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February 14, 2018

Wednesday News: Read to a Dog with the Paws to Read Program

JaynePublishing Newscomfort reading / dogs / Library / reading experiences9 Comments

A “lonely” dog named Sting now has people to read to him. After his owner posted on social media that no one had signed up to read to Sting one evening, the post went viral and Sting is now going to have plenty of company. The post went viral, netting ... more >

March 11, 2014

What Does it Mean to Read for Comfort?

JanetLetters of Opinioncatharsis / comfort reading / genre criticism27 Comments

After my post on the HEA and HFN, I got to thinking about “comfort reading.” We talk a lot about comfort reading in Romance, even though I suspect we don’t share a universal definition for the term. For example, a recent blog post by Alison Flood in The Guardian, suggested ... more >

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