Ep 203: What happens in book club stays in book club

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Anne talks with Emily Carter about a genre they both used to think they were too smart to be reading. When Emily entered a season when she was busy and stressed, and she discovered that the genre she’d once categorically dismissed was full of books that were exactly what her lackluster reading life needed. Fellow repentant "book snobs" will relate to this conversation about what we miss out on as readers when we seal ourselves off from whole sections of the bookstore, how our misperceptions can be corrected with the help of our fellow readers, and how we can take smart chances on books outside our readerly comfort zones. Click over to the podcast website for a list of books mentioned in this episode: http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/203 You can connect with Emily on her blog: https://thesecondarrowblog.wordpress.com If you want more What Should I Read Next become a supporter on Patreon! We're sharing the full interviews we did with the past guests featured in our special 200th episode. Supporters also get bonus episodes of One Great Book, behind the scenes looks at how the podcasts are made, and invites to special events like our Fall Book Preview! More fun book recommendations happen on our Instagram feed where we use the hashtag #readerrecs to gather your recommendations for a reader who's looking for a little literary inspiration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, some people read it because it is fun and unbelievable, but so is science fiction.
0:08.7	Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next Episode 203.
0:15.4	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:20.8	What Should I Read Next?
0:23.2	We don't get bossy on the show.
0:25.0	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:30.0	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one
0:35.2	guest.
0:37.2	Readers, I'd like to thank we've all done it.
0:39.7	Does miss a book out of hand because we didn't like the title or the cover or we didn't think
0:44.6	we were that kind of reader?
0:46.0	But have you ever written off an entire genre?
0:49.3	In today's episode, I talk with Emily Carter, a Florida reader who thought she was too smart to
0:54.7	be reading certain kinds of books.
0:56.4	And as you'll hear, my own experience here was quite similar.
1:00.8	But then Emily answered a season when she was busy and stressed and she discovered that the genre
1:05.9	she'd once categorically dismissed was much to her surprise full of books that were exactly what
1:10.9	her lackluster reading life needed.
1:13.2	As a fellow repentant book snob, I loved our conversation about what we miss out on as readers
1:18.7	when we seal ourselves off from whole sections of the bookstore.
1:22.0	How our misperceptions can be corrected by our fellow readers and how we can take smart chances
1:27.3	on books outside our readerly comfort zones. Let's get to it.
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