Season 2, Episode 49: Special Episode - Ask Us Anything!
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today, Meredith, Kaytee, and Mindy are here with a special episode for you! We are answering YOUR questions about life and podcasting and reading and all the things! We hope you love learning a bit more about our lives behind the scenes and that you love getting to know Mindy a bit better. We loved how enthusiastic you all were about sending these questions, and of course there were so many questions we received that we couldn't answer. Thanks for being the BEST listeners!
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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Ask Us Anything:
Questions are in italics in case it helps you find a title!
1:58 - Books that Get Better Upon A Re-read?
2:27 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling
3:04 - Where do you read?
6:14 - Meredith's twinkle lights by her bed!
7:04 - Kindle Paperwhite
9:07 - Character-driven versus plot-driven novels?
10:31 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
10:35 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
10:45 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
11:19 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King
11:43 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
14:41 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
14:50 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
14:55 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
16:32 - The River by Peter Heller
17:03 - Personality-typing results?
17:22 - Myers-Briggs Test
17:30 - Hogwarts House Test
17:35 - Four Tendencies Quiz
17:56 - Astrological Sign Chart
17:03 - Enneagram Test
20:50 - What are you curious about?
20:07 - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
22:52 - Let's Make Art box
23:00 - Kaytee uses Dropcloth embroidery samplers
27:24 - Little Old Plant Lady on Tik Tok
28:07 - Something you've learned about yourself because of the podcast?
32:55 - What are two things you'd buy if you won the lottery?
34:07 - What are your favorite wireless earbuds?
34:15 - SoundPeats True Wireless Earbuds
34:34 - Apple AirPods
35:00 - Favorite beverage and/or snack while reading?
36:55 - How does Kaytee listen to audiobooks with kids around?
40:08 - How did Mindy get started with hiking and does she love hiking-related books?
44:31 - Has Meredith used audiobooks to get through long runs?
47:32 - Sneak peak into Season 3 and Patreon!
48:38 - Join Currently Reading on Patreon!
49:44 - COVID(eo)s!!
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 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:13.5 | We are three bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've read |
| 0:18.0 | recently, and you should know we will not shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready. We are light on the chit-chat, |
| 0:23.0 | so get ready. |
| 0:24.6 | We are light on the chit-chat, heavy on the book talk, |
| 0:27.0 | and our descriptions will always be spoiler-free. |
| 0:29.5 | Today, we're throwing our regular episode format out the window. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mama for and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:38.2 | And other than reading, I think answering questions is one of my favorite things to do. |
| 0:43.0 | And I'm Katie Kumb, a homeschooling mama for living in New Mexico, |
| 0:47.0 | and I love answering questions from our listeners. |
| 0:50.0 | And I'm Mindy Brows, mom to seven, hiking in the mountains of New Mexico, and I'm admitting that I'm a Libby book slut. |
| 0:56.2 | This is episode number 49 of season two, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 1:01.4 | All right, there is so much interesting going on today, |
| 1:05.6 | you guys. |
| 1:06.0 | This is a special episode, a special end of season |
| 1:09.7 | episode like we like to do every year. |
| 1:12.4 | And today we are answering questions. We told you guys that |
| 1:16.2 | you could ask us anything and boy did you deliver. We got so many questions from you. Thank you so much for that. So we're going to spend some time |
| 1:24.8 | today talking about some stuff that's book related, some stuff that's not book related, and hopefully |
| 1:29.5 | we will give you guys a little peek into who we are as people maybe you'll learn |
| 1:34.0 | something a little new about us are you guys ready for this? Absolutely I think so |
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