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Literate Love for December 2023

December 31, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Well, I blinked and December FLEW by. Did it pass quickly for you, too? I had to dig deep for today’s episode: a calendar audit, a photo roll scroll, thumbing through my journals and more.  I’m so glad I did. It was the...
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Reading & Writing to a New You

December 26, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
The week after Christmas is a special one for me. It’s a week that feels as if it is suspended in time as we emerge from the holiday but are not yet ready for the new year. Each year, I always spend time reflecting and dreaming through this week…and cleaning and...
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A 100th Episode Celebration!

December 19, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Today is a BIG day on the Get Lit(erate). podcast… We are celebrating 100 episodes! It seems like yesterday I got up the nerve to press publish on my first podcast episode and I’m so grateful for all of the bookish and notebookish connections I’ve made over 100 episodes.  Come listen...
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This Time Could be Different with Khristin Wierman

December 12, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Have you ever read a book that truly felt life-changing? A book that made you rethink who you were and what you could be? I have. Today, I am talking to the author of that book: Khristin Wierman. She wrote This Time Could be Different and it’s a book that I...
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Books & Notebooks for Holiday Cheer

December 5, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I love talking about my reading rules and I have one particular reading rule that you might not expect: I cannot read holiday books until December 1st. Not at all. While I love anything and everything to do with the holiday season, I like to restrict my holiday reading to only...
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Literate Love for November 2023

November 30, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
On the last day of every month, I share a little bit of literate love with the world: what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving.  Come listen as I share three books I loved, a writing prompt you would NOT expect from me (I think!), the hack that saved my...
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Journal to a Life You Love with Anna K. Morris

November 28, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Sometimes, we need a little help in learning how to use our journals and notebooks to create a life we love and you’ll find it on today’s podcast. Today, I’m talking with Anna K. Morris. She’s a mindset coach who harnesses the power of journaling to reflect, reject old stories and...
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Books with Pie

November 21, 2023 in Books & Reading, Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Pie is the most-loved Thanksgiving holiday dessert and that means that many of us are either buying or making a pie this Thanksgiving week. So today, I’m sharing three books (make that four!) that have pie as a central theme: one classic must-read, one book that changed my life, a middle...
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Holiday Notebook Tradition: 2023

November 14, 2023 in Creativity & Inspiration, Get Lit(erate) Podcast, Life & Living
It’s that time of year….time to break out my annual holiday notebook tradition! Years ago, I created my first holiday notebook out of sheer desperation to better manage the holidays. Now, it’s a tool that I cannot live without. Come listen as I re-air last year’s episode describing what a holiday...
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Time to Write with Emily Winslow

November 7, 2023 in Get Lit(erate) Podcast
I started my Get Lit(erate). Podcast to share my love of books with others and offer sets of books to help readers manage life’s challenges and have some fun along the way.  But I also started talking about my love of writing and notebooking…and it turns out those are some of...
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On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re talking about pause piles: a collection of short stories and essays designed to be read in a single sitting to sooth, uplift and inspire. 

Come listen as I explore why we might take powerful pause breaks to read throughout the day, the uniqueness of short stories and essays that make them so soothing, how to create your own pause practice with books and a list of titles that are in my own stack.
 
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I'm thrilled to host my first IN-PERSON day-long r I'm thrilled to host my first IN-PERSON day-long reading retreat this Summer! =)

I'm happily planning for long stretches of reading, bookish crafts, connection and community and more. 

Tell me: What would YOU love to see at your ideal reading retreat?

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this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m tal this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Maryrose Wood about her newest middle grade novel: Bad Badger: A Love Story.

In this illustrated chapter book, readers meet Septimus, a badger who fears he may not be a badger at all. When a gull lands on his windowsill, Septimus thinks he may have finally met a true friend.until he goes missing and Septimus must decide what to do next.

Come listen as we talk about the truly embodied experience I had while reading the book, the magic that can happen for readers when you combine emotion with writing craft and the journey of transformation that starts with characters and can end with readers. This book is a true joy. 

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Books make Mondays better! First, @theresahajos r Books make Mondays better!

First, @theresahajos recommended this book to @bost.rander (my Dad) and then he recommended it to me and I cannot wait to start reading this today. 

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Remarkably Bright Creatures: an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

I adored The Benefits of Being an Octopus by @annbradenbooks for the symbolism of the octopus (and MUCH more) and know I'm going to love this book too, especially when it's been passed along with such high praise.

What books are making your Monday better?

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Joanna Ho about her newest picture book: BECOMING BOBA.

This charming picture book celebrates self-love and identity and reminds readers that there is always room for unique flavors in our communities. It’s cute and charming, yet has deeply important messages, too. 

Come listen as we talk about Joanna’s original intent for this picture book, the cultural significance of boba and the important messages of enoughness this book has for readers. 

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Oh, how my heart needed this book. The Midnight L Oh, how my heart needed this book.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig has left me breathless, speechless and hopeful.

Nora is struggling to find worth in herself and in her life and decides to end her time on Earth. But instead of dying as she intended, she’s found herself in the Midnight Library where she can live out every version of her life that could have existed for her had she made a different decision.

As she tries to undo her regrets, both big and small, Nora learns about the path not taken and the multiple versions of herself that exist out there somewhere and just might, in fact, exist inside of her, too.

Filled with pain and heartbreak, beauty and light, this book takes readers on a journey of radical acceptance, a journey that will leave them as a different person than when they started the book.

This book is potent and powerful, heartbreakingly beautiful, filled with existential thoughts and could save your life….or at least how you feel about it.

Whew. This book.

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