What is your ideal reading environment? Do you go to a library or a cafe? Do you read at home in a book nook or in bed late at night with a nice cup of tea?

Edit - Everyone is adding such gorgeous anecdotes and environments they love reading in so much thank you so much and also GOD I NEED A CAT

I have been a voracious reader for as long as I can remember. When I visit my parents house I see hundreds of books I read when I was a kid. Some of them I remember very well and others I can only remember that I did read them.

I was thinking about recently how vividly I remember the plot of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. I read this book when I was maybe 11/12 and I am 25 now. I still remember the FMC's nature journal and afterwards I would also go sit outside and record all my observations in a journal. I remember her excitement at discovering a new plant. It has stayed with me all these years (I should do a reread now that I'm an adult). I did go on to get a degree in Conservation Biology focusing in botany and now I'm just a floral designer and avid outdoorswoman.

I'm just curious if anyone else has a book from their childhood that stuck out to them this much?

Heyhey good people,

Check out this free online event!

Link: https://www.saic.edu/events/robin-wall-kimmerer

Description: "This Q&A is presented in partnership with SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program and Office of Campus Enrichment and Community Engagement on the occasion of SAIC’s Shared Read, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. Each year SAIC designates a Shared Read, an annual, School-wide reading of a text to create a foundational and integrative learning experience for all members of the School community. Vice President of the Office of Campus Enrichment and Community Engagement Sekile Nzinga will engage in conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer about the motivations and ideas behind her work.

This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and hearing assisted devices are available. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access."

If you attend, drop some comments here about the experience! 😊🌿

Every day, I scroll through the Discover tab to find out what's on the featured emoji list, most discussed, most finished and most TBR'd yesterday ... so it got me thinking, how do you use the discover section? Have you been influenced in your reading choices by what's in there? Have you found new books this way? Or are you like me and count how many books are already in your library on those pages to see if you can beat your personal best?