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When it comes to books we love, the list is extensive. Books have a way of being there for you when you need them most. A book won’t judge you, it’s only there to offer support, guidance, or a much needed escape. Here are just a few of the times that books may be there for you in your life.

While we’ve made our name creating book-inspired candles, we love movies and tv shows as well! Especially book adaptations. And while our candles can make your home feel like your favorite fictional world, the prospect of actually walking through the scenes that you’ve seen depicted on the big screen or your television is enough to make any serious bibliophile’s mouth water.

Libraries are places to learn and connect. You can escape your woes among the many pages of modern releases or find new knowledge amidst ancients times. Here are some of our favorite libraries, and heads up, you may see one or two sites that inspired some of our book themed candles.

Every time we write one of these blogs our team ends up with full Etsy shopping carts and lighter wallets. What can we say, finding awesome bookish good from around the web is too much temptation for us to ignore.

Our TBR (to-be-read) lists are enormous. In fact, they’re so gargantuan that sometimes we get overwhelmed by merely looking at them. It’s times like these when we turn to reap the efforts of anonymous book loving strangers.

As a small business, we get a lot of question when it comes to how or why we do things the way we do. Why is it called “Frostbeard,” why are the candles all book-themed, why do you use soy wax instead of beeswax? We love answering our follower’s questions and connecting further with our loyal customers. So today, we’re going to do a deep dive on the how and the why behind our signature book inspired soy candles.

Fiction is full of interesting villains. From the wicked wrongdoers that populate children’s books like Count Olaf to classic foes like Sauron, a good villain takes any fictional story from good to great. Because without an antagonist, the main characters can’t complete the hero’s journey and then what would we be left with? Without an adversary, there’s very little for a character to do in a novel.

If you’ve ever visited us in our Minneapolis studio, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the large mural painted on the exterior of our building. You may be wondering if there’s a story behind that mural. And the answer is... of course! Did you really think that a bunch of people who love good stories as much as we do would just hire some random artist to paint some random picture? That’s not our style.

In the beginning, this was supposed to be a simple list comprised of 5-10 of our favorite childhood books that we read with our parents or loved ones. But we forgot one little thing; we’re huge book nerds, and all of our friends are book lovers too. So, once we began compiling our list by asking our Frostbeard team and then some of our close friends we decided that 10 simply isn’t enough.