Episode 14: Our Reading Goals - 2024

01/29/24 • 39 min

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 14, “Our Reading Goals 2024.”

In this episode, Jillian and Erin are excited to share their reading goals for the new year. Be sure to tag them (@jillianfindinghappy and @medium.lady) on Instagram, and share your reading goals with them.

In This Episode:

The ladies check-in and share how their reading is going.
It’s time to reflect on the past year (2023) of books and how Erin and Jillian’s reading went.
Be sure to listen to Medium Lady Reads episode 13, where the women share their Top 3 books of 2023.
Erin mentions the reading tracker that the Currently Reading Patreon puts out every year.
Let’s talk goals! The women share their goals for 2024.
Next up, the ladies discuss what challenges and book clubs they’re participating in, in 2024.
Join us and do 12 reads in 12 months, you can find templates at @mediumladyreads.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! It has to with our podcast and a book club - listen to find out more!!
The women share some of the NEW RELEASES they’re excited about.
Tune in for the Hot Takes segment.
And, finally, the ladies share their library holds list.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 14, “Our Reading Goals 2024.”

In This Episode:

The ladies check-in and share how their reading is going.
It’s time to reflect on the past year (2023) of books and how Erin and Jillian’s reading went.
Be sure to listen to Medium Lady Reads episode 13, where the women share their Top 3 books of 2023.
Erin mentions the reading tracker that the Currently Reading Patreon puts out every year.
Let’s talk goals! The women share their goals for 2024.
Next up, the ladies discuss what challenges and book clubs they’re participating in, in 2024.
Join us and do 12 reads in 12 months, you can find templates at @mediumladyreads.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! It has to with our podcast and a book club - listen to find out more!!
The women share some of the NEW RELEASES they’re excited about.
Tune in for the Hot Takes segment.
And, finally, the ladies share their library holds list.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

Previous Episode

Episode 13: Our Best Books of 2023

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 13, “Our Best Books of 2023.”

In this episode the ladies are so excited to talk ALL about their favorite books from 2023 and what made these books their favorite of the year.

In This Episode:

Erin and Jillian check-in on how their reading is going for these first few weeks of the new year.
Erin encourages our readers to reflect on their past year of their reading.
Jillian and Erin share how their year in reading was for 2023.
They mention the Currently Reading book tracker, which is available through Currently Reading’s Patreon.
Goodreads and the Goodreads reading challenge and why you should use both.
Erin shares her bookish achievements of 2023.
The ladies start talking about their top favorite books of 2023 - listen to the episode to hear all of their top books!
In this episode, the ladies shared what things Instagram made them wish for during the holidays.
The adult sticker book that Erin mentioned can be found here.
Both women share their library holds.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

EarthSea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Beyond That, The Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
XOXO, Cody by Cody Rigsby
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makka
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis LPC
The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay

Next Episode

Episode 15: Our Last Three Reads - Winter 2024

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 15, “Our Last Three Reads - Winter 2024.”

In this episode, Jillian and Erin are sharing their last three reads from the past few months - and while it’s tempting they both stay true to listing the actual three books they’ve read and hopefully they’re able to appeal to their listeners wide and varied tastes. Be sure to tag them (@jillianfindinghappy and @medium.lady) on Instagram, and share your last three reads with them.

In this Episode:

Before the ladies get into the meat of the episode, they check-in with each other and how their reading is going.
The ladies take a short side pivot to talk a bit about cleaning. The two accounts Erin refers to are: @takesavillagecleeaning and @cleanhappyco.
Then, the ladies dive into the their last 3 books. Tune in to learn what 3 books each woman recommends.
Erin mentions Medium Lady Reads Episode 12 - Cozy Christmas Reads.
Recently, Drew Barrymore learned about Libby and shared about it on her show. Erin and Jillian decided to give their thoughts on famous people talking about Libby and the library for their Hot Takes segment. We want to know what YOU think, share with us on IG.
Time to wrap up with the holds list. Jillian and Erin share their holds list and what books they have coming up.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Drive Your Own Darn Bus by Julia Kristina
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid
How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Josephine Riesman

Medium Lady Reads - Episode 14: Our Reading Goals - 2024

Transcript

I think what you're looking for is like if you think of like your reading life in quadrants there's this under the whispering door quadrant and There's very few other books that are keeping it company or if there's a shelf.
Yeah, if there's a shelf in your reading life Under the whispering door is lonely.
It needs other books on that shelf.
Yes Hello, hi, and welcome to Meekam Lady Reads.
This is episode 14 Reading goals for 2024 I'm Erin a mom of three a hospital administrator in