Get Lit(erate). Read. Write. Learn. Love.
By Stephanie Affinito
Get Lit(erate). Read. Write. Learn. Love.Jun 28, 2022
E120: Letter Writing Month with Tiny and Snail
April is National Letter Writing month and Leah from Tiny and Snail is here to help me celebrate!
Tiny and Snail produces incredibly beautiful note cards to send in snail mail, something I adore doing. They have an incredible story and are working to share their mission to make mail more beautiful, fun and easy. Plus, did you know that sending cards can raise the level of feel-good chemicals in our brains?
Come listen as we talk about the story behind Tiny and Snail, why card writing is so important and how you can get a beautiful set of cards for yourself.
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E119: Books Embracing Adult Friendship
Every week, I send a bit of bookish snail mail into the world to a fellow reader.
Recently, a reader requested a book around adult friendship and it took me down a rabbit hole of books and notebooking in the most wonderful way.
On this episode, I’ll share a bit about adult friendship statistics, offer a list of books I’ve already mentioned previously on the podcast that embrace adult friendships and discuss three books in more depth that I think you’ll love, too.
Oh…and I’ll share the notebooking prompts I used as I went back and forth from these books to my notebook, too.
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E118: Planning a Literate Experiment
Today, I’m revealing a literate experiment I’ve been working on for a while. Yes, it was inspired by a book and yes, I think you should start experimenting, too. =)
Come listen as I talk about the project and walk you through the 6 steps it takes to make it your own.
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E117: Literate Love for March 2024
On the very last day of every month, I share a bonus episode of what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the last month.
Today, I’m sharing the highlights on my literate life in March: three VERY different books, the power of affirmations, learning about an accidental icon and loving my new, beautiful notecards.
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E116: Up Lit Reading & Writing for Spring
Today, we are exploring the power of reading and writing to make life feel better through Up Lit.
Up Lit is a particular genre of reading that makes us feel good. The stories are hopeful and inspiring, even if the characters are going through hard things.
Today, I’ll take a deep dive into this micro-genre, quickly mention a list of books you’re likely already familiar with that characterize this genre, take a deeper dive into three books I think you should add to your Spring TBR and end with 5 notebook prompts perfect for some uplifting writing experiences, too.
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E115: Rules for a Blissy Life with Carol Pearson
Books make me happy.
Notebooks make me happy.
That’s why guided journals make me VERY happy: they contain the very best elements of both. =)
Today, I’m talking with Carol Pearson, author of 10 Little Rules for a Blissy Life, a guided journal to help you reflect on the real or imagined rules you’ve set for your life and decide if they’re keeping you from profound happiness.
Carol and I talked about all the things: what it means to have a blissy life, how to create and recreate your life rules in different seasons of life and what is really means to create a life you love.
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114: Books to Celebrate National Reading Month
It has been said that we are the average of the five people we surround ourselves with. But what if I said you were the average of the last 5 books you read? What would your book stack say about you if it could talk?
Today, I’m sharing a collection of books that would say you LOVE to read books about books, bookstores, libraries, authors and bookish people. It’s perfect timing to celebrate National Reading Month, but any time is a good time to read about books…and spark us to read more of them.
You’ll find a few mentions of my favorite, a deeper dive into three books I’ve never shared and a couple books about books on my own personal TBR, too.
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E113: A Radical Reading Agenda with Amanda Spencer
March is National Reading month and we are kicking off the month with a special guest who has a rather radical reading agenda: Amanda Spencer.
Amanda is a Get Lit(erate). listener who is reading to change the way she thinks about the world and is inviting all of us along with her to do the same.
Today, she talks about her reading life, her radical agenda, both figuratively and literally, and recommends a few books she thinks we all need to know about to help us read with a radical agenda, too.
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E112: Literate Love for February 2024
Happy Leap Day!
On the very last day of every month, I share a bonus episode of what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the last 30 or so days…or 29 for this special month.
Today, I’m spelling the beans on my literate life in February. I read THIRTEEN BOOKS (most of this was children’s literature), failed miserably in the writing department, learned A LOT about yoga for our reading eyes and baked 72 cupcakes for a very fun reason (and then the naughty doodle slobbered on about 18 of them).
