Mike and Jess kick of the episode with a tip for your reading life: using "lead measures" to meet your reading goals. Then they dive into one of their favorite categories of this year's reading challenge: novels by Southern American authors! 

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Books, authors & resources mentioned on this episode:

Deep Work, by Cal Newport

Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole

The Women on the Porch, by Caroline Gordon

The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, The Second Coming, The Thanatos Syndrome, by Walker Percy

Wise Blood, by Flannery O'Conner

William Faulkner

Mark Twain

To Kill a Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

The Best Southern Novels of All Time