Readers Write

How Do You Organize Your Bookshelves?
Readers Write

How Do You Organize Your Bookshelves?

by Claire Wood

There are many, varied methods of organizing home libraries: decorative and colorful, aided by a digital system, bins for easy access by young readers, or cataloged by author, alphabet, or call number. What is your favorite way to organize and display your book collection? What does your preferred style say about you? […]

Unreal Estate: Readers Share Favorite Literary Locations
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Unreal Estate: Readers Share Favorite Literary Locations

by Terri Barnes

A good book is an excellent vehicle for exploration. Literary journeys offer an array of imaginative destinations, from the realistic to the fantastic. In this edition of Reader’s Write, we asked readers to tell us about their favorite places to visit in the pages of a book and to describe how authors create these enjoyable and believable literary locations. […]

Eye-Opening Books for 2020
Readers Write

Eye-Opening Books for 2020

The books we read often change the way we view ourselves and the world around us. What better year than 2020 for clarity of vision, and what better way to achieve clarity than by reading good books? In this first Readers Write of the new year and new decade, readers talk about books they found to be eye-opening and transformative, in a variety of genres from self-help to children’s fiction. […]