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E111: How to Get Out of a Reading Slump
The reading life is full of ups and downs. From time to time, you might find yourself stuck in a reading slump and reading slump can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
You might find yourself stuck in a genre, reading the same one over and over. You might find yourself stuck in a format, reading or listening exclusively. Or, you might find yourself stuck in general, struggling to find the time to read or get started after finishing a book a long while ago.
So, what’s a reader to do?
Join me in today’s episode to find out. We’ll explore what a reading slump is, how to decide if you’re actually in one and how to get out of reading slumps, too. I’ll share my favorite tips and tricks AND crowdsourced favorites from my Get Lit(erate). community, too.
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E110: 100 Days of Notebooking with Michelle Haseltine
If you love notebooking or journaling, then you’re in for a treat inside today’s episode.
Today, I’m chatting with Michelle Haseltine. Michelle is a lifelong notebooker (with 99 completed notebooks and counting!) and leader of the 100 Days of Notebooking Facebook Group. Her work has brought so much inspiration to my own notebooking over the years and I’m thrilled to finally have her on the podcast.
We talk about what notebooking is, how to get started, why the perfect notebook matters (and doesn’t!), how to show up to the page when time is crunched or things feel hard and much, much more.
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E109: Book Projects I Love
Bookish love is in the air and today, I’m talking about something I adore…and am often jealous about, too.
Come listen as I talk about the bookish projects that are lighting up my reading heart, from gluten-free pies and book ornaments to book quilts and flat-lays, too.
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E108: Books to Beat the Winter Blues
Right now, we are smack dab in the middle of winter. The days are shorter, the sun sets earlier, the wind is colder and for many, that brings on a case of the so-called winter blues.
We can feel less motivated, our overall mood can decrease and we might feel stuck waiting for the longer, sunnier days in the season ahead.
Enter books to the rescue.
Today, I’m sharing three books perfect to help you beat the winter blues. One book celebrates the magic inside of a cold winter season. Another will whisk you away to another, likely colder, location and make you forget about your own winter blues as you get lost inside the pages. And finally, the third book will give you the swift kick-in-the-pants reminder that you can control much of how you feel…so you should.
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E107: Literate Love for January 2024
Each month, I take a deep dive into what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the past 30 days or so.
This month, I’m sharing about how I kicked off my reading and writing life in 2024. I’ve got some unexpected books to share, some new writing experiments, small changes that created big results and some words of wisdom I’ve loved, too.
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E106: Daughters of Green Mountain Gap with Teri M. Brown
Many of us have authors who we adore. We will read ANYTHING they write as soon as they publish it and know with utmost certainty that we will love it.
For me, one of those authors is Teri M. Brown, author of Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, An Enemy Like Me and Daughters of Green Mountain Gap.
Today, she’s back on the podcast to talk about her writing and her recently-published novel. As we did inside our first episode together, we had a wonderful time talking about writing, books and life in general.
Grab your favorite beverage and settle in for a wonderful conversation. I promise you’ll add Daughters of Green Mountain Gap to your TBR after you listen. =)
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E105: The Write Habit with Dr. Nicole Janz
I love books. I love reading. I love notebooks. I love writing.
But life is busy and sometimes, it can be hard to make the time for the kind of reading and writing lives we want to have.
Today’s guest is changing all of that. Dr. Nicole Janz is a writer’s coach on a mission to help book lovers and writers establish a creative practice that gives them joy.
And it all begins with The Write Habit: A Planner for Writers.
Let me be clear: This planner is not just for writers who want to share their writing publicly with the world. It’s for ALL of us who simply want to bring more writing into our lives….and in the process, make our actual lives better, too.
Come listen as we explore how to create a writing life you’ll love and how a planner can help you do it.
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E104: My 2024 Notebook Stack & TBW List
It’s time for my annual notebook stack reveal!
Today, I’m sharing my 2024 notebook stack: all the notebooks I’m using and loving and why. Right now, I’ve got a stack of 8 notebooks I’ll use across the coming weeks and months…and maybe one or two more up my sleeve, too.
I’ll begin with a pitch to find the perfect notebook and why it matters so much. Then, I’ll share each of my notebooks: what kind, what they look like and how they feel, how I’ll use it and how often I’ll write in it.
