N4L 056: Janet Loves Books!

Nonfiction4Life Host & Founder Janet Perry celebrates her 56th birthday along with the posting of the 56th episode. She shares her story of falling in love...with learning! Connecting words to books and books to ideas, she takes listeners along her journey and explains how she chose to become a podcaster of nonfiction books. She also invites all to subscribe to the email list so she can share a gift with them--"Janet's List of 56 Things"--that includes book lists, apps, movies, and other things that shaped her and her love of learning. 00:15   Taking a departure from standard author interviews 00:25   Today is Janet Perry's 56th birthday and N4L’s 56th podcast episode 00:35   She’s celebrating by sharing her own story 01:25   Welcome to those just discovering N4L 01:50   Two moments that illustrate Janet’s love for learning 02:30   The story of how Janet fell in love…with words, books, and ideas 02:55   She can’t remember not knowing how to read 03:20   Instead of collecting dolls, Janet collected words (homonyms) 03:45   Her mom was a natural grammarian who loved words 04:15   Parents’ teachings made Janet’s Modern American Usage college course a breeze 04:25   Pronunciation of words also important 05:00   Janet fell in love with the world of books in Tanner Manor, her childhood home 05:45   The Tanner Manor library was filled with solid-oak bookshelves and ceiling beams 06:20   One of her favorite assignments was dusting the library 07:00   A nondescript downstairs closet was filled with paperbacks of classics and new releases 07:50   South Pasadena Public Library was funded by Andrew Carnegie 08:15   Library built in same Classic/Mediterranean Revival style as Tanner Manor 08:30   Boasted columns on separate entrances for adult library and children’s library 09:05   Tanner family culture included frequenting the public library 09:40   Library located across the street from El Centro, Janet’s elementary school 09:50   Lost a library book and panicked she’d have to pay for overdue fines 10:30   Spent Wednesdays after school listening to children’s librarian read aloud 11:15   Loved sneaking up inside staircase to the adult section 12:00   Books led her to the world of ideas 12:15   Feared turning into “an economic zero” by becoming an English major 12:45   Found people discussing books and ideas – the “white noise” of Tanner Manor 13:10   Collected and memorized quotes of great thinkers 13:45   Book groups and podcasts sparked her love of great ideas 14:00   Gave herself permission to read books, even when busy and sick 14:30   Podcasts helped her satisfy the itch to learn 14:45   How she narrowed the scope of Nonfiction4Life 15:30   Summary of Janet (from About page on Nonfiction4Life website) 15:45   “So many books, so little time!” 16:20   To celebrate her 56th birthday, she offers a gift to all email subscribers 16:50   All subscribers will receive “Janet’s List of 56 Things” 17:20   Janet invites all listeners to stay on the journey to discover and discuss great nonfiction books Subscribe here to the Nonfiction4Life email list. For more stories about Tanner Manor, go to Janet’s personal blog. For pictures mentioned in the podcast, go to the Nonfiction4Life Website. Connect with Nonfiction4Life on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube  Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit