It was Shel Silverstein who did it for me. For my seventh birthday, I received The Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends. I might have already been on a crash-course with writing, but those books of silly poetry sealed the deal. I fell in love with rhyme, rhythm, […]
How does your book club decide which books to read? Do you throw darts at a title board? Pick titles out of a hat? Do you do the blind finger-scroll down the bestsellers list? Or are you more intentional? The personalities of book clubs vary and so do the ways in which they decide their next read. In this month’s Readers Write column, readers tell us what works for their book clubs. […]
Books Make a Difference wants to know all about our readers’ affairs. Ahem, namely the intimate connections forged with and through books. So this month we asked: Are you reading a book with someone this summer? What’s the book? Who’s reading it with you? Is reading the same book with your best friend or spouse good for your relationship? What books have you read together in the past? How did you choose which book to read? What was your experience like? […]
