If you are reading this, then chances are you love reading (and writing!). You make time in your busy life to read and enjoy the benefits.
But why?
In today’s episode, we think about WHY we read. For me, it comes down to one simple theme:
I read to grow.
I purposefully grow my reading life so my actual life can grow, too, and so I’m sharing three books that made me literally stop and yell to the air: What the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks is going on?
Now, I’m not talking about what’s going on with the plot, I’m talking about what I learned about the world as a result of reading these books.
I’m still reeling from them and therefore, you need to read them, too.
Today, I’m sharing three books (and a bunch more from my Patreon community) that will stop you in your tracks and question everything you know about how the world worked and still does.
Here are the books mentioned in this episode. You’ll find links to my Amazon, Bookshop and Libro.fm affiliate stores. Thanks for your bookish support!
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis & Traci Sorell (Amazon / Bookshop)
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine by Katherine Marsh (Amazon / Bookshop / Libro.fm)
Thirst by Varsha Bajaj (Amazon / Bookshop / Libro.fm)
Now, it’s your turn!
What books have made you stop and ask What the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is going on here?
Share all of your suggestions in the comments below so I can add them to my stack, too!
A Warbler’s Journey (picture book)
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
The War that Saved my Life, by Kimberly Brunaker Bradley (YA)
Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange (YA)
Winnie’s Great War by Lindsay Mattick (YA)
Twelve Steps to Normal by Farrah Penn (YA)
So many many more!
Thank you for your podcast Stephanie❣️. I am a retired secondary English teacher and am enjoying the conversation and community immensely!
These are such good recommendations! Thank you! I think I’m picking up 12 Steps to Normal first and am so grateful you’ve added to my stack!