S5 47: How to Become a Reader of Good Books
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Do you have a stack of books in your house making you feel guilty? Maybe you don’t remember the last time you read a good book, or maybe you’re itching to find your next good read. Well, today’s episode with Maggie is all about reading. We chat about what we’re reading, how to develop our “reading muscles,” why reading is good for our souls, and more. Also, tune in to hear what’s planned for Strong Women this summer!
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
The Chance by Karen Kingsbury
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Emma by Jane Austen
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 0:16.0 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman |
| 0:22.3 | and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm so glad you're here. Welcome back, everybody. This is actually our final episode of season |
| 0:37.0 | five. But don't worry, we've got more coming to you |
| 0:40.4 | soon. Stay tuned to find out when, and we'll tell you more about that. But here's my question for you. |
| 0:46.8 | What does your book stack look like this summer? Mine is growing. And if yours is pretty short, |
| 0:52.8 | well, I've got some more to add to that book list for you. |
| 0:56.2 | We have listened to you guys. Every time that we talk about books, y'all eat it up. So that's what |
| 1:02.8 | we're going to talk about today is books. Why should we read? Why should we pick up a book |
| 1:10.0 | rather than our phone in Doomscroll? Like, |
| 1:12.6 | what is the benefit? Does it even do anything for us? Does it matter if we domscroll? |
| 1:17.5 | Does it matter how we spend our leisure hours? Spoiler alert, yes, it does. But we're going to get |
| 1:23.7 | into that today. And I've asked my friend Maggie to come back on, and she is always so fun to have a conversation with. So Maggie, thanks for coming on. Again, it's always a pleasure to have you. Oh my gosh. Thanks for having me. I'm so excited to talk about this. This topic is so fun. Yes, it's one of my favorites. I could go on and on and on, but I promise I won't. Okay, so something that we talk about a lot, especially in the Strong Women Podcast Community Group on Facebook, which if you're not a part of, you've got to join us over there. |
| 1:52.9 | We have so many great conversations and recommendations over in that group. |
| 1:57.8 | So, again, Strong Women Podcast Community Group on Facebook, check it out. |
| 2:01.4 | But we talk a lot about books, all books all the time. You know what? When I comment about books, |
| 2:09.2 | that is when people just jump in so much. Right. I love it. And one girl told me the other day, |
| 2:15.6 | she was like, my book stack is getting so big because |
| 2:19.2 | of the Strong Women podcast. And I thought, well, that's sweet of her to say, but like how legit is that? |
| 2:24.3 | And so I said, well, what books are you reading? And she had five books that were all recommended by one of |
| 2:30.1 | our guests or myself on the podcast. And I was like, oh, that's awesome. She was serious. |
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