Bookish Flights: Themed Book Recommendations and Reading Tips for Moms, Parents, Kids and Entrepreneurs Kara Infante

In today’s episode I chatting with Sonia Moore. She is a Gen Xer with a
Dolly Parton wig personality. A former Elementary teacher, current Adult
English Language teacher, Jill of all trades, creative, and best darn
Auntie on the planet. Sonia shares all about the gift and art of teaching
and tips for parents about modeling reading and the readability test for
books (teach it to your kids!). Sonia shares all about book journaling. She
recommends journal types and her favorite mediums to use when creating. I
love her quote about how “anytime spent being creative is not wasted.”

In today's episode, I am chatting with Bound Sisters. Bound Sisters is a
captivating book club podcast hosted by three dynamic sisters: Kellye, Jyl
and Myranda. I loved getting to know these sisters in our conversation
today and more about their podcast. Each sister chose a book today as part
of the book flight. You can find a mix of romance and fantasy through each
book of the flight. Happy listening!

Anastasia Zadeik is a writer, editor, and narrative nonfiction
storyteller. She is the author of Blurred Fates and The Other Side of
Nothing.

In this episode, Anastasia and I covered alot. We talked about the
importance of reading to create empathy and understanding, mental health
representation in books and reducing the stigma of mental health and the
tough conversations. Anastasia calls herself an equal opportunity reader
and I absolutely love it! Her book flight today focuses on books set in the
publishing world and sound delightful. Happy listening!

In today's episode, I am chatting with Katherine Snow Smith. Katherine is a
Raleigh native and has lived throughout the south as a newspaper reporter,
editor, daughter, sister, mother, wife, divorcee and friend. Her memoir,
Stepping on the Blender & Other Times Life Gets Messy was publishing in
November 2023. Katherine shared all about the writing of her book,
including how funny life can be, but also the experience of sharing the raw
and honest essays. She talks about the differences in writing as a reporter
versus for personal essay. We chatted about how we can feel connected
through reading, library tips with young children, as well as a fabulous
gift idea for your friends! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I
did. Happy listening!

Alexie gives us all the tips on reading with dyslexia, what to do and who
to contact if you think your child may struggle with dyslexia. And most
importantly, she gives us hope! That with the right tools and study
strategies you or your child can fall in love with reading too. Her book
flight today features decodable books for dyslexic readers and both books
are published by Barrington Stoke.

Today we have an episode from the kids for the kids. I am speaking today
with Colton and his Dad, Ryan Sawyer. Colton is 11 years old and a 5th
grader. Colton teamed up with his Dad and wrote the book, We Can Do Hard
Things, to inspire anyone who has felt the weight of struggling to fit in
or battling self-doubt. He shares his journey of overcoming self-doubt and
finding resilience. He is our youngest published author on the show to date
and I am beyond excited to share our conversation with you.