Ep 59: Prescribing books for what ails you

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week is Danielle Mayfield. Danielle lives in Portland, OR with her husband and two small children. You may know her as the author of Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith,a book of essays that was recently released by HarperOne. Danielle often writes about heavy hitting topics like refugees, theology, and downward mobility, but today she and Anne are running away from the heavy stuff and are searching for good comfort reads instead. They're chatting about literary baby names, the wildly differing opinions people have about what makes a book "escapist", and book scenes so jarring they had to set them aside... forever. Click over to the podcast website for the full list of titles discussed in this episode, and leave us a comment to let us know what YOU think Danielle should read next! Connect with Danielle: Website | Twitter | Facebook Connect with Anne: Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | WSIRN Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey readers, I'm Ann Pogel and this is What Should I Read Next Episode 59.
0:09.4	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:13.6	What Should I Read Next? We don't get bossy on this show. What we will do here is give you the
0:19.1	information you need to choose your next read. Every week we'll talk all things books and reading
0:24.0	and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest. And believe it or not, we have been doing
0:28.6	this for almost a year now. The one year anniversary for What Should I Read Next is right around
0:33.5	the corner and we've got some fun anniversary episodes in the works. The first of these is going
0:37.9	to be a special episode where we'll finally focus on what I should read next. At the end of today's
0:43.4	episode, I'll share three books I love, one book I hate, and what I've been reading lately,
0:48.0	and you can tell me by email or voice message what you think I should read next. I'm really
0:53.2	looking forward to hearing your picks for me. If you've enjoyed this show over the past year,
0:57.3	the nicest thing you could do for us is pop over to iTunes and leave a review. I've heard
1:01.6	podcasters asked for ratings and reviews for years, but it wasn't until I started podcasting myself
1:06.2	that I understood just how much these ratings and especially the reviews matter when it comes to
1:11.1	helping new listeners find the show. Please take two minutes and do that at What Should I Read Next
1:15.8	Podcast.com slash iTunes. Thank you so much for that. This episode is brought to you by the
1:21.6	2017 Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge. Reading is personal and your reading list should reflect that.
1:27.4	This year we're offering our Choose Your Own Adventure Reading Challenge. It's free, it's easy
1:31.6	to join. To get started, go to modernmrsdarsie.com slash challenge and pick the path that's right for you.
1:37.9	If your reading life has lost its oomph, reading for fun is right for you, with 12 categories we chose
1:42.8	just with you in mind. If you want to stretch yourself in 2017, choose Reading for Growth,
1:47.2	which has its own 12 categories. If you want to read everything this year, challenge yourself to
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