Restorative Reading and Writing for Wellness
By Stephanie Affinito
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Reading and writing can be restorative practices. If you love books, beautiful notebooks, thoughtful conversation, and the quiet joy of reflection—you’ll feel at home here.
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My Personal Book Apothecary for April 2026
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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E222: Grace & Acceptance: Build a Book Apothecary with Dawn
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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E221: Connective Writing & Correspondence Kits
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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E220: The Joy of Blending Notebooks: The Planary with Nikki Russell
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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E219: Shifting Seasons & Cultivating Home: Build Your Book Apothecary with Amy!
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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E218: Why a Personal Curriculum Isn’t a Book Apothecary & Why That Matters
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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E217: Books to Soothe the Mind After JournalSpeak
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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E216: How Reading Can Help You Manifest Anything
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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E215: Get Rid of Journaling Decision Fatigue with This Tool
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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E214: Here’s EXACTLY What Your Reading Life Needs Next
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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E213: Winterize Your Reading & Writing Life for Wellness
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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E212: Why & How You Should Theme Your Reading Life
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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E211: My 2026 Notebook Stack
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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E210: Your Holiday Permission to Pause
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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E209: Book Chapter Epigraphs as Restorative Invitations
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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E208: Writing Our Way Through the Holidays: Seven Invitations
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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E207: How the Four Tendencies Can Grow Your Reading Habit
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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E206: Holiday Gifts for Restorative Reading & Writing
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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E205: Create a Restorative Recipe Notebook
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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E204: Finding Magic in the Margins of Book Pages
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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E203: Why I’m Trying a Sunday Planning Notebook
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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E202: Create a Restorative Reading & Writing Altar
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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E201: A Beautiful Holiday Season Starts with a Notebook
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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E200: Celebrating 200 Episodes!
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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E199: Book Clubs with Heart: How Group Reading Can Foster Collective Healing
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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E198: Affirmative Writing Ideas to Change Your Mood
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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E197: Reading Your Way to Wellness: The Last 90 Days
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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E196: How A Restorative Pencil Pouch Could Change Your Life
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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E195: The How & Why of Restorative List-Making
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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E194: When Writing Literary Letters Becomes Healing with Jeannine Atkins
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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E193: Why Reading Escape is a Form of Bibliotherapy
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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E192: How & Where to Find Books for Self-Bibliotherapy
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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E191: Six Kinds of Restorative Writing
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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E190: How Journaling Deepens Reading: The Nudge Notebook
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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E189: What Does a Restorative Reading Retreat Look Like?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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E188: Three Restorative Journal Prompts for Caregivers
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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E187: The Healing Power of Memoir with Wendy Dale
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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E186: Move Over Mood Reading: Read for Seasonal Energy Instead
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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E185: Five Things to Know About the Healing Power of Words
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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E184: Children’s Picture Books for Adult Transformation
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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E183: Permission to Pause: How Short Stories and Essays Can Soothe
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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E182: The Joy of Tiny Writing
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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E181: Create a Personalized Summer Bookshelf
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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E180: Conversations on the Courageous Path to Healing with Jennifer Kreatsoulas
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May 27, 2025 |
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E179: Scriptotherapy, Restorative Writing & Healing Chronic Pain
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May 20, 2025 |
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E178: The Art of Slow Reading: Why Savoring Stories Matters
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May 13, 2025 |
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E177: Spring Into Nature Journaling with Karen Houlding
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May 06, 2025 |
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E176: Incidental Bibliotherapy with The Frozen River
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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E175: A Year's Worth of Writing Invitations
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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E174: Three New Ways to Practice Bibliotherapy
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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E173: The Healing Powers of Writing & Creativity with Sharon Frances
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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E172: Create a Year-Long Thematic Reading Calendar
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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E171: Literary Journaling & Reflective Practice in Bibliotherapy with Bijal Shah
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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E170: The Perfect Morning Routine: Reading, Writing & Yoga
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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E169: The Why & How of Reading Books You Already Own
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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E168: Mandalas for Mental Health
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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E167: Exploring the Power of Graphic Medicine
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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E166: A Notebook Idea to Get Clarity, Move On & Spark Creativity
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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E165: Aromatherapy for Readers & Writers
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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E164: Encore: The Write Habit with Dr. Nicole Janz
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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E163: New Tips to Build a Notebook Habit
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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E162: When Our Reading Gaps Point to Life Gaps
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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E161: How to Winterize Your Reading Life
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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E160: An Unlikely Way to Set Intentions (and change a bad mood!)
