Episode 24: Books That Make You Run to the Library + Special Guest Co-Host Mary Heim
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
While Kaytee vacations this week, Meredith holds down the podcast fort with a special guest co-host. Mary Heim is an online bookish friend of both of us (and I can freely admit that I am SO jealous she got to record with Mary and I didn't).
You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of the hosts: a sweet pregnancy reading moment, and bonding over husbands who read.
Next, the ladies discuss what they are currently reading, and this week includes a thousand books that you'll want to reach for ASAP. I had a hard time restraining myself.
In Mary's deep dive, we get to learn about her reading life. Childhood reads to the way her adult reading life developed. It's a walk down memory lane for your childhood reading memories. I can almost guarantee you'll love it.
As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands:
As per usual, 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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2:53 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2:49 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
5:01 - Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
6:55 - Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
7:51 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
10:08 - Side Hustle by Chris Gillebeau
10:20 - The $100 Start Up by Chris Gillebeau
12:26 - Side Hustle School podcast
12:54 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
17:14 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
17:16 - Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia
18:58 - The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
19:45 - A Spanish Lover by Joanna Trollope
23:16 - A Village Affair by Joanne Trollope
23:33 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
24:16 - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
24:21 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
28:58 - The Family Gene by Joselin Linder
34:34 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling
36:23 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
36:26 - The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
36:31 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes
36:34 - American Girl Samantha Books by Maxine Rose Schur
36:38 - The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
37:11 - Babysitter's Club series by Ann M. Martin
37:34 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
37:37 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
38:09 - Sweet Dreams Romance books by Jocelyn Saal
38:58 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
45:03 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
48:49 - Boy's Life by Robert McKammon
50:51 - The Body by Stephen King
51:59 - It by Stephen King
52:01 - Needful Things by Stephen King
53:05 - Mary's Goodreads
53:10 - @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
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Transcript
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| 0:16.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. We are two bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we read recently, and it is no surprise |
| 0:21.1 | to you, we always have strong opinions and we welcome them. |
| 0:25.3 | I am Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in the San Francisco Bay Area, |
| 0:31.1 | and I am so grateful that I have so many bookish friends. |
| 0:35.2 | This is episode number 24 and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:39.4 | Now as regular listeners know, this is where my co-host Katie normally introduces herself. |
| 0:44.0 | She's on a family vacation this week and she's having a great time and we will be |
| 0:48.8 | back to a regular recording schedule really soon I promise But until then I'm super excited to have a |
| 0:55.4 | guest host with me today. And speaking of bookish friends, joining me today is Mary Haim. |
| 1:00.5 | Mary is a married mom to be who works in student affairs for a medical college. |
| 1:06.7 | She's an ardent reader and one of my very first friends who I met online solely because of |
| 1:11.8 | my love of reading. |
| 1:13.2 | Mary, welcome to the show. |
| 1:14.4 | Are you ready to talk books with me? |
| 1:16.2 | I am so ready, Meredith. |
| 1:18.1 | All right, I'm excited. |
| 1:19.0 | I've been really looking forward to this. |
| 1:20.8 | You and I have so many books in common. We're sort of book twins in a lot of ways so |
| 1:27.5 | whenever you say you love a book I know I'm going to love it. And vice versa, absolutely. Right right book twins are really useful useful |
| 1:35.1 | things okay so let's start off the way we always do which is talking about our |
| 1:39.4 | bookish moment of the week what do you have for us, Mary? So Meredith, I'm so excited to |
| 1:45.5 | share this because I feel like only a bookish friend would get it. Like you said, |
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