A book that didn't work: Dead Wake

After completing a classics reading project, today's guest really wants to keep her reading momentum while also bringing more non-classics back into her reading life.

Today we're trying something new and inviting a team member alongside Anne to help tackle one reader-specific reading dilemma. As you'll hear today, Anne couldn't help but notice that guest Cheryl Drury's tastes and recent reading project shares a lot in common with team member Ginger Horton's reading life.

Ginger is our Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club community manager, and she has recently been immersed in the classics due to her current enrollment in a Great Books graduate study program. That's why Ginger seems like exactly the right reader to bring along for this conversation with Cheryl.

Cheryl hails from Charleston, South Carolina. While she's always been a reader, she'd never really dabbled much in classics or Great Books until 18 months ago, when she embarked on a challenge to read through a year-long list of more than 100 influential books. The project energized Cheryl's reading life, but now she's not quite sure where to go next.

Anne, Ginger, and Cheryl talk about how Cheryl may retain some of the structure from her classics project as well as where she can have more flexibility to follow where her reading whimsy takes her. Plus, they'll offer title ideas that may feel like just the right bridge between what Cheryl's been reading lately and what she'd love more of in the months ahead.

Find the list of titles discussed today and share your ideas for Cheryl on our show notes page, at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/523.

This year marks our 10th anniversary of Book Club. It has been so much fun along the way, and we've got great events queued up to celebrate this year. Plus, this is a wonderful time to join because it's Summer Reading Guide season. For more from Ginger and more Book Club fun, join us at modernmrsdarcy.com/club.

Chapters:

07:43 Meet Cheryl

12:10 Cheryl’s decision to read the classics

21:08 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

23:38 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

26:15 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

30:05 Dead Wake by Erik Larson

46:34 1000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich

51:42 Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff

54:15 Hagseed by Margaret Atwood

55:52 What will Cheryl read next?

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