Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
Deep down we know that certain scenes from books become part of who we are, but I recently found myself wondering how and why it happens.
I read more slowly now, and I've come to value books not just for the experience of reading them, but for the passages I collect from them.
I haven't fallen out of love. I've just stopped being able to appreciate the thing I love.
Reading more Indigenous books has made me realize that Indigenous authors are held to a higher standard in order to get published.
A Book bujo, or bullet journal, is often associated with fancy layouts and immaculate handwriting, but mine is focused on function.
The kinds of books that made me a more informed and empathetic student are the same subjects being banned in U.S. schools today.
A reader reflects on geekiness - what the term has meant, what it means now, and the freedom in embracing the term.
Whether it's one book a year or 100, being a reader is something you get to define for yourself, no matter when in life you do it.
Why one reader has found themselves wanting to pick up more books of investigative journalism.
Why one reader finds more than magic on trips to the Florida theme parks.