Hi I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from

little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages

of life but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share

tips and encouragement and remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're

not experts, we're parents who've been there. We're not perfect, we're real.

Welcome to the Mom Hour. Hi everyone and welcome to the Mom Hour

Voices, a special series on the Mom Hour showcasing diverse voices across

the motherhood community. I'm Megan Frances and today I'm here with my friend

Blogger and podcaster Amy Clark. Amy is a creator of the long-standing blog Mom

Advice, the Mom Advice Book Club and the Book Gang podcast. I had Amy on the

show almost three years ago now to talk about living and mothering with

a chronic health condition and we'll definitely link up that episode in the

show notes. But today we're talking about something totally different and

that's creating a readerly life as a mom. So I know for myself being a reader

was such a huge part of my identity as a kid and a teenager and a young

adult until I became a mom and then my reading life came to a screeching halt

and I know that's so common. Amy has some great insights about how joining a

book club even a virtual one can help you reclaim that reader life as well as

some tips for hacking your life to make more time for reading. I think you're

all gonna want to steal her Sunday reset routine. We also have some fun talking

about the books we are most likely to hide under the mattress when we were

teenagers. It's a really fun and helpful conversation that made me feel inspired

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