How to find a book you won't want to put down

Life Kit

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🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Traci Thomas, host of the hit book podcast 'The Stacks,' shares 6 surprising tips on how to find your next great read. One tip? Don't be afraid to judge a book by its cover. This episode originally published on July 20, 2023.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:05.0	Hey everybody, it's Mary L.
0:08.0	When I was a kid, I was a beast when it came to reading.
0:12.0	I was gulping down books by the dozen. I think that's in part because of that
0:17.4	book it program where you get a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut when you read a certain number of books.
0:22.3	But also reading transported from Pizza when you read a certain number of books.
0:23.0	But also, reading transported me to this other world,
0:27.0	filled with magic and adventure and possibility.
0:31.0	Plus, I had a lot of free time.
0:33.5	As an adult, I have lost some of that magic.
0:36.3	I get into these reading ruts because my time is limited and nobody's offering pizza.
0:42.0	And also, I'm not sure what books I'll even like.
0:45.0	Okay, what kind of TV shows do you like?
0:48.0	That's where I start.
0:49.0	That's Tracy Thomas, Porting for Duty.
0:51.0	She's a creator and host of the Stax, a podcast about books.
0:55.3	And Tracy is really good at recommending books
0:58.1	based on questions like this.
0:59.9	I told her, I just watched a movie on Netflix
1:02.3	called Uncharted, with Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg and they are in search of you know
1:09.9	Buried treasure from long ago and there are other people who are trying to get to it first. It's a big big adventure
1:15.9	Okay. Would you want a story that's set in the past or would you want a story that is set in the present or in the future?
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