Ep 6: Sometimes We Don’t Finish Books + Bingo!
Episode Summary
In this episode, we discuss books we’ve never finished, and if we’ll ever pick them back up. Also, we introduce summer bingo!
Show notes
Intro: Seattle Public Library’s Book Bingo
Resource put together by SPL for picking books in each category located here
The Categories we got:
Lisa - Made You Laugh & Asian American/Pacific Islander Author
Lauren - Small Press & Black Joy
Jamie - On Your Shelf & Activism or Social Justice
Unfinished Books!
Lauren:
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
You can find this book anywhere books are sold, and there are free copies on the internet.
For more info on Thoreau and his cabin at Walden Pond, visit this website.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo (link)
If you’re curious about the Clutterbug quiz to find which type of clutter you tend toward, check out the Clutterbug website
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell (link) - a novel that has a lot to do with generational trauma
Lisa:
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (link)
Other books by Harari - Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Harai was on Armchair Expert Podcast twice, Episode 45 and Episode 261
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson (link)
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Glennon has been on a number of podcasts, one of which is Brene Brown’s podcast Unlocking Us, Ep: Glennon Doyle and Brene Brown on Untamed (link)
Glennon just launched her own podcast: We Can Do Hard Things (link)
Jamie:
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me by Janet Mock (link)
Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant (link)
A nice map of the Mississippi Delta Area from National Park Service
“People are hard to hate close up.” - Brene Brown
Everything Is Awful: And Other Observations by Matt Bellassai
Both Lisa & Jamie:
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero (link)
Other links:
Little Free Library’s are popular in Seattle, and other places too! Check out their website to see if there are any near you.