Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out Author: Shannon Reed Narrator: Paige Mckinney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 6, 2024 Genres: Comedy Publisher's Summary: A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize Semifinalist We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps most importantly, to make us more fully human. Shannon Reed, a longtime teacher, lifelong reader, and New Yorker contributor, gets it. With one simple goal in mind, she makes the case that we should read for pleasure above all else. In this whip-smart, laugh-out-loud-funny collection, Reed shares surprising stories from her life as a reader and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students. From the varied novels she cherishes (Gone Girl, Their Eyes Were Watching God) to the ones she didn’t (Tess of the d’Urbervilles), Reed takes us on a rollicking tour through the comforting world of literature, celebrating the books we love, the readers who love them, and the ways in which literature can transform us for the better.