Ep 137: Living a Dog-Eared Reading Life with Jess Sporaa / Dog-Eared Books

Welcome in! On today's episode, I'm joined by Jess Sporaa (@bibliophage.jess). Jess is a self-proclaimed midlife mom of four and bookseller at the cozy Dog-Eared Books in Ames, Iowa. In our conversation, Jess shares how spending her days in a bookstore has changed her reading life and how she's discovering her personal style off the page.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Dog-Eared Books
• Shatter Me
• Fur-Ocious Readers
• The Sweet Spot
• HeartLand
• The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society
• Catch the Devil
• Project Hail Mary
• Legends & Lattes
• Lonesome Dove
• Chunky Classics Book Club
• It's Hard to Be an Animal
• The Road to Tender Hearts
• Remarkably Bright Creatures
• Poets Square
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion
• Good Joy, Bad Joy
• Creepy Kid
• Sipsworth
• A Pair of Aces
• Christina Lauren
• We the Women
• Domino Style

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