We welcome global galavant and raging bibliophile Eve Harlow on 3 Books!
Born in Russia, raised in Israel, living in Canada and the U.S., Eve Harlow is an talented actress best known for roles in The 100, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Night Agent, and her current star turn as Dr. Ingrid Derian in Watson, the medical-mystery thriller inspired by stories of Sherlock Holmes.
Somehow between her busy acting schedule, Eve finds time to read a book a week. She's a library junkie, a reading phenom, and posts stacks of her latest reads @eveharlow between red carpet shots and behind-the-scenes clips from her shows.
This is a conversation for all of us who aspire to grow our love of reading books amidst the digital deluge. We live in worlds designed to tease our brains into shallow skimming. So how does Eve do it? What systems does she use? How does she think about her reading life? And (of course!) which 3 books shaped her more than any others?
We talk about reading habits, magic realism, identity in a politically robust and privacy-eroded world, deliberate daydreaming, building resilience, and much, much more.
Pull up a chair and join us in this bookish conversation.
Let’s flip the page to Chapter 159 now...
Chapter 159: Eve Harlow on bolstering bibliophilia and boosting bookish brains
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CONNECT with EVE
EVe’s 3 Books
First Book (13:09)
Second Book (27:47)
Third Book (51:16)
WORD OF THE CHAPTER
Quotes
“I do love reading. It's always been a part of me.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“We take our day-to-day life for granted and we get so used to habits and patterns.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“I think that people are inherently good. And we all at the very core want the same thing, which is safety and love for ourselves and the people that we love.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“Reading is exercise for my brain. And if I don’t do it, I find that I get kind of depressed.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“Books are a way to escape and ground myself at the same time.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“I think now we live in this time where everybody feels like they have the right to everyone's personal information. And I don't think that that's necessarily healthy. And I think that it kind of stifles imagination.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“The only way that we will get through anything is like empathy, is communication, is listening, and we're losing all of that.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
“Reading feeds your brain and feeds your soul in a way that nothing else does.” – Eve Harlow | 3 Books Podcast
Show Notes
‘The Master and Margarita’ by Mikhail Bulgakov
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel García Márquez
‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll
‘White Teeth’ by Zadie Smith
‘Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World’ by Michael Harris
‘The Lord of the Rings’ by J.R.R. Tolkien
‘Man's Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl
‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith
‘On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous’ by Ocean Vuong
