Once you get back into the habit of reading and you are ready to pick the next book, “avoid dense nonfiction or a 500-page ...
Rushing is bad for our bodies. It can flood us with stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. Those increase our ...
For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the ...
When a child shares a book with a parent or carer, this encourages joint attention, helping adults to connect with their ...
From restrained classics to modern literary fiction, these opening lines establish authority, mood, and trust, proving the ...
Pioneered by Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine and Tana Hoban, photographically illustrated “concept” books have never had a ...
Early success usually reflects a moment or trend, not a lasting content strategy. Without a habit of continuous creation, ...
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Local books: How to build a beach read

This new book, ‘Typewriter Beach,’ explores what it means to be a woman, a writer, a star, and, of course, in love.” ...
This time of year is usually full of promise and good intentions. But when global unrest of various kinds starts to seem like ...
The film adaptation of Emily Henry's book makes some changes for laughs while preserving the slow burn romance ...
In an excerpt from Laura Danger's book she explains what emotional labor is, how it shows up in daily life, and why it is ...
Costco Travel can offer strong vacation deals, but its limited options and member-only rules mean it’s best suited for ...