Bibliotherapy Book List
I am a homebody. I typically have little desire to jet set around the world and travel to exotic locations. I’d much rather curl up on the sofa with my family and a good movie or roast s’mores out back by the fireplace. ...
It’s been a long couple of years, hasn’t it? And I don’t know about you, but I’m still struggling a bit to come back to life after years of staying home, working virtually in the basement and just generally keeping to myself at home. I’ve been doing some soul searching, reading...
In my world, summer means lazier days with the family, hot days by the pool and reading. Lots and lots of reading. From adult fiction to picture books, middle grade novels to memoirs, I spend the summer tending to my reading life like others might tend to their summer gardens (I...
Are you a mood reader? A seasonal reader? A just because reader? We all have different ways of deciding what to read next and sometimes, the season we are in can give us a clue to what our reading life might need next. This might be a life season, like heading...
I’ve got a new word for you: sonder. You won’t find it in Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, but you will find it in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a book that poetically defines the emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express… like sonder. The idea of sonder is...
I love all things books and reading: books, bookstores, bookshelves, book bins, book covers, book sleeves, bookmarks, bookish culture, bookish fun and more. That’s why I have a special place in my reading heart for books about books. Not only do they indulge my bookish heart, but they place me square...
I love quotes and I love mantras: bite-sized phrases and sentences with big impact. Here are a few that have been on my mind and heart lately: Less is more. 20% of our actions give us 80% of our results. Present is better than perfect. The small stuff is actually the...
There are just some things that go together perfectly: peanut butter & jelly, green eggs & ham, peas & carrots and books & chocolate. If I had to choose, books and chocolate would be my favorite pairing (with books and coffee a close second!), especially if it was my favorite Salty...
My one word for January was FRESH STARTS: a chance to start the new year off right with a new outlook, a new mindset and a general sense of hopefulness. I read many books on the power of fresh starts, spent time imagining what my fresh start would look like and...
I’ve said this a few times throughout the pandemic: Where are the years going? It seems like they should be crawling given the dreary state of our world, but instead, they are moving quite quickly, at least for me. And here we are at the start of a new year. Welcome...
