#Our Reading Lives

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

Merging Collections: How To Move In With Another Book Lover

How do two book lovers merge their collections? Follow these steps and your collections will be sorted, stored and adored in no time.

Learning How to Read Slowly

Over the past few years, I've been thinking a lot about how to shift some of my bookish energy toward slower, more deliberate reading.

Don’t Just Call It Angst: Mental Illness in Alice Oseman’s SOLITAIRE

A reader examines portrayals of mental illness in Alice Oseman's SOLITAIRE, a title met with mixed reviews for all of it's "teenage angst."

Reading Poetry and Only Poetry for a Week

After abandoning prose for week and enveloping myself entirely in poetry, slivers of me hoped I’d start thinking in lines of poetry.

How Audiobooks Saved My Reading

As I teacher, I was getting tired of only being able to read for pleasure during the summer. Audiobooks opened up new possibilities.

How to Read Poetry While Getting a Tattoo

Like tattoos, the cover of your book says something about you. Here's how to pick the best poetry books for your particular flavor.

In Search of Book Hangovers

I’m just a girl standing in front of my bookshelves asking a book to ruin me for other books.

How I Finally Got Myself Into Historical Fiction

Sometimes a poor initial reading experience can turn us off to a genre. But here's how one reader kindled a love for historical fiction.

How to Catch a Star: Why I Love Oliver Jeffers’ Books

Oliver Jeffers doesn’t shy away from the bad parts of life in his books, but he perfectly encapsulates the magic of the good stuff.

Bookish Hack: How Past You Can Treat Present You

One Reader set up a way for her future self to relax and feel treated by her past self. Here's how she did it.