Where Inger makes Jason read a Romance Novel (again!)

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Longtime listeners who have been asking for Jason to read another
romance novel: Inger has delivered! Jason reads Rebecca Yarros's
'The Fourth Wing' and only throws up a little bit in his mouth
:-)


After a bit of mail bag, we go deep on the subject of reading:
how much of it there is; how tedious academic reading can be; how
tired this reading makes us; the feelings of Guilt when you read
for pleasure; and the myth of 'keeping up with the
literature'. 


Finally we talk about how many books we own: how much is too many
and when/how should you slim down a collection? Inger feels
better about her massive collection when she compares herself to
Umberto Eco, and Jason has a mild panic attack at the idea of
putting together a display shelf.


We finish with a tribute to the late, great Professor Peter Elbow
(one of Inger's most beloved writers about writing) and a two
minute tip about buying study aids.


Note, we were going to try to put out a video version of this one
- but there were technical problems. Hence the references to
showing the camera books. We will try again next time.


What we talked about


Cornell template technique

Note taking Matrix instructions

Umberto Eco in his 50,000 book library (video evidence!)

Marie Kondo's life changing magic of tidying up

Rebecca Yarros - The Fourth Wing

Writing without Teachers






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