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Fabulous Book Adjacent Holiday Gifts

December 15, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
So, how’s your holiday shopping going? Today, I’m sharing over ten book and notebook adjacent gift ideas for the readers and writers in your life…including yourself! Think bookmarks, book embossers, innovative sticky notes, writing gloves and much more.  Here they are in no...
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Three Must-Read Holiday Picture Books

December 13, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
We all have different definitions of what holiday reading means to each of us, but I hope there’s one thing we can agree on: Holiday picture books are the BEST kind of reading. =) Today, I’m sharing three holiday picture books to update my basket of holiday books nestled under my...
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Paper Crafting with Debra Glanz

December 8, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
As a book-lover and notebook-hoarder, I love all things paper. I love the smell of it. I love the feel of it. I love the way it holds ideas that others have shared with me and that I’m sharing with others. It’s kind of an obsession. That’s why I’m so excited...
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Four Holiday Books for Your December TBR Stack

December 6, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
It’s the most wonderful reading time of the year.  Reading under a warm blanket, next to a crackling fire that illuminates the twinkling Christmas tree lights is my very favorite place to be.  And reading books that embrace the holiday spirit is the frosting on the Christmas cake.  Today, I’m sharing...
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A Journaling Challenge to End 2022 Strong

December 1, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Are you ready to end 2022 strong and start 2023 with a resounding bang? Yes? Well, then you need to start this 30-Day Journaling Challenge with me. Today. Come listen as I share everything related to the challenge: why you need to give it a try, what it’s all about and...
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Three Books Crowdsourced from Friends & Fiction

November 29, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I recently had a wonderful dilemma: my mother took me on a book shopping date to choose my own books as my Christmas presents this year. Think good coffee, a beautiful bookstore and books. Lots of books. =) So, how did I choose which books to make my own? I crowdsourced...
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Three Books to Spark Gratitude

November 22, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
It’s that time of year when the weather turns cooler, the leaves change color and fade away and we start looking forward to the holidays. Here in the United States, we’re getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and that means food, family, friends, gathering and lots of gratitude. Today, I’m sharing three...
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The Power of Bibliotherapy

November 17, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Today I am talking about one of my favorite topics…the topic that sparked the idea for this very podcast: bibliotherapy. I get a lot of emails from listeners asking what exactly bibliotherapy is, what it entails, how to do it and how I can help them get started. This episode starts...
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Three Books for Gathering

November 15, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I’ve been choosing one word themes to guide my year for many, many years. Until 2020. My chosen one word no longer applied to the way the world was working.  So, I changed it. And I changed it again and again as the world changed and I changed along with it. ...
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The Book Club Card with Colin Harrang

November 10, 2022 in Books & Reading, Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Today, I’m talking to Colin Harrang about her bookish creation I instantly fell in love with: the Book Club Card.  The Book Club Card is a delightful library card with a powerful mission: to celebrate reading and connect readers together.  Come listen to explore what a Book Club Card is, how...
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Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm knee-de Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm knee-deep in THE SUMMER OF YES by Courtney Walsh.

If you only read one book this summer, let it be this one. 

It will change the trajectory of all the days left in the season, I promise. 

Here's the quick overview from the publisher: A near-death experience catapults workaholic junior editor Kelsey Worthington into changing her life--one yes at a time.

Here's my take: Take two women at very different stages of their life, add in a dose of regret and shame, shake it up with a pledge to do something different and sprinkle in all kinds of love. 

READ THIS. Then, come join us in my book club on Substack to talk all about it next Thursday!

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Jack Mackay about his newest middle grade book: THE HAUNTING OF OLD SPLINTER.

In this be-careful-what-you-wish-for middle grade horror novel, Peter and his half brother Adrian’s innocent wish to protect their family turns into a sinister reality with the help of a mummified hand that can grant any wish…with dark consequences. Readers will be glued to the page. I know I was!

Come listen as we talk about this delightfully creepy, horror novel with heart that is for every reader no matter what their experience and interest in horror novels are. We discuss how the book offers an immersive world for readers wanting a bit of creepiness along with the heartfelt themes of family, siblinghood and middle grade life, much of which was inspired by Jack’s own siblings and love of horror.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kidlitlove/p/e237-heartwarming-horror-the-haunting?r=azy11&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Cristo Fernandez about his new picture book: Fútbol Is Life! / ¡Fútbol es vida!

This inspirational bilingual picture book follows Critobalito, a young boy who is sidelined from the game he loves so much, but who finds new joy in the space that opened up as a result. It explores themes like being open to change and exploring new passions and is a book for everyone.

Come listen as we talk about Cristo’s real-life inspiration behind the book, the important themes around being open to new things and the reminder that it’s never too late to follow your dreams and see what happens. It’s a book for all readers who need that reminder, like me!

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Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm traveli Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm traveling to Italy through books as I read:

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

Here's the one-sentence summary: A trio of second-born daughters set out to break the family curse that says they’ll never find love on a whirlwind journey through the lush Italian countryside.

Sounds pretty good for Summer reading to me!

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What books are making your Monday better?
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Susan Rose & Silvia Lopez about their newest book: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSE & FELIZ.

This is the newest book in their Jose & El Perro series, a bilingual adventure series that shines a spotlight on rescue dogs and encourages young readers to create special moments of their own to celebrate the ones they love. In this newest book, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOSE & FELIZ, Jose realizes that his best furry friend needs a birthday celebration and the book showcases his journey to giving Feliz the celebration he deserves.

Come listen as we talk about how the collaboration between Susan and Siliva came to be, the delightful storyline inside each book in the series, the interesting fact about shelter dog birthdays that might be new to you and their hopes for readers who get this book into their hands.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kidlitlove/p/e235-bilingual-celebration-and-joy?r=azy11&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm reading Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm reading FOOD THERAPY: CONSCIOUS EATING TO NAVIGATE ANXIETY, STRESS & TRAUMA by Luis Mojica.

If you know me, you know I am gluten free and dairy free to combat stomach and autoimmune issues and those restrictions have helped me feel much better. 

But.

After listening to Luis on The Cure For Chronic Pain podcast with Nicole Sachs, I've been rethinking so much and this book is helping me do it. It looks at eating in a completely new-to-me way that relates to our nervous system over everything else and is providing such insight into why I might feel the way I do related to food and why I might crave the things I crave, too. 

So much to read and learn!

What books are making your Monday better?

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