Reading in Public No. 8: The Expectations Game
How I confront reading expectations--and why| fictionmatters.substack.com
How I confront reading expectations--and why| fictionmatters.substack.com
Press pause on the quantity goals and spend two weeks reading well with me| fictionmatters.substack.com
Strategies for laying a strong foundation for better reading| fictionmatters.substack.com
Questions and strategies for getting more out of the books you read| fictionmatters.substack.com
Old and new titles for every fall reading vibe| fictionmatters.substack.com
32 brand new books for an adventurous autumnal reading season| fictionmatters.substack.com
Honest thoughts about the anxieties and inconveniences of reading in public| fictionmatters.substack.com
It's end-of-year literary discourse season!| FictionMatters
Reading Recap | September 2025| FictionMatters
Plus more prize announcements and the sticker books that are saving my life| FictionMatters
In which we readers come to possess Possession| FictionMatters
Next to no thoughts on Taylor, lots of thoughts on book criticism| FictionMatters
Plus a truly exciting prize list and a Reading Rainbow reboot| FictionMatters
Because we readers need each other now more than ever| FictionMatters
Byatt's masterful pacing as our heroes' quest intensifies| FictionMatters
This Month in Books | September 2025| fictionmatters.substack.com
My annual mission to keep you in good books all summer long| fictionmatters.substack.com
All the atmosphere without the anguish| FictionMatters
Ideological contexts for Possession and the strength of Christabel LaMotte| FictionMatters
Plus poetry for resistance and a slew of fall book lists| FictionMatters
Why balancing classics with modern works may be the key to creating lifelong readers| FictionMatters
Balancing attention and momentum in a novel of ideas| FictionMatters
A home for every book review I've shared on Substack.| fictionmatters.substack.com
The midpoint of our one book reading well challenge| fictionmatters.substack.com
A nostalgic reading list for my Mississippi adventure| FictionMatters
Wanting and having, the desire for knowledge, and communing with the dead| FictionMatters
Plus an eclectic TBR pile brought to you by Book of the Month| FictionMatters
On the benefit of revisiting books even when there's so much to read| FictionMatters
On quests, romance, scholarship, and letting a novel teach you how to read it| FictionMatters
Plus join me in a readalong of POSSESSION by A.S. Byatt| fictionmatters.substack.com
Plus more about our POSSESSION readalong and a scheduling update| fictionmatters.substack.com
Five for fall top picks and (many) more to keep an eye on| fictionmatters.substack.com
The how's and why's of reading older books| fictionmatters.substack.com
A peek at my summer reading vibe| fictionmatters.substack.com
Unpacking my current book review pet peeve| fictionmatters.substack.com
Plus Greek mythology for kids and the rise of the beach read| fictionmatters.substack.com
How do you close a book well read?| fictionmatters.substack.com
The midpoint of our one book reading well challenge| fictionmatters.substack.com
Press pause on the quantity goals and spend two weeks reading well with me| fictionmatters.substack.com
Bringing an annual Bookstagram tradition to Substack| fictionmatters.substack.com
The new releases that have a hold on us, halfway through the year| fictionmatters.substack.com
My journey through the spectrum of book snobbery and why I don't equate taste with virtue| fictionmatters.substack.com
What do readers owe long books?| fictionmatters.substack.com
