Happy Friday, readers! What are you up to this weekend? I’m looking forward to pizza night, a Costco run, and dinner with friends.
My favorite finds from around the web:
• 11 literary holidays you need to add to your calendar if you’re a book lover.
• Want to be an artist? Watch Groundhog Day. “These are the people I think we should be looking to for inspiration —
the people who every day of their lives, they get up do the work, regardless of success or failure.”
• Garbage collectors open a library with discarded books.
• 10 things you should throw away before 2018. I’m two months late, but kissed that cardboard goodbye anyway.
Favorite instagram:
I shared this Little Free Library find on the What Should I Read Next instagram account and WOW, the comments! You all love this book. (Well, mostly.)
Follow What Should I Read Next on instagram @whatshouldireadnext, and follow my personal account @annebogel.
A new podcast:
I’m on Ian Morgan Cron’s Typology podcast this week talking all about being an Enneagram 9. Listen to the episode (it’s #32) wherever you get your podcast or right here on the Typology site.
More info: Ian’s podcast was inspired by his excellent Enneagram book, The Road Back to You. We discuss my book Reading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything. And yes, a massive vulnerability hangover ensued.
On the blog:
One year ago: Expand your literary horizons with these 10 books in translation.
Two years ago: The small sips that are saving my life.
Three years ago: Back to the beginning.
Four years ago: The bits and chunks of joy list.
Have a great weekend!
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Massive vulnerability hangover! Oh my goodness, thank you for giving me a name to how I felt after recording on Tuesday. I kept replaying every dumb thing I said and worrying that I blathered on too much and everyone will think I sound ridiculous. Please tell me this feeling goes away!
You did amazing and I LOVED talking to you. But when I’m sitting in your seat, I pretty much always feel the same way. (It goes away!)
Oh, thank you, I feel better already. : ) Off to read Middlemarch–I need to finish it ASAP because one of your recommended books just arrived on my doorstep (I think its Abigail Adams!)
Hi Tracie!
I was this week’s guest on the podcast, and I had the EXACT fears you did. I thought, “how stupid did I sound when I was talking about ghost stories, and Shakespeare, and I know she must have asked me about my reading life, but I misheard her and answered about my current life situation- what????” Let me reassure you that whoever does the editing is amazing. I was encouraged listening to this week’s episode that Anne and I both sounded just fine. You’re in good hands!!
~liz
PS One of my biggest regrets in our recording session Tuesday was that I forgot to mention in the “what are you reading” now portion that I just finished your book, Reading People, and I loved it! It totally demystified Myers-Briggs and Enneagram for me, and there were several of your thoughts that completely resonated with me as well. So thank you for that!
Thank you so much for that!
Hi Anne! I am Type 9 as well. I’m also INFJ. What is your Myers-Briggs, I’m curious!
~liz
I’m an INFP.
I thoroughly enjoyed your conversation on the Typology podcast. I listened to it on a walk around town, then came home and told Dave that he needs to listen to it immediately. That is a sign of a good listen. (BTW, he is also now a devoted What Should I Read Next listener. YAY!)
Thank you for that. ❤️
Oh my, I just finally identified myself as a 9 in the past few months and I loved the podcast you did on Typology! I’m also an over-user of metaphors. My insight on “sloth” was that I would make myself busy to avoid doing the things that I didn’t want to do.
That’s a great insight! (::racks brain to think how I certainly do that myself::)
So thankful you added the link for podcast with Ian Cron. Enjoyed it & also look forward to your blogs. Have a great weekend.