Episode 42: Audiobooks for your Summer Road Trip + The Reading Life of Guest Host Heather Chollar

Kaytee has a special guest co-host joining her this week, and I can’t wait to share her with you. You’ve heard me mention “my Heather” many times on the podcast, and today she’s recording with me to bring you a very special episode.

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You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a trip to a favorite indie bookstore and library cards for very excited kiddos.

Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. Heather prepared like a boss and brings you a perfect audiobook listen no matter who you are road tripping with this summer. Kaytee has some non-fiction and a (perhaps overly?) hyped sequel to discuss.

For our deep dive this week, I’m talking to Heather about her reading life, including some of the things that you listeners have been wondering about our (M&K’s reading life) in relation to motherhood, and finding time to read with kids around.

As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. We’ve got a children’s classic that should be read by readers of every age and a memoir that will make you cry and laugh so hard you may pee yourself.

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

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2:05 - Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, CO

4:40 - The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Mary Rose Wood

7:28 - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

7:33 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

10:44 - Everybody Always by Bob Goff

12:38 - Love Does by Bob Goff

13:17 - Just Open the Door by Jen Schmidt

13:30 - May 21st Episode of Sorta Awesome with Heather Chollar talking about Introverted Hospitality

13:53 - The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schmidt

13:55 - The Art of Neighboring by Dave Runyon and Jay Pathak

16:24 - Circe by Madeline Miller

16:32 - Meredith discusses in Episode 10 at 44:08

19:06 - @howjessreads on Instagram

19:13 - Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright

20:18 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

22:24 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

25:04 - Heather’s display bookshelf

29:27 - Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindburgh

31:00 - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

32:05 - Audiobook narration of The Phantom Tollbooth by Raine Wilson

34:02 - Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

34:14 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

34:55 - momastery.com

36:53 - @heatherchollar on Instagram

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