Restorative Reading and Writing for Wellness

Surprise! I'm here with a bonus episode to give you a sneak peek inside my Get Lit(erate) Patreon community where we talk all things bookish and notebookish. This was the most recently released episode and I thought it might give you a taste of what to expect inside the community.  Our theme of the month is flaneuring: to intentionally stroll through our lives with a sense of observation and wonde...

Today, I’m sharing three books whose characters are list-makers, too. Not just your typical to-do list, but life-changing lists that have the potential to change our lives, too. These lists are powerful, impactful, sentimental and life-changing. You'll find all the books mentioned here in the show notes page, plus much more! If you loved these book pairings, you might like to take a look at my dig...

Today, I’m sharing three books that bend time….and hearts. Each of these books alters time in some way: by going back, by imagining a new future and by hopping into another time and place. But these books do more than bend time…they bend our hearts, too. It’s nearly impossible to NOT reflect on how we might bend time ourselves if we could and that gives us all the feels. You don’t want to miss the...

Today, I’m sharing the three backlist books I’ve chosen to finish my TBR stack of summer beach reads. We’re going all the way back to the year 2000 and I’m even giving an author a second chance after reading a book that wasn’t the right fit for me. You'll find all the books mentioned here on the show notes page, plus much more! If you loved these book pairings, you might like to take a look at my...

Today, I’m sharing three books that offer incredible parenting advice…but are not parenting books. You see, we can learn lessons from ALL the books we read, even those that come in unexpected places. You'll find all the books mentioned here on the show notes page, plus much more! If you loved these book pairings, you might like to take a look at my digital reading and writing community called Get...

Every week on the podcast, I share three books that you need to know about. Books that make us laugh, make us cry, help us learn and broaden our perspectives, too. But what our writing lives? That was the top question I was asked after releasing Episode 5 where I shared 3 books to inspire your reading life. How can we use books to inspire our writing lives, too? So today, I’m sharing three books t...

Today, I’m sharing three books that can change your life. How do know they can? Well, because they've changed mine. You'll find all the books mentioned here on the show notes page, plus much more! If you loved these book pairings, you might like to take a look at my digital reading and writing community called Get Lit(erate). Each month, we take a deep dive into one bookish theme and work to bring...

I vividly remember one particular book from my childhood reading life: The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone. It’s highly immersive, interactive nature set the foundation for all books to come in my reading life, especially picture books. But I realized that I do not celebrate the picture books I read on my reading log nearly enough. So, I’m doing just that inside this episode. By the w...

Life is hard. And making space for our reading life can be even harder. Today, I'm sharing three books sure to inspire your reading life when you need a little lift. Books with bookish settings, bookish plots and books that mention MORE books are just the things you need to get out of a reading rut. You'll find all the books mentioned here on the show notes page, plus much more! If you loved these...

Books have the potential to transport us to another time and place. We can literally get lost in the pages to escape our own lives for a short time. But what if we intentionally curated our TBR stacks to literally take us places we have never, could never or would never physically go to? Today, I'm sharing three books that will take us around the world without a single suitcase needed! You'll find...

I have a special page in my notebook that I treasure: Books I’ve Hugged. Yes. These are the books that I’ve loved so much that I did not want to let go of them when I turned the last page…so I didn’t. I hugged them instead.  Today, I’m sharing three of these huggable middle grade novels. And while they are perfect for the middle grade reader in your life, they are also perfect for the adult reader...

Epistolary novels, or novels writing in letter form, are mt favorite kind of genre. I feel a deep connection to the characters, get transported into another time and place and feel that deep-rooted desire to write old-fashioned letters return at an all time high. In today’s episode, I’m sharing three of my favorite epistolary novels sure to send you to the stationary store! Together, we’ll revive...

Each week, I offer a bit of bibliotherapy to spark your own reading life. Today, I’m sharing three books that will bring a bit of comfort and joy to your reading. Read them when you need a life, a bit of inspiration or just want to feel good.   Here are the books mentioned: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams The Switch by Beth O'Leary A Kind of Paradise by Amy Rebecca Tan If you loved these book...

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