RAD Reading Podcast
Episode # 6 - Reading Upgrade
Episode Title: Distraction Detox - Less Screen Time, More Reading Time
Release Date: Nov. 5, 2021
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Episode Summary/Highlights:
Do you find yourself picking up your phone instead of picking up a book or your e-reader? Yeah, us too. Today we tackle how to tame the screen time so we can get more reading time, especially during the busy holiday season. We’ll also discuss how the type of book you pick up can make all the difference. And as usual, we’ll have a pile of reading recs for you!
Highlights:
This is our reading brains on smartphones
The power of Do Not Disturb
How to reclaim reading time in a screen time world
Roni’s haunted moaning window makes a cameo
The types of books that are better suited for distracted minds
Fast-starting book recs
Recs for short and snappy reads
Short story/essay collections that you can tackle in bite-sized bits
Page-turning memoirs
Some of our favorite binge-worthy book series
Roni is horrified to realize she’s read books two and three of a series and not book one
Roni’s doorstop length books
Our RAD Reading Recs of the week
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EPISODE SPOILERS AHEAD…
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Books recommended by Roni:
Boys Like You by Juliana Stone
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips
Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo
Brokedown Cowboy (Copper Ridge series) by Maisey Yates
Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Books recommended by Dawn:
Chasing Vega by Terry Shepard
Why Moms Are Weird by Pamela Ribon
Charmed in Texas series by Sharla Lovelace
Faceoff anthology by International Thriller Writers
Matchup anthology by International Thriller Writers
Different Seasons by Stephen King
Tinsel and Tatas anthology for charity
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Always a Bridesmaid (For Hire) by Jen Glantz
One For the Money (Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovitch
Naked In Death (In Death series) by J.D. Robb
Other books mentioned:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Gold Valley series by Maisey Yates
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik (Dawn)
Deep Work by Cal Newport (Roni)
Roni’s many blog posts on social media breaks and device-free summers:
A Screen-Free Summer for Kidlet: How, Why, & If I'll Lose My Mind
The End of Our Screen-Free Summer: Results and Moving Forward
Stop Letting Your Inbox Distract You: Making Rules Work For You
The Digital Declutter & Why I’m Taking a 30-Day Social Media Break
After the 30-Day Social Media Ban: What Surprised Me & What I’m Changing
Find us online:
Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram
Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)