Season 2, Episode 46: Say Hello to our Newest Host + Books that Shook Our Worldviews
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:
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An Introduction: Mary has been a guest twice before and we are excited to welcome her on more regularly as a co-host in rotation!
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Bookish Moments: baby milestones and the NYT Bestseller list
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Current Reads: some YA, some LGBT+ reads for Pride month, some mystery, and some family drama
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Deep Dive: SHOOK: The Books that Rocked Our World(views)
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Book Presses: some food for your soul and an eye-opening memoir
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1:04 - Mary has joined us on two previous episodes: Episode 24 and Episode 36 of Season 1!
Bookish Moments:
3:30 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
4:06 - Moo Baa LaLaLa by Sandra Boynton
4:16 - No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli
4:24 - Will Sheep Sleep? by Hilary Leung
5:31 - The New York Time's Bestseller List for this week
Current Reads:
6:55 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary)
7:15 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell series #1) by Deanna Reybourne
7:20 - A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock series #1) by Sherry Thomas
9:05 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
9:21 - The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (Kaytee)
9:30 - Audiobook SYNC program
12:18 - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (Mary)
15:19 - I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman (Kaytee)
15:27 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
18:14 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Mary)
18:24 - Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
20:40 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
22:13 - Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia (Kaytee)
24:40 - Currently Reading 2020 Reading Challenge
Deep Dive - SHOOK: Books that Rocked Our World(views):
27:08 - Kindred by Octavia Butler
30:51 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
31:02 - The Stacks Pod episode about The Giver
33:07 - It's. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokaris
35:59 - Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
36:07 - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
38:33 - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
39:45 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
41:45 - Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
42:23 - The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
43:38 - Gmorning, Gnight by Lin Manuel Miranda (Mary)
46:19 - The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner (Kaytee)
47:21 - The Polygamist's Daughter by Anna LeBaron
Connect With Us:
Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram
Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
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, and you should know we won't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:22.0 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our |
| 0:24.6 | descriptions will always be spoiler free. We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then |
| 0:29.5 | we'll press books into your hands. I'm Katie Combe, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico, and sometimes I let my furry friends affect my reading life. Today I'm here with our friend Mary Hym. Mary is a full-time working mom of one living in Wisconsin |
| 0:45.5 | with her husband Jeremy and we are so glad to have her. This is episode |
| 0:50.1 | number 46 of season 2 and we're so glad you're here. Mary. Yay! Hi friend, I'm so |
| 0:57.7 | happy to be back. We are so happy to have you. A lot of you will already recognize Mary's voice because she has been a guest |
| 1:04.9 | twice before on the podcast. Once she guest hosted with Just Meredith and then we had her back with all three |
| 1:12.1 | of us and we threw a bookish baby shower for her. |
| 1:15.2 | The best bookish baby shower, the best podcast baby shower I've ever had. |
| 1:21.5 | Correct. Yes, there's only one of those. |
| 1:23.5 | The only one. |
| 1:24.5 | And we pulled it off. |
| 1:25.5 | The best. It was lovely. |
| 1:27.5 | So now that baby has grown. |
| 1:30.0 | It's been over a year since we got to have Mary on the podcast and we were really excited to bring her on as part of the team |
| 1:36.6 | We actually wanted to bring her on six months ago or so when we had Mindy joined the team as well, but new momhood can be a little tough sometimes, right, |
| 1:45.7 | Mary? |
| 1:46.7 | It was a little, I had a little bit on my plate, a lot going on, but now I have an, is |
| 1:52.4 | is she a toddler now? I think she's she's one she's a toddler. She's well and she's |
| 1:56.4 | And she's toddling she's toddling around so all of the sudden I have like just an inch or two of time back to myself |
| 2:02.4 | So of course I want to fill it with |
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