Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
It's been twenty years since we first entered the world of Harry Potter. One reader reflects on reading the series as each book was released.
Though my feelings about reading Harry Potter may change, the connection I share with my brother about the series will probably never change.
Headcanons, activate!
A reader on the fear of approaching Octavia Butler's work and being wrung apart by her words.
On one reader's Octavia Butler reading experience with synopses of two particularly poignant short stories.
One reader on how discovering Octavia Butler's FLEDGLING changed her reading life.
On the proliferation of the bookish tote trend, and how the Strand might have started it all.
How audiobooks became a game-changer for one reader.
