How to Hone Your Reading Skills, What Makes a Good Reading Goal, and More from the Mailbag
3/24/20261 hr 14 min
How can you sharpen your reading skills and learn to evaluate books more deeply? When is it optimizing to quit a book you're bored of, and when is it worth the slog? Reading goals: good or no? Jeff and Rebecca dip into the mailbag to answer listener questions and respond to feedback.
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First 90 secondsJeff O'Neill· Host0:00
This episode of Zero to Well Read is sponsored by ThriftBooks.com. We're not doing a specific book this time. It's a mailbag episode, so we're talking about a lot of different kind of books that we've been discussing, answering all sorts of questions. So what I did is I went back through all the episodes we've done so far since September, and I saw what is the cheapest basket I put, I could put together using ThriftBooks.com, and I got all 30 down under to about $247. You got yourself a library for less than $250, and if you're the US, that more than qualifies for free shipping, which comes on orders of over $15. And I also would've picked up a few Reading Reward redemptions through Thrift Books Reading Rewards program. Go check out ThriftBooks.com if you're filling up your shelf. Thanks so much to listening. Thanks for them. Here comes the show. [upbeat music] Welcome to Zero to Well Read, a podcast about everything you need to know about the books you wish you read. I'm Jeff O'Neill.
Rebecca Schinsky· Host1:08
And I'm Rebecca Schinsky. Today, we're dipping into the mailbag for the first time, lots of mail from listeners over the last almost, uh, it is six months- Six months ... since the show launched, launched. Um, and we're gonna be answering your questions, responding to your comments about the show. People shared a lot of really fun and interesting experiences that they've had with the books, and some insights and tips for other listeners, so little bit of