How to Be a Better Reader, With Librarian Margaret H. Willison

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week we're learning how to be a better reader with help from librarian and podcaster Margaret H. Willison. Listen to hear Margaret break down how we should re-think our definitions of "good" or "well-read" readers, and the tactics we can use to improve our reading game. After our conversation with Margaret, we get tips from librarian and author Nancy Pearl on how to find a book you'll love.

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1:08.5	I'm Alice Bradley, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker, and today I'm
1:11.7	joined by our new deputy editor, Jordan Calhoun. Hi, Jordan. How's it going, Alice? Go well.
1:17.1	Jordan, today we're tackling a topic that has been requested by our listeners numerous times,
1:22.5	and that is becoming a better reader. More specifically, how to improve on our reading habits, finding the right books, and, you know,
1:29.2	all that good stuff.
1:30.3	I absolutely need that.
1:31.5	You know what I need is a book therapist, a literary therapist.
1:34.9	Yeah.
1:35.5	To help me emotionally be acceptance of who I am as a reader.
1:40.5	Because better reader, that adds so much pressure.
1:44.1	Yeah. So maybe the person who can help us with that today is our guest, Margaret and... because better reader that adds so much pressure.
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