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Happy full moon!

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Hard to believe we are halfway through our fifth year of this epic pilgrimage.

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Are you up for going to the Bronx to hang out on a book bus? What!? Well, a few months ago I got an email from 3 Booker Karen where she said \\u201cHi Neil. I love this! Have you seen it?\\u201d The this was this video, going viral, about a woman in the Bronx trying to get funding to start up a bookstore on wheels.

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I couldn\'t believe that the 1.6 million residents of Manhattan have 82 bookstores whereas the 1.4 million residents of the Bronx had ... one. That\'s it! One bookstore. Well, Latanya grew up in the Bronx and decided to do something about that. So she founded Bronx Bound Books -- a "bookstore that comes to you." Today we\'re going to hang out with her and Jerry, who\'s the proud driver of this bus, that serves underserved communities across New York.

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We\'ll be hanging out in the storage locker parking lot of the (freshly painted!) bus with the 5 train ripping over the tracks behind us. We\'ll learn how Latanya and Jerry spend their days driving around, picking up books, selling books, visiting schools, visiting shelters, and visiting community centers, to spread the good word -- or good words, really. And we talk about our mutual love of reading, the idea of bringing books to book deserts around the world, and of course, Latanya and Jerry\\u2019s most formative books.

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This is a fun and immersive conversation you won\'t soon forget.

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Let\\u2019s flip the page into Chapter 107 now\\u2026

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What You\'ll Learn:

• What was the motivation to start a bookstore on wheels?

• What are the logistics to starting a mobile bookstore?

• How do kids react to a bookstore on wheels?

• Why is community essential to any small start-up?

• How do you make time for reading?

• How are bookstores community hubs?

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You can find show notes and more information by clicking here:\\xa0https://www.3books.co/chapters/107

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Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future chapter: 1-833-READ-A-LOT.\\xa0\\xa0

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3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world\'s most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Bren\\xe9 Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Angie Thomas, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Roxane Gay, David Mitchell, Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and every single full moon all the way up to 5:21 am on September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling\\xa01-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out:\\xa0https://www.3books.co