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What We’re Reading

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What We’re Reading: The Night We Met by Abby Jiminez

06/29/2026 nwamamas

Book title: “The Night We Met,” by Abby Jiminez Author: Abby Jiminez Genre: Women’s Fiction / Romantic Comedy What it’s about (without spoilers): From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Say You’ll Remember Me comes a beautiful, compelling novel […]

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What We’re Reading: Checked Out by Gwen Rockwood

06/03/2026 nwamamas

This week’s book recommendation is homegrown here in Northwest Arkansas! The author is an nwaMotherlode founder, Gwen Rockwood. (The book’s editor just happens to be the other nwaMotherlode founder, Shannon Magsam.) You may have also […]

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What We’re Reading: The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans

03/04/2026 nwamamas

Some books are just special, and this is one of them — The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans. After you read it, you’ll tell everyone you know about it because it’s just that good. You’ll want […]

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What We’re Reading: The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn

02/04/2026 nwamamas

Mamas, if you need some help getting through these long, cold winter days, we’ve got the book for you. The Diamond Eye, by one of our favorite authors, Kate Quinn. Before I found this author, […]

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What we’re reading: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

01/16/2026 nwamamas

Mamas, if you haven’t read this one already, read it now. Also, listen to your hair stylist. My longtime hairdresser, Kylee, told me about this book years ago and I waited around to read it […]

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What We’re Reading: Christmas books to read with the kids

12/10/2025 nwamamas

by Sara Treat Chance, reading specialist, educator, and local mother of 3 Often in a good book, we either see glimpses of ourselves (a mirror), or lives foreign to ours (a window). Both are great […]

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What We’re Reading: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

11/24/2025 nwamamas

This month’s book recommendation, titled Project Hail Mary, is the perfect book if you’re looking for a true escape — something that will take you so far out of your normal everyday world that you’ll […]

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Thanksgiving books to read with little ones

11/05/2025 nwamamas

By April Wallace, Northwest Arkansas mom Some people have their Christmas trees up already, lights aglow on their decks and snowmen, reindeer and other happy decorations set out to add some cheer to this difficult […]

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What We’re Reading: Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

10/22/2025 nwamamas

This month’s book recommendation, titled Culpability, is as timely as they come. It’s a story that revolves around what happens when a family takes a trip to their son’s field hockey game, traveling in a […]

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Books about construction kids will love

08/27/2025 nwamamas

Editor’s note: Our friend and fellow mama April Wallace wrote some great recommendation lists for books to read with your kids, so we’re sharing the following list that was originally published a few years ago. […]

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