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What Should I Read Next?

Ep 215: Finding the right way to track YOUR reading

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Arts, Books, Leisure

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re revisiting a topic near and dear to our hearts here at WSIRN HQ, and a PERFECT conversation for this time of the year, when the best-of lists start rolling out and everyone is gearing up for a new calendar year of reading. Anne chatted with 14 different readers about how they track their books, and we hope their perspectives will give you some new ideas to start your 2020 reading year strong!  Click over to the podcast website for the transcript and photos of some tracking methods mentioned in this episode: http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/215 Sign up for the Reading Challenge at ModernMrsDarcy.com/CHALLENGE and get your own MMD Reading Journal! Thanks to our sponsors: ThirdLove makes great fitting bras that real women love—because a good-fitting bra makes everything you put on your body look better. WSIRN listeners can head over to ThirdLove.com/READNEXT for 15% off! Ritual’s Essentials have the nutrients most of us don’t get enough of from food—all in their clean, absorbable forms. WSIRN listeners can visit Ritual.com/READNEXT for 10% off during your first three months! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next, Episode 215.

0:11.1

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

0:15.9

What should I read next? We don't get bossy on this show. What we will do here is give you the information

0:21.9

you need to choose your next read. Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little

0:27.0

literary matchmaking with one guest. Readers, this week we are backing up to look at the big

0:33.7

picture of our reading lives and doing something a little bit different. Last week I mentioned

0:38.6

that we just released the 2020 Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge. This is a set of tools and

0:44.5

tried and true tips for having your best reading year yet. Along with the Reading Challenge category

0:49.7

list, I'll also send you my principal reading journal when you sign up. As you'll hear in today's

0:55.2

episode, I strongly believe in tracking your reading. There are lots of ideas on how to do that

1:00.3

in this episode, but if you want to stick to paper and want an easy way to get started,

1:04.6

this printable reading journal is perfect for you because it's so flexible. Printout as many

1:09.1

pages of each layout as you need, and then paste them

1:11.4

into a journal, three-hole punch them for a binder, or have it all bound at your local copy store.

1:16.7

The Reading Challenge category list is in the same format, so however you use your journal, the

1:20.9

reading challenge will fit right in. Go to Modern Mrs. Darcy.com slash Challenge to learn more about

1:27.0

how to have your best reading year yet

1:28.7

and to sign up to get both the challenge kit and the reading journal delivered by email.

1:33.4

That's modern mrs.darsi.com slash challenge, and I've linked to it in the show notes so you can

1:38.4

click there directly from your podcast app. Today, we're revisiting a topic near and dear to our hearts here at what should I

1:46.3

read next headquarters and one that is perfect for this time of year, when the best of list

1:50.7

start rolling out and everyone is gearing up for a new calendar year of reading. I talked to 15

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