Ep. 98: Reading For Fun
Simple
Tsh Oxenreider
4.3 • 879 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
It’s all well and good to talk about why reading matters, what makes for great books, and how to increase our attention spans—but what about simply ways to make reading more enjoyable?
That’s the topic of this week’s episode: how Tsh and co-host Haley—certified book nerds—make one of their favorite hobbies work for them. They're moms, wives, friends, and writers, and yet they make time to read books. If you love to read and wished you had more time for it, or if you want to love to read but aren’t sure how to make it a thing in your life, this episode is for you.
Links From This Episode:
- Follow The Simple Show on Instagram
- Haleys blog, Carrots for Michaelmas
- Haley on Instagram and Twitter
- Tsh on Instagram and Twitter
- Les Miserables
- Brothers Karamazov
- Librivox
- Audiobook version of the Bible – Old and New Testament
- 11/22/63
- The Sun Also Rises
- Elsewhere
- Head here to sign up for a free Audible trial and get a free book!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Simple Show. You've got episode 98. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, I'm Tishawksin writer. And I'm Haley Stewart. And on the Simple Show, we talk about saying no and yes to the right things. |
| 0:14.0 | In this episode, we're talking about reading for fun. Yes, and why we love it and why we make the time for it. Before we begin, this weekend, I am going to be |
| 0:24.7 | in Charlotte, North Carolina, actually right outside Charlotte, for Nest Fest. It's October 21st, which is Saturday, |
| 0:30.9 | and there's going to be quite a few other authors there that you probably know and love. It's going to be |
| 0:34.6 | so much fun. Live music, food trucks. It's going to be |
| 0:38.0 | gorgeous outside. Lots of really great vendors selling homemade stuff, but like homemade in a |
| 0:43.9 | good way and cool antiques. And it's just going to be so much fun. It's at Michael and Smith's house. |
| 0:48.9 | And tickets are cheap. So I will put a link in the show notes for where you can get the tickets. And I hope to meet you there. That would be really fun. What a perfect time of year to be in North Carolina. I cannot wait to be there. I'm so excited to get like real leaves and, you know, cooler weather and the whole bit. It'll be fun. My whole family is going to be there, including our dog. So this will be our first experience |
| 1:11.0 | road-tripping with her. So grace and peace to us in advance. Yeah. Wouldn't it be awesome if you |
| 1:18.1 | could get a nutritious meal in every day without having to hit the farmer's market and chop up a million |
| 1:22.7 | fruits and veggies? Well, there's this way you can get a ton of superfoods into your diet super |
| 1:27.4 | easily. |
| 1:28.3 | It's called Daily Harvest. |
| 1:30.3 | Here's how it works. |
| 1:31.3 | They send a box of ingredients for smoothies or breakfast bowls with cups all ready to blend or heat. |
| 1:36.3 | You literally just add a liquid and go, 30 seconds. |
| 1:40.3 | They freeze all their ingredients at peak freshness, which seals in their nutritional value. |
| 1:44.7 | Their produce is all organic and unrefined, and it tastes amazing. |
| 1:48.4 | I've got a box for us headed to our doorstep, and I can't wait to try it out. |
| 1:52.3 | You can try it out, too, and get your first three items free in your first box. |
| 1:56.3 | You go to daily-harvest.com and enter the promo code simple. That'll get you three free daily |
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