Mike and Jess kick of the episode with a tip for your reading life: using "lead measures" to meet your reading goals. Then they dive into one of their favorite categories of this year's reading challenge: novels by Southern American authors!  _____________________________ Books, authors & resources mentioned on this episode: Deep Work, by Cal Newport Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole The Women on the Porch, by Caroline Gordon The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, The Second Coming, The Thanatos Syndrome, by Walker Percy Wise Blood, by Flannery O'Conner William Faulkner Mark Twain To Kill a Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee The Road, by Cormac McCarthy The Best Southern Novels of All Time