Category: Literacy Lifestyle
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Book Review: Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
There’s something utterly intoxicating about a romance that feels like a game of cat and mouse, especially when it involves witches, witch hunters, and a world steeped in blood and revolution. Kristen Ciccarelli’s Heartless Hunter is the kind of book that you open up intending to read for a few minutes and, before you know…
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Book Review: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful — A Love Letter to the Kate Spade New York Books Every Woman Should Own
There are some books that don’t just belong on a shelf—they belong in your lifestyle. In your spirit. In your story. The Kate Spade New York book collection is exactly that kind of experience. With titles like It’s So You, Things We Love, and She: Musings on Style, Grace, and the Art of Being a…
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Sunday Chapters – Life Between the Lines: The Beauty of the Rise
“Not all resurrections are loud. Some happen in silence, in stillness, in the decision to try again.” In last week’s essay, Becoming the Story, I wrote about the power of naming your dream—how we stop waiting for permission and start claiming who we already are. That essay came from a very real place in my heart……
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Feel-Good Fiction: The Unexpected Power of a Good Story
There’s something irresistible about fiction that feels like a friend. Whether you’re curled up with a romantic thriller, a beachy escape, or a heartstring-tugging drama, the right story has a way of settling your spirit and stirring your soul. But what if I told you reading fiction is doing even more than relaxing you after…
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The Magic of Sprayed Edges: When Books Become Art
There’s a quiet kind of thrill that happens when you unwrap a new book. That satisfying weight in your hand, the whisper of turning pages, the scent of possibility. But every so often, a book offers a little extra—a detail that makes you pause before diving in. Sprayed edges. They’re the literary equivalent of icing…
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Sunday Chapters – Life Between the Lines: Becoming the Story
“You don’t just write the story. You are the story.” In my last essay, The Light That Finds Us, I wrote about how we spend so much time searching for clarity, not realizing that the light we’re looking for often finds us when we stop trying so hard to chase it—and simply stand still long enough…
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Sunday Chapters: Life Between the Lines – The Light That Finds Us
There’s a rhythm I’ve come to trust—one that lives not on the clock or in the calendar, but deep within the quiet spaces of our lives. This rhythm doesn’t shout. It doesn’t rush. But it moves, nonetheless, carrying us from moment to moment, chapter to chapter, season to season. When I began this essay series…
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Sunday Chapters – Life Between the Lines: Roots Before Blooms
“Just because it’s not visible yet doesn’t mean it’s not growing.” Last week in The Winds of Change, I wrote about transformation—the quiet nudges and bold gusts that move us to take action, to let go, to begin again. Change has a rhythm like that. Sometimes it’s loud and insistent, demanding movement. But not all growth…
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Sunday Chapters – Life Between The Lines: The Winds Of Change.
Sundays have a way of settling the soul. They offer a quiet kind of magic—a deep breath between what was and what’s coming next. A space to pause, to reflect, to listen to the pull of something more. Last week, in The Garden Within personal essay, I talked about patience. About how the best things in…
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Books in Bloom: 10 Stories of Renewal and Growth
There’s something magical about the way a book can transform us. The best stories don’t just entertain—they plant seeds of change, whispering new possibilities into our hearts and minds. They remind us that renewal is always within reach, whether it’s a fresh start, a second chance, or the quiet unfolding of self-discovery. Like the first…
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