Season 2, Episode 24: Reading Recs from Others + Kids' Book Clubs
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Kaytee and Mindy are chatting this week while Meredith hosts a leadership retreat in Waco, TX.
You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each host: stealing a book out of the hands of a reader, and helping another rediscover her love of "fun" reading.
Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We've got YA and WWII and memoir and coming-of-age novels to chat about and we cannot wait to share those opinions with you!
For our deep dive this week, we are chatting about the kids' book club that Mindy started for her 11 year old son. We're talking about logistics and book picks and what the kiddos talk about, and it's a great discussion that's sure to inspire a reader in your life.
Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: one from a new "author crush" and one that has been referenced so many times on the podcast that it has finally earned its place on the Press list.
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!
*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!*
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Bookish Moments:
4:04 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Current Reads:
5:19 - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
13:10 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
15:29 - One of Us is Next by Karen McManus
16:05 - The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China by Frank Langfitt
16:31 - @montanaonlineteacher on Instagram
20:14 - From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein
23:18 - The Gatekeepers: How White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple
23:20 - Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonoco
24:11 - The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
27:27 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
28:03 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
31:03 - How to Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
Deep Dive into Kids' Book Clubs:
36:42 - Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
36:44 - Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
37:55 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
40:59 - The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
43:30 - Book Club discussion questions
46:16 - Other books the boys have discussed: Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend, Holes by Louis Sachar
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
47:08 - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
47:26 - Dataclysm by Christian Rudder
48:09 - @cheesehead.reader on Instagram
48:10 - @katieproctorwritesandreads on Instagram
48:32 - Scribd membership - try it for 60 days free!
51:39 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds
52:45 - Season 1, Episode 3
52:47 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
54:31 - The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. We are two bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've read recently. |
| 0:19.0 | And you should know, we won't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:23.2 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, |
| 0:25.4 | and our descriptions will always be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.1 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, |
| 0:30.8 | and then we'll press books into your hands. I'm Katie Cobb a homeschooling |
| 0:35.2 | mom of four living in New Mexico and the thing that makes me happiest is putting |
| 0:39.4 | books into the hands of people I love. And I'm Mindy Brass, a mom of seven, living in the mountains of New Mexico, |
| 0:46.0 | and earbuds are officially a body part for me now. |
| 0:49.0 | This is episode number 24 of season 2, |
| 0:52.0 | and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:54.0 | Readers I know you're going to be excited to hear Mindy's voice with me again today. |
| 0:57.7 | Meredith is hosting a leadership retreat for here comes the guide. |
| 1:01.1 | She's at Magnolia in Waco, |
| 1:03.3 | and she's been sending Mindy and I pictures, |
| 1:05.4 | and we're both just dying over the adorableness |
| 1:08.2 | and the awesomeness of what she's experiencing. |
| 1:10.0 | So Mindy, thanks for being with me |
| 1:11.9 | while Meredith is retreating. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, I mean, if I can't be in Magnolia, this is where I want to be, Katie. |
| 1:18.0 | So true. |
| 1:20.0 | All right, so today for our deep dive, we are going to be talking about kids book clubs. |
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