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E103: The Healing Power of Books with Bijal Shah
Bibliotherapy, the idea that books can help us grow through what we go through, is a fascinating field highlighting the important role that reading can play in making our lives better and today’s guest is leading the way forward in it.
Bijal Shah is a bibliotherapist, counsellor and author. She is the founder of Book Therapy and offers bibliotherapy sessions, personalized book prescriptions and bibliotherapy training.
On today’s episode, we talk about all the things: what bibliotherapy is and why it matters, how books can heal, the importance of literary journaling and much, much more.
Come listen and bring a notebook. I know you’ll want to capture some of the content shared today so you can go back to it later.
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E102: Literate Love for December 2023
Well, I blinked and December FLEW by. Did it pass quickly for you, too?
I had to dig deep for today’s episode: a calendar audit, a photo roll scroll, thumbing through my journals and more.
I’m so glad I did. It was the BEST way to reflect back on a busy month and bring more clarity to the month ahead. Here’s my completed monthly literate love printable:
Come listen as I share what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the month of December.
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E101: Reading & Writing to a New You
The week after Christmas is a special one for me. It’s a week that feels as if it is suspended in time as we emerge from the holiday but are not yet ready for the new year.
Each year, I always spend time reflecting and dreaming through this week…and cleaning and organizing, too. =)
Come listen as I share how I’ve created my three New Year’s Intentions and plan to bring them to life through reading and writing.
We’ll discuss how to set goals in a radically different way, how to choose books and notebooks to help you bring them to life and the one important step that MUST happen after reading and writing, too.
Let’s start 2024 together with a year full of reading, writing and growing.
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E100: A 100 Episode Celebration!
Today is a BIG day on the Get Lit(erate). podcast…
We are celebrating 100 episodes!
It seems like yesterday I got up the nerve to press publish on my first podcast episode and I’m so grateful for all of the bookish and notebookish connections I’ve made over 100 episodes.
Come listen as I revisit the Get Lit(erate). origin story, review the top 10 episodes and give you a sneak peek into what comes next.
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E99: This Time Could Be Different with Khristin Wierman
Have you ever read a book that truly felt life-changing? A book that made you rethink who you were and what you could be?
I have.
Today, I am talking to the author of that book: Khristin Wierman.
She wrote This Time Could be Different and it’s a book that I cannot get out of my head. Reading this book sparked so much inspired action in my life that it just isn’t the same after reading it.
Join me as we talk about her book, the impetus for writing it, lessons learned inside the pages and much, much more.
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E98: Books & Notebooks for Holiday Cheer
I love talking about my reading rules and I have one particular reading rule that you might not expect: I cannot read holiday books until December 1st.
Not at all.
While I love anything and everything to do with the holiday season, I like to restrict my holiday reading to only one month out of the year so it is filled with holiday bookish anticipation.
So now that December has arrived, it’s time to bring out the holiday TBR stack.
Today, I’ll share three of my favorite holiday books, three holiday books on my own personal holiday TBR and three notebook prompts designed to bring holiday cheer, too.
So, get out your To-Be-Read (TBR) stacks and your To-Be-Written (TBW) lists and let’s get into the holiday spirit together!
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E97: Literate Love for November 2023
On the last day of every month, I share a little bit of literate love with the world: what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving.
Come listen as I share three books I loved, a writing prompt you would NOT expect from me (I think!), the hack that saved my Thanksgiving and the YouTube video bringing me daily happiness.
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E96: Journal to a Life You Love with Anna K. Morris
Sometimes, we need a little help in learning how to use our journals and notebooks to create a life we love and you’ll find it on today’s podcast.
Today, I’m talking with Anna K. Morris. She’s a mindset coach who harnesses the power of journaling to reflect, reject old stories and create new ones. If you listen through to the end, you’ll walk away with a free coaching session that could change the trajectory of what comes next for you.
Plus, she’s talking about how we can use this kind of thoughtful reflection to create a holiday that we love, too. Be sure to listen with a few sticky notes or your notebook close by and use code HOLIDAY100 for $100 off!
