Books & Reading
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...
Books hold a special place in my heart and particular books have made an indelible impression on my life. My very first memory of reading is when Grover invited me into the pages of his book in There’s a Monster at the End of This Book. Later, Judy Blume’s Are You...
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...
I believe a lived well-read and well-written is a life well-lived. As a child, I devoured books and stories, vicariously living through the characters I met in the pages of a book. As a teenager, I wrote them, using writing as a way to work through the turbulence of adolescence. As...
If I could give you only one idea to develop the habits that lead to a readerly life, it would be this: surround yourself with books. What better reminder to read than an actual book waiting patiently to be read! Many of us have a space to collect books in our...
I love the holidays and soak in all of the cookie-baking-gift-wrapping-holiday-movie-watching togetherness I can get my hands on. I sing Christmas songs for weeks, decorate multiple trees inside my home and go Clark Griswold on the outside lights covering the house. I build an advent calendar for my children each year...
I love the holidays. I mean, I REALLY love the holidays. I start playing Christmas music in November, decorate a tree for almost every room in the house and look forward to my favorite Christmas tradition: my homemade advent calendar. I try to infuse every aspect of my life with holiday...
I am a self-proclaimed book nerd. I love all things books and reading and have learned to structure my life around that book love. I get up early to read with a cup of coffee, choose purses based on their ability to house books and notebooks and move all my bookish...
When something is important to us, we pay attention to it. Whether it’s observing our growing garden, continuously collecting recipes for a new family meal, tracking our daily water consumption or scheduling daily check-ins with a loved one, energy flows where our attention goes. So, if we want something to grow...
I was listening to a podcast the other day and I heard a startling fact: There are over 1,000,000 books published each year in English worldwide, which means 3,000 – 5,000 books are published per day! With that many books to choose from, how do we decide what to read next?...
