By PeggySue Wells When I’m too old to drive, pack my lunch each morning and drop me for the day at the library. Any library. Or bookstore. For longer periods, leave me at the Library of Congress. [ Read More ]
Ooh, what a fabulous thing to talk about: books, and what I’m reading! I’ve been a reader all my life – it was probably inevitable with a librarian for a mother. I love to read, and I find it [ Read More ]
Once upon a time (as all great stories start), there was a little girl with big dreams. But these dreams were limited by her understanding of the world and the things in it. And so, she went about [ Read More ]
Leigh Ann Thomas When I was growing up, my mom had a sacred, non-negotiable house rule that gave me a life-long love of reading. The rule? No idle hands allowed. If your hands are empty, they will [ Read More ]
By Tabitha Bouldin @tabithabouldin I’m pretty sure I won the reading lottery as a kid. You see, my sister is two years older than me, and one of the things she loved was coming home from school e [ Read More ]
By Christina Sinisi I grew up in the mountains of Virginia to two relatively uneducated parents—my father was the first in his family to receive a high school diploma and my mother struggled to g [ Read More ]
This blog seemed like a good idea, but now it feels like I’m confessing to being weird. Because truthfully, I read a ridiculous amount and variety. I read when I get up, I build in different pock [ Read More ]
Reading to Grow, Know, and Show By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Reading is my superpower. Communicating through the written word helps me grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. The more I know, the [ Read More ]
By Crystal Caudill @CCaudillAuthor Reading has always been an escape for me, a place where I can live vicariously through the lives of characters who have it harder than me and yet come out stronge [ Read More ]
How My Reading Life Birthed My Writing Life Harper Lee said, “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” I know just what she means. As a kid, I litera [ Read More ]