Episode 108 - Forced to Read with Lydia Plahn

On this episode, Lydia Plahn, a journalism student in Chicago, who talks about how she incorporates reading into her life as a student, how being a younger sister prompted her to read more as a child, and how important used bookstores are to her. We also talk about one of the classes she took entitled Millenial Fiction so lookout for that!!    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra  The Renovation by Kenan Orhan    Books Highlighted by Lydia: Here in the Dark by Alexis Soloski  Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson  Theater Kid by Jeffrey Seller  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert  Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in that House by Meghan Daum Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York by Francis Spufford  An American Marriage by Tayari Jones   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery  A Journey to the New World (Dear America) by Kathryn Lasky  American Girl by Sydney Hanson  Flashout by Alexis Soloski  Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell  Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan  Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James  It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover Verity by Colleen Hoover  Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert  Normal People by Sally Rooney  Luster by Raven Leilani  Real Life by Brandon Taylor  Kin by Tayari Jones  Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott