We’re highlighting a few of our favorite pie recipes  Pies are definitely worth celebrating, so today, we’re highlighting a few of our favorite pie recipes. So, if you’re looking for a new recipe or a tried-and-true favorite, we’ve got a few suggestions for you!  Chocolate Chip Pie This pie is like a warm chocolate chip cookie in a crust. What’s not to like? It’s also super simple to make, especially if you use a store-bought pie shell. You simple mix together the ingredients

Three audiobooks to add to your playlist Listening to a book is a different experience than physically reading one, but sometimes audiobooks add to the experience, giving you encounter the characters and narrative in a different way than you would if you were just reading it on the page. If you’re looking for a few literary listens to liven up your digital library, here are a few we’d encourage you to give a listen!  The Correspondent Virginia Evans With 10 weeks on top of th

Cookbook Chronicles is an on-going series at The Bookery. Over the course of the next year, we’re exploring The Pioneer Woman’s (Ree Drummond) latest cookbook, The Essential Recipes , cooking one recipe a month and sharing our thoughts.  Ree Drummond released her latest cookbook late last year, so it seemed like a no-brainer for our 2026 Cookbook Chronicles pick. In The Essential Recipes, Ree goes back to many of the tried-and-true recipes she’s shared over the years, offerin

A 2025 bestseller that’s worth the hype At the end of 2025, Virginia Evans’ debut novel, The Correspondent , seemed to be everywhere. I saw it at the bookstore while Christmas shopping and found it listed among must-reads and best-seller lists as I started planning my 2026 reading list.  So, in preparation for my four-hour drive to visit family at Christmas, I cashed in an Audible credit on the audiobook version. It was one of my better life decisions.  The Correspondent  isn

This winter, explore a few lesser known works by some of your favorite authors Ready to explore some new reads? Bestseller lists and Goodreads recommendations have a lot to offer, but maybe now’s a good time to check out a few books from your favorite authors — that you’ve never heard of.  Add these little-known books by well-known authors to your 2026 reading list .  Big fan of Kristin Hannah? Known for her historical fiction, Hannah is a perennial favorite on the bestseller

Hope in Scripture is based in God’s character rather than our circumstances More often than I’d like to admit, I discover that I’ve put my hope in something can’t sustain it.  A few years ago, I was looking for a new job, and, during my search, a job that seemed tailor-made for me popped to the top of my LinkedIn search. I was excited and quickly pulled together a customized cover letter and resume that highlighted my most pertinent experience and applied. In a couple of week

Stuck in a reading rut? Take a chance on a book outside your usual genre. We all have our favorite go-to book genres, from classics and historical fiction to biographies and bestsellers. It’s easy to get in a bit of reading rut — and, once you know what you like — difficult to branch out into unknown genres and authors you’ve never heard of.  But at the same time, trying something new, especially when it comes to your reading list, can be incredibly rewarding. So, if you’re l

Explore a few new recipes to spice up your morning A new year is an invitation to try new things, and that extends to new recipes. Looking for ideas of how to liven up your breakfast routine or simply exploring new recipes? We’ve got a few for you to try.  Berry Cheesecake Overnight Oats With the current emphasis on eating more protein, overnight oat recipes are everywhere — and some of them just taste bad (in our opinion). Overnight oats can be a fantastic option for startin

The Bookery founder invites us to embrace 2026 with a sense of adventure with our Winter 2026 theme, Explore. During the week after Christmas each year, I usually start thinking about goals for the next year. Not really resolutions, per se, but a few thoughts about who I want to be, things I’d like to do and ideas for how to make those things a reality.  Some of them are practical, like getting some financial things in order. Others are personal, such as reading through the B