The quiet of a good public library on a weekday morning has a certain quality: the low hum of the […]

Most reading groups, whether they meet in someone’s living room on a Tuesday night or exist entirely as a comment

A certain type of guilt tends to accumulate around certain books. You are aware of them. They were purchased with

One type of reader maintains a mental list of books they haven’t finished. They felt genuinely horrified by something in

You can find them in practically any house with a bookshelf. The ones that are actually read are not the

Only readers who have fallen behind can feel a certain kind of guilt. It resides in the nightstand drawer, sandwiched

Some readers are patient, a little stubborn, and possibly burned out from giving up too soon. They understand what it’s

Most readers have a book with a bookmark stuck somewhere around page 80 in their homes. It’s been there for

When you reach for a book you’ve already read, a certain type of guilt sets in. Nearby, accusatory, is the