Summer Reads!
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2018
⏱️ 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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| 0:35.3 | From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Greta Johnson. |
| 0:38.0 | And this week we've got a little treat for you. |
| 0:51.0 | It's me on WBEZ's Daily Talk Show, Talking All About Books. If you were like, man, Fourth of July just ended, I could really use somebody just telling me all the books in nine straight minutes. |
| 0:55.6 | Well, you're welcome. This is exactly that. So, without further ado, |
| 1:02.9 | here I am talking with WBEZ morning shift host, Jen White. Okay, so first of all, for you, what makes a book a good summary? I think it's something that you can get completely lost in, right? Whether |
| 1:07.5 | that's an afternoon at the beach or maybe on the couch under a pile of blankets |
| 1:11.2 | with some hot tea, depending on what temperatures you're working with. I love a book that just |
| 1:15.9 | completely sucks you in from the first page and that you just totally lose yourself in. |
| 1:20.4 | Now, I know you're into audio books. Is that how you find yourself getting through your reading |
| 1:24.7 | list nowadays? I listen to a lot of books. I do still |
| 1:27.7 | read paper books too, but yeah, I actually did a little of tallying before I came on. I've read 31 |
| 1:34.3 | books so far this year. 23 of those were audiobooks and eight of them were books, real books. |
| 1:41.9 | How is that experience? I mean, how is it different? I will confess. |
| 1:45.7 | I can't believe I'm saying. |
| 1:47.3 | I've never listened to an audio book. |
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