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Books about Bookshops

a stack of paperback books on a white rug

My April reading stack includes these five books about bookshops.

April 6, 2020
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11 Books About Girls and Women Fighting the Patriarchy

Here are 11 books about women standing up for themselves or for each other and doing amazing things.

November 5, 2018
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20 Books from my Shelf to Read in 2020

a stack of book on a coffee table in front of a couch

In 2020, I’m trying to read the books I already own. These books have been on my shelves for months, if not years.

January 21, 2020
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What I've Learned About Reading Goals

row f books, pages out and spines up.

Annual reading goals can inspire, but they can also cause stress. Here’s what I’ve learned over the last few years and how it has informed my goal-setting.

January 7, 2020
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How to Use Your Library (and all the things it offers along with books)

Calgary Public Library - Central Library

As more and more governments are cutting funding to libraries and their supports, I’ve been thinking about how my library usage has changed over the years. Libraries are about so much more than just lending books (although that is still and will always be an incredibly important part of what they do).

April 23, 2019
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Epistolary Novels: Books That Tell the Story Through Letters

Book covers for various books told through letters.

Epistolary books are all over the place, in every genre and for every age group.

April 5, 2019
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Spring Cleaning: Bookshelf Edition

The best way I’ve found for keeping my bookshelves tidy is to strike a balance between continual maintenance and occasional cleaning.

March 29, 2019
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Superhero Books for All Kinds of Readers

Superhero Books for all kinds of readers - kids, teens, adults on trishajennreads

We all know the super famous superhero characters. But there are lots of other great superheroes to read about!
Here are a few great superhero (or villian!) focused books to try out – for kids, teens and adults.

October 31, 2018
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7 Fab YA Audiobooks

7 YA Audiobooks to Listen to Right Now on trishajennreads

Young Adult fiction today is telling some amazing diverse stories. And listening to them on audiobook is a great way to dive in and experience them. Here are some amazing YA audiobooks.

October 26, 2018
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Banned Books Week: Read. Discuss. Learn.

banned books week - image of books stacked behind a restricted section sign

It is Banned Books Week. It is a week to celebrate books, reading, and the value of free and open access to books and information. Banning books doesn’t help. Here is why we should read those books that make us uncomfortable.

September 28, 2016
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I’m a reader, a writer, an editor, and a book coach. Through editing and coaching, I help women build their confidence and tell great stories.

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Our family bookshelf wall is coming together! This part of our home office is the new favourite spot in the house.

- My books are finally in a living space instead of in the unfinished basement.

- My reading chair is with the books instead of tucked to the side of the tv in the living room.

- This room is now the coziest place in the house.

All that's left is a little more organization of the books and some decor items to fill in the shelves, add some of Evie's books to the lower shelves, and get a reading lamp.

Do you have a reading nook in your home?

#SundayShelfie #Bookshelf #Bookstagram #ReadingNook #Bookish #BookishHome #Reading
I'm having to consciously remind myself that my TBR is of my own making and that it has no strict schedule.

I have library holds coming in, books that I've purchased or been gifted, ARCs to read for review...and it's getting overwhelming.

As a reader and as someone who has blogged about books and participated in bookstagram, I often feel pressure to do so much: read so much, post so much, review so much, etc., etc., etc.

It's so easy to see what others are doing on social media and compare.

But that's not why I'm here. I'm on Instagram because I enjoy sharing snippets of what I'm reading, writing, editing, and living. I enjoy sharing about my life and seeing snippets of others. This page may be a blend of my life and my business but it's not something I do to get tons of followers or to make money. It's something I do for fun. And if that means my reviews and my posts are sporadic, then that's okay.

Thanks for joining me for today's pep talk.

#Bookstagram #RealTalk #Bookish #Reader #Reading #SelfTalk #TBR
Look what I found while thrifting yesterday? This hardcover is in nearly perfect condition.

The lovely Brenna of @bookmarteneditorial
told me about this book (and series). I had never heard of it but it's her favourite and even inspired her tattoo and her business name.

When a friend loves a book that much you have to read it, right?

So, dear Brenna, I picked this up and intend to read it and then can we have tea so we can talk all about it?

