Why one reader is deleting Goodreads

Posted on 05/13/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With about 90 million users worldwide, Goodreads has clearly found and fulfilled a need among many readers. Kat Smith writes,...

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Tagged As: Reading, The Guardian

You can (finally) join LeVar Burton's book club!

Posted on 05/12/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A no-brainer has finally become reality: LeVar Burton has launched a book club. The Reading Rainbow host (and Star Trek...

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Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture, Reading

Love and literature: Do you have to like the same books?

Posted on 05/10/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the cliches about love and romance is that opposites attract. But when the contrasting characteristic is their literary...

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Tagged As: Reading, The Guardian

LeVar Burton will be a "Jeopardy!" guest host

Posted on 04/22/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Since longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passed away in November, the show has turned to celebrity guests to keep the...

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Tagged As: Pop culture, Reading, The New York Times

Experts: Here's how screen reading differs from print reading

Posted on 03/23/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Whether you prefer your books in print, electronic, or audio, you’ll likely agree that the experience is different from medium...

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Tagged As: Reading, The New York Times

On reading a book by a female author from every single country

Posted on 03/08/2021 at 11:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2021 theme for International Women’s Day is Choose to Challenge. So it seemed more than fitting that the Guardian...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Reading, The Guardian, Women in literature

Good news: Your book collection could earn you $1,000

Posted on 02/17/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Anyone else read the news today and cringe? We have a (brief) respite from it: the knowledge that there is...

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Tagged As: Awards, Just for fun, Reading

OverDrive: Yep, 2020 was a big year for ebooks

Posted on 01/07/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Surely no one is surprised to hear that OverDrive is reporting a huge increase in digital borrowing for 2020. Driven...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Libraries, Reading

You tell us: 2021's reading resolutions

Posted on 01/02/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Among the many reasons to be excited that 2021 has begun is that we get to start all over again...

Tagged As: Reader stories, Reading

Infographic: How the world read in 2020

Posted on 11/16/2020 at 09:03 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new infographic just might answer all the questions you had about other people’s reading habits. Global English Editing took...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Reading