S4 E10: Reading and Creativity

This episode is all about books! We're chatting about how reading helps (and hinders) our creative lives, the books that have made an impact on our creativity, and the ups and downs of setting reading goals.

Books mentioned in this episode

Deep Work by Cal Newport

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna

Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren

Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother by Beth Ann Fennelly

Other resources mentioned in this episode

The Magic Lessons podcast with Elizabeth Gilbert

If This, Then That (IFTTT) recipe for saving Goodreads book reviews to Evernote

How to Bullet Journal at the Lazy Genius Collective

The Lazy Genius Bullet Journals on the Lazy Genius podcast

Austin Kleon's "I will not finish books I don't like"

Modern Mrs. Darcy blog

What Should I Read Next? podcast

What's Your Reading Personality? quiz from Modern Mrs. Darcy

What's Your Reading Personality? quiz from Oprah

NYT Book Review podcast

Greenlight Bookstore Radio Hour (Abbie's favorite episodes are Emily St. John Mandel and Elizabeth Gilbert)

The Simple Show podcast

@bookedandready on Instagram

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