Episode 11 - The Books that Shaped Us
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for Episode 11, in which we take a fun little trip down our "book-memory lanes".
You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: A sweet book gift from a friend, and a childhood milestone finally broached.
Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three (or more) books from each of us, lots of mysterious picks this week, and one title that we just can't stop talking about.
Next, we take that memory trip and talk about the books that formed us as readers. The memories we have of our childhood reading, the ones that shaped us as teens, and how they turned us into the readers we are today. So many backlist gems in this list!
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 YA pick that's being made into a Netflix movie and a non-fiction classic that is perfect for everyone on your Christmas list.
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!
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2:37 - I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel
3:50 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
4:17 - Harry Potter Illustrated Editions by J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay
7:52 - Louise Penny's Three Pines Series
8:19 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
11:34 - Just the Right Book Subscription
11:45 - Reading Bug Box Subscription
11:50 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville
11:54 - The Book Drop Subscription (Reminder: CURRENTLYREADING will get you 20% off until 12/15)
12:12 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke
16:07 - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
16:16 - @raelasbooks on Instagram
18:22 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20:20 - House at Riverton by Kate Morton
21:15 - Never Lose a Customer Again by Joey Coleman
21:28 - Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard
22:48 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
23:52 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
25:52 - Episode 7 of Currently Reading with Jessica Turner
26:06 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
28:12 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
30:19 - The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
34:24 - The Mitten by Jan Brett
34:26 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle
34:47 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
34:48 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
34:58 - Choose Your Own Adventure books by R.A. Montgomery
36:13 - R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Series
36:15 - Intensity by Dean Koontz
36:29 - Stephen King novels
37:04 - 100 Secret Senses by Amy Tan
37:14 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
38:15 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
39:15 - Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
39:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
UNSOLICITED STRONG OPINION: Amazon is wrong. Read these in Publication Order, please!
40:56 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White
42:21 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
44:25 - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
47:58 - Puddin' by Julie Murphy
48:20 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers welcome back to another episode of the currently Reading Podcast. We are two bookish best friends who spend |
| 0:16.0 | time every week talking about the books that we've read recently, and you should know we're |
| 0:20.6 | going to have big opinions, so get ready. I'm Meredith Monday |
| 0:24.8 | Schwartz a mom of four and full-time CEO living in the San Francisco Bay Area and |
| 0:29.7 | escaping into new worlds through books |
| 0:32.8 | has been my jam since I was small. |
| 0:36.0 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama for, |
| 0:38.3 | aged 8 and under, living in New Mexico. |
| 0:41.1 | And I read because it gets me through some really tough times. |
| 0:44.8 | This is episode number 11 and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:48.2 | All right. |
| 0:49.2 | Okay, so I'm excited to be here. |
| 0:51.6 | I have been looking forward to talking books because I have several again another big reading but weak for me. I am so excited. |
| 0:58.6 | That slump I feel like the slump made you like go on this upward trajectory that's just out of control. It did it like |
| 1:05.4 | slingshotted me up to I know I was just telling Johnny that I was like man all of |
| 1:09.7 | a sudden it's just great book after great book after great book so yeah it's been it's been really |
| 1:13.7 | really good so tell me do you have a bookish moment of the week this week I |
| 1:19.6 | certainly do and I actually was just talking to you about my friend Heather right before we started recording and this bookish moment relates back to her. |
| 1:27.8 | She has been a really good friend of mine for years now and I swear she is just always there when I need her and it was great when |
| 1:35.4 | she lived down the street and was literally right there when I needed her but |
| 1:38.3 | now she lives in Colorado and so we don't get to see each other as often as we used to. |
| 1:44.0 | But she is just, she's so thoughtful and she's always thinking of me. |
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