In an effort to expand my #bookstagram reach, I decided to join one of the free webinars that aim to help grow your social media accounts. I currently have over 2,500 followers on The Lexington Bookie’s Instagram– it blows my… Read More ›

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10 Best Apps For Listening to Audiobooks
As someone who is constantly on the go (I put about 25,000 miles on my car per year on average), I am forever thankful that I learned about audiobooks. Gone are the years of CDs and cassette books (though they… Read More ›
What even is a Book Blogger?
Over the last three years I have been blogging about books and bookish things, and my friends and family have been aware of that fact. However, recently I’ve gotten more serious about this hobby of mine, and they’ve started to… Read More ›
February Monthly Wrap-Up
Hello everybody! Here’s my little update about all the things that I accomplished (or attempted to anyway) over the course of the past month! February was a pretty sucky weather month in Kentucky- rain, cold, rain, more cold, ice storm,… Read More ›
My 2019 Blogging Resolutions
Happy New Year everyone!! With the start of 2019, I am officially celebrating the THREE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY of The Lexington Bookie! It all began in 2016 with the resolution to start a blog and read more books, and I can… Read More ›
2018: A Summary
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! As the last choruses of “Auld Lang Syne” ring throughout the world, I wanted take a moment to reflect on the books, good and bad, that I’d read over the course of the 2018. To date, this… Read More ›
How to Start a Little Free Library
I love little libraries- I frequent the local ones, dropping off and picking up reads all the time. However, my little town didn’t have one, and I thought it would be a perfectly great idea to see if I could… Read More ›
How #Bookstagram Helped Me Find a Book Club In Real Life
I joined bookstagram about six months ago, and I absolutely love the community (the algorithm on the other hand…. Grr!). I love how supportive everyone is, how nice it is to see a feed full of books and bookish things,… Read More ›
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Trigger Warning: This novel and review discuss the following: rape, bullying, sex. Goodreads Rating: 4 Stars Review: I’m pretty sure I started to read this while I was in middle school and couldn’t get into it, so I decided to… Read More ›
Blogger Recognition Award
GUESS WHAT YOU GUYS?! I’ve been nominated by Victoria from Victoria Reads for the Blogger Recognition Award! It’s my very first award nomination, and I am SUPER STOKED!! So HUGE THANK YOU to Victoria, and for everyone else out there… Read More ›