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 ]
By Cindy Patterson @cpattersonbks I have a vivid recurring déjà vu moment of being in an elementary classroom on a cold rainy day holding a first grade reader, with big bold letters and bright, c [ Read More ]
My Reading Life… I grew up in East Baltimore (Md.) known for its endless rows of tall, brick houses, all with marble front steps. Immigrants had poured into the city from Europe and the Medit [ Read More ]
By Jennifer Chastain @JenniferCwrites Growing up in a small rural town in New York State, there wasn’t a whole lot to do by way of entertainment. In the summers, we swam and played in the creek b [ Read More ]
Words. Our lives are surrounded by words—both written and spoken. My reading life took years to develop. I’m atypical of a writer and reader. Written words confused and alluded me for all of my [ Read More ]
By Jill Boyce When I reflect upon my childhood relationship with books, I’m reminded of taking long drives with my parents. I’d sit tucked away in the back seat with my nose buried in the lates [ Read More ]
by Laura DeNooyer My book adventure as an adult is the opposite of how I began it as a child. Nowadays, I read books without pictures, featuring small versus large print. I tackle stories that make [ Read More ]