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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E159: My 2025 Notebook Stack!
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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E158: The Best Holiday Gift Ever
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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E157: Here's What To Do With Your Used Notebooks
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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E156: Gifts for Restorative Reading & Writing
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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E155: The Power of Cyclical Notebooking with Rebecca Rankin
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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E154: Books on My Holiday TBR Stack
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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E153: Reading Cookbooks as Self Care
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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E152: Boost Your Immunity by Reading & Writing
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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E151: 5 Ways to Practice Gratitude in Our Notebooks
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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E150: My Holiday Notebook: 2024
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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E149: Annotation, Marginalia & Bookish Notes to Self
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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E148: Layering Reading, Writing & Yoga
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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E147: Ten Ways to Take Inspired Action From Books
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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E146: A 5x4 Routine Map for Your Notebook
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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E145: Why You MUST Read Banned Books
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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E144: 10 Little Rules for Sharing Your Story with Frank Winters
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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E143: How to Start a Book Relay
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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E142: 20 Ideas for Your Empty Notebooks
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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E141: Tackling Your Busy Bookshelves
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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E140: Lifting Lines From Literature
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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E139: Ask Me Anything: August 2024
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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E138: A Bibliotherapy Book Calendar for August
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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E137: The Magic of Mirror Neurons in Reading
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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E136: Write Your Way to a Higher Vibe
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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E135: Say YES & 'Retreat' Yourself with Wendy Harrop
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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E134: 365 Days of Book Postcards Project
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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E133: Mocktails & Book Pairings with Dupe Witherick of Thrive Alcohol Free
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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E132: Monthly Literate Love for June 2024
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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E131: Writing Kidlit: Start Here with Victoria J. Coe & Cheryl Lawton Malone
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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E130: Five Kinds of Notebooking
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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E129: Book Characters as Life Mentors
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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E128: Ten Steps to the Best Summer Reading Season Ever
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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E127: Monthly Literate Love for May 2024
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May 31, 2024 |
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E126: The Get Lit(erate). Summer Reading Challenge
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May 28, 2024 |
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E125: Inspiration for Morning Reading & Writing
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May 21, 2024 |
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E124: The Trouble with the TBR
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May 14, 2024 |
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E123: Re-Enchantment Letters with Charissa Steyn
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May 07, 2024 |
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E122: Literate Love for April 2024
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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E121: Furry Reading Buddies & Books with Dr. Barb Vokatis
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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E120: Letter Writing Month with Tiny and Snail
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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E119: Books Embracing Adult Friendship
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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E118: Planning a Literate Experiment
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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E117: Literate Love for March 2024
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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E116: Up Lit Reading & Writing for Spring
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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E115: Rules for a Blissy Life with Carol Pearson
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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114: Books to Celebrate National Reading Month
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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E113: A Radical Reading Agenda with Amanda Spencer
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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E112: Literate Love for February 2024
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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E111: How to Get Out of a Reading Slump
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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E110: 100 Days of Notebooking with Michelle Haseltine
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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E109: Book Projects I Love
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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E108: Books to Beat the Winter Blues
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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E107: Literate Love for January 2024
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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E106: Daughters of Green Mountain Gap with Teri M. Brown
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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E105: The Write Habit with Dr. Nicole Janz
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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E104: My 2024 Notebook Stack & TBW List
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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E103: The Healing Power of Books with Bijal Shah
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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E102: Literate Love for December 2023
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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E101: Reading & Writing to a New You
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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E100: A 100 Episode Celebration!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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E99: This Time Could Be Different with Khristin Wierman
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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E98: Books & Notebooks for Holiday Cheer
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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E97: Literate Love for November 2023
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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E96: Journal to a Life You Love with Anna K. Morris
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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E95: Books with Pie
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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E94: Holiday Notebook Tradition 2023
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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E93: Time to Write with Emily Winslow
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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E92: Literate Love for October 2023
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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E91: Shine a Light on Mental Health with Sagit Schwartz
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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E90: Cozy Books with Fall Flavors
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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E89: Joyful Journaling with Becca Rae Eagle
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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E88: Books That Feel Like Therapy
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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E87: Literate Love for September 2023
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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E86: Restorative Reading & Writing
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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E85: The Pleasure & Power of Planning with Sarah Hart Unger
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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E84: Books That Spark Wild Curiosity with Elora Maxwell
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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E83: Three Books with Back to School Vibes
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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E82: Summer Literate Love
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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E81: Journaling in The Secret Garden with Keri Wilt
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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E80: Fairy Tales as Life Coaching
