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.
Here to help close out the Reading For A Lifetime week is Jenny Williams, who illustrates beloved literary heroines for a living as the charming artist and entrepreneurbehindCarrot Top Paper Shop. In this episode, Anne and Jenny talk all about why we love our literary heroines of literature so much(thinkAnne, Elizabeth,Jane,Hermione), wrestle with what makes…
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It’s Day 4 of our specialReading For A Lifetime series on WSIRN, and if our comment section has made one thing known, it’s this: Adults LOVE Kid Lit. Not just for kids, not just in a theoretical sense, but in honest-to-goodness, just-for-the-joy-of-it, everyday-reading-life practice. The guest here to chat with Anne about reading KidLit for…
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Day 3 of our special Reading For A Lifetime series is all about “guilty pleasure” kid lit – the series we read and re-read not because they were Great Literature, but because they weregosh-darn fun! Here to talk about not-so-serious gateway children’s literature are Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring, hosts of The Babysitters Club Club…
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Day2 of our Reading For A Lifetime series is about encouraging middle school and young adult kids to indulge in great books, and our guest Leigh Collazo has a LOT of wisdom to share on that topic.Leigh is a school librarian who serves children from over 30 different countries at an international school in China….
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Today kicksoff our special WSIRN 5-day miniseries: What Should I Read Next for Kids, and Kids at Heart. We’re focusing on a variety of young and young at heart topics this week: children’s literature, coming of age stories, literary heroines, kid lit for grown-ups, and more. Who better to jump-start the series than Sarah Mackenzie?…
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This week guest Maxwell Dunn (WellDoneBookson YouTube) introduces Anne to a whole new wonderful world of book lovers online—theBooktube community! Booktube is known best for its voracious YA fans, but there’s a book vlogger out there for every literary palate. Max is a great example of this; his videos coverserious award winners, challengingexperimental works, and…
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It’s bibliotherapy time!Today’s guest is Erin Swann, is an attorney who lives in Greenville, South Carolina with her family. Erin’s always been a reader, but when she went through a major transition a few years back sherediscovered the therapeutic value of a welcoming book. Join Erin and Anne as they discuss armchair travel, fictional characters…
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Today we have a special episode: we’re revisiting seven guests from previous episodes of the show to find out what they actually did read next. What are they reading now? What did they love? And what did they, uh, not love as much? Click over to the podcast website for the full list of titles…
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Today’s guest is Ana Salazar. Ana is a Columbian who’s now living in Peru, and she’s been, as she says, “absolutely obsessed” with reading for her whole life, so much so that her parents had to physically drag heraway from bookstores when she was growing up. Anne and Ana discuss the joys and challenges of…
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Today we meet aindie bookstore owner and kindred bookish spirit, Annie Jones. In this episode, Anne and Annie talk about her wildly unlikely path to bookstore ownership, her love of dysfunctional family literature, and the way meeting anauthor in person can change the way youexperience a book. And unlike a lot of WSIRN guests —…
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