Here are the show notes for Episode 18 (Season 3: My Reading Journal Year, Episode 1) of Reading Like an Adult. In this season, I’m sharing my experience from my first year of keeping a reading journal as well as my journey from a year of nonfiction, practical reading tips, and my favorite books of the year so far.
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Books mentioned in this episode:
Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting by Alanna Okun
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Better Than Before and The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything by Anne Bogel
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy
The Mothers and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Also mentioned in this episode:
My “year of favorites” book list from 2021, including Why Fish Don’t Exist and The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater
The January self-help reading list for my Year of Nonfiction
