#Our Reading Lives

Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.

Why Do You Always Assign Books with Ghost Babies?

A professor's students ask the important question.

Bookish Things To Do While in a Reading Slump

If you've been struggling with a vicious reading slump, try these bookish activities to pull yourself out of the reader's quagmire.

Being a YA Book Lover in Corporate America

Wear your YA book lover badge proudly!

I Hosted a Book Swap and it Restored My Hope in Humanity

How one reader ended the dumpster fire of 2017 with a hope-growing book swap.

Check Yourself: A Critical Analysis of My 2017 Reading

Did you meet all your reading goals in 2017?

10 Reasons Reading A Novel Aloud is My Favorite Winter Tradition

Reading a novel aloud as a family is the coziest thing you can possibly do.

6 Paths to Diversity in 2018

A few ways to read more intentionally in 2018!

How I Learned the Secret to a Successful Literary Pilgrimage

Discovering the secret to a successful literary pilgrimage.

Our Biggest Bookish Achievements of 2017

Rioters discuss some of their biggest bookish achievements from 2017. Do you have a bookish resolution for the upcoming year?

A Teacher’s Reading Resolutions for 2018

A ninth grade teacher shares reading resolutions to get kids in the classroom to read, and to do so willingly and enthusiastically.