Jasmine Vyas is an attorney, a privacy professional, a mother, and a serious bookworm. Which sounds like a Wonder Woman biography, doesn’t it? Interestingly, today she joined me to talk about laziness. Specifically, how toxic the “work harder” mentality can be, and how the book “Laziness Does Not Exist” changed her attitude toward work. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Jasmine Vyas Instagram/GoodReads Want to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast? Go here! Discussed in this episode: Laziness Does Not Exist by Dr. Devon Price Your Favorite Book Podcast with Malavika Praseed The Stacks Podcast What Should I Read Next Podcast What We Carry: A Memoir by Maya Shanbhag Lang Two Spies in Caracas by Moisés Naím Slouching Toward Bethlehem: Essays by Joan Didion Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge Britt Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman Beartown by Frederick Backman Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Discussed in our Patreon Excerpt: Romana Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (check out this cute 8-book box set of Ramona and Beezus books!) The Baby-Sitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin– I found a fun Retro Set and a Graphic Novel collection! Sweet Valley Twins Hatchet by Gary Paulson Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you’re shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestbookeverpodcast.substack.com

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