Ep 393: What makes you a "real" reader?

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today Anne is joined in conversation with Shana Ferguson, a NYC-based stage manager with a particularly bookish concern: she doesn't often feel like a "real" reader. Of course, we think any kind of reader is a "real" reader, so Anne couldn't wait to encourage Shana on her personal reading journey.

Shana loves her work backstage, and in her downtime you’ll often find her baking or drinking tea. Sometimes she’ll also have a book in her hands, but as the daughter of dedicated readers, Shana’s struggled at times to have a firm grasp on her own reading identity.

Shana would love Anne's support in getting some new insight on her reading life, and she's also eager to reconnect with the genres that she loved when she was a younger and more habitual reader: historical fiction, sci-fi, and fantasy. Anne's hopeful Shana feels like a “real" reader after their talk today, and comes away with a short stack of titles she’s excited to read next.

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0:00.0	I'll go months without reading anything and then I'll find a book that I like and I'll
0:05.3	start reading and it's like I'm a little kid reading under the covers and staying up late
0:10.0	reading a book except for that I'm in my mid-30s and have to go to work the next day.
0:14.2	And there's no one to say put the book down, you can read more tomorrow.
0:18.2	Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogel and this is What Should I Read Next.
0:28.1	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:32.8	What Should I Read Next?
0:34.8	We don't get bossy on the show, what we will do here is give you the information you
0:38.9	need to choose your next read.
0:41.2	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading into a little literary matchmaking
0:45.0	with one guest.
0:53.8	Hey readers, it is back to school season and by now most of you have probably stalked
0:58.0	your kid's backpack with the school supplies from this year's list.
1:01.1	But many adults also get all nostalgic about back to school shopping.
1:04.8	I mean I love a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils and I get all whistful at the smell
1:09.2	of Scotch tape.
1:10.7	A reading journal is the perfect all ages school supply, whether or not you will be in
1:15.0	the classroom this season.
1:16.7	Choose from My Reading Life, which is geared to grownups or My Reading Inventures created
1:21.0	for the 8-12-year-old crowd but beloved by all ages.
1:24.5	These are the journals I designed to help you and your young readers get more out of their
1:28.7	reading lives.
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