Ep 447: How to fix a chronic three-star situation

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Our reading community truly spans the globe: today Anne is in conversation with Evie, who is joining us from northern Greece. Evie grew up in Boston and after visiting family in Greece over the years, she moved back herself last year. These days she enjoys the slow pace of life and social culture in her Greek community. Today, Evie would love help reframing her approach to reading and reviewing books, because it's causing her a lot of angst. Lately, she's described herself as a frequent three and one-star giver, and this situation isn't working for her: it makes her feel like she's hard to please. But Evie's not sure what's going on here: are her standards too high? Is she being pretentious? Does she just not know what she likes? Those are some of the options Evie tossed out as she's trying to figure out what is happening here with her star rating situation. She and Anne explore what's causing this dissatisfaction, and look at solutions. They'll also get into the specifics of Evie's reading taste, which often includes books that invite the reader into others' lived experience, and Anne wraps up with reading suggestions for Evie. Share your own recommendations for Evie and find the list of titles mentioned in today's episode at our show notes at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/447. Join us on Wednesday, September 18th for our sixth annual Fall Book Preview! During this 90-minute live unboxing party, Anne walks you through 35 selections, step by step and book by book. If you're a member of our Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club or What Should I Read Next? Patreon communities, our Fall Book Preview is an included benefit and you'll find access information within those communities. You can also join us by purchasing our popular a la carte ticket. Find out more at modernmrsdarcy.com/fbp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I love feeling if not scared shivery like you're kind of dreading what's going to happen or you get like the chills physically? I love that.
0:15.0	Hey readers, I'm Anne Bogle and this is what should I read next.
0:23.0	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:28.0	What should I read next?
0:30.0	We don't get bossy on this show.
0:32.0	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:37.0	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.
0:55.3	Readers, it is a big week at what should I read next HQ because it is fall book preview time our sixth annual fall book preview is happening Wednesday September 18th.
0:59.8	Now what that means is that is the day that we release our 12-page digital
1:03.8	PDF fall book preview booklet if you have pre-ordered our print we're trying an
1:09.3	experiment we've never done this before but we are offering a print version of this booklet if you'd
1:14.0	like to add one on to your fall book preview experience order our pre-order window
1:18.1	is closed if we have any left you can also order a printed copy but those ship on
1:21.7	Wednesday September 18th.
1:24.3	And that is the day that we are hosting our 90-minute live unboxing party, where I walk you
1:28.8	through our 35 selections, step by step, book by book, tell you why why I chose each why I'm excited about it
1:35.1	what kind of reader may enjoy it what it means as its place in the fall season
1:39.6	what we have here are books I've loved books that are going to be everywhere this season,
1:44.0	books that are definitely going to fly under the radar this season, but that I really want you to know about.
1:49.2	And also, I know many of us have gifting on our minds right now because that time is coming quickly so we'll talk
1:54.7	about that a little bit too. Plus you won't be surprised to hear I found in a way to work in more books like our
2:00.3	big books of fall bonus feature in our PDF digital fall book preview booklet.
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