⚠️ 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 […]

Welcome back to our fourth installment of this series! In doing these interviews, my goal is that you can see yourself in these testimonies. Book·cation is for EVERYONE! 🙌 No matter how you choose to read, if you enjoy solitude versus more conversation, or you’re fast or slow reader, you are welcome at our reading […]

After spending our second book·cation with most people reading Fourth Wing or ACOTAR, this idea seemed obvious when we learned of the release date. Even though the joy of book·cation is that everyone can read what they want, it was super fun to choose just one book for everyone. The ideas started flowing! One of […]

We’re back with the third installment of our Featured Reader Series! This time I interviewed Ali + Kate, both moms who got to escape to book·cation for a weekend of time for themselves! 👏 Connecting and cultivating relationships with fellow readers is one of the main reasons I started book·cation and it’s been so fun […]

I’m not a harsh critic 🤣 Honestly! I don’t analyze the way things are written (for the most part) and I’m easily entertained. Reading is subjective, in my opinion. I would hate to tell you that I disliked a book and you avoid it when in reality you could’ve loved it! That would be the […]