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E95: Books with Pie
Pie is the most-loved Thanksgiving holiday dessert and that means that many of us are either buying or making a pie this Thanksgiving week.
So today, I’m sharing three books (make that four!) that have pie as a central theme: one classic must-read, one book that changed my life, a middle grade novel that will compel you to quickly turn the pages and a book that you wouldn’t think is about pie.
Come listen and get ready for some delicious holiday reading!
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E94: Holiday Notebook Tradition 2023
It’s that time of year….time to break out my annual holiday notebook tradition!
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 as I re-air last year’s episode describing what a holiday notebook is, how you can make one and why you need to start yours today. I’ll also share what’s new about my notebook this year and invite you to create one with me, step-by-step.
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E93: Time to Write with Emily Winslow
I started my Get Lit(erate). Podcast to share my love of books with others and offer sets of books to help readers manage life’s challenges and have some fun along the way.
But I also started talking about my love of writing and notebooking…and it turns out those are some of the most popular episodes!
Today, I’m talking with Emily Winslow. She’s the author of Time to Write, a book full of inspiring lessons and practical skills to write the novel you’ve always wanted.
She’s certainly sparked my own writing dream and made it feel reachable, too.
Come listen as we talk about her book, the writing process and everything in between.
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E92: Literate Love for October 2023
On the last day of every month, I share a little bit of literate love with the world: what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving.
Come listen as I share four books I loved, two important writing prompts, a crazy amount of learning to support my new projects and some things I’ve loved, too.
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E91: Shine a Light on Mental Health with Sagit Schwartz
October is World Mental Health month and I’m talking with Sagit Schwartz on the power books have to shine a light on mental health.
She’s here to talk about her debut novel: Since She’s Been Gone.
Sagit Schwartz is a writer, producer, and licensed psychotherapist. Her work has been featured in Medium, Slate, The Atlantic, Reddit NoSleep, and Lifetime Television. She resides with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog in a Southern California beach town….and her novel is incredible for so many reasons.
It’s the first book I’ve read (if not ever!) with a main character grappling with an eating disorder in the midst of a gripping storyline that kept me turning the pages compulsively.
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E90: Cozy Books with Fall Flavors
It’s officially Fall and that means I am enjoying my favorite season of the year. Time for warm socks, crunchy leaves and cozy reading.
Did you know that the term cozy is actually a special subgenre? Think cozy mysteries, cozy romances and even cozy fantasy novels.
And where there are cozy books…there is food. =)
Today, I am sharing 3 cozy books full of Fall flavors: pumpkin, apples and pumpkin spice babka, too.
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E89: Joyful Journaling with Becca Rae Eagle
I love meeting people who embody the kind of life I want to live and have mastered the habits and mindsets that I’m trying to grow.
Today’s guest is my ultimate guide for bringing joyful, mindful journaling into my daily life. Becca Rae Eagle is an educator, podcast host, author and writing doula here to talk about joyful journaling and her 60-Day One-Word Journaling project.
Like me, Becca enjoys one-word themes to help her focus and get intentional on the page. I know I’ll be trying her technique and journaling to some of the words in her challenge like renew, play, listen and transform.
She drops SO MANY bits of journaling wisdom for us to learn from and embodies an energy and passion for journaling that cannot be matched.
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E88: Books That Feel Like Therapy
Books can help us grow through what we go through and there are two broad categories of books in bibliotherapy: books that EXPLICITLY help us and books that IMPLICITLY help us.
Today, I am sharing three books that blur the boundaries of bibliotherapy in different ways.
One book is a bestseller, one is brand new and one is yet-to-be-published, but should be in your pre-order cart.
Come listen as I explore three books that feel like therapy.
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E87: Literate Love for September 2023
Every month, I share a little bit of literate love: what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving all month long in hopes that it inspires the same for you.
Today, I’m sharing four incredible books you haven’t heard about yet on the podcast, a bookish prompt for your notebook, LOTS of fun things I’ve been learning and of course, some things I loved that brought me happiness and health, too.
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E86: Restorative Reading & Writing
Books and notebooks have always been a large part of my life, but their role has shifted and changed over time.
Today, I talk about where I’ve been, where I am now and how I’ve been using reading and writing to make life better.
