You know that feeling when you dive headfirst into a new book series, only to find yourself halfway through the third or fourth installment, wondering why you ever started? The story you once loved feels more like a chore than an escape. Book series fatigue is an all-too-real…
Celebrating the Magic of Diverse Reading Styles The Problem: Feeling Like You’re Not “Reader Enough” If you’ve ever found yourself clutching a dog-eared romance novel while someone next to you flexes their latest critical theory collection, you might have felt the twinge of reader’s imposter syndrome. Maybe you’ve…
There’s something almost magical about the moment someone begins to read aloud. The voice—gentle, steady, or even dramatic—invites us to pause. Whether it’s a parent’s soothing cadence at bedtime or a beloved narrator bringing a favorite story to life, being read to has a healing rhythm all its…
Some stories are handed to us before we even know how to speak. Expectations wrapped in tradition, labels that never quite fit, and roles that feel more like cages than choices. For generations, women have carried these silent scripts, often written by someone else’s pen.
The Rise of the Dummy Reader Have you ever cracked open a book, not to be intellectually challenged or emotionally gutted, but simply to giggle, escape, or relax without consequence? If so, you might be a “dummy reader”—and that’s not an insult. In fact, it’s a badge of…