On this episode, Tess Page, listener of Books with Betsy, talks about her requirement for books grounded in reality, her high/low reading tastes, and tells some wonderful stories of her reading habits in childhood. We talk about a shared favorite author who has a deep backlist and I encourage you to check her out!

Books mentioned in this episode: 

What Betsy’s reading: 

Milktooth by Jaime Barnett

Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Books Highlighted by Tess:

Riders by Jilly Cooper 

Rivals by Jilly Cooper 

The Babysitter’s Club Graphic Novel Adaptation by Raina Tagelmeier & Ann M. Martin

In a Blue Velvet Dress by Catherine Sefton

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym  

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 

Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Other books mentioned in this episode:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell 

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins 

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman