On this episode, Liv Hoselton, an indie bookseller in Chicago, talks about their impulse to dive deep into the horrors of the world to better understand them, how their teachers and librarians were so impactful for their reading life, and one of our shared favorites that kids just aren’t interested in (much to our chagrin). I anticipate you’ll also be surprised at how engrossing Liv’s description of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is and it might make you want to read that book.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  North Woods by Daniel Mason Uzumaki by Junji Ito  Summerdale II by David Jay Collins    Books Highlighted by Liv: The Einstein of Sex by Daniel Brook Murderland by Caroline Fraser  The Gales of November by John U. Bacon Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster  The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff City of Thieves by David Benioff Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman  The Clique by Lisi Harrison  Twilight by Stephenie Meyer  Women Talking by Miriam Toews  Redwall by Brian Jacques  Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer  Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin  A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo  Playing Possum by Susana Monso  Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin  The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson