Bookish Move It May Challenge

I’m bringing back #bookishmoveitmay again! It’s a pretty laid back challenge – read what you want and move in whatever way you like best: swimming, dancing, walking, yoga, aerobics ect.

Simply put:

🦋Set a reading goal. It can be in pages, min/hours read, or number of books read.

🦋Set a movement goal. Any kind of movement you want to do, just determine for how long and how many times a week.

🦋And I made a bingo board just for fun!

Feel free to screenshot and share graphics with #bookishmoveitmay 🙂 I’ll be sharing my progress over on Instagram if you want to follow along.

🦋What’s your favorite kind of exercise? Let me know in the comments!🦋 

I love swimming and dancing.😄

Fairytale Reading Challenge – March Recommendations

I’m hosting the Fairytale Reading Challenge again this year. The challenge is to read a fairytale, fairytale retelling, or fairytale inspired book for each month. March’s theme is Hansel and Gretel.

Here are three recommendations for the prompt:

Sweetly by Alex Flinn – I read this several years ago and really enjoyed it! It’s set in the real world with a magical one overlaying it, and I really like how the author did this. Gretchen, the MC, has a twin sister who was taken by a witch when she and her brother were little, and they now must figure out where the witch is before she takes her next victim.

The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees – This is the book I read for the challenge. This is touted as a Hansel and Gretel retelling, but the ties to the original fairytale are kind of weak. There is a witch and the candy house is mentioned, but that is pretty much it. I’ll be posting my full review soon.

“The Sugar Witch” (from Tales From Long Ago and Far Away) – This is a short story from my anthology. It was so fun to write and is one of my favorite tales in the collection.

What are you reading for March? Let me know in the comments!

Tales From Long Ago and Far Away is now in print!

I’m excited to bring Tales to print!

The print version has five additional stories that were not included in the original version. There’s also an ebook version for those who prefer reading on an ereader. It’s available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and other stores.

There’s a Goodreads giveaway for The Bloodstained Key!

I’m excited to share that there is a Goodreads giveaway for The Bloodstained Key! If you haven’t grabbed a copy yet, you can try your luck with the Goodreads giveaway.

Valentine Book Bingo

💕February is my birthday month, so I’m hosting a reading bingo and giveaway!💕

My birthday is on the 14th, but I love celebrating all month! I made the bingo board with some book prompts as well as some prompts based around some favorite activities. You can read any genre and any length of book for the prompts.

I’m running the giveaway on Instagram, and the prize will consist of a book or two and some my favorite bookish goodies.

When is your birthday? What’s your favorite way to celebrate it? Let me know in the comments below!

Nancy Drew Vibes Book Club January’s Pick

I’m excited to continue hosting the Nancy Drew Vibes book club! If you missed my original post all about the book club, you can check it out here.

Our current pick is Murder is Bad Manners. The edition listed on the Fable, is called by the series name, Murder Most Unladylike. If you haven’t joined us on Fable yet, you can do so here.

I’m excited for a new year filled with good books and reading community! If you have any suggestions for our book club, drop them in the comments.

Featured Author for Bookish Merch Shop, BookGizmo

I’m so excited to announce that I am BookGizmo’s featured author for January! BookGizmo is one of my favorite bookish merch shops. BookGizmo is run by Sheri who makes booksleeves, drinkware, mug rugs, and several other goods.

Sheri features a quote from The Bloodstained Key on a booksleeve, bookmark, and a glass. Check it out here.

What’s your favorite bookish merch shop? What’s your favorite kind of bookish merch? Let me know in the comments!

Fairytale Reading Challenge – January Recs

I’m hosting the #fairytalereadingchallenge again this year, and one thing new thing I’m doing this year is offering some suggestions for each prompt.

January’s theme is Bluebeard. You can read the original or a retelling/inspired by story. Both novels and short stories count. Here are some suggestions:

1. The Bloodstained Key – This is my book! If you love the Gothic vibes of Adalyn Grace’s Belladonna and the fairytale vibes of CJ Redwine’s The Blood Spell, you’ll enjoy this one. It’s available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Books, Google Books, and other stores.

2. The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher – I haven’t read this one yet, but it has been on my TBR for awhile, so I think it’s the one I’m going to read this month. I’ve read a couple of other books by this author and enjoyed them. This book is considered YA according to Goodreads.

3. The Bloody Key by LJ Thomas – This is a fairly new book, published just last year, and truthfully, I was drawn in by the cover. I haven’t read this one yet either, but it is on my TBR, and I may read it this month too. Check it out on Goodreads.

And if you’re not interested in any of those, here’s a list of Bluebeard retellings on Goodreads.

Share what you read on social media with #fairytalereadingchallenge and #fairytalereadingchallenge2024.

What are you reading for January? Let me know in the comments.

Read, Write, Grow Book Club – January 24 pick

I’m excited to host the Read, Write, Grow book club again this year. This is a book club for writers where we read books about writing. If you haven’t joined us on Fable, you can join us here.

Write for Life by Julia Cameron is our January 2024 pick. We’ll spend six weeks reading through this book, following the timeline suggested by the author to read through the book. The official reading dates are January 3rd – February 17th.

I’m looking forward to a great year of reading and writing with you! If you have any suggestions for books we should read, drop them in the comments.

24 Bookish Adventures in 2024

Happy New Year, Readers! I hope your year is filled with joy, fun, and lots of good books. 🙂

In 2022, I completed the #22in22 bookstore challenge (the object was to visit 22 bookstores within the year), and it was a lot of fun. So I wanted to do something like that again this year. However, I wanted to make it accessible for everyone no matter where you live.

I grew up in a tiny midwestern town with one library and no bookstores, so I realize that going to 24 bookstores could be difficult for some. So, my challenge is to complete 24 bookish adventures in 2024.

Any kind of bookish adventure counts, and you can do the same kind of activity more than once.

I came up with a list of possible activities to help you figure out what kind of things you might be able to do.

Share your bookish adventures with #24bookishadventuresin24 on social media. I’ll be sharing mostly on Instagram, Fable, and Litsy.

If you don’t have much in the way of bookish places where you live, maybe you can host a book club or some kind of other bookish event. Libraries are a great meet-up place for bookish activities. Be creative and have fun!

If you have more ideas for bookish adventures, drop them in the comments below.