Tag: Reading
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Terror by Nightlight: Female-Led Fear Calms My Anxiety
Postpartum anxiety is the ultimate monster under the bed. It’s there, lurking around every corner. Creeping in the shadowy corners of my brain. The more I try to ignore it, the more I push it down, the gnarlier it gets when it surfaces. The women in these books get me. They see me. They might… Read more
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Check Out These Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Bibliophiles
Mother’s Day Gifts That Help Keep Mama Reading Mother’s Day Gift Guides are alarmingly limited. It makes sense. The title of mother is too broad to cover. Gifts for people who have taken care of children? Yeah, that’s a lot of people. I’ve listed these Mother’s Day gift ideas from my perspective as an avid Read more
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Perfect Book and Bookmark Pairings for the Holidays
Have you ever heard of the Icelandic practice called Jolabokaflod? It’s the tradition of giving books to the people you love on Christmas Eve. After the unwrapping and feasting, everyone curls up with a mug of something warm and tucks into their own story. Sounds pretty nice, right? For the last few years, we’ve been Read more
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Revisiting Charlotte’s Web: Life Lessons From a Grey Spider.
I read Charlotte’s Web to my two-year-old and it changed the way I looked at my career. We decided to read chapter books to my toddler for our sanity. Maybe it was my thesis that “Little Blue Truck” and the big strong toad were in a relationship that pushed my husband and I to expand Read more