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
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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
Never Again: UNWLA’s Holodomor Commemoration Initiatives
In 2023, Rutgers University’s Mabel Smith Douglass Library hosted an exhibit curated by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the great Ukrainian … 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
Audiobooks from the Public Library
Note: Originally inspired by our topics posted in October for Disability Awareness Month, there’s no better time than the stressful period during exams and right before the holidays to repurpose a … Read More
Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag, Part 2
This post is a continuation of my Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag (Part 1), where I share my reading highlights of the year so far. Favorite new author (debut or new … Read More
Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag, Part 1
Welcome to this year’s edition of the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag, where I share my reading highlights of the year so far. Some reading highlights include favorite books I’ve read, … 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
Neurodiversity on Campus
Perspectives from Black/Brown Students Navigating the Academic and Social-emotional Challenges of College* The term neurodiversity is often attributed to Judy Singer, an Australian sociologist, who first tried to map and … Read More
Disability awareness month: Female voices
Libraries are proud to recommend reading material to raise awareness, share information, and as discussion tools for therapeutic purposes. During Disability Awareness Month Books We Read bloggers are honored to … Read More