#Our Reading Lives

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

Audiobooks and ADHD

What do you think of audiobooks and how do they fit into your reading life? One Rioter details how they mesh with someone who has ADHD.

What Wordle Has Taught Us About The Power Of Moderation

Worldle is the word game that took pandemic life by storm that also offers lessons for the book community.

When It Becomes Work: Reading for Review Isn’t Reading for Pleasure

Reading for review purposes, especially for a magazine, is a different beast altogether from reading for pleasure.

I Didn’t Read For A Week. Here’s What Happened.

Okay, so I only made if four a half days without reading. But it sure felt l like a week, and here's what I learned.

A Mood Reader’s Misadventures With Library Holds

How do you handle library holds as a mood reader? As for me, well...

To Club or Not to Club? The Benefits of Reading Alone

These days, there's an emphasis on the "reading community". Do we need book clubs and a community, or are there merits to reading alone?

Why I Love Reading Memoirs By Poets

If you love poetry, how do you feel about memoirs by poets? This Rioter speaks on what sets them a part from other memoirs.

Books Helped Me Figure Out How my Child Learns, and in the Process, Helped Me Parent

Books are a source of guidance for many things and parenting is no different, but some of the most helpful parenting books may surprise you.

On Unlearning to Read Compulsively

My journey back to reading books like I did as a kid: joyfully and freely, and not as a compulsive coping mechanism.

Why I Used to Be Scared of Poetry (But Can’t Get Enough of It Now)

A reader shares their on-and-off relationship with poetry and what finally made the literary format so appealing for them.