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Mar 2019
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Ep 174: The heart wants to read what the...

Anne Bogel
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Guest Kate Daley is a house painter from New South Wales, Australia, who has been living for the past two and a half years... in a camper van! Today she chats with Anne about the genre that sent her into an intense reading rut, a family reading competition, and where she manages to fit a home library in while living in cramped quarters. Click over to the pod ... Show More
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