowship of the Ring.

Here is a page from Shatter Me:

Verdict: It’s hard to put a value on this box since the calendar is an exclusive for subscribers. I think the items are great, and I’m looking forward to reading the book, so I’m happy. (I’m pretty much always happy with this subscription – you can tell a lot of thought goes into the book selection and bookish items each month).

What do you think of the December Uppercase box?