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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2026 · 48 MIN

Do we find books or do they find us?

from Nothing is Wrong with You - Book Podcast · host Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss how we decide what to read. Reviews? Wordof mouth? Cold-calling the new releases at the library?  We do it all, though each of us has a different relationship to all of the ways books find us.  Did we miss a way you select books for your ever-growing TBR pile?  Let us know in the comments!Recommend: E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Loveby Colleen ClemensMy Place in the Spiral by Rebecca BeardsallThe Unfurling Frond by Rebecca BeardsallWhat we are reading:ColleenMother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy RebeccaHelm by Sarah HallTennis Lessons by Susannah DickeyPurgatoire by Liz Prato - Available for preorder, book comesout in April 2026AthenaA Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCrackenHere’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCrackenSweet Talk by Stephanie VaughnSocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss how we decide what to read. Reviews? Wordof mouth? Cold-calling the new releases at the library?  We do it all, though each of us has a different relationship to all of the ways books find us.  Did we miss a way you select books for your ever-growing TBR pile?  Let us know in the comments!Recommend: E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Loveby Colleen ClemensMy Place in the Spiral by Rebecca BeardsallThe Unfurling Frond by Rebecca BeardsallWhat we are reading:ColleenMother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy RebeccaHelm by Sarah HallTennis Lessons by Susannah DickeyPurgatoire by Liz Prato - Available for preorder, book comesout in April 2026AthenaA Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCrackenHere’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry by Elizabeth McCrackenSweet Talk by Stephanie VaughnSocialsNOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU BOOK PODCAST  website |https://rebeccabeardsall.com/podcast/ YouTube | @bookpodcastersCOLLEEN CLEMENSInstagram | @colclemensauthor REBECCA BEARDSALL website | https://rebeccabeardsall.com Instagram |@author_rebeccabeardsallATHENA ROTHInstagram | @athenaroth

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