Episode 14 - In Which Amy Allen Clark is a Guest Co-Host
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: a surprise book present, an accessory to make binge-reading the next big thing, and choosing books for a trip.
Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, just two titles from each of the three of us because that still gives you a whole stack to check out.
Our deep-dive this week delves deep into the ins and outs of running a book club. And this episode is for you whether you have a group of friends that meet at a coffee shop each month or you are looking for a group of bookish friends on the internet so you can "book club" in your PJs! We even toss around some ideas for those of us (like Meredith and Kaytee) who are "book-club challenged" in that our inner rebel shows up whenever someone says we have to read a certain title.
As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. This week we have some classic dude-friendly literature, a lovely little fun romp, and a sweeping American and African family story.
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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0:45 - MomAdvice.com
0:58 - The MomAdvice Book Club on Facebook
2:59 - idealbookshelf.com
3:40 - Ideal Bookshelf on Instagram: @idealbookshelf
4:21 -LEVO G2 Tablet Clamp Stand
9:13 - Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
9:31 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
12:46 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
12:53 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
13:28 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
14:14 - Serial Reader App
14:35 - Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
15:39 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
15:49 - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
19:00 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
19:18 - The Selection (Series) by Kiera Cass
19:44 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
21:24 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
21:38 - Wundersmith (Second book in Nevermoor series) by Jessica Townsend
22:34 - Elevation by Stephen King
25:42 - River Of Stars by Vanessa Hua
28:39 - Ghosted by Rosie Walsh
31:29 - Liane Moriarty books (specifically: Nine Perfect Strangers and Truly Madly Guilty)
32:50 - Seven Tips for Hosting a Successful Book Club article on MomAdvice.com
37:07 - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
39:11 - meetup.com - LOL it still exists!!
40:14 - The Lazy Genius Podcast episode #72: The Lazy Genius Hosts a Book Swap
45:40 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- and Amy's interview with Anthony
46:18 - MomAdvice Book Club on Facebook
48:00 - Shogun by James Clavell
50:54 - The Book of Polly by Kathy Hepinstall
52:42 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
55:13 - Amy on Instagram: @momadvice
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the Currently Reading podcast. |
| 0:13.7 | We are two bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books we've read recently, |
| 0:18.9 | and you should know we will not shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready. I'm Meredith Monday |
| 0:24.7 | Schwartz a mom of four and full-time CEO living in the San Francisco Bay Area and |
| 0:29.4 | nothing makes me happier than talking books with smart women. |
| 0:34.2 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four aged eight and under, living in New Mexico, and I read |
| 0:39.5 | in the car, on the plane, and on the train.. Today we also have our friend Amy |
| 0:44.3 | Alan Clark of mom advice.com joining us. |
| 0:47.2 | Amy is a mom of two teens living in Indiana. She blogs about books, crafts, life, and finances on her blog, and she's an avid reader who runs the |
| 0:56.7 | Mom Advice Book Club on Facebook. Amy, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:00.8 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:02.1 | It's such an honor to be here. We're super excited to have you. This is episode number 14 and we are so glad you're here. |
| 1:10.0 | All right, Amy, yay, we've been so excited. |
| 1:13.9 | Meredith and I have been talking behind the scenes, |
| 1:15.9 | like we get to have Amy on the podcast. |
| 1:17.9 | We're both so excited to have you here. |
| 1:19.5 | We have been, yes, we've been talking about this for weeks. |
| 1:22.1 | I'm excited. |
| 1:24.0 | I really am. |
| 1:25.0 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:26.0 | I feel really honored because I know this is the first time you guys have had somebody on, |
| 1:29.0 | so, right? |
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