One rioter interviews her mother to understand the difference in their attitudes about reading romance novels. Find out how one mother and one daughter got hooked on romance novels.
The attraction for specific editions with beautiful dust jackets is turning me into a book collector. What should I do?
"Last night I found myself surrounded by books about the South, as well as my North Carolina guidebook, eating a Moon Pie and drinking a peach Nehi soda. You could say I was a little homesick."
On the ups and downs of a reading and creative life.
Think about all the ways you read, listen to, and sometimes finish the books you're interested in. I'm sure we all have strange and unusual reading habits. What are some of your weird reading habits?
On struggling with a book hangover--the inability to move on, the grieving for characters whose stories have ended. So, how do you cope?
A reader recounts a powerful, impromptu discussion she shared with a stranger about the impact of reading THE POWER by Naomi Alderman.
After pondering the question of what makes a five-star read, I've discovered that for me, it's one thing: books that elicit a physical reaction.
If you're on the way to the Emergency Room, don't stop for books.
When a reader's mom takes her first vacation in a decade, here's what she picks up.
Last November, Ursula Lindsey and I launched a literary podcast called "Bulaq," about contemporary writing from and about the Middle East and North Africa. Eleven episodes later, I've learned a lot.
One woman's fond recollections of her time as the library ghost and her first job shelving book at her middle school library.
In honor of the 102nd birthday of Beverly Cleary, one reader writes about the Ramona Quimby author's talent for speaking to the everyday lives of kids and adults like us.
A reader recounts “Genderful! Exploring Gender Through Art,” presented by the Brooklyn Public Library, and writes about the impact and importance of events around genderqueerness in public libraries.
Through the magic of communal ownership everyone can enjoy a fabulous, big personal library like the Beast's--and we don't even have to do the work to maintain it!
