Posts by Christina Consolino
Unmasking Myself: An Interview with E.M. Anderson
In September of last year, I received an enthusiastic email from author E.M. Anderson inquiring about an interview. In the message, she provided the elevator pitch for her debut, The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher, and I said aloud (to no one, which she will understand; keep reading), “Well yes. Of course I’d love to…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Thirteen Reasons Why
This is only the second #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram for April, but that’s the way life goes, I guess. Today we have TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY by Jay Asher. The book published in 2007, when my oldest kids were just five, so it was several years before I actually read this book. Despite it’s heavy content, I enjoyed it,…
Read MoreMaking Connections: An Interview with Amy Q. Barker
It’s wonderful to welcome fellow women’s fiction author Amy Q. Barker to the interview series. Amy and I crossed paths on social media, and here we are, chatting about books. (I’m pretty certain we could chat about other things, too, like nature, living in the Midwest, and more.) Amy is the author of five books—Rue,…
Read More25 Authors and Their Best Advice for Young Authors
I was thrilled to participate in Hasty Book List’s celebration of Young Writer Day on April 10. Ashley Hasty has curated the advice of 25 authors—including me! What did I have to say? Something I would have liked to hear when I was a kid: Read everything and anything you can. Take your favorite books…
Read MoreSparking Imagination and Creativity: An Interview with Renee Bolla
This interview series is about showcasing all sorts of creatives, but today’s author is only my second who writes picture books! Renee Bolla contacted me last fall, and I was eager to find a slot for her this year, as picture books will always have a place in my heart. Finding Bunny is a sweet…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Love Walked In
#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram for this first Thursday of April is LOVE WALKED IN by Marisa de los Santos. Though the book was first published in 2005, I didn’t pick it up until 2008 when I was pregnant with my youngest child. I distinctly remember standing at the front of my class, hiding my burgeoning belly behind the…
Read MoreAdvocate for Yourself: An Interview with Myriam Steinberg
I was thrilled when author Myriam Steinberg contacted me about an interview. First, I love graphic novels, and I was very interested in her debut, Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility. Second, she’s the mother of twins, and I love connecting with folks who have been through some of the same trenches. While our stories…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Speak
The selection for #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram this week is SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book goes back to 1999 (which means it’s older than my oldest children), but if you haven’t read it yet, you should. It was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature, an honor that is very well deserved.…
Read MoreSee Yourself Represented: An Interview with Tamika Burgess
Author Tamika Burgess is another writer I’ve never met in real life, but I certainly would love to! Her debut novel, Sincerely Sicily, is about a girl who “learns to use her voice and take pride in who she is,” something that will resonate with many readers, regardless of their age. From the time she…
Read MoreIt’s a Goodreads Giveaway for Keely!
Keely is so excited that Breakfast with the Billionaire is participating in a Goodreads giveaway! By clicking on any of the links in the Goodreads image below, or right here, you can find out all the details. Be sure to enter before March 31 and suggest the book to a romance lover you know. 100…
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