Special Edition: Read More, Scroll Less – Finding Time for Books & Joy This Summer
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Think you're too busy to read? Or not sure what to read next? This episode is for you.
Founder, author, podcaster, and bookshop owner Zibby Owens joins us to share how to carve out time for reading—even in the busiest schedules—and why it matters for your brain, mood, and sense of self.
Plus, she reveals her top picks for summer: from smart and inspiring reads to feel-good escapes you won’t want to put down.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, May 31st. If you've ever felt like you simply don't have time to read, or you're |
| 0:05.8 | not sure what to read next, then this episode is for you. Today, we're talking about how to fit |
| 0:10.7 | reading into our busy lives this summer and why it matters for your mind, mood, and even your |
| 0:15.6 | sense of self. My guest is Zibi Owens, founder of Zibi Media, which includes the award-winning daily |
| 0:20.6 | podcast totally booked with Zibby, Zibi publishing in, founder of Zibi Media, which includes the award-winning daily podcast |
| 0:21.1 | Totally Booked with Zibby, Zibby Publishing in New York, and Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica, |
| 0:26.1 | California. |
| 0:27.0 | She's also the author of six books. |
| 0:29.3 | Today, she's sharing strategies to help us all make space for books, even in the margins of your day. |
| 0:34.3 | And later, she's offering some of her top summer picks, books that'll make you |
| 0:37.8 | think, smile, or just totally escape. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, |
| 0:45.3 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something |
| 0:48.7 | in the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes when |
| 0:53.1 | we provide all the day's news in just 10 minutes. |
| 0:55.6 | It's fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. It's time for today's special edition Saturday. |
| 1:01.7 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 1:07.2 | So your podcast is called Totally Booked. I know it used to be called Moms Don have time to read books. I think both titles are really creative and relatable. So what inspired these titles and how has the meaning evolved for you over time? When I first started out, I had four small children. I was really struggling to find time to do anything. And I was writing some essays |
| 1:30.3 | about the state of motherhood and how really impossible it feels at times. And after about a year, |
| 1:36.2 | I had enough that I could pitch a book. And when I mentioned this to my now husband and we |
| 1:43.3 | started talking about it, I was like, oh, mom's not |
| 1:45.2 | time to read books. And then I thought, oh, that's so funny. That's what I'll call my book. |
| 1:48.8 | Well, it didn't become a book because I guess publishers didn't find that funny, but it did |
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