On this episode, Madi Badger, a PhD student, discusses the book series that changed her reading life, the reading challenge that has taken over her reading life, and some amazing bookstore stories. We discuss a shared love of paperbacks and how many different ways there are to use the library, including as a bad bookish habit.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Severance by Ling Ma
Books Highlighted by Madi:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Broken Horses by Brandi Carlisle
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Medicine Wheel for the Planet by Dr. Jennifer Grenz
ADHD for Smart Ass Women by Tracy Otsuka
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop & Amy Sherman-Palladino
Rainbow Magic Rainbow Fairies by Daisy Meadows & Georgie Ripper
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Circe by Madeline Miller
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
A Monetary History of the United States by Anna Jacobson Schwartz & Milton Friedman
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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