Cool People Reading
Cool People Reading
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Steph from @stephanieshouseofbooks on Instagram talks to cool and creative people about what they're reading, what they recommend, and how they fit reading into their busy lives - all with a side of book-adjacent gossip.
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Focuses on literary discussions, reading lifestyle tips, and book-related personal anecdotes with episodes exploring how busy professionals integrate reading into their lives and the influence of specific book genres on their perspectives.

Your favourite footballers, chefs and influencers — but make it bookish. Steph from @stephanieshouseofbooks gets behind the mic to talk reading, recommendations, and the chaos of fitting books into busy lives with some of Australia’s most creative and cool people. Smart talk, hot recommendations and hilarious stories.
Chantel Mila, also known as Mama Mila to her four million followers, joins Steph to chat about books, balance, and the mental load we don't talk about enough.
Known for her cleaning and home styling pro-tips, Chantel shares how she finds time to read in her day, why she can't say no to a suburban psychological thriller, and how we can hack our way to more reading time.
Plus, what happened when Chantel discovers Freida McFadden's new book is a choose-your-own-adventure?
And what's the book Chantel finished only to realise she'd read it somewhere before….
Plus, Chantel talks about her new book The Fair Share, and shares her advice on sharing the mental load and ways we can avoid shouldering it alone.
Chantel Mila is a best selling author of two lifestyle books, including The Dream Clean, a styling, cleaning and organising expert, and mum of two.
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Today's reading list:
- The Fair Share by Chantel Mila
- The Dream Clean by Chantel Mila
- None of this is True by Lisa Jewell
- Never Lie by Freida McFadden
- The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
- The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- A Brain that Breaths by Jodi Wilson
- Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Paris: the Memoir by Paris Hilton
- Like Follow Die by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

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