Posts by Christina Consolino
On the Brink of Life Changes: An Interview with Carolyn Clarke
I first crossed paths with author Carolyn Clarke when I found her website, HenLit Central, which is both informative and entertaining for readers and authors alike. When I learned that her own book would be published, I knew I wanted to feature her in this series. Her debut novel, And Then There’s Margaret, is slated…
Read MoreBirthday Learning, III
Dear Melina, Maybe you don’t know this, but a certain person we both know thinks of me as a parenting expert. I always shrug that thought away—it holds way too much responsibility for one person—but I understand what she means. With four kids in the mix, I’ve experienced many scenarios and draw from those to…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Wicked
Welcome back to #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram! This week features WICKED by Gregory Maguire. This book launched in 1995, and it currently has 585,404 ratings (and 25,303 reviews) on Goodreads. That’s pretty impressive. I didn’t read the book in 1995. No, it wasn’t until after my youngest was born (and well after Wicked came to Broadway) that I…
Read MoreThank You, Podcast Host, for Helping Me Take My Mental Health Seriously
Had you asked me a few years ago if I’d categorize myself as an overly anxious person in need of mental health therapy, I would have said no. Sure, life’s twists and turns tripped me up and tackled me at times, but I didn’t truly believe the state of my own mental health needed to…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: The Beach House
Happy Thursday! This week features THE BEACH HOUSE by @janegreenauthor. I’m pretty certain I read this book while nursing Melina (who was born the summer after this released), so while I did enjoy it—my Goodreads account tells me so—I don’t remember all the details of it now. But Jane Green is a prolific author, and…
Read MoreThe Fun of Fiction: An Interview with Karla Huebner
It’s always a pleasure to feature authors who live or work in my area, and Karla Hueber falls into that camp. She’s Professor of Art History at Wright State University here in Dayton, Ohio, and she specializes in “1750-present with research interests that include Czech modernism, surrealism, and gender and sexuality.” Though an accomplished nonfiction…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Falling Together
Happy Thursday! This week features FALLING TOGETHER by Marisa de los Santos. First, let me say this: If you have never read a book by Marisa de los Santos, you should. You really should. She’s a poet and a novelist, and every one of her sentences is beautiful. In fact, one Goodreads reviewer wrote of…
Read MoreAnxiety and an Active Imagination: An Interview with Jasmine Shouse
The topic of mental health is important to me, and novels are one of the best ways to highlight the significance of good mental health support and educate readers. Author Jasmine Shouse is intimately familiar with the world of mental health, and she’s used her experience to help craft her most recent book, Insanely Sane,…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Still Alice
Is there such a thing as #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram? Or maybe #ThrowbackThursday #Bookstagram? No matter! It’s here now if it wasn’t before. Each Thursday (or maybe every other Thursday, depending on my schedule), I’m going to highlight a book I’ve read over on my Instagram account, and I’ll do my best to post here too. My list is so long,…
Read MoreMoving Goals: An Interview with Shameez Patel Papathanasiou
Conducting author interviews introduces me to so many authors I might not have crossed paths with. Shameez Patel Papathanasiou falls into that category. A fantasy author living in Cape Town, South Africa, Shameez probably never put on her list of people to “meet” a women’s fiction author in Ohio. But technology is so good to…
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