Support your local library
Libraries are more than a place to check out a book or access free internet service. Libraries have expanded their services to meet the needs of today’s audiences.
How many books do you have?
At least 69% of Americans own no more than 100 books (6% are unsure how many they own).
November is National Family Literacy Month
National Family Literacy Month
September is National Literacy Month
During National Literacy Month, I’d like to thank the teachers and mentors dedicated to helping children and adults learn to read. Reading has always been one of my “favorite things.” As a child, my mother and father would read to my sister and me before bedtime. While my mother “stuck to the script,” my father would […]
Support independent bookstores
Even though Amazon sells 80 percent of all books sold in the US today, there’s something cozy about bookstores that Amazon can’t match. When you walk into an independent bookstore, you’re presented with tight aisles and shelves packed with books of all sizes, colors and topics. You can smell of the paper and (sometimes) leather covers. And […]
Is reading fiction underrated?
If you read to understand another culture, to feel emotions or (yes, let’s say it) to time travel, then you’re reading fiction.