Crafters making projects based on their favorite shows, movies and pop-cultural touchstones is nothing new, but the book When Doves Craft takes musical inspiration to the next level and can inspire crafters to make their own projects from their favorite things. I struggle to write this without using the word geeky, because a lot of […]
Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day with Diverse Stories
These books are great choices for middle-grade and older kids for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Did you know there is such a thing as Multicultural Children’s Book Day? Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. The mission is to raise […]
A Reading Challenge for 2019: Books I’ve Always Wanted to Read
I don’t know why I’ve always been interested in what it means to be well read, but this year’s reading challenge has me tackling some books that will hopefully make me feel more so. I have always been a reader, and I love a good reading challenge. Years ago I decided to read all the […]
Great Books to Add to Your Book Advent Calendar
We’re going on year three of having a book advent calendar to celebrate the season. Here are some books you might want to add to yours. Affiliate links included for your convenience. Also, as a Parragon Book Buddy I received several of these books (noted with an asterisk) for free to review, but all opinions […]
Stuff You’ll Want to Read: Summer Reading Edition
I just finished reading nine books in three weeks to review for a publication. The week before that, I was on vacation and started and/or finished six books. That’s a lot of reading, even for me. Admittedly the deadline was a little crazy and I wouldn’t recommend that part, but if you ask me, summer […]
Stuff You’ll Want to Read: On Living a Creative Life
I read a lot of stuff every week and it seemed like this week in particular there was a lot of good stuff about living a creative life and just having the right attitude about things that I thought was valuable and worth sharing. I’d love to know what you’re reading, too! That’s Not Your […]
How to Design a Reading Challenge
One of my big goals for 2017 is to read a lot more than I have been for the past few years. I enjoy reading all sorts of books, but I haven’t been reading a lot of fiction lately (unless the Magic Tree House series and other things I read with the girl count) and […]