Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
These rituals have grown from listening deeply to seasonal shifts — in my body and in the world — and matching those shifts with books.
Share your love of books this holiday season with Jolabokaflod, a bookish Christmas Eve tradition from Iceland.
So you picked the book club book and it turns out you hate it. Whoops! A reader offers tips for what to do next.
I read better and remember stories longer when my reading is accompanied by white noise — whether it's rain or ocean noises. But why?
Working at the library that was my safe haven has been satisfying in a way I’d never experienced. It went beyond satisfaction to healing.
Playing a Charlotte pastiche in a musical gave me a profound appreciation of Charlotte Lucas and Pride and Prejudice overall.
Borrowing cookbooks from the library has reinfused my baking life with joy — even if I don't end up using any of the recipes.
Many read the Choose Your Own Adventure novels as children, but even if you didn't, they hit a little differently when read by adults.
A zine collection is also a resource and a service. Mostly, though, it's a delight. It's so much fun. It's joyful. It's surprising.
Bedtime stories are common for young children, but we're missing out if we stop reading aloud when we grow up.