Our April 2025 Literary Road Trip box takes us to the state that's "First in Flight" and the home of the invention of Pepsi. Famous...

Our indie bookstore partner for March is Moon Palace Books located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Owners Angela and Jamie Schwesnedl opened...

Our March 2025 Literary Road Trip Box takes us to the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"and place where, not surprising, the sport of waterskiing was...

Our February indie bookstore partner is Northshire Bookstore. The original Northshire Bookstore location opened in 1976 in Manchester...

I bring you a long overdue blog post about our January indie bookstore partner, Shakespeare & CO. I apologize for this massive time gap...

As many of you already know, my husband accepted a fantastic job offer and we are headed back to my home state of California. We will...

One of my favorite parts of creating these book boxes is looking up facts for each state to include in the box letter and use as a teaser...

Our December 2024 box takes us to West Virginia!  Each month, I research the featured state to find a few unique facts to include in the...

Our November indie bookstore partner is The Next Chapter Books and Gifts, located in Ohama, Nebraska. The Next Chapter Books and Gifts...

I've just added a new product to the Books Inside Boxes store: The Surprise Box. I've been creating boxes for a year and half, and I have...

It's hard to believe that the holiday shopping season has already begun. The bookstore where I work is fully decorated for the winter...

Our November Literary Road Trip Box takes us to the birthplace of author Willa Cather, the home of the invention of Kool-Aid, and the...

I often mention all of the people that I've met since starting Books Inside Boxes. It never ceases to amaze me how many people took a...

The picture above is me, back in August 2023, with the boxes for the original sixteen subscribers. This was the first Literary Road Trip...

Our September Literary Road Trip Box is themed to the state of Missouri and our indie bookstore partner is Skylark Bookshop. Skylark...

Themed to the state of Alaska, our August 2024 Literary Road Trip box was created in collaboration with Homer Bookstore. Located on the...

The indie bookstore collaboration for the June Literary Road Trip Box is with Bookpeople of Moscow. Located in Moscow, Idaho, Bookpeople...

I'm here to ask you to join me in starting a trend. Let's change things and help independent bookstores. I have an idea that has been...

The June 2024 Literary Road Trip Box takes us to the "Gem State." This state is also home to the deepest river gorge in North America and...

This past winter, I participated in a bookseller commitee for the Reading the West book awards. The Reading the West book awards is an...