Ep 407: Knitting unraveled my reading life
What Should I Read Next?
Anne Bogel
4.8 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today's guest loves to read, but she also loves to knit: how can she find the books to hold her attention so she's not tempted to pick up her knitting needles?
Patty Brown lives in Bend, Oregon, where she enjoys outdoor activities like cycling, as well as indoor activities like knitting. She's been a reader in the past, but lately she's struggled to find the books she'll find too compelling to put down. In fact, it's been such a long time since Patty felt connected to her reading life, that when she ventures into the bookstore looking for inspiration, it backfires: when faced with all those options, Patty feels like a deer in the headlights—and ends up leaving empty-handed.
Today, Anne talks with Patty about finding the books that are right for this moment in her reading life, as well as techniques that might make her feel more comfortable the next time she visits her neighborhood bookstore.
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| 0:00.0 | We call those whips works in progress. |
| 0:02.4 | There's other knitters that they will only knit one at a time. |
| 0:05.6 | And we call people like that monogamous knitters. |
| 0:08.9 | My reading life though, I would say that I'm a monogamous reader. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey readers, I'm Anne Bogle and this is what should I read next. |
| 0:22.0 | Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader. |
| 0:27.0 | What should I read next? |
| 0:29.0 | We don't get bossy on this show. |
| 0:30.0 | What we will do here is give you the information you need to use your next read. |
| 0:35.0 | Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking |
| 0:38.9 | with one guest. readers so many of you tell us that you struggle to read as much as you'd like and today's |
| 0:55.1 | guest is in that camp. Patty Brown has a range of hobbies she enjoys in addition to reading |
| 1:00.0 | like cycling and enjoying the outdoors in her Bend, Oregon home. |
| 1:03.7 | But the passion that most often keeps her from her books is knitting. |
| 1:08.1 | Patty's not entirely sad about this. |
| 1:10.4 | Knitting is something she loves and wants to continue enjoying, but she'd also like to |
| 1:14.8 | revive the reading that knitting has crowded out. When Patty shared her submission with |
| 1:19.3 | our team, she mentioned that she's looking for reads so compelling |
| 1:22.7 | she won't be tempted to pick up her knitting instead. |
| 1:25.4 | But when it comes to finding these books, |
| 1:27.8 | she is stuck, in part because it's been such a long time |
| 1:31.8 | since she's been an active reader, and her recent ventures into the |
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