Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
In honor of the fantastical stories that have shaped this reader, she decided to write love letters to some of her favorite books.
A reader's love letter to Black and Read, a cluttered part bookstore and part record shop in Arvada, Colorado that inspired her literary life.
Do you remember your first crush on a character? Rioters chime in with the books that gave them their first fictional crushes.
Better late than never! A reader casts a backward glance to reflect on personal reading stats and some favorite books of 2018.
An atheist reads Narnia books after leaving Catholicism only to find that she can no longer accept the message. Years later, she learns to enjoy them again.
On one hand, when bookstores charge for events, they have another way to pay the bills; on the other, they make events less accessible. So, yea or nay?
After 11 years of working in a used bookstore, this writer has seen some gross, and I mean some really gross, things. Read with caution.
A Rioter decided to make 2019 the year of not buying anything. As you might've guessed, book shopping turned out to be the hardest to quit.
Rioter Dana reads her son IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE and finds glee--of all kinds--in the ways it reflects her life as a mom.
"Children of immigrants, like Lahiri, experience shame for being other, their mother tongue ostracized rather than celebrated."