Kara C White
Why We Love Ghost Stories
While a real-life bump in the middle of the night would terrify many of us, reading about ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural...
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Kara C White
- Sep 30
- 3 min
Books I Haven't Read
I love books. I love talking about books that I'm going to read. I love talking about the books I'm currently reading. I love talking...
Kara C White
- May 14
- 5 min
9 Reads of Summer
Books for all interests with Summer in the title I've got summer on my mind these days, and it appears that I'm in good company! ...
Kara C White
- Apr 8
- 5 min
The TBR Stack: April 2022
Spring is in the air, and my nose is buried in a book! One of the pleasures (and pitfalls) of an active reading life is the never-ending...
Kara C White
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Library Love
While I rarely need an extra nudge to pick up a book, April provides plenty of motivation for some good reading. The month is littered...
Kara C White
- Mar 24
- 4 min
Kid Picks: 9 Books About Spring
Signs of spring are slowly emerging in my part of the world. A few days of warmer temperatures, a stiff breeze, lots of rain, and new...
Kara C White
- Mar 10
- 3 min
4 Ways to Get Out of a Reading Slump
It can happen to even the most avid reader. One month you're flying through one page turner after another, and then something happens. ...
Kara C White
- Mar 3
- 5 min
The TBR Stack: March 2022
March is Women's History Month! In celebration of women's history month, all of my selections in March were written by some amazing women...
Kara C White
- Feb 22
- 3 min
The Best Kind of Book
What makes a book good? Like, really good? What takes a story from OK to outstanding? The answer may vary from person to person. Some...
Kara C White
- Feb 9
- 5 min
The TBR Stack: February 2022
Is this too much? So my to-be-read list for February may be more aspirational than realistic for me this month, but once I started...
Kara C White
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Read Aloud to Grow Together
It's one of the best reading days of the year! Get your whole family involved in the literary action by celebrating World Read Aloud Day,...
Kara C White
- Jan 26
- 4 min
13 Picture Books for Snowy Days
Kid Picks for the Winter Season! I love the beauty of winter, whether I'm looking at pristine blankets of snow spread across a field or...
Kara C White
- Jan 21
- 6 min
9 Cozy Winter Reads
Books Perfectly Paired with Wintry Weather! When temperatures plummet, pick up one of these titles where snow, ice, and the winter season...
Kara C White
- Jan 13
- 4 min
Rethinking Reading Goals
What do I want right now? I'm foregoing my usual start-of-the-month TBR post to spend a little time exploring my 2022 reading goals as a...
Kara C White
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Best Gift You'll Get This Christmas
Christmas Day is almost here! We're entering the final countdown in a holiday season celebrated in the midst of a strange and sometimes...
Kara C White
- Dec 14, 2021
- 5 min
My Top 5 Books of 2021
So hard to choose! Before we turn the page from 2021 to 2022, I'm looking back at my favorite books from the past 12 months. In many...
Kara C White
- Dec 7, 2021
- 5 min
Kid Picks: 12 Top Christmas Books
Books to Make Your Season Bright In our house, we pull out boxes of Christmas decorations the week after Thanksgiving. There's the tree,...
Kara C White
- Dec 2, 2021
- 5 min
The TBR Stack: December 2021
Wrapping Up the Year I'm celebrating more than the holidays this December-- I made my reading goal for the year with a few weeks to spare!...
Kara C White
- Nov 11, 2021
- 7 min
11 Holiday Reads
Give Yourself an Early Gift! From romance to mystery to family drama, something about the holidays proves to be an irresistible setting...
Kara C White
- Nov 2, 2021
- 5 min
The TBR Stack: November 2021
Setting Year-end Priorities Now With the end of 2021 in sight, I'm taking stock of my reading goals to make sure I'm on track. That...