Episode 33 - I'll Crack it Open with Stephanie Majercik

On this episode, Stephanie Majercik, a reader who reads widely, and I discuss our shared tricks for Book of the Month, why passing around books is great, and how her reading chair revolutionized her reading life. We also discuss her book club and the bookish names she has for her collection of house plants.    Read & Run Chicago - The Great Believers   Stephanie’s Reading Chair   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner  Good Material by Dolly Alderton   Books Highlighted by Stephanie: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr  The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal  Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habcek The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Midnight Library by Matt Haig  People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate  Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie  Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case by Agatha Christie  Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls  Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls  BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate  Lock Every Door by Riley Sager  The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough  The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes  The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain