TBU#28 The Reading Challenge is ON (need recommendations… we’ve got 'em)

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TBU#28 The Reading Challenge is ON (need recommendations… we’ve got 'em)

A few months ago Shelley and Rowena shared the 23 for 2023 Non-Fiction Reading Challenge. This challenge is a way to read with intention, but also keep reading fun and playful. In this episode, they’re sharing their progress with the challenge and how it’

Shelley Smith

May 16, 2023

A few months ago Shelley and Rowena shared the 23 for 2023 Non-Fiction Reading Challenge. This challenge is a way to read with intention, but also keep reading fun and playful.

In this episode, they’re sharing their progress with the challenge and how it’s helped them to read more widely. They’ll also share some book recommendations and tips for making the challenge your own.

Oh, and they can’t resist throwing in a couple of fiction recommendations too.

So tune in and join the challenge if you haven’t already!

And even if you don’t join the challenge, you’ll walk away from this episode in the know about a whole lot of fabulous books.

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Books mentioned in this episode

Rowena’s Books

Non-Fiction

Sheilas; Badass Women of Australian History by Eliza Reilly

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama

Two Lipsticks and a Lover by Helen Frith Powell

The Gift of Asking by Kemi Nekvapil

30 Days 30 Ways to overcome anxiety by Bev Aisbett

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Workstyle by Lizzie Penny & Alex Hirst

Spiritually Loose by Susan Pearse

Chill and Prosper by Denise Duffield-Thomas

The Ethical Traveller by Imogen Lepere

Not Now, Not Ever by Julia Gillard

Fiction

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

Shelley’s Books

Non-Fiction

A Place to Belong, Amber O’Neil Johnston

Chill and Prosper, Denise Duffield Thomas

The Power of Regret, Daniel Pink

Workstyle, Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst

Tiny MBA, Alex Hillman — Download Alex and Amy Hoy’s Free Course, Launch FTW for a step-by-step plan for launching an info product

The Wild and Free Family, Ainsley Arment

Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall

84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Fiction

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Gaimus

Become a better procrastinator

A message from Shelley:

In Episode 26, I explained my 7Rs process for procrastinating better. I also wrote a blog post outlining the 7Rs process.

And now, I’m taking it a step further with an audio course on Becoming a Better Procrastinator.

My aim is to free up hours of time for you each week. So you can get the important stuff done and complete the projects that matter.

And because it’s an audio course, you can do it while you’re cooking dinner, shuttling the kids around in the car, or — even better, treating yourself to a solo retreat.

The course will be seven teaching sessions, each followed by a journaling session. So you could do it over seven days (teaching + journaling), 14 days (teaching one day, journaling the next — repeated for 7 days), or that solo retreat option, where you binge the whole lot on one day and then wake up the next day a better procrastinator!

Here’s a secret that I feel safe sharing right down here in the show notes… (!!!) If I get it right, I’m going to include some of my original piano music to accompany your journaling. But I’m also thinking MVP here, so that part might come in an update! Either way, you’ll get beautiful music to help structure your journaling.

The Two Booked Up 23 for 2023 Reading Challenge

Have you signed up for the Two Booked Up 23 for 2023 Reading Challenge? This is a playful way you can build a reading habit and bring some intention to your reading life. We’ll be talking about the books we’ve each been reading for the Challenge in our next episode.

When you download the PDF, we’ll also add you to our Two Booked Up Email list so that we can continue the fun together (but you can unsubscribe at any time).