In Episode 12, Hannah from @BookNerdNative talks about moving her book collection and shares her three 2019 reading goals!
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Highlights
- How Hannah purged her physical book collection before moving.
- How Sarah originally got converted into a strictly e-reader.
- Why Sarah had to buy books to fill her shelves when she moved.
- On only buying books you’ve already read and loved.
- Hannah’s three reading goals for 2019.
- The rule of thumb for how many pages you need to read per day to read a certain number of books a year.
- A former Mormon’s (Hannah used to be a part of the Mormon church) thoughts on Educated by Tara Westover.
- Hannah co-signs one of Ashley Spivey‘s recommendations.
Hannah’s Book Recommendations
Two OLD Books She Loves
- Girls Burn Brighter
by Shobha Rao | Buy from Amazon [13:12]
- In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park | Buy from Amazon [16:03]
Two NEW Books She Loves
- The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [21:11]
- Educated
by Tara Westover (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [25:43]
One Book She Didn’t Love
- One Day in December
[32:46]
One Upcoming Release She’s Excited About
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams (Publication Date: March 19, 2019) | Buy from Amazon [36:16]
Other Books Mentioned
- Jane Eyre
- The Secret History
- Dark Matter
[7:29]
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Without You, There Is No Us
[18:27]
- Little Fires Everywhere
- The Mothers by Brit Bennett (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[24:19]
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [24:19]
- The Glass Castle
- The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvais Graves | Buy from Amazon [35:50]
- Option B
- The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck
- Yes, Please
- Bossypants
- The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Woman in the Window
Other Links
- The Stacks Podcast
- Tracey from The Stacks Podcast on What Should I Read Next? Podcast
- Winter 2019 Preview Podcast
- Book of the Month March 2019 Selections
- Author Brene Brown
- Author Hank Green
- “A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions” in The New Yorker (article about Dan Mallory aka AJ Finn)
About Hannah
Hannah is a Michigander now living in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine, with her husband and daughter, enjoying Southern living to its fullest. She runs the book blog on Instagram called @booknerdnative and enjoys talking books with absolutely everyone. She also loves renting too many library books, anything with peanut butter in it, and of course, is always seeking her new favorite book to read.
Next Week’s Episode
Spring 2019 Book Preview with Catherine from Gilmore Guide to Books (airing March 27)
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Have you ever had to move your book collection? How’d you do it?
I am really enjoying your podcast, and like your format a lot. However, there is one thing I wish you’d do a bit differently. Would you consider setting some kind of time perimeter on the “old books?” For example, one of Hannah’s old books was “Girls Burn Brighter,” which was just published in March of 2018, barely a year ago. For those of us who don’t do a lot of advanced copy reading, that’s still considered a fairly new book, and often still has a long library wait list. It would be more helpful to hear about some older books which we might be able to obtain easier.
Thanks!