Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
So little of literature for adults addresses coping with loss in a healthy way, so one reader has turned to children's books.
"But it’s also made me start being like, either I want to give that person the book or I’m keeping that shit." On the books we've lent and lost.
Upon watching a classmate and fellow writer become a famous writer with a debut novel, a reader gleans some lessons from the experience.
No matter what the book being recommended, I just can't listen to audiobooks. I really tried. And to prove it, here's a brief history of me being read to.
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes is hands-down the best kids Easter book. It is also one of the best kids books for feminism, racism, and professional equality. That's almost better than chocolate.
Need something happy and lighthearted after reading a little too much Game of Thrones? One reader shares the childhood book she turned to for an antidote.
Shakespeare had the right idea with performing these plays, didn't he? This reader examines what she learned when she started seeing the plays performed instead of reading them.
What books can you pin-point as changing the course of your life? One reader explores four life-changing books.
When you introduce your small kid to The Lord of the Rings, of course they will pretend to be characters from the franchise. Like Sauron's eye.