What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. Each week, Anne Bogel, of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, interviews a reader about the books they love, the books they hate, and the books they’re reading now. Then, she makes recommendations about what to read next. The real purpose of the show is to help YOU find your next read.
Today’s guest, Eli Sykes, is a food scientist whodescribes his job as “getting to eat snacks all day,” so it’s safe to say Eli is living the dream. We’ve had a lot of English majors on the show, but this episode looksinto what it’s like to bemarriedto an English major, because, you guessed it—Eli’s wife…
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Today’scompletely awesome guest is Megan Tietz, host of Sorta Awesome podcast.Some things to know about Megan – she’s an enneagram 9 (just like Anne) and a textbook ENFP, she LOVES The Great Gatsby, and she is a bright, bubbly joy to listen to. In this episode, Anne and Megan talk personality types, broken hearts, and…
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Today’s guest is Graylin Porter, World-Lit-major-with-a-Masters-in-Modern-&-Contemporary-Lit-turned-children’s-librarian who is expecting a new addition to her family very very soon (hint: it’s a baby!). Graylin shares a peek behind the librarian curtain, including the struggles of keeping a children’s section stocked, what she will miss most about the library when she leaves her position later this year,…
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It’s time for something a bit different – in today’s “from the mailbag” episode, Anne discusses the myriad ways readers track their book lives, from Goodreads, to bullet journals, to excel spreadsheets, to #bookstagram. Fifteen WSIRN listeners’ favorite recording techniques are highlighted, and Anne shares a little bit about her own favorite tracking strategies. For…
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Today’s guest is Elise Blaha Cripe, who you may know as the creative professional behind the Get to Work Book planner, or the host of podcast Elise Gets Crafty. Most importantly, Elise is one of those people who can’t NOT talk about books—who loves to be reading, and loves to share what she reads. Today…
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Hello readers, it’s a very special Tuesday! We have officially reached What Should I Read Next’s Anniversary episode. It’s been a full year since Episode 1! There are 61 episodes under our belt, and in 52 of those episodes Anne has recommended what our fascinating guests should read next. But as the host of this…
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Today we’re catching up with thevery first guestof What Should I Read Next! Even if you’re a longtime listener, you still might not recognize his voice… and that’s because the first time Anne recorded this show, it was on her iPhone, in a moving vehicle, in the middle of nowhere, and the guest? Her husband,…
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Happy 2017, listeners! We have aDYNAMIC episode to kick off the WSIRN New Year. Today’s guest is Melissa Joulwan. If you already know Melissa, it’s probably as the author of her popular cookbooks (and Bogel Family favorites) Well Fed, Well Fed 2, and Well Fed Weeknights.But that’s just the beginning of her bio, which is…
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Our guest this week is Danielle Mayfield.Daniellelives in Portland, OR with her husband and two small children. You may know her as the author ofAssimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith,a book of essays thatwas recently released by HarperOne. Danielle often writes about heavy hitting topics like refugees, theology, and…
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Today’s guest is Jamie Durham, a full-time missionary living in Tijuana, Mexico. Jamie and her well-traveled family of 5 have to cross an international border to get to a their nearest library! In this episode, Jamie and Annedive into how this unconventional setup changes the way Jamie approaches her to-be-read list, the dreaded “you have…
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