Reading Hangover Bookmark | Funny Book Lover Gift | Finished Book at 3am | Night Reader Gift | Funny Bookish Gift | Relatable Reader Humor

Did not sleep. Finished the book at 3am. Zero regrets. Would do it again tonight. You know exactly what happened. The chapter ended somewhere around eleven and the next one started and then it was midnight and the next one started and then it was two and the ending was right there and you could see it and stopping was simply not an option and now it is morning and you finished it and you are tired in the body and completely alive in the mind and you would absolutely do it again tonight if the next book is as good as that one was. This is the reading hangover. It is the best kind of hangover. There is no cure and no one is looking for one. ✦ ABOUT THIS BOOKMARK A richly illustrated scene of a bedroom at the specific hour of early morning — not middle of the night, not proper morning, but that merciless 7am quality of light that arrives whether you were ready for it or not and illuminates everything you did last night with complete impartiality. The curtains that were not drawn with enough conviction. The bedside clock showing a time that is entirely your own fault. The bed in the particular state of someone who started reading propped up and became horizontal somewhere around chapter twenty-two and never fully recovered. The covers thrown back in the specific arrangement of a person who was completely absorbed in something more important than sleep position. The finished book rests on the chest of its reader — closed now, finally, cover up, done — its spine slightly more cracked than it was yesterday, its pages carrying the particular weight of a story that has just ended and has not yet been replaced by anything else because nothing could be yet. The bedside table in full 3am reading session aftermath — the mug of tea made at eleven that was never drunk because things escalated. The glass of water. The tissues because apparently the ending required them. The second book already on the nightstand because of course it is. The phone showing seventeen notifications from a world that kept happening while you were finishing the book. Zero regrets. Would do it again tonight. ✦ BOOKMARK DETAILS — Size: 2.05 inches wide by 6.65 inches tall — Printed on premium card stock — Laminated for durability — water resistant and long lasting — Full color illustration front with matte finish — Arrives ready to use in your current read — the one you will definitely finish at a reasonable hour this time ✦ PERFECT FOR — Every reader who has ever finished a book at 3am and called it a win — Night owls who have accepted their condition — People who have never once successfully put a good book down at a sensible hour — The friend who texts you at 2am to say they just finished it and are devastated — Anyone who understands that sleep is negotiable but the ending is not — Book lovers who wear their reading hangovers as a badge of honor — Birthdays — specifically the birthday of the person who is always tired for the best possible reason — Holiday gifts — the reader on your list who has a stack of books they definitely intend to finish responsibly — Treating yourself — you deserve this bookmark you are so tired ✦ A NOTE ON THE QUOTE This quote is for every reader who has stood in the kitchen the morning after a very good book — exhausted and slightly wrecked and completely satisfied — and known with absolute certainty that given the same book and the same night they would make the exact same choice again. The reading hangover is not a regret. It is a credential. ✦ A WORD ABOUT PAIRINGS This bookmark pairs naturally with a very strong cup of coffee and the next book on the TBR pile and possibly a nap that you have promised yourself you will take but probably will not because you already started the next one. We support all of these decisions. The bookmark will be there regardless of what time you finish. ✦ ALSO IN OUR SHOP This bookmark is part of The Humor Collection — bookmarks for readers who take their reading seriously and themselves lightly. Other titles in the collection include The Alaskan Bear Era, The Goblin Era, The Dragon Era, The Book Budget Era, The One More Chapter Era, The TBR Pile Era, The Feral Reader Era, The Book Club Era, The Emotional Support Book Era, and more. See our shop for the full collection. The Humor Collection was made for readers who recognize themselves immediately and buy one for themselves and one for the person they thought of while reading the quote. The reading hangover has an enormous and deeply tired constituency and every single one of them has a friend who needs this bookmark. ✦ SHIPPING Ships within 3 to 5 business days. Arrives in a protective sleeve inside a rigid mailer so your bookmark arrives perfectly flat and ready to use. We recommend opening it at a reasonable hour. We understand completely if you do not. ✦ ABOUT OUR SHOP Every bookmark in our shop is designed and produced professionally by us — made with care in our own studio and printed on premium materials we stand behind completely. We are a small passionate operation and we treat every order like it matters because it does. We are committed to five star service on every single order — from the moment you click to the moment your bookmark arrives at your door flat and perfect and ready to live inside your favorite book. If anything is ever less than exactly right please reach out and we will make it right immediately. We respond to every message promptly and we mean it — real people, real responses, no automated runaround. Thank you for supporting a small independent bookmark maker. It means everything to us and we do not take it for granted. We hope this bookmark finds exactly the right book and exactly the right reader. Michelle and Julie The Luna and Loom 📚 ETSY TAGS: