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Sticky Notes, Family Recipes & Ugly Sweaters

December 24, 2021 in Literate Love
What a busy, holiday-filled week! I filled it with gift-wrapping, present-giving, cookie-making, light-watching and holiday-movie fun. Here are three books I read, an AMAZING gift I received early and lots of links to love from around the Internet. Have a wonderful holiday! What...
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The Twelve Dates of Christmas, 22 Bookstores & Sleep

December 17, 2021 in Literate Love
Let the countdown begin! My papers are graded, my meetings wrapped up and I’m ready to dive into cookie-making and present wrapping. I’ve got more Christmas books to share (one you can finish on a lunch break!), a 22 for 2022 goal-setting session and the nitty gritty of sleep. What I’m...
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The Reading List, Calendar Audit & a Christmas Elf

December 10, 2021 in Literate Love
This week, I snuggled up to a powerful book: The Reading List. I cannot stop thinking about it and have already started leaving trails of my reading life behind in hopes it finds someone who needs it. Read more and find out about my calendar audit, our Christmas elf (for teenagers!)...
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Comfort & Joy, Holiday Lists & Miniature Things

December 3, 2021 in Literate Love
What a wonderful week! My oldest heard about his first college acceptance, it snowed a bit here in New York, leaving things beautiful and white and we are getting our Christmas tree this weekend. I’ve got three books to share, some lists to borrow and a few more finds to bring...
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The Santa Suit, Productivity & Notecards

November 26, 2021 in Literate Love
It’s Thanksgiving week here in the United States, which means family, food and football in our house. It also means putting up the outdoor Christmas lights, gearing up for Black Friday holiday shopping and sleeping in a bit later, too. I read a cozy Christmas book, and a fun middle grade...
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Let It Be Easy, Bookmarks & Mirror Me This

November 19, 2021 in Literate Love
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I’ve officially shifted into holiday mode. I’ve made my first batch of Chex mix, started decorating the tree we donate each year and grabbed my first Starbucks holiday treat of the season. I’ve even curated my holiday TBR stack for some cozy reading. Take...
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Nine Perfect Strangers, Manifesting & Hallmark Christmas Movies

November 12, 2021 in Literate Love
Every year, November sneaks up on me. And we are already halfway through the month! This week, I’ve got two books to share, a fun look at the new words added to the dictionary, manifesting and some holiday fun (think Hallmark movies and sprinkles!). Let’s dive in.  What I’m Reading: This...
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The Parker Inheritance, Recipes & Holiday Shopping

November 5, 2021 in Literate Love
Two books from online recommendations, a set of writing prompts from Oprah, my one word of the month and websites you’ve never seen to jumpstart your holiday shopping. It’s all inside! What I’m Reading: Both of my books this week come from online recommendations: one from the new Netflix book club...
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Heating & Cooling, One Word Journals & Traveling Book Cards

October 29, 2021 in Literate Love
This week was a week of firsts: the first book in a new genre, the first page of a new kind of notebook, the first library card that actually connects you to other readers and a first bite of a gluten-free Oreo. Yum. Tell me: What firsts did you have this...
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, My Life in 10 Objects & Literary Holiday Cards

October 22, 2021 in Literate Love
I found myself with a head cold and without a voice this week, which meant I had fewer meetings and more time at home. And I took advantage of that. I have one amazing book to share, a powerful notebooking prompt and five links to launch you into bookish Halloween (and...
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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. 

Here's the short overview:

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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