The Only Way Is Through: Overcoming the Reading Slump
For most of my life, I wasn’t entirely convinced by the notion that reading was declining. I suspect, like so many things, […]
Category: Reading Habits
Nothing makes me read faster than a lackluster book
Two questions for you today, lovely readers: (1) How fast do you read? (2) Why? I have many friends who read books. […]
leisure month reading
In January, I created a new stack of books. In a way, it was like comfort food: fantasy novels, teen series, novels […]
You don’t have to finish every book you start
We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re attracted by the beautiful cover, the summary on the back of a paperback, or the way […]
what we talk about when we talk about our favorite books
Maybe for some, it’s not a weighty problem. I’m not sure if I’ve seen any of them. “Favorite” is a fixed word, […]
There’s really nothing wrong with the way you read
If you have a very repetitive and broken clock, it’s like clockwork: every now and then, on one social platform or another, an […]
No problem with anyone’s personal library
There’s an understandable sense of anxiety in the air lately. It’s somewhat incomprehensible how it can lay its sticky little anxious fingers […]
Fall in love with paper books again
I was an early adopter of e-books, partly because of my poor eyesight, but mostly because I started reviewing before the anthrax attacks of […]
each book at its proper time
If you had told me twelve years ago that I was going to see a nighttime circus right now, I would have laughed. Maybe […]
Find a new reading habit
We talk about a big game about reading rituals, we book people. A comfy chair, a blanket, hot cocoa, a cup of […]
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