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The Currently Reading Podcast

Episode 10: Teetering TBR - Lots and lots of scary, creepy books for Fall

The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith Schwartz

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Bookish besties reunited for Episode number 10, where we take a foray into the scary books you'll want on your Halloween and Fall TBR!

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: Meredith's slump is O.V.E.R. and Kaytee broke her resolutions in a big way.

Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three books from each of us, some brand new titles, a big series for #pennypusher fans, and some mysterious picks.

Our next segment will make you thankful for these show notes! We throw a LOT of titles at you that will perfectly fit into your fall mood-reading lists. Don't worry, they are all written down for you below. Because we love you.

As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to put into every reader's hands. This week's picks include a classic Greek myth re-imagined, as well as non-fiction pick for every boy mom reader.

Time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down! 

3:20 - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

4:11 - Literate Lizard bookstore in Sedona, AZ

5:10 - thriftbooks.com - 15% off your first order if you use this link!

6:58 - In Her Bones by Kate Moretti

7:13 - Book Drop Subscription - use code CURRENTLYREADING for 20% off a subscription of any length! Good through 12/15

8:25 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

9:05 - What Should I Read Next podcast on iTunes, Episode 150 is the one referenced in this episode of our show

11:51 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

14:09 - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

14:29 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

14:39 - You've Got Mail

15:58 - Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

17:49 - Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache Series

18:05 - Inspector Wexford Series by Ruth Rundell

18:14 - Dorothy Simpson's Inspector Thanet Series

19:02 - From Doon with Death by Ruth Rundell

22:38 - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (2nd Book: A Conspiracy in Belgravia)

22:44 - Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

25:10 - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

25:55 - Hoopla! Kaytee's beloved library service!

26:23 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

26:26 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

26:37 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

27:24 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

27:31 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville

31:11 - Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim

31:19 - @wellreadblackgirl on Instagram

34:11 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

34:25 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

34:54 - Coraline by Neil Gaiman (but now I really want the Graphic Novel version!)

35:15 - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

35:17 - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

35:36 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

36:12 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

36:25 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

37:08 - Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

37:15 - Kate Morton books

37:35 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

39:09 - Every Secret Thing by Susanna Kearsley

41:10 - Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton

42:20 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

42:42 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

42:43 - Pines (1st in series) by Blake Crouch, then Wayward, then The Last Town

43:08 - Fox Evil by Minette Walters

44:08 - Circe by Madeline Miller

47:25 - Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David Thomas

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the currently reading podcast. We are two bookish best friends who spend time every week

0:14.8

talking about the books that we've read recently and you should know we won't shy away

0:19.5

from having strong opinions so get ready. I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz a mom of four and

0:24.9

full-time CEO living in the San Francisco Bay Area and nothing makes me happier

0:29.6

than a big teetering pile of books to be read. And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama for

0:36.5

aged eight and under living in New Mexico and I read to live a thousand lives in addition to this

0:41.7

busy one. This is episode number 10 and we're so glad you're here.

0:46.0

Meredith, I'm happy to be back with you again this week. I am so glad. I have been looking forward to this all

0:51.1

week. We had a great episode last week but for

0:53.7

sure at any time we can't record together I'm always like when is the next time we

0:57.6

get to talk books yeah it feels like forever even though it's only been 10

1:01.5

episodes I'm glad it's that much part of our routine.

1:04.8

Why don't you, why don't you go ahead and start us out

1:07.2

with your bookish moment of the week?

1:09.2

Okay, I'm so happy about my bookish moment of the week.

1:11.7

And that is that my reading

1:13.3

slump has been busted. I am no question through that horrible, horrible reading

1:20.3

sum and I have some theories now and I have some thoughts especially because many

1:25.4

many listeners reached out and it was so sweet they reached out with concern

1:29.2

for me with my reading slump but also to say that they either had been in one recently or had, you know, they've experienced it before and here's a thread of commonality that I think really became clear. So the biggest thread I think is when life gets wonky.

1:47.0

A lot of people and this is I think what happened with me. I can trace it back almost to the day that the slump started and

1:55.3

it's when life gets wonky and so anytime you're just out even vacations which

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