4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A good book can get you through a lot of uncertainty. What’s better than diving into another world and staying there for hours and hours?
In this episode, we’ll hear from a BUNCH of listeners about what’s getting you through these weird times. Plus, we’ll check in with Rebecca George, who owns Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago.
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0:13.6 | What does Friday really mean though? |
0:17.0 | Did I say that last week? |
0:19.1 | I can't even remember. |
0:20.1 | From W.B. Easy Chicago, this is Nurdett. Good morning. I'm Greta Johnson. It is Friday, March |
0:27.8 | 27th, and I am on the floor of my bedroom closet, which means this must be another edition of The introverts |
0:34.9 | guide to the good life. So today I'm very excited to tell you that we are going |
0:41.7 | to talk all about books. We're going to hear |
0:44.7 | from a whole bunch of you amazing listeners who have so many great |
0:48.1 | recommendations on things to read during what Tricia Bobita likes to call |
0:51.8 | the weird times. But first I thought we should check in with my friend |
0:56.2 | Rebecca George. Rebecca owns volumes book cafe here in Chicago. There are so many amazing bookstores in Chicago that I cannot say I have a |
1:05.4 | favorite, but I will say volumes is like the most walkable from my home, which |
1:11.1 | means it does hold a special place in my heart. |
1:13.7 | As you know, as you must do these days, |
1:19.8 | I started my chat with Rebecca by just asking her how she's doing. |
1:24.0 | As a human or as a store, let's start with your humanity. |
1:29.0 | I mean, I'm okay. Obviously things could be worse in life I'm you know alone so that is |
1:39.0 | problematic in a number of ways but at least I have books to keep me company as one does right? |
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