Reading on the light side: April 2, 2024

With all of the hard news out of the way, here's some relaxing reading material for you.

• Queen Camilla's literary charity commissioned some research that found — not a shocker — that reading fiction reduces stress (The Passive Voice).

• In honor of National Poetry Month, test your knowledge of places mentioned in famous poems (The New York Times). 

• Readers are a special breed, and these seven characteristics of ours might make dating us a little obnoxious if you don't also love literature (Book Riot).

• National Reading Month may be over, but this post on how to fit more reading into your life remains plenty relevant (NPR).