#Our Reading Lives

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

My Year of Unfinished Books

30 Tiny Lessons From 30 Memoirs, 2019 Edition

FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC: Glorious, Subversive Trash Turns 40

On Failing the Goodreads Challenge

A Reader’s Life, Starting With a Middle Grade Book About Death

How did BEAT THE TURTLE DRUM, a middle grade book about death —so thin, so unassuming—become a Goliath in my consciousness?

My Library Card, My Constant Friend

How CINDERELLA and Fairytale Magic Saved Me From Myself

Our Biggest Bookish Achievements of 2019

Nobody Looks Like Me: Seeking Diverse Book Covers

For young people of color, it has been historically difficult to find diverse YA book covers. But now? It's gettting better.

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Gave Me Life When I Didn’t Know I Needed It