Episode 49 - Read Everything All the Time with Alayna Mills
On this episode, Alayna Mills, a college writing teacher, discusses their love for reading everything all the time, by incorporating reading into all parts of their day. We also talk about their wide reading preferences, we get deep on a few specific books, and we find a shared notebook of book prize stress.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
On the Calculation of Volume (Book 1) by Solvej Balle
Audition by Katie Kitimura
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Books Highlighted by Alayna:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
What If We Get it Right: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
On the Calculation of Volume (Book 1) by Solvej Balle
The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Oye by Melissa Mogollon
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
Exalted by Anna Dorn
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Prodigal Summer by Barabara Kingsolver
The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Details by Ia Genberg
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
Dune by Frank Herbert
All Fours by Miranda July
Heir by Sabaa Tahir
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta
Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
Books with Betsy
Books with Betsy is a podcast that celebrates the reading life of all readers. Each week, Betsy interviews a different person about their reading life. Listen for book recommendations, reading tips, and to join in the joy that reading brings. And remember, anyone who reads is a reader.
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