Come listen as I explore restorative reading and writing: what it is, why it matters, how to get started and much more!
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E85: The Pleasure & Power of Planning with Sarah Hart Unger
When I first started this podcast, I made a wish list of guests to invite on the podcast and today, I am thrilled to share that one of my wishes came true. =)
Today, I am talking with Sarah Hart Unger of Best Laid Plans. This is one of my FAVORITE podcasts because Sarah goes all in on a topic she loves: paper planning.
She talks all things planning and planning adjacent: how and why to plan, the kinds of planners that might be right for each of us, routines and rituals to add into our day and even the best pens, too.
See why she is a dream guest?!
Come listen and then get ready to start planning!
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E84: Books That Spark Wild Curiosity with Elora Maxwell
Recently, I read a historical fiction novel that sparked my interest in a historical event in a way that no other book has done: The Shore of Forever by Elora Maxwell.
This book was completely captivating. It was focused on a fascinating period of history and told the story of three characters who each had my heart and taught me a thing or two about how to live life. But even better than that, it lit my reading heart and sent me down a beautiful rabbit hole of curiosity.
Today, I’m talking with Elora Maxwell about her debut novel. She gives us the backstory of how it came to be, insight into the characters and structure and even shares book recommendations that pair well with hers. You don’t want to miss this!
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E83: Three Books with Back to School Vibes
Here in the United States, we’ve just observed Labor Day. That means back to school, cooler weather and my favorite pumpkin flavors.
Today, I’m sharing three books with back-to-school vibes: two fiction novels set squarely in academia and one memoir with strong threads of school excellence throughout.
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E82: Summer Literate Love
Every month (almost!) I share a little bit of literate love: what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving all month long.
Today, I’m sharing the summer edition of my monthly recap. I’ve got four great books to share, some fun writing experiences, a cookie recreation I am proud of and something making me VERY happy during this last week of August.
Be sure to listen to the end….I share how you can win a SIGNED version of one of my favorite picture books!
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E81: Journaling in The Secret Garden with Keri Wilt
There are many iconic books that we tuck into our reading hearts and one of those books for me is The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Originally published in 1911, this book still captivates the minds and hearts of many readers and I’d argue the lessons inside are even more important today than they were long ago.
Today, I am talking with Keri Wilt, Burnett’s great-great-granddaughter and a heart cultivator at The Well-Tended Life, a podcast to help you unearth the tools to keep you growing and blooming true in every season.
I loved my conversation with Keri and we talked about all the things: The Secret Garden (and how old she was the first time she read it!), the heart taps inside the pages, her unique journaling technique and much more. I know you’ll love it as much as I did and you’ll be off to grab your notebook (or buy a new one!) to try Keri’s intentional journaling today.
Plus…Keri is offering listeners a chance to win a beautiful, illustrated version of The Secret Garden signed by three generations of Burnetts descents so you can find the magic inside the pages, too. Head to my Instagram page to enter
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E80: Fairy Tales as Life Coaching
There’s one genre that I have not read in my adult reading life for a VERY long time…and I know because I keep meticulous track of the books I read: fairy tales.
That all changes starting now!
Today, I’m talking with Donna Fields. She has spent years studying fairy tales and is ready to flip everything we thought we knew about fairy tales upside down…and give us some life coaching in the process, too.
You’ll remember the fairy tales of your childhood, be blown away by one simple, yet powerful, change in thinking and leave with a desire to dive into the next fairytale you read…and your life…with new eyes.
I promise!
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E79: Exploring Journal Tip-Ins
Today, I’m sharing a new journaling technique that I’m trying in my notebook: a journal tip-in. It’s a fun way to add function AND beauty to your notebook and I wish I tried it sooner.
I talk about what tip-ins are, how they can serve our notebooks and how we can create one. Then, I’ll get personal and talk about how I’m currently experimenting with tip-ins in my own stack of notebooks and ask for special requests, too.
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E78: Books to Celebrate Book Lovers Day
Let’s celebrate National Book Lovers Day!
I love all things books and reading: books, bookstores, bookshelves, book bins, book covers, book sleeves, bookmarks, bookish culture, bookish fun and more.
That’s why I have a special place in my reading heart for books about books. Not only do they indulge my bookish heart, but they place me square into the lives of other bookish people, too.
We are not alone. =)
Today, I’m sharing a collection of books that embrace bookish culture.
You’ll find three of my all-time favorites, one book I love to hate, three books on my personal TBR and a couple of middle grade books I think all book lovers need to read, too.
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E77: Joyful Junk Journaling with Jenn Begin
I love all kinds of notebooking and journaling, but there’s one kind that I have not yet tried: junk journaling.
So, I’ve brought on a special guest to help me think through what junk journaling is, why we should all give it a try and how to get started.
Jenn Begin is the perfect guest to share her passion for junk journaling and spark that magic in each of us, too. Join us as we talk about junk journaling, how we can bring our reading life inside the pages of our journals and what you need to get started. It’s easier than I thought and look at the results!
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E76: Unexpected Books for Summer Reading
Today, I am talking about a particular bookish problem I often have: reading the books on my tall TBR stack in the season I intentionally wanted to read them in.
I have many books that I wanted to read this summer IN the summer season because they have all the summertime vibes: they take place in the summer in warm and beachy locations and give off the summertime vibes: fun, sun and romance.
But summer is HALFWAY over and I have not read any of them. None.
So today, I’m sharing three books that I WILL read this summer, but they are NOT your typical beach read. Yes, they take place in summer in warm and beachy locations, but they are not rom-coms and instead, they focus on real characters going through real transformations in the summer season.
Come help me choose which of the three I should read first and which you might add to your TBR stack, too!
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E75: Reading & Writing in Five Senses
Ever since I read The Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin, I’ve been thinking about my days a bit differently. I’m noticing things more. I’m attempting to listen more. I’m striving to stay present in the moment, to really experience it.
I’m trying to choose a bigger life and this book is helping me do it.
Today, I’m revealing a new side to my professional life, one I’ve been thinking about for YEARS and this book has finally helped me make the leap to bring it to life.
I’ll share my exciting new concept, claim a new identity and explore how we can turn reading and writing into a ritual that can help you choose a bigger life, too.
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E74: Books That Can Take Us Places
Today, I’m talking with Kara Infante of the Bookish Flights podcast. What started as a chance to talk about hyperlocal books from the Midwest to broaden my own reading life turned into another chance to talk about the power of books.
Together, we explore how we can use books as tools to take us places AND to prepare us for life moves to those places, too. We’ll uncover the themes present in Kara’s book flight, think about how they relate to our own life values and add even more books to our TBR stacks.
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E73: The Get Lit(erate). Backstory
I always love a good literate backstory: how an author decided to write, the way a book came to life, why a writer shares specific stories on the page.
Knowing the backstory, connecting to the backstory and truly understanding ‘all the things’ connects me to authors and books in new ways.
And I LOVE that.
Today, I’ve decided to share my own backstory with you, but with a twist. My very first Get Lit(erate). Patreon member flipped the script and interviewed ME for the podcast. Together, we talk about our love of books, how and why Get Lit(erate) came to be, our favorite book club selections and bookish experiences and much more.
Come listen as I spill the beans on Get Lit(erate) and then join in the fun!
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E74: Literate Love for June 2023
It’s time to share a little bit of literate love for June of 2023!
Today, I share what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving in the month of June in hopes that it inspires your own reading and writing, too.
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E72: Getting Writing Inspiration From Books
This summer, I’ve set a goal to really lean into my writing life. I want to write more regularly, tackle some writing projects, write outside the box and boost my writing communities, too.
So, I’ve joined two very different writing groups and have been reflecting on what I like about each, what I’ve learned about the process and what really works for me.
Surprisingly, I’ve realized how much I like writing to a prompt…tiny clips of song lyrics, to be exact. These nuggets of inspiration are shockingly helpful in showing up to the page and this got me thinking: book quotes can do the same.
I LOVE collecting compelling quotes from the books I read. I have multiple quote notebooks, a Google Doc collection and even digital Keep notes and a Padlet wall full of them.
Today, I am bringing you five book quotes that are sure to send you straight to your notebook. I’ll share the quote, the book it's from and what it might spark for you. This just might be my favorite episode yet!
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