by Quinn | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
We at the Reading Room CLE are, like everyone, deeply saddened by the current pandemic. At our Board's annual meeting in March 2020, we passed the following plan:For the duration, we will focus on helping our neighbors cultivate habits of happiness at home. Our...
by Quinn | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
In recent years, many prisons, both private and public, have restricted prisoners' access to books. We want to do something about that. The situation: Prison inmates are being denied books under a variety of pretexts. Sometimes hardbacks are said to be used to smuggle...
by Quinn | Jan 2, 2020 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Annie Schoonover, Oberlin College Annie Schoonover is a creative writing major at Oberlin College who specializes in prose fiction. She worked as a media intern for The Reading Room in 2018-2019. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and...
by Quinn | Jan 1, 2020 | Dispatches from the Front
What books do we take? Everything. We are the Helga Hufflepuff of bookstores; we will take “the rest.” We are often asked what books we will accept, as donations. Since we work with children, people often assume we need children’s books, and yes, of course we do. But...
by Quinn | Dec 26, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Elizabeth Jurisevic, Notre Dame College Elizabeth is a marketing and entrepreneurship major at Notre Dame College, who joined The Reading Room CLE as a marketing intern in winter 2018-2019. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and business...
by Quinn | Dec 19, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Amanda Maurer, Media Intern for Reading Room CLE, Summer 2019 In my previous post I mentioned that assigned reading can open up so many literary options that you never would’ve come to on your own. Reading for school can also be great when the...
by Quinn | Dec 12, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Amanda Maurer, Media Intern for Reading Room CLE, Summer 2019 One of the best things about assigned reading is that it’s oftentimes not something you would pick up on your own. It can also be really horrible and difficult to get through because, you know,...
by Quinn | Dec 5, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Caitlin Fisher, of www.caitlinfisherauthor.com and www.bornagainminimalist.com Caitlin is a millennial author, in that she is an author who is a millennial and also an author who writes about millennial issues, such as affording both shelter and avocados....
by Quinn | Dec 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are you interested in contributing to our blog’s recurring feature, Reader Advisory? This is a short, five-item book list from experts on a wide variety of topics. Send us a message at [email protected] with your proposed topic, and we will send you the form to...
