Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over’s host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who’s always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations […]
Classic novels are classic for a reason: while their contemporaries fade into obscurity, they live on, telling timeless human stories that never become dated. No reader’s library is complete without the classics, where they’ll find all the romance, mystery, thrills, and storytelling magic they could ask for. These beautifully bound editions of indispensable works look great on […]
Becoming a grandparent is one of those magical moments in life—an opportunity to pass down wisdom, tradition, and hard-won experience. People fortunate enough to become grandparents are usually understandably thrilled at the prospect—but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a learning curve, or that there aren’t moments of doubt, confusion, and possibly panic. As usual, the […]
We all think of summer as a good time to dig into a frothy beach read, but it’s also the perfect occasion to pick up a title or two from your (sometimes daunting) “To-Read” list—and you know the one I mean. Even the most dedicated reader has a list of books they’ve been meaning to […]
Other than honeydew melon and war, whining is easily the worst thing ever. I mean, complaining is bad enough, but to voice one’s grievances in the timbre of a dental drill warrants a consequence of the highest order. So when my kids start up in their mosquito voices about how unfair life is, I don’t […]
