Get Lit(erate) Podcast
Today, I’m talking to Colin Harrang about her bookish creation I instantly fell in love with: the Book Club Card. The Book Club Card is a delightful library card with a powerful mission: to celebrate reading and connect readers together. Come listen to...
I don’t know about you, but I set personal reading goals. Yes, my overall goal is to simply enjoy my reading life, but I do set other personal goals to help enrich my reading and my actual life, too. Right now, my main reading goal is to diversify my reading life:...
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 to what a holiday note book is, how you can make one and why you need to start yours today. If you like...
Sometimes, the bookish themes I share are fun and whimsical. Sometimes, the bookish themes I share are unexpected. And sometimes, the bookish themes I share are serious. Today is a serious kind of day. According to the Center for Disease Control, 6 in 10 Americans are battling a chronic health diagnosis...
I have the world’s biggest sweet tooth. Really. My most favorite thing to enjoy is a yummy slice of vanilla cake with a thick layer of homemade vanilla frosting. It’s the best. But along with that sweet tooth, I have some food intolerances, too. I’m gluten-free, dairy-free and watch my sugar,...
Here in upstate New York, the Fall season is in full bloom: it’s colder, it’s rainier, the leaves are turning beautiful colors and the need for some mood reading is kicking in. Add in that Halloween is only a couple weeks away and you have the perfect combination for a reading...
I just finished reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and I cannot stop thinking about change and how the world works. This book gave me a perspective I’ve never even considered and I’m leaning into it. Heavily. Today, I’m sharing three how-to books (yes, they have that phrase in the...
I have a confession to make: I HATE the 5-star rating system readers use to talk about books. Really. I hate it. That’s why I’ve created a different rating scale to deepen my responses to books: I rate in hearts, not stars. Today, I’m sharing all about my new rating system...
I love learning new words, especially when those words are fun to say. Words like hullabaloo, whippersnapper and chimichanga just make me smile. They make me smile so much, I have a page in my notebook where I collect them so I can return to them again and again. There’s one...
I have a lot of books. And I bet you have a lot of books, too. So, what do you do when you have TOO MANY books to fit on your shelves? Do you store them away? Donate them? Add them to a Free Little Library? Gift them to a friend...
