Do you know how many times I've wished for a bookshelf that also does duty as a bookmark and a reading light? To be truthful it's zero, but if I had, it seems the folks at Studio Smeets have already taken care of it. Their clever little design is called Lili Lite, and it has a sensor that turns on a light when an open book is taken off the shelf and turns it off when a book is replaced (you can also turn it on/off manually if you feel like burning a few calories). It's attractive enough - I do like the shelf - but the light itself reminds me a bit of a Macbook power cord chopped in half.

We here at Booklicious are getting into the Christmas spirit, and so we're giving away a copy of the upcoming Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less to one lucky reader (located in the U.S. or Canada). To enter, send an email with "Twitterature giveaway" in the subject line to bookliciousblog [at] gmail [dot] com with your name and mailing address. You have through this Friday, Christmas Day, to enter. We'll use the magical Randomizer to pick the winner, who will be announced on the blog next Monday. 

This Wednesday we'll review the book, which goes on sale December 29.

What a delicious pairing - food for body and soul. Heather Clawson over at Habitually Chic has a great post about this European trend that's creeping across the pond. A combination reading-eating space is probably considered unremarkable among those with small living spaces, but it appears more people, even those with the square footage to do otherwise, are choosing to merge these two aspects of their home. I'd be a little worried my books would pick up strange smells - or worse, stains - but the surroundings would certainly inspire good dinner conversation. Take a look at some fabulous library dining room styles after the jump.

Photo: Elle Decor

Get your bookmarkin' fingers ready, because this site is a keeper. Abebooks just launched its Weird Books Room, "a celebration of everything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books." The current Weird Book of the Week is A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers by Hilary Carlip. So yeah, weird.

They maintain a collection called Weird and Wonderful, the books of which will by turns bewilder, horrify and tickle you. I've posted my favorites after the jump.

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is getting to wrap presents. I love how paper creates secrecy and provokes anticipation, how creative you can get with it, and that you can find virtually any design you want, be it chic, cute, funky or traditional. Here's a selection of literary wrapping paper that will have the recipient drooling before he or she even gets to the present inside.