Episode 293: Sarah Bragg
Today’s episode is all about books! Reading has been saving Sarah’s life for the past couple of years. In this episode, she shares why we need to read more fiction, how to read more and a new favorite book tradition. Plus, she shares a lot of books off her must read list.
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Takeaways:
If you want to read more, try:
start small - cut your goal in half
read what you like
read in short segments
replace phone time with book time
read one chapter at a time
add reading to something you already do
Tried and True authors for me:
Anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry, Christina Lauren, Jasmine Guillory, Katherine Center, Sarah Adams
Books I’ve read and loved:
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (this is the first in a series) (Romantasy)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (this is the first in a series) (Romantasy)
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney (thriller)
Open Book by Jessica Simpson (memoir)
I’m Glad my Mother Died by Jeanette McCurdy (memoir) I recommend listening to this one.
Year of the Horses by Courtney Maum (memoir)
Nonfiction:
All Brené Brown books
Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape ; Boys and Sex : Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein (must reads for parents)
All books by Dr. Lisa Damour (if you are a parent)
Favorite new tradition: Reading Holiday books during December. Here are some I’ve read:
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox (absolutely loved this one)
Paradise series by Elin Hilderbrand (takes place right after Christmas)
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