Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
Books always leave us changed. A random decision to pick up a certain book series led to one of the days of my life that I most cherish.
I once sought out happy endings to a superstitious degree, but Gabrielle Zevin's books have helped changed what I look for from stories.
When you've got over 1,000 books and need to move, what do you do? Throw them out or pack them up? One writer explores.
How the Shop Your Shelves BINGO challenge is helping one reader be realistic with their reading reality.
I felt guilty about keeping my fandom hobbies as an adult — until I read This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan.
How has how we've been taught to read since elementary school served us? How has it not? One writer explores.
When one reader's library closed for renovations, they wondered how they would survive. Turns out, it was a blessing in disguise.
What happens when a super analytical reader ditches their spreadsheets for a notebook and pen? One writer explores.
What happened when a reader who likes a good challenge set out to read the entire National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction?
One parent delights in homeschooling her son as she finds herself developing interests in certain topics she hadn't had before.
