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“Knit Your Own Cat” or, The Worst Gift Book Ever
Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne, authors of Knit Your Own Cat, Easy-to-Follow Patterns for 16 Frisky … Read the full post
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Read More: Our Reading Lives
Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live. It is open not only to regular Book Riot contributors, but to guest posters from the publishing industry, authors, and….you. If you are interested in telling us about a book that has been influential in your life, please contact us: community (at) bookriot (dot) com.
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THE BOOK RIOT 50: #13 The Secret Lives of Bookmarks
To celebrate Book Riot’s first birthday on Monday, we’re running our best 50 posts from … Read the full post
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Adventures in Public Reading: Classics on the Train
My commute is a short one. Door to door from my house to my office is 20 minutes by Metro train on … Read the full post
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Books: My Drug of Choice
The other week I wrote a piece about why what you read matters, and how it’s important … Read the full post
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The Well-Read Waiter
On a recent trip to San Francisco, I stumbled onto a literary lagniappe: Matt, the incredibly well-read … Read the full post
Aunt Books Wanted!
As I write this on August 29, 2012, my sister is in labor. This is her first child. Not to make this … Read the full post
Readathon for One: On Carving Out Time
A few weeks ago, I hosted a readathon on my own blog called “24 in 48.” The intent was … Read the full post
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The Guilty Pleasure of Books Not Yet Read
This is a guest post from Loyal Miles. Loyal is a writer living in Brooklyn. ____________________________ … Read the full post
Why Books Provide Ballast
Among the many nuggets of fine prose in Zadie Smith’s On Beauty, one stood out. Great writing gives … Read the full post
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How Having Kids Changed My Reading Life
“They” say that having children changes you in ways that nothing else can. I think we can safely … Read the full post
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One Book, 12 Years on My Bookshelf
I’ve had my head in the sand for the last couple months, avoiding the inevitable slide into … Read the full post
Why What You’re Reading Matters
I went through a phase, a few years back, when all I was reading was what we call Chick-Lit. I started … Read the full post
Here Comes the Scribe: A Bookish Wedding Retold
Reader, I married her. Wearing tweed. Surrounded by vintage books. Pablo Neruda was there. As was … Read the full post
The Waiting Game: Analyzing the Library Hold List
Earlier this week I had what is, I think, one of the best experiences for a book nerd: picking up … Read the full post
Reading MOBY-DICK with My Dad: Part 1
Like everyone else in America I read Melville’s Moby-Dick in high school. I walked to school, … Read the full post
That Bookstore Smell
I used to live in Cambridge in the early ’90s before ebooks, before the iPhone, when I was in … Read the full post
If Reading Were An Olympic Sport
This post will seem incredibly strange to anyone who is not a complete book geek. Be forewarned. After … Read the full post
The Last Line of The Great Gatsby: “So We Beat On…”
This is going to be an exegesis on the famous last line of The Great Gatsby: “So we beat on, … Read the full post
Rumpelstiltskin
I’ve withheld reading Grimms fairytales to my children thinking they were too scary. My son … Read the full post
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Literary Tourism: You Should Go To Wales
Hi, BookRioters! I’ve been away for a while and I’ve missed each and every one of you. … Read the full post
