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Zero to Well-Read

How to Hone Your Reading Skills, What Makes a Good Reading Goal, and More from the Mailbag

Zero to Well-Read

Riot New Media Group, Inc.

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.7837 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

How can you sharpen your reading skills and learn to evaluate books more deeply? When is it optimizing to quit a book you're bored of, and when is it worth the slog? Reading goals: good or no? Jeff and Rebecca dip into the mailbag to answer listener questions and respond to feedback. Subscribe to our free newsletter, and become a member for access to early, ad-free listening and bonus content. Follow Zero to Well-Read on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Email us: zerotowellread@bookriot.com Thank you to ThriftBooks for being the presenting sponsor of this season of Zero to Well-Read! Zero to Well-Read is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Use code THEBOOKS for 20% off at Cozy Earth. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of Zero to Well Read is sponsored by ThriftBooks.com.

0:04.0

We're not doing a specific book this time.

0:06.0

It's a mailbag episode, so we're talking about a lot of different kind of books that we've

0:10.3

been discussing, answering all sorts of questions.

0:13.1

So what I did is I went back through all the episodes we've done so far since September

0:18.3

and I saw what is the cheapest basket I could put together

0:23.4

using Thriftbooks.com. And I got all 30 down under to about $247. You got yourself a library

0:33.4

for less than $250. And for the U.S., that more than qualifies for free shipping,

0:39.2

which comes on orders of over $15.

0:41.8

And I also would have picked up a few reading reward redemptions

0:45.5

through Thrift Books Reading Rewards Program.

0:49.7

Go check out thriftbooks.com.

0:51.7

If you're filling up your shelf,

0:53.8

thanks so much to listening. Thanks for

0:55.5

them. Here comes the show. Welcome to Zero to Well Read a podcast about everything you need

1:05.8

to know about the books you wish you read. I'm Jeff O'Neill. And I'm Rebecca Schinsky. Today we're dipping into the mail bag for the first time, lots of mail from listeners over the last almost.

1:16.3

It is six months since the show launched.

1:19.4

And we're going to be answering your questions, responding to your comments about the show.

1:23.1

People shared a lot of really fun and interesting experiences that they've had with the books and some insights and tips for other listeners. So a little bit of everything, some general reading stuff,

1:32.7

some things that are specific to several of the titles that we talked about. It's going to be a

1:35.8

really good time. Thanks to everybody who has written in. And shout out to all of you who have

1:40.6

listened and followed and shared the pod in these first six months,

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