#Bookish #Book #Bookstagram #TBR #ReaderGoals #BookishFriends #UsedBook #ThriftedBooks #Inkheart
Weekend book haul.

#BookHaul #Bookish #UsedBooks #NewBooks #RomanceReads #Reading #ToRead #Books #Bookstagram #Romance #ReadersOfInstagram
Mother's Day 2022 is the first mother's day in many years in which grief isn't overwhelming any joy for me.

I spent the day with my little family. And now, as my daughter sleeps I'm looking at these photos from when she was 11 days old and marvelling.

How fast these last 7 months have gone. How joyful and challenging and wonderful they have been.

The joy of this girl and the fact that I get to be her mama does not erase the journey it took to get us here. It does not erase the memory of her brother Hudson and all the wonderings of who he might have been had he gotten to live earthside.

Mother's Day will always be like that for me. It will always be a day of joy and grief. Joy and gratefulness for my mother, my mother-in-law, my grandmothers and my daughter. Grief for the three babies that I didn't get raise.

I'm embracing the "and" today as I do everyday. 

Whatever today is for you, I hope that "and" is helpful.

A special thank you to @ashley_daphne for capturing these photos and being so happy to include our Hudson bear in them.

#MothersDay #RainbowBaby #RainbowMama #ParentingAfterLoss #StillbirthMama #MiscarriageMama #GratefulMama #NewbornPhotos
Almost all of my reading lately has been on my Kobo or on my phone. Sadly, neither of these make for great book photos.

I miss posting regularly here. I hope to post more bookish stuff again soon. To do that, I need to plan more and and make taking book photos more of a priority. By that, I mean use the time when Evie naps to take book photos instead of do dishes 😆

I have a bunch of Netgalley approvals so look for book reviews of those books soon. (Here and hopefully on my website again one day).

Mini Book Review: I just finished LIFE'S TOO SHORT by Abby Jimenez and really enjoyed it. I read it partially on my eReader and partially on audio thanks to my library. This book is the third in her "The Friend Zone" series. I read the first two books recently but have to be honest, I don't remember a lot. This book is still fresh in my mind though. I loved the friendship dynamic between the lead characters and the passion for fundraising for ALS research and the development and healing of the family relationships. It's a bit of a slow burn with a lot of questions about if things will turn out okay—but don't you worry, Abby understands the romance genre and the HEA is lovely!

#BookReview #LibraryReads #Ereader #Bookish #Kobo #Reader #Bookstagram
Happy #WorldBookDay friends!

I celebrated by buying myself a birthday month book haul of new books by some of my favourite authors.

I'm stoked to read this stack.

Have you read any of these?

#Bookish #BookStack #ReadRomance #RomanceReads #RomComs #ReadCanadian #BookishCanadian #BookHaul
Remember when I had a book blog? When I was writing my own romance novel? When I was editing other writers' work and training to be a book coach?

I plan to get back to all of that sooner rather than later. I really do.

But right now, I'm focusing on this wee one. I waited a long time for her and battled hard to get to be a mom to a living baby. So I'm taking my time and soaking her in each day. And then, I'm allowing myself to rest and read or binge tv or scroll social media in the evenings. (Because parenting is exhausting, y'all)

Life is a series of phases. Each phase has its own, often unpredictable, length. Sometimes phases overlap with each other and sometimes one or two go on hold for a bit while others take precedence.

Writing and blogging and my editing/coaching business will all be there when this little lady needs a little less of my time and energy. And that's okay.

#Reader #Writer #Editor #MotherDaughter #PregnancyAfterLoss #ParentingAfterLoss #ParentingAftetInfertility #Freelancer #Life #DayByDay
I fell in love with @taliahibbert's writing when I read her Brown Sisters trilogy, so now I'm slowly making my way through her backlist.

I love how her characters are so layered, have rich emotional lives, and are diverse in more ways than just skin colour or sexual orientation (which often seems to be the only kind of diversity people think of). In this book, the heroine is autistic and oh gosh, I love her. She's smart and funny and has such a great voice, both internally in her thoughts and externally in her dialogue.

Do you have any authors that have a backlist calling to you?

#CurrentlyReading #AmReadingRomance #Backlist #Reading #Reader #Kobo #EReader #Bookstagram #BookishMama
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