I read 130+ books this year and these 15 were my favorites! I curated this list by choosing a favorite book from each month plus 3 honorable mentions. 😉 (I couldn’t stop at 12, LOL) I’m a mood reader who’s always here for the vibes, not necessarily the writing. However, I can confidently say that […]

At the end of every year I love to reflect on things that made it great! Sometimes it’s a product, sometimes a TV show, sometimes an experience- it’s always changing. This year was hard to pick, but I think I’ve figured out my top 10 favorite things of 2025 🥰 Share some of your favorite […]

Our second official reading retreat happened the first weekend of October this year. I was banking on it being a beautiful, crisp fall weekend, but Mother Nature decided to make it 80° in Wisconsin 🤣 However, that didn’t stop us from having the best weekend! We had 41 attendees from 10 different states and everyone […]

At our most recent retreat, we had THREE mother/daughter duos join us and it seriously made my heart burst. 🥰 I think that a reading retreat is a great place to recharge and relax for anyone (and everyone 😉), but to want to experience it with your mom or daughter is just SO special! I […]

⚠️ The playlist description contains some spoilers. If you have not finished the first three books of this series, proceed with caution. If we’re just meeting through this blog post, hi! Something important to know about me is that besides my husband + kids, the two other major loves of my life are music and […]

When I first dreamed up the idea of book·cation, I was in the thick of early motherhood. My daughter was a year and a half, and I had just found out I was pregnant with my son. 🤰 I was thrilled about our growing family — but right behind the excitement came the reality of […]

Welcome back to my favorite recurring blog posts where I interview past book·cation attendees to learn more about why they came to our reading retreat and why they loved it! This post features 2 attendees who came solo- one I didn’t meet until she arrived and the other who was a newer friend in the […]

This might be one of my favorites of this series so far because it’s my first JOINT interview with 2 besties who flew from both ends of the country to be at book·cation and it literally makes my heart burst with joy every time I think about it! 🥰 Read on to meet Katy and […]

WOW! I can’t believe our first ~official~ book·cation is complete. For 2 years I’ve been dreaming about this experience and it was so amazing to watch it come to life! We had 34 amazing women, from 7 states, attend our reading retreat 👀 and a fantastic time was had by all! Keep reading to get […]

As readers, we love talking about the books we’re reading with others. Most of the time though, we’ve already finished the book and are just sharing our overall thoughts. If you’ve ever wanted to share your play by play thoughts about your book, you might want to consider a buddy read! Buddy reading is when […]