The old adage says that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb; but March has always felt all things lion to me. A...

Welcome back, readers! For all intents and purposes, The Book Shelf is wishing all of you a happy new year after a January pause on the...

The holidays are under 2 weeks away; and with Thanksgiving being so late this year, it has felt like the time to be festive is shorter...

Readers of The Book Shelf's blog will be well-versed in how much I love sharing a reading experience with my 11-year-old son, Owen. While...

The Book Shelf’s website is edging toward a pivot for the holiday season; you will see that as of today, existing book bundles have gone...

There are a lot of 'mini' bookshelves around our house: in the spare room, the living room, Owen's bedroom and ours. Each bring me a lot...

On November 6, 2008, Mike and I met on a semi-blind dinner date. But because this isn't a post about our story, I'm going to jump ahead...

Let's talk about what is coming up for The Book Shelf when we greet a new, cozy month (and one that just happens to be my favorite!) To...

Full disclosure: this had been a HARD topic for me to make peace with. All things books and reading colored so much of my childhood, then...

A Spooky Night (Marion Kyff Dodd) This book was an incredible find by my husband many years ago in a Mystic, CT bookstore that does a...

If you follow @thebookshelfexp on Instagram, you will see that I had the honor of setting up at my first ever vendor market this past...

Social media, for better or worse, often seems to cast the widest net in terms of connecting to people. While I am grateful to have this...

Every so often, The Book Shelf will interview various readers, with the purpose to highlight and draw attention to the fact that...

A book has never not changed me. Granted, there is always the rare instance when a book closes after its last page and you're left a bit...

To connect , of course. If you have begun looking through some of the book bundle offerings under the variety of categories offered (i.e....

Stories have endless and diverse elements, just like humans. There are books that draw you in, and ones that may piss you off. Books that...