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Lackabookaphobia? (minicast)

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Some people wouldn’t be caught without the season’s latest fashions, and others never leave home without their asthma inhaler. But for some of us, what strikes fear into our hearts is the thought of being caught without a book. Jeanie in Wisconsin has that kind of passion for audiobooks and calls to ask Martha and Grant to give her a name for her condition.

If you have an idea for what this fear should be called, tell us about it in the discussion forum!

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