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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 8: Carla from Happiest When Reading (Tracking Your Reading)

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

Arts, Books

4.7 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In Episode 8 (the episode in which I have a really bad cold and don't sound like myself!), Carla from @happiestwhenreading and I talk fitting in reading amongst our mom activities, reading goals, and tracking your reading!

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Highlights

  • How we read so much as stay-at-home moms.
  • Carla's finicky relationship with e-books…and, the only time Sarah reads hard copy books.
  • Why Sarah didn't set a quantity-based reading goal for 2019.
  • The difference between achieving your reading goals and being happy with your reading.
  • Setting a reading quantity goal that feels right for you.
  • Tracking the publishers you have the most success with (and our top publishers).
  • Tracking your recommendation sources.
  • Carla's 2 big 2019 reading goals.
  • Our mutual love of dark, gut-punching books.

Carla's Book Recommendations

Two OLD Books She Loves

Two NEW Books She Loves

One Book She Didn't Love

One Upcoming Release She's Excited About

Other Books Mentioned

Other Links

About Carla

Blog | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 

As a stay-at-home mama to two "tween" kids, I finally have more time to dedicate to reading. I have loved getting back into a passion of mine that I've had since I was a small girl. But sadly, what I quickly came to realize is that I really don't have a lot of local reading friends. As a way to connect with others who love to read just as much as I do, I started my "Bookstagram" account (@happiestwhenreading). This community has given me a place to engage in bookish conversations, and I can truly say I have made so many online friendships that I'm truly grateful to have.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live.

0:14.2

I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves.

0:16.9

Each week I'm talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love, and one new release they're excited about.

0:27.2

We're going to get real and sometimes a little bit snarky about all things books.

0:31.6

This is a brand new podcast. So if you like it, I'd really love your support.

0:36.1

Please spread the word to your reader friends. Subscribe to the show, and rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:42.6

Rating, reviewing, and subscribing really helps new listeners find us.

0:46.9

All right, let's get rolling.

0:49.6

Hey, everyone, this is the first episode I've recorded since the podcast officially launched on January 2nd. So I've got a couple quick housekeeping items I wanted to share. First of all, I really wanted to thank you all who gave this podcast and me a shot. I was really nervous to put myself out there in this way. I was nervous that nobody would like my personality. Maybe people wouldn't want to listen. Maybe they wouldn't like my voice. It was really

1:15.0

a bit scary, but I've been totally overwhelmed by your warm response and grateful to be

1:21.4

included in your listening lineup. And I'm super thankful for all of you that have left a rating

1:27.1

and a review on iTunes.

1:28.9

We've got 44 iTunes ratings at this point, all five stars, which I'm so proud of.

1:34.8

And let's see if we can get that to 50.

1:37.0

That would be awesome.

1:38.6

And one other thing I wanted to make sure you're aware of.

1:40.9

We do talk about a lot of books in every episode.

1:45.6

In the show notes for every episode, which can be found on my blog on Wednesday mornings, you can find a list of all the books

1:51.6

mentioned, and next to each book, there's a little time stamp. And that'll tell you at exactly

1:57.1

which point in the podcast you can find the place where we talk about that book.

2:01.7

And you can just click on the little timestamp and it'll take you right to that place and

2:05.7

you can listen to it on your computer right away. So that's just a little convenience hack for you.

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