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Celebrating Independent Bookstores

Celebrating Independent Bookstores

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 LiteraryJo Reviews2 Comments

Let’s celebrate and support independent bookstores today!

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Officially one week until I’m back in the city playing with book pals and I can’t wait. 📚👯‍♀️💕

Posting a little throwback review today of a book I read a couple months ago and loved. THE PUSH by Tommy Caldwell is a memoir about free climbing the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. It’s also a captivating story about living through kidnapping in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, heartbreak, life, love, and perseverance. I loved this book. • I picked it up thanks to the suggestion of my friend Levi @ofallnationsmedia (check out his page for some rad climbing and nature photos). I probably wouldn’t have picked this book up without the recommendation, knowing very little about climbing myself. But I was hooked from the very beginning and I came away completely captivated by this man’s life story. • You can check out my full review on my blog!

On my flight home Monday, all 3 passengers in my row were reading. At one point the woman in the middle seat leaned over to the man next to her to discuss the book he was reading, which happened to be one she was also really excited to read. They proceeded to talk about the book, and then about their lives and jobs and travel for the rest of the flight. When we landed, they wished each other well with the rest of their travels and he said he hoped she loved the book as much as he did when she got around to reading it. • I love when books bring people together. It makes my bookish heart happy. ❤️

Happy Friday, friends! 🙌 • I am on my way to Gulf Shores for the weekend for a music festival on the beach and I am STOKED. The ocean and music are right up there with books as things I love most and am looking forward to a weekend of it! • I am a little bit bummed to be missing some exciting events in Springfield this weekend though, including lots of fun things at @mothersbrewing! So if you’re in town, you should definitely head over there for some beer and live music and a good time!

GIVEAWAY! • Calling all bookclubs! 👯‍♀️📚 I am partnering with my friends @blakeandbeckner to bring you an exciting giveaway of their novel REMEMBER US. This story of family and the bonds that hold us together in times of illness and hardship will be perfect for a summer book club, and we want to get some copies in your hands to make that possible! • Rules to enter: ✨ Like this post. ✨ Follow me and the wonderful @blakeandbeckner. ✨ Tell me how many copies you’d like to win for your bookclub! Must be a group of at least 3 and no more than 10 (sadly dogs don’t count as bookclub members for the purpose of this giveaway). ✨ Bonus entry if you tell me something fun about your bookclub and another entry for sharing this post in your story—be sure to tag me! ✨ Giveaway ends Tuesday, May 21st at 11:59CST. Not sponsored by or affiliated with Instagram. Good luck friends!

A couple @booksparks summer reading picks enjoying this morning’s sunlight on the patio. ☀️#partner #SRC2019 • I’m really looking forward to both Amy Poeppel’s LIMELIGHT and Meg Donahue’s YOU, ME, AND THE SEA... and hopefully more mornings just like this one. I’m not sure there are many things I like more than getting in some outdoor reading time with the early morning sunlight before starting in on the day. (coffee and/or tea help too.) • What helps you to get your day started off right?

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