Ep 398: A reading life that shifts with the seasons
What Should I Read Next?
Anne Bogel
4.8 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
After a satisfying summer of reading the twisty thrillers and entertaining books she really enjoys when the temperatures rise, Melanie Steimle is ready to discover some transitional books for the fall reading season.
Melanie lives in Utah, where she enjoys cake decorating and her favorite adjacent bookish hobby: keeping close track of her reading in her book journal and associated spreadsheets (and looking forward to her end-of-December book stats review.)
While Melanie feels confident about the types of books she's looking for this time of year, she'd love some help finding specific titles that fit this reading preference. Melanie's looking for more literary picks than she typically reads in the summer, but she's not quite ready for the heftier and often darker reads she enjoys in the winter. She'd love Anne's help in bridging this gap and creating a fall reading list featuring titles that will deliver an immersive, highly discussable reading experience.
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| 0:00.0 | How likely is this going to be to make me want to keep my lights on and check under my bed? |
| 0:07.3 | As much as I read the mysteries and thrillers, I'm a pretty big wimp, |
| 0:12.3 | so I like the crimes and the dark to be kind of removed from what could actually happen to me. |
| 0:18.8 | I will say that of course this is going to be personal to every reader, but the word scary is not |
| 0:24.2 | one I ever thought to reach for. |
| 0:31.2 | Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogel, and this is What Should I Read Next. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader. |
| 0:40.3 | What should I read next? |
| 0:42.8 | We don't get bossy on this show. |
| 0:44.4 | What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read. |
| 0:48.9 | Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking |
| 0:52.9 | with one guest. |
| 1:02.0 | Readers, it is fall, and we have a lot going on here at What Should I Read Next to HQ. |
| 1:06.9 | We have had big things happening in Patreon, including last week's fall book preview, |
| 1:11.6 | which means it's ready and waiting for you to get any time. |
| 1:15.6 | 42 titles of books I have read and adored for the season, |
| 1:19.0 | books I can't wait to read, and books the industry is a buzz about the season. |
| 1:23.1 | One of those books is one that I recommend to Melanie in today's episode. |
| 1:27.9 | Episode 396 here on What Should I Read Next gave you a preview of what our bonus episodes are |
| 1:32.7 | like we shared two favorites. We put those out every week in Patreon, and our patrons have |
| 1:36.9 | access to a bonus episode library of over 200 episodes. |
| 1:40.6 | To join for more book recommendations, book conversations, and bookish community, |
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