Episode 33 - I'll Crack it Open with Stephanie Majercik

On this episode, Stephanie Majercik, a reader who reads widely, and I discuss our shared tricks for Book of the Month, why passing around books is great, and how her reading chair revolutionized her reading life. We also discuss her book club and the bookish names she has for her collection of house plants. 

 

Read & Run Chicago - The Great Believers  

Stephanie’s Reading Chair

 

Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner 

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

 

Books Highlighted by Stephanie:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal 

Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habcek

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate 

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain 

 

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Other books mentioned in this episode:

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case by Agatha Christie 

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls 

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls 

BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate 

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough 

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes 

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer 

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain