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What Should I Read Next?

Ep 438: Life is short & my TBR is way too long

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.85.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today we're excited to continue our mid-summer series featuring our team members! Learning more about our team members and who shares your tastes may help you identify some good books in a way that might not land on your radar otherwise. We hope you love this conversation. Anne is revisiting her very first conversation with Alabama reader Shannan Malone in today's conversation. Since this episode originally aired, Shannan has joined our team as our co-host and contributor, but in today's show, Shannan and Anne go back to where it all began. Shannan has broad taste and high standards, as you will hear. Even authors that she's loved in the past don't get a free pass, and maybe not even the benefit of the doubt. So today's episode goes out to all you eclectic readers who love hopping between genres. Anne and Shannan discuss the struggle of pinpointing what you dislike about a book that everyone else thinks is amazing, awkward characters that are endearing to introverted readers, and much, much more. You'll find the full list of titles mentioned today, along with links to other episodes, blog posts, or features contributed by Shannan and other team members at our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/438. If you're curious about Shannan's reading life now, be sure to join us over in Patreon where Anne is catching up with the team members whose voices you are hearing for the month of July and hearing all about how their reading lives have changed since they were first featured on the show. Those conversations are a lot of fun—find them at Patreon.com./whatshouldireadnext. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I was able to read that probably around 11 or 12. Everyone is nodding

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listening right now.

0:08.2

Hey readers, I'm Ann Vogel and this is what should I read next.

0:17.0

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

0:22.0

What should I read next? We don't get bossy on the show.

0:25.8

What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.

0:30.8

Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary

0:34.0

matchmaking with one guest.

0:41.4

Readers for our mid-summer series, our guests are our very own team members, but with a twist,

0:48.8

we are re-running their episodes from the I have re-listened to every episode with a giant smile on my face.

1:03.7

They were good the first time, but they're even more fun to listen to now than they were the first time.

1:08.0

For most of these team member guests in the time machine, I didn't know them the first time we talked and

1:14.1

to listen now with the context of who they are as people, as readers, and what they do

1:20.0

on our team, it's really a joy. And I know that many of you listen very closely to a

1:26.0

particular team member depending on your literary taste. You can identify like, oh, Shannon is

1:30.8

my book twin, Lee is my book twin, and you pay close attention to what they read and recommend

1:35.7

so I hope that you're finding some good books in that way that might not land on your

1:40.3

radar otherwise. We're really grateful to have this opportunity for you to get to

1:44.5

know our team members better and to really highlight everything they're doing throughout our

1:48.5

spaces on what should I read next in our Patreon community in Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club on the blog where most everyone

1:56.2

not quite yet everyone but most everyone has written guest posts that you can check out any time

2:01.4

we are also doing follow-ups over in Patreon with our team members

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