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What Should I Read Next?

Ep 201: The hidden value of a terrible reading experience

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Arts, Books, Leisure

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today, Brian Eichenberger dives straight into a hotly debated issue, discussing horrible books that taught him and Anne lessons they still think about allllll the time. Brian is the kind of reader who wants to chew on big ideas, follow characters from childhood to old age to see what makes people tick, and who loves big juicy family sagas. But he also has a taste for the unusual, so Anne recommends 3 titles that hopefully hit more than one target. Click over to the podcast website for a list of books mentioned in this episode: http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/201 You can follow Brian on Twitter @beichen22, and check out his podcast Story Guys at wearethestoryguys.com/podcast or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

When I saw that this was one of your favorites, I thought I had been meaning to read this book for probably since 2010 when it came out or right around then.

0:08.5

And so I thought I'm gonna do it now and I'm at like the 76% mark.

0:13.5

Oh good, so you're reading them right now!

0:18.5

Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogall and this is What Should I Read Next, episode 201.

0:24.5

Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.

0:29.5

What Should I Read Next?

0:31.5

We don't get bossy on the show, what we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.

0:38.0

Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.

0:45.0

Before we get to today's guest, I wanted to share an email about Book Twins.

0:49.0

Last week as part of our 200th episode celebration, which was so much fun, thank you all for participating in that with us.

0:56.0

Well, what we did was ask listeners to share their stories of finding their reading doppelganger in our archive of 200 episodes.

1:03.5

Our goal here on the show is to eventually feature a guest that every single one of you will think, ah, that person reads like me.

1:12.0

And when you find that person, we call them your book, Twin. So here's the story Donna shared.

1:18.5

My book, Twin, is Madeline Reilly from episode 72.

1:22.5

She talked about multiple things I could identify with loving mysteries, my favorite genre as well.

1:28.0

And she picked my favorite series, the Inspector Gammash series by Louise Penny, also middle grade books judging books by their cover and never feeling like your TBR is too long.

1:38.0

I started following her on Instagram at Top Shelf Text and over time we got to know each other and became online friends.

1:45.0

We recently started a small online book club called the M&M Book Club for mystery and middle grade, which has already been a lot of fun.

1:53.0

So not only is what should I read next great for book recommendations, it also helped me find a new book twin friend.

2:00.0

This is such a great story. Thank you for sharing it Donna.

2:03.0

Readers, let us know in the comments and on Instagram who your book twin is. This game never gets old. Just use the hashtag book twin so we can find you.

2:13.0

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