Episode 102 - Real People with Tess Page

On this episode, Tess Page, listener of Books with Betsy, talks about her requirement for books grounded in reality, her high/low reading tastes, and tells some wonderful stories of her reading habits in childhood. We talk about a shared favorite author who has a deep backlist and I encourage you to check her out!   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Milktooth by Jaime Barnett Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma   Books Highlighted by Tess: Riders by Jilly Cooper  Rivals by Jilly Cooper  The Babysitter’s Club Graphic Novel Adaptation by Raina Tagelmeier & Ann M. Martin In a Blue Velvet Dress by Catherine Sefton Excellent Women by Barbara Pym   A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles  Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett  The Dutch House by Ann Patchett  Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell  This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell  Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins  Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman