Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read Recommendations

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Matt Mattson. Matt is an entrepreneur, public speaker and author who has shifted a large part of his attention to the world of faith. He believes that the space between people is sacred and he is on a mission to spread more meaningful human connection. Matt believes he was put on this earth to help people gather together around the important...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Gail McGuire. Gail is the author of Raised on Freedom: Favored Tales of a Boomer Kid . Gail doubted she would ever write a book. A psychic, her friends and her children told her she would. So she tried and here she is as a first-time author. Gail was born and raised in Southeast Idaho. Her book flight today focuses on childhood memoirs during...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I am chatting with Chanel Cleeton. Chanel is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Next Year in Havana. She is also the author of When We Left Cuba, The Last Train to Key West, The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, Our Last Days in Barcelona, and most recently, The Cuban Heiress.  Originally from Florida, Chanel...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Bushatz is a reporter, editor, runner, Army wife and is the founder of Humans Outside. Humans Outside helps inspire us all to get outside for at least 20 mins, every single day. She hosts her own podcast, Humans Outside.  Amy and I chatted about SO many books in this episode, you can check the show notes below to verify that. But I am convinced that is what happens when two pe...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Melody Ann. Leaders, speakers and entrepreneurs leverage Melody Ann to unleash their expertise, finish writing their book and build their business to the next level. Melody is the Founder of Author Nation and is here today to talk to us about the art of storytelling and books she loves. I learned so much from Melody in this episode about the...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is the award-winning author, Roland Merullo. Roland is the author of 24 books including 17 works of fiction: Breakfast with Buddha , a nominee for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, is now in is 20th printing; The Talk-Funny Girl , a 2012 ALEX Award Winner and named a “Must Read” by Massachusetts Library Association and Massachusetts Center for the Book;...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Christine Nekas-Thoma. Christine is a High School English Teacher, as well as a Blogger, Speaker and Author of God’s Whispers: Your Anchor Through Life’s Storms. Her book is a spiritual memoir of her 20-year journey of life’s trials and tribulations. Her story was so moving it had me shedding a tear during recording.  Through her book flight,...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am sharing the second half of my episode with Jacqui Lents. Jacqui is the hostess of Jacqui Just Chatters, which is a podcast that focuses on storytelling and the lives of ordinary people. Her show is heartwarming and charming. She is also on her path to being a debut author. She shares all about the writing process with us and what it takes to get a book pub...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Jacqui Lents. Jacqui is the hostess of Jacqui Just Chatters, which is a podcast that focuses on storytelling and the lives of ordinary people. Her show is heartwarming and charming. She is also on her path to being a debut author. She shares all about the writing process and what it takes to get a book published. The book flight she provides...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is the New York Times, USA Today and international best selling author, Madeline Martin. She combines historical fiction with books about books and they are absolutely divine! If you haven’t already, be sure to grab a copy of The Last Bookshop in London and The Librarian Spy . You can also pre-order her next book, The Keeper of Hidden Books, set to be released in Aug...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Anne Nolan. Anne and I met this past year and instantly hit it off. She has floated so many great book recommendations my way, that I knew we had to have her on the show. She provides us with an excellent book flight focused on themes of family dynamics, romance, and learning about other cultures. These books would make great book club picks....

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Prudence Todd. Prudence comes to us all the way from the Sunshine Coast of Australia and is an amazing Holistic Pelvic Care Practitioner. We had such a beautiful conversation on what it means to reconnect to our womanhood. We cover the topics of pregnancy and birth, as well as pelvic floor dysfunction and so much more. If after listening to t...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am chatting with Jen Austring. Jen is not only a lifelong reader, but is also the creative force behind our first Bookish Flights swag. You can see more of the amazing work from her and her husband at Helmworks Custom Creations . The topic of today’s show and book flight are incredibly important. These books that she chose for the book flight on Healing and C...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I am speaking with Kim Kolner. Kim and I have been friends for years and I knew she was a non-fiction reader. So I enlisted her help for a non-fiction based book flight. I learned so much from Kim about her job as a planner as well as the food-based non-fiction book flight she chose for today’s episode. I cannot wait for you to hear what books she has chosen. H...

Send us Fan Mail We did things a little differently for today’s episode. I enlisted my husband to interview me for this show. In our conversation, I share about a Century of Great Books Challenge and an awesome book flight on Grandmothers. These Grandmas are spunky, hilarious and inspiring. If you’d like to join the Century of Great Books challenge, jump in the Facebook group HERE for book ideas a...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Frank Ballinger. Fun fact, Frank is Amanda Vernon’s Dad and she appeared on Episode 3 . From our email exchanges before recording this episode, I knew I would learn so much in this episode. This episode digs into Historical Biographies and features our first male guest! Happy listening! If you want more Bookish Flights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patr...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Lilianna. I am beyond excited to have her back on the show. YA books stand for young adult books specifically (13-18 year olds). She gave us so many helpful tips for reading aloud with children. We discussed everything from building children’s vocabulary to audiobooks to a great recommendation of a Noticing Wall using Magnetic Post-It Notes . This is an episode yo...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Desiree Rios. Desiree and I met at a local nature club for our kids. We have a lot in common and were kindred spirits in our reading habits. In today’s show, Desiree shares with us her love of reading personally and for her family. As well as how much easier it to learn history through stories. She has prepared for us a wonderful book flight today titled History T...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Samantha Leahy. Samantha comes to us as a writer and a reader, so she has a really unique perspective on the books she shares with us today in her book flight. Make sure you hear the amazing story behind the first book of her flight today and that’s all I am going to say, no spoilers here! You can follow her journey on Instagram HERE or (@ChristinaKelleyAuthor). E...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Ashley Terpstra. Ashley and I met while living overseas. We have a lot in common, so we instantly bonded. We have always exchanged books and recommendations throughout the course of our friendship. She is currently taking classes to receive her reading specialist endorsement, so she has lots of extra insight to add to our episode today.  Every year, I end with a s...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Laura Osborne. Laura is Auntie Laura to me, so this episode was a special one for me to record. Throughout the years, she has handed me one great book recommendation after another. She is a go-to person in my life for book recommendations. Laura was involved for many years in a book club with her friends and fellow educators, which helped expand her reading horizo...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Lilianna. Lilianna and I have been friends for a few years. And one thing we are always when we talk is books. She is my subject matter expert for all things children’s books. In this episode, we discussed the importance of reading for your child with benefits including expanding their vocabulary, comprehension of material and improving their attention spans to ha...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Jana Gregorek. Jana and I went to college together and through the power of social media we have managed to stay in touch. Jana is always keeping up with the new and the noteworthy books. She also does a fun recap of her year in books, so I knew I had to ask her to be on the show.  We discuss books coming to you when you most need them, a favorite quote from her G...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Ashley Millar. Ashley and I met last year when we were neighbors. We had a lot of playdates with our kids and in those half Mom conversations (you all know what I’m talking about), we always managed to chat books. I secretly have always wanted to read more books in the fantasy genre but had no idea where to start. Hence, the impetus from this show began. I not onl...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Amanda Vernon. Amanda and I have been friends for a few years now. The common theme that caused us to dive deeper into our friendship was books and a book club we did together on self-reflective books. They were an avenue for connection and I am so glad they were! In this episode, we discuss how our reading changes in different seasons of our lives, books that you...