Ep 229: Works of literary fabulousness

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Arts, Books, Leisure

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Why do some books with heavy topics leave you feeling uncomfortable, while other books tackling difficult subject matter make you feel understood and connected to humankind? Today, guest Mandy Lambert and host Anne Bogel pick apart the ingredients of Mandy's favorite and least favorite books to discover the subtle difference between a hard book that pays off in the end, and a hard book that’s just… hard. Click over to the podcast website for the transcript and full list of books mentioned in this episode: http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/229 You can hear more from Mandy on her blog: thisbrightlife.home.blog Bonus episodes for you: Readers, it is a difficult and confusing time. So this past week, we released two bonus episodes on Patreon to meet you where you are, plus some special events. The first bonus episode is available to everyone. It's a book recommendation that has helped Anne during times of great loss and grief, and we think a lot of readers could use it in their life right now. Give it a listen at patreon.com/whatshouldireadnext/posts, and feel free to share it with readers and other loved ones in your life. Second, a patron-exlusive episode recommending 5 happy, hopeful reads, something many of you have written in to tell us you need right now. You can find this exclusive episode at patreon.com/whatshouldireadnext/posts, along with 31 other bonus episodes and livestream replays! Finally, if you are looking for bookish community during an isolated time, now is a wonderful time to check out everything happening in our Patreon community. We are holding our quarterly Spring livestream on April 9th, which is a community get-together with Anne and Brenna to chat about what we've been reading off our home bookshelves, and share recommendations with other readers. We hope you can will join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everyone was kind of like, oh, it's in a library and they envisioned kind of like, I don't know, not a pretty library.
0:06.2	Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogall and this is What Should I Read Next Episode 229.
0:14.7	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:19.2	What should I read next? We don't get bossy on the show. What we will do here is give you the
0:25.4	information you need to choose your next read. Every week we'll talk all things books and reading
0:30.4	and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.
0:35.2	Readers, last week we made lemonade from these coronavirus lemons and hosted what we called Stay
0:40.3	at Home Book Tour. This was a series of online events with five authors whose book tours have
0:44.9	been postponed or canceled because of current events. This includes me. We pulled it together really
0:50.2	quickly and so we didn't get an announcement into last week's podcast but I wanted to make sure
0:54.8	you knew that we planned another week of great author chats. Week two of Stay at Home Book Tour
0:59.5	starts April 6th and we've got such a great lineup for you. I'm thrilled that we have several What
1:04.1	Should I Read Next alums in the Bunch. Mary Laura Philpot, Susan Meisner, Melanie Shankl, Deanna
1:09.6	Rayburn and the By the Book Duo, Kristen Meinter and Jolenta Greenberg. To join us live, get
1:15.2	replace the past events and get news and updates about our Stay at Home Book Tour. Sign up for our
1:20.0	free email updates on Modern Mrs. Darcy. Look for the blog post called Everything is Canceled
1:24.8	so join us for Stay at Home Book Tour on Modern Mrs. Darcy.com. The sign up form is in that post.
1:30.3	Readers, we hope to see you there. Today's guest, Mandy Lambert, came to me with a nuanced problem.
1:36.5	Why do some books with heavy topics leave her feeling uncomfortable while other books tackling
1:40.8	difficult subject matter make her feel understood and connected to humankind? Today, Mandy and I pick
1:46.8	apart the ingredients of her favorite and least favorite books to discover the subtle difference
1:51.2	between a hard book that pays off in the end and a hard book that's just hard. Like every week,
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