We’ve all seen them. The myriad of wonderful, beautiful, exciting, tempting bookish subscription boxes out there. What’s not to love? They combine two of the most joyful things in the world–books and mail.
So here we were. In a used bookstore in downtown Ottawa, looking at romance novels. It was a new experience for me. I read my first Harlequin romance novel that evening.
There are so many things you learn when you read, whether you are reading fiction or non-fiction, fantasy, historical, romance, sci-fi, or biography.
Here are nine things I’ve learned about while reading.
I recently read a blog post entitled “A Girl You Should Date” explaining why men should date women who read. Yesterday, while eating my lunch, a friend noticed the book I was reading (The Color Purple) and we began discussing the pleasures of reading.