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Book & Bubble Bath
Original Instagram image posted by: @pebblesinlove
Hellooo and welcome back to my epic experiment Books, Baths & Boobs, where I attempt to recreated well-loved Bookstagram features.
Today I´d like to chat about reading in the tub. Raise your hand if you´re one of those people who love to soak yourself in a bath filled with bubbles! I´m one of those people. In fact- Taking a long, much needed hot bath with bubbles and having something to read is a luxury of mine. Mainly because it´s the only time ( and place ) where I can find some peace. Where´s Mommy? In the tub and unavailable for the next 1-1.5 hours.
I love reading in the tub. I love picking a book ( could be a new release or a reread ) and to walk those few joyful steps towards the bathroom. I´ll grab a bottle of wine on my way and lock the door behind me. THAT is what I call a perfect evening. If you´re asking where the candles are in all this: I´m not a fan of candles.
For some time other book bloggers have been questioning the necessity and authenticity of these Book & Bubble Bath images done by countless Bookstagrammers. For me, I don´t see why these shouldn´t be done. All this is about creativity. Unfortunately- this type of bookish creativity is often misunderstood or not welcomed. Me? I think whatever works for you will be accepted and will work for others as well.
Just recently I spotted this really pretty gem by Instagrammer pebblesinlove.
Isn´t that pretty? And doesn´t the image just scream “Read in the tub, woman!”? First of all, I like that the image is in color. I have no idea how many or if any filters were used for this book-bath feature. Do I care? Nope. It´s a great shot. A shot I thought I´d recreate. How hard can this little book and leg peeping recreation be? I read in the tub all the time. Surely, I´d be able to get this done within minutes.
Here´s a list of THINGS I USED
- 3 different shampoos ( for the extra bubbles and because I ran out of bubble bath )
- 1 paperback ( Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer )
- My phone
My Recreated Feature
I have mixed feelings. Nothing went as planned. What I thought would be a piece of cake ended up being a 1-hour literal pain in my ass. Either I´m too short or my bathtub is too long because I wasn´t able to work relaxed. What looks so effortless was actually hard as hell. I slipped a few times and yelled “I`M ABOUT TO GO UNDER!” to no one in particular.
My ” I`M ABOUT TO GO UNDER!” shot.
( I have 17 of these panic pictures )

And then there´s the issue with my less than presentable ghost-white skin. Thank the books for those three filters because without them you´d all be blind by now from white skin. I actually had to lighten up the bubbles and over filter my skin or else all you would´ve seen is white and a book. Then the troubles with the wet hand.
The book hand was dry. The phone hand wasn´t. I had to put my phone down every few seconds to rearrange the bubbles because they kept floating away. If your phone isn´t waterproof then you might want to ask someone to help with the shot.
My conclusion
It´s clear that the only problem I had was with the recreation. After this little stunt, I took a few other Book & Bath shots and those took me less than a minute to finish. It´s not easy to recreate someone else´s work. Personally, I´d classify the Book & Bubble Bath experiment as decent. Not a full success and not a complete failure.
Would I recommend taking Book & Bubble Bath shots for Instagram? Sure, why not? If done correctly ( not like I did ) then they can be a lot of fun.
Would I do this feature again? I bow before anyone who does these features but I think I´ll stick to reading in the tub from now on. While it was great to try this out, it was also a little difficult.
NOTE: No books were harmed or sacrificed for this experiment. All pages are intact and still in immaculate condition.
What do ya think? Was the recreation a hit or miss? Have you done a Book & Bath Instagram feature yourself? Tell me your secrets ❤
Thank you for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed.
XO´s
Soapy!😂😂😂 Hey, at least you didn’t accidentally drop a book in the bath.😮😲😂📚
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Hahahaha. Yeah. Would´ve been a shame if the book got wet. But I bet there´s some 5 min life hack for wet books available. It would´ve been worse if I had dropped the wine bottle in the water.
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Would probably have ended up on twitter, this is what happens when you read in the bath, the book gets destroyed with a rant by certain people! 🙂
Oh no, drinking, bathing and reading! Well I never, but, but, you might spill wine on the book!
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Spill wine on a book? I´d never waste a drop of wine. Lol. And I´d never harm a book like that. Let´s hope none of this lands on twitter. LOL
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Everything lands on twitter, it is the refuge site of social media.😂
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Is it strange that I would never even dream of reading while in the bath?? The thought of the pages getting wet or dropping the kindle fills me with abject horror. Plus, I get so engrossed in reading that I would end up a wrinkled sack of skin sitting in cold water with no bubbles left with which to create an insta-ready picture. Get in, wash, get the hell out. Don’t ever risk drowning your books.
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What what what? Muchacha, you don´t read in the bath? First E.T. now this? What is happening to our friendship?! `Get in, wash, get the hell out`… my heart is breaking. That´s shower mentality. I need a drink to process all this.
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I love the panic pictures! 😀 😀
Ich gehe nie baden, von daher fällt das leider flach für mich. Aber ich hätte auch viel zu viel Angst, dass mein Handy in die Wanne fällt. Ich bin nämlich so eine Künstlerin… 😀
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Och, wie schade! Das bade-lese erlebnis ist echt kaum zu toppen.😊 angst? * abwink * quatsch. Wenn dein handy wasserdicht ist geht das schon.. irgendwie. Lol.
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Ich hab echt keine Ahnung, ob meins wasserdicht ist. Ich wills auf jeden Fall in nächster Zeit nicht austesten. 😀
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