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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E79: Exploring Journal Tip-Ins
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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E78: Books to Celebrate Book Lovers Day
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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E77: Joyful Junk Journaling with Jenn Begin
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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E76: Unexpected Books for Summer Reading
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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E75: Reading & Writing in Five Senses
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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E74: Books That Can Take Us Places
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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E73: The Get Lit(erate). Backstory
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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E74: Literate Love for June 2023
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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E72: Getting Writing Inspiration From Books
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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E71: Three Books to Spark a Passion
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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E70: Our Reading Rules with Christie Zimmer
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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E69: Books for Alzheimer's Awareness Month
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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E68: Literate Love for April 2023
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May 31, 2023 |
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E67: Lit Gifts for Graduates
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May 30, 2023 |
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E66: Books to Celebrate AANHPI Month
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May 23, 2023 |
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E65: Five Fresh Notebook Experiments
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May 16, 2023 |
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E64: Three Books to Explore Motherhood
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May 09, 2023 |
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E63: Super Bloom with Megan Tady
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May 02, 2023 |
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E62: April 2023 Literate Love
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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E61: The How & Why of Shelf Care
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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E60: The Kindred Spirits Mailbox
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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E59: Self-Discovery Journaling with Jen Laffin
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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E58: All Things Morning Pages
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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E57: ChatGPT Made Me Read It
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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E56: Monthly Literate Love March 2023
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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E55: Crafty Books & Sew It! Workshop with Ellen Lumpkin Brown
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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E54: The Power of Middle Grade Novels with Ann Braden
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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E53: Books to be Read in Small Doses & in No Particular Order
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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E52: Yes, You Can! Self-Publishing with Wendy Reed
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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E51: Bibliotherapy with The Keeper of Lost Things
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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E50: Find Your Journaling Path with Christie Zimmer
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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E49: Books to Celebrate Middle Grade March
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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E48: Journaling for Mental Health
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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E47: Books for National Eating Disorders Week
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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E46: Reading Challenges with Allison of Mind Joggle
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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E45: Books to Embrace Wintering
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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E44: Celebrating Children's Literature with James Preller
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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E43: What's Your Notebook Love Language?
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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E42: Hyper-Local Books with JD Spero
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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E41: Books for National Send a Friend a Card Day
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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E40: What the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks Books
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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E39: Books for Goal Setting
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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E38: My Bookish #23in23
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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E37: My 2023 Notebook Stack
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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E36: An Enemy Like Me with Teri Brown
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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E35: Three Gilmore Girls Books with Jules of The Literary Lifestyle
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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E34: Yearly Reading Reflections & Short Books
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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E33: Books to Celebrate Festivus
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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E32: Fabulous Book Adjacent Holiday Gifts
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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E31: Three Must-Read Holiday Picture Books
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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E30: Paper Crafting with Debra Glanz
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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E29: Four Holiday Books for Your December TBR Stack
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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E28: A Journaling Challenge to End 2022 Strong
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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E27: Three Books Crowdsourced from Friends & Fiction
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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E26: Three Books to Spark Gratitude
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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E25: The Power of Bibliotherapy
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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E24: Three Books for Gathering
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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E23: The Book Club Card with Colin Harrang
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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E22: Three Books by Indigenous Authors
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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E21: My Holiday Notebook Tradition
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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E20: Three Books for When You Get a Diagnosis
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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E19: Three Books About Cake
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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E18: Three Books Full of Intrigue
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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E17: Three How-To Books That Change Lives
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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E16: Three Books That Earned 5 Hearts
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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E15: Three Books to Embrace Flaneuring
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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E14: Three Books I Put on Pango
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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E13: Three Books NOT to Read When You're Hungry
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Flaneuring Through Our Reading Lives
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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E12: Three Books Full of List-Making
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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E11: Three Books That Bend Time & Hearts
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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E10: Three Backlist Beach Reads for Your Summer Stack
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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E9: Three Parenting Books Disguised as Other Genres
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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E8: Three Books to Inspire Your Writing Life
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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E7: Three Book That Can Change Your Life
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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E6: Three Picture Books with Adult Lessons
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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E5: Three Books to Inspire Your Reading Life
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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E4: Three Books That Will Take You Places
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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E3: Three Huggable Middle Grade Novels
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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E2: Three Epistolary Novels Sure to Send You to the Stationary Store
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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E1: Three Books to Bring You Comfort
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness (Trailer)
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Jun 25, 2022 |