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January 19, 2025 at 7:21 am

12-Year-Old Was Told He Could Only Have Access To The Main Collection Of The Library If He Finished Reading The Kids’s Section First

Source: Reddit/MaliciousCompliance/Pexels/RDNEStockproject

This was a reading marathon and he won.

December 25, 2024 at 12:49 am

Daughter Shows Her Younger Sister A New Website For Romantic Books, But Their Mom Is Mad And Blames Her For Her Sister’s Obsession

Checking an author’s website isn’t a gateway drug to internet addiction.

November 1, 2024 at 3:49 am

Their Daughter Wanted To Spend Her Time Reading While On A Hawaiian Vacation With The Extended Family, But Grandma Thought She Should Be Doing Other Activities With Her Cousins

Just let this little girl be herself and enjoy her vacation.

October 24, 2024 at 2:22 am

Her Son With Special Needs Doesn’t Like To Read Or Write, But A Bad Meal Finally Got Him To Do Both

He didn’t hold back!

October 17, 2024 at 12:48 am

Fellow Cruiser Accused Her Of Rudely Hogging One Of The Many Available Hammocks, So She Told The Other Passenger That She Might Stay In It All Day Long

Some people are just hot-tempered.

October 1, 2024 at 6:21 pm

Cousins Wouldn’t Shut Off The Lights Or Stop Talking So People Could Sleep, So She Stole Their Lightbulb And Got Some Shut Eye

You can only push people so far…

September 7, 2024 at 3:25 am

Man Lends His Young Nephew A Book On Economics, But His Grandparents Get Upset Because They Think He’s Turning The Kid Into A “Bookworm”

There are way worse hobbies for a kid!

July 13, 2024 at 7:20 pm

Homeowner Saw A Teenager Trespassing On His Property, So He Decided to Confront Him About It With A Sarcastic Comment

Full disclosure: I might’ve said the same thing.

June 18, 2024 at 12:48 am

New Studies Suggest That Reading Fiction Can Significantly Improve Cognitive Function, Reasoning And Empathy

This dataset also found readers of fiction more able to empathize.

June 6, 2024 at 4:51 pm

She Was Asked To Stop Reading During Down Time, Then Asked To Read When She Finished Other Work Early

Being efficient is fun! Sort of.

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12-Year-Old Was Told He Could Only Have Access To The Main Collection Of The Library If He Finished Reading The Kids’s Section First

Daughter Shows Her Younger Sister A New Website For Romantic Books, But Their Mom Is Mad And Blames Her For Her Sister’s Obsession

Their Daughter Wanted To Spend Her Time Reading While On A Hawaiian Vacation With The Extended Family, But Grandma Thought She Should Be Doing Other Activities With Her Cousins

Her Son With Special Needs Doesn’t Like To Read Or Write, But A Bad Meal Finally Got Him To Do Both

Fellow Cruiser Accused Her Of Rudely Hogging One Of The Many Available Hammocks, So She Told The Other Passenger That She Might Stay In It All Day Long

Cousins Wouldn’t Shut Off The Lights Or Stop Talking So People Could Sleep, So She Stole Their Lightbulb And Got Some Shut Eye

Man Lends His Young Nephew A Book On Economics, But His Grandparents Get Upset Because They Think He’s Turning The Kid Into A “Bookworm”

Homeowner Saw A Teenager Trespassing On His Property, So He Decided to Confront Him About It With A Sarcastic Comment

New Studies Suggest That Reading Fiction Can Significantly Improve Cognitive Function, Reasoning And Empathy

She Was Asked To Stop Reading During Down Time, Then Asked To Read When She Finished Other Work Early

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