100 years of The Great Gatsby, Part 1
If you’re reading this because your paper is due tomorrow and the search engine, with its black magic, spitted out our site among the first ten hits, you are out … Read More
Staff Picks
Gimlet slip: history, mystery, and NYC
Have you ever walked by a building or a famous landmark wondering what kind of secrets are hiding in its history? One of those that locals tend to avoid unless … Read More
Long Walks with Books
Many years ago, my husband recommended Bill Bryson’s delightful A Walk in the Woods, Bryson’s detailed account of hiking the Appalachian trail (with his friend Stephen Katz). It was my … Read More
Hope: How three dogs taught me the meaning of life
As nearly half a million followers keep their fingers crossed or pray for little Alba on X (formerly Twitter), Niall Harbison’s list of followers keeps growing on all platforms. On … Read More
More Audiobook Musings
I recently wrote about Brooke Shields’ latest book (Brooke Shields is not Allowed to Get Old) and how much of it resonated with me as someone going through many of … Read More
AA & Philly: A gripping legal thriller with a powerful message
Staff Picks: The Truth About the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline After a 5-month-long waiting list on my local library’s audiobooks app, I couldn’t have been more excited to start listening … Read More
How We Read: Read Diverse Books
Welcome to Spring 2025! Let’s continue to read together, one book at a time. In 2022, the Books We Read Blog conducted a series of interviews with contributors and friends … Read More
Connecting the right book with the right reader at the right time
Interviews with Authors: The librarian’s guide to bibliotherapy Bibliotherapy is typically defined as utilizing guided reading for therapeutic means. Because librarians have access to a wide range of reading material, … Read More
Thoughts on Aging
Aging is a fact of life, involving some not so great side effects such as wrinkles, sagging skin and loss of flexibility and muscle tone. Luckily there are positive factors … Read More
Holodomor: Reading Recommendations
Dedicated to our Ukrainian series, Books We Read is pleased to share reading recommendations in November, typically a month of Holodomor commemoration in Ukraine and within Ukrainian communities abroad. Initiated … Read More