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EPISODE · Sep 25, 2025 · 28 MIN

When Is It Time to Break Up With a Book?

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 share our thoughts about when to abandon a book and discuss the factors that go into that hard decision.  We discuss the current quandaries we face regarding the decision to let it go! And we encourage our listeners to allow themselves the freedom to abandon a book that isn’t speaking to them.Book we recommendRabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin(as mentioned in the podcast - please note this book addresses sexual assault and murder)Books Rebecca is currently reading:Gliff by Ali SmithFeijoa: A Story of Obsession & Belonging by Kate EvansFeeding Ghost: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa HullsScotland (still!) by Magnus MagnussonBooks Colleen is currently reading:Small Boat by Vincent DelecroixBook of Alchemy by Suleika JaouadSad Tiger by Neige SinnoBooks Athena is currently reading:The Names by Florence KnappDeadly Animals by Marie TierneyThe Book of Records by Madeleine ThienThank you for joining us. Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.SocialsNOTHING 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 share our thoughts about when to abandon a book and discuss the factors that go into that hard decision.  We discuss the current quandaries we face regarding the decision to let it go! And we encourage our listeners to allow themselves the freedom to abandon a book that isn’t speaking to them.Book we recommendRabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin(as mentioned in the podcast - please note this book addresses sexual assault and murder)Books Rebecca is currently reading:Gliff by Ali SmithFeijoa: A Story of Obsession & Belonging by Kate EvansFeeding Ghost: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa HullsScotland (still!) by Magnus MagnussonBooks Colleen is currently reading:Small Boat by Vincent DelecroixBook of Alchemy by Suleika JaouadSad Tiger by Neige SinnoBooks Athena is currently reading:The Names by Florence KnappDeadly Animals by Marie TierneyThe Book of Records by Madeleine ThienThank you for joining us. Three avid readers (Rebecca, Colleen, and Athena) host a podcast about being a reader to investigate their interactions with books: this includes a close look at books that people rave about, and we couldn’t even finish, and why we continue to follow writers when we have only liked their early books. It is also a place where we shine a light on the unseen or underappreciated books we fell in love with.SocialsNOTHING 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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