Our May Literary Road Trip box takes us to the place where Nikki Giovanni, Dolly Parton, and Aretha Franklin were born. Cotton candy and...

Last Saturday, I spent the day at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books with Julie, one of my childhood friends. We have not seen each...

One of my favorite holidays is coming soon: Independent Bookstore Day! Independent Bookstore Day falls on the last Saturday in April....

Our April 2025 indie bookstore partner is Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe located in Asheville, North Carolina. Malaprop's, founded by...

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...

Our 2025 February Literary Road Trip box takes us to one of the most vibrant states in the U.S. and home to the "City That Never...

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...

Plot Twist Books is the indie bookstore partner for the December 2024 Literary Road Trip Box . Located in South Charleston, West...

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...