The Guilty Reader Podcast

In this week's episode I talk about my own struggle with my reading pace and how I've been trying to consciously calm down the voices which ask me to go faster and faster.

Books I talk about in this week's episode:

1. The Year of Less by Cait Flanders

2. Love for Imperfect Things by Haemin Sunim

Are you someone who takes your recommendations from the internet but the trendy reads just arent working for you? Have you tried being a 'trend driven' reader but somehow its done more harm for your reading life?

Welcome to my side of the internet. In this week's episode I talk about:

1. What it means to be a reader driven by trends

2. Why it didn't work for me

3. How I'm choosing to honour my moods and choices when choosing my books

4. My absolute favourite read of the week!

Books I talk about in this episode:

1. Murder at the Bookstore by Sue Minix

2. None of this is true by Lisa Jewel

Audiobooks are the new 'digital books', with everyone fighting to invalidate them as 'real books' and how they don't 'count' for your reading goals. But is that really the case?

In this week's episode, using a story I recently came across, I talk about:

Books I talk about in this episode:

Happy new year everyone! 2024 brings with it a lot of optimism to our lives and our reading. In this week's episode I talk about how I started my year by finishing a book but also how that brought out old perfectionist patterns in my reading life and what i want to do to overcome them.

I also talk about some of the reads I finished this week. So tune in to check them out!.

Books I talk about in this episode:

1. The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewel

2. Club You to Death by Anuja Chauhan

3. The Fast and The Dead by Anuja Chauhan

4. The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

5. The Wake Up Call by Beth O'Leary

With the year coming to an end, we're all looking at the goals we set and the progress we made on them. In today's episode, I take a leaf out of this spirit of reflection and talk about:

So tune in and join me! Merry Christmas!

Books I talk about in this episode:

In this week's episode I share a shocking discovery: In my collection on 800 or so e-books, I have approximately 250+ self help books!

That means there are multiple books across topics such as productivity, goal setting, personal finance etc. The sheer number has made me spiral into a mild existential crisis. In this episode I try answering questions such as:

1. Why do I have so many self help books?

2. Am I substituting taking action with the crutch of accumulating self help books?

3. Can one really read their way out of problems?

4. Is there a difference between reading a self help book and learning from it?

5. Most importantly: Is there such a thing as too many self help books?

Tune in to know my take and let me know your thoughts in the comments too!

In this week's episode I talk about my experience finishing a book in a day for the first time in my reading life. In a world obsessed with 24 hour and 36 hour readathons, the pressure to read quickly and finish more books can feel immense to a reader. We look to content like this for reading suggestions, but at times it can be a little discouraging to see someone spend 24 hours and finish off 2-4 books in a day when your TBR piles.

Tune in as I talk about my experience finishing a book in a day and what i learnt from it for my reading life.

Books I talk about in this episode:

1. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston

2. The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra

Has this ever happened to you where you feel like you must have read at least 35 pages but the progress bar has barely moved an inch? I know i must have given up on several books courtesy the progress bar, especially in this recent season of life where reading has not been coming to me easily.

In this week's episode I talk about how my relationship with the progress bar on kindle or e-reader's in general and why reading habits do undergo changes with you are in life at the moment. Because reading shouldn't be stressful and can be adapted to your needs.

In this week's episode I talk about a phenomenon common to me and some of my fellow readers- low reading vacation guilt.

Do you have moments on a vacation where you're left wondering why you're not reading more?

Do you often make mental trade offs between sight seeing or other vacation activities vs reading?

Do you feel like you spend more time ruminating about not using your free time for your interests than actually investing time in said interests?

Then this episode is for you!

Books I talk about in this episode:

1. You with a view by Jessica Joyce

2. Stop Living on Autopilot by Antonio Neves

3. Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Maehrer

Why would any one be a guilty reader? Why would a hobby cause 'guilt'? In this first episode I'm going to talk about my journey with the guilt in my reading, what it means to be a guilty reader and why I still feel I'm not reading enough. Tune in to check out what I've learnt to battle this guilt and some pithy takeaways!

Books I've talked about in this episode:

1. You with a view by Jessica Joyce