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Happy To Be Here

Summer Reads!

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Improvement, Nerd, Culture, Wbez, Pop, Books, Society & Culture, Nerdette, Self, Tv & Film, Technology, Nerds, Tv

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Hey! Nerdette is about to go on a little summer break, but before we do we wanted to share this lovely conversation Greta had with WBEZ’s Jenn White and the owner of Volumes Bookscafe in Chicago, Rebecca George. They talk about what makes a good summer read before offering an INUNDATING LIST of killer summer books. You can check out the full list of those recommendations at this link

Enjoy! Have a KAS and see you in a few weeks!

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0:00.0

This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.

0:05.0

Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.

0:09.0

Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events.

0:15.0

From W be easy Chicago this is Nurdette. I'm Greta Johnson and this week we've got a

0:21.6

little treat for you. It's me on W.B. EZ's daily talk show talking all about books.

0:28.4

If you were like, man, 4th of July just ended I could really use somebody just telling me all the books in

0:34.6

nine straight minutes well you're welcome this is exactly that so without

0:39.5

further ado here I am talking with W be easy morning shift host Jen White.

0:44.0

Okay so first of all for you what makes a book a good summer

0:48.6

aid? I think it's something that you can get completely lost in right

0:51.7

whether that's an afternoon at the beach or

0:53.7

maybe on the couch under a pile of blankets with some hot tea depending on what

0:57.5

temperatures you're working with. I love a book that just completely sucks you

1:01.3

in from the first page and that you just totally

1:04.0

lose yourself in.

1:05.0

Now I know you're into audio books.

1:07.0

Is that how you find yourself getting through your reading list nowadays?

1:10.0

I listen to a lot of books.

1:12.0

I do still read paper books too, but yeah I actually did a little of

1:16.2

tallying before I came on. I've read 31 books so far this year. 23 of those

1:21.6

were audio books and eight of them were books, real books,

1:26.3

how is that experience? I mean how is it different? I will confess. Mm. I can't

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