The Art of Simple Podcast
Nerd is a Good Thing
Tsh talks to Anne Bogel about books: good summer reads, how to encourage kids to read, when to buy versus when to check out at the library, e-reader versus the real thing, and more. Plus, Anne shares her book matchmaking “services” and we talk about her famous summer reading list. If you enjoy chatting books with your friends, you’ll LOVE this episode.
Also? Get ready for the motherlode of show notes…
Books mentioned in the episode:
- The Babysitters Club, Ann M. Martin
- Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
- Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery
- Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
- Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling
- Delicious!, Ruth Reichl
- Landline, Rainbow Rowell
- Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
- Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
- Attachments, Rainbow Rowell
- Jesus Feminist, Sarah Bessey
- What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
- The Rest of God, Mark Buchanan
- Pastrix, Nadia Bolz-Weber
- A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Rachel Held Evans
- All the Money in the World, Laura Vanderkam
- 168 Hours, Laura Vanderkam
- Money, Possessions, Eternity, Randy Alcorn
- Heaven, Randy Alcorn
- The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan
- Cooked, Michael Pollan
- Jayber Crow, Wendell Berry
- Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
- Rules of Civility, Amor Towles
- Wendell Berry’s poetry
- Booked, Karen Swallow Prior
- The Martian, Andy Weir
- The Nesting Place, Myquillyn Smith
Anne’s official Summer Reading Guide for 2014
Her 5-Book Summer Reading Guide
Also:
- Why I Won’t Buy a Computer, by Wendell Berry
- Jim Dale
- Jim Weiss (he’s on Spotify!)
- The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast (here’s the episode with Tsh)
- Hopeologie
- Trapp’s candles
- Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite
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