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 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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Today we’re happy to welcome reader and podcaster Sarah Stewart Holland to the show. You may already know Sarah from her blogBluegrass Redheador her show,Pantsuit Politics. Sarah is drawn to nonfictionandwantsto read more fiction, but tends to grab what’s new and hot in fictionfor fear of missing out, insteadof intentionally selecting it. One of her…
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Today wefellow podcaster Erik Fisher to the show! Erik is known as the productivity guru because of his wonderfulpodcast Beyond the To Do List, the first podcast Anne ever listened to, AND the first podcast she ever appeared on! Erik isa HUGE reader, and in this episode we talk about how he’s made the switch…
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Today’s bonus podcast episode of What Should I Read Next is focused on fall’s hot new releases. Bookstore owner Holland Saltsman of TheNovel Neighbor (from yesterday’s Ep 40—listen here!) and Anne talk about the titles we’ve read and arepsychedabout, plus the onesthey can’t wait to get their hands on. Annealso brings youshort interviews she did…
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When Annefirst thought of starting a podcast, her bookstore-owning friendHolland Saltsman was one of the very first people shewanted to have on. And shewasone of the first people Anneinterviewed for the show. And the audio quality on that recording wassopoor Anne was terrified to give it another go for almost a full year. Holland is…
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Today wewelcome Melody Warnick to the show! She’s a Blacksburg-based author, who has been tracking her reading in an excel spreadsheet since2004. If you find that intimidating, don’t worry—Melody’s not analytical about choosing what to read next (wait until you to hear how she approaches a big stack of library books.) Click over to the…
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Today Anne chats with Anissa Davis,a family physician who lives with her family in California. She likes smart, funny, contemporary fiction with diverse protagonists, and she wants to be blown away by more books. Manyof you will relate when Anissa says sometimes finding great fiction feels like kissing a lot of frogs before you find…
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Kurt and Kristin are a husband and wife who want to read more together. Their question for Anne is a fun twist on a familiar theme — “What should WE read next?” Kristin has been a lifetime lover of books; Kurt has only recently become a serious reader (thanks in part to 15 years of…
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