Season 3, Episode 1: We're back - with a new look!
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: libraries reopening and bookstore visits!
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Current Reads: some diverging opinions mixed with five-star reads
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Deep Dive: what we did over our "summer break"
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Book Presses: non-fiction that will change your life and a fun historical romp
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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Book of the Month (ad) - these are Goodreads links as we hope you'll use our link if you're interested in these titles:
1:30 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
1:38 - Serial Podcast
2:43 - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
3:41 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
3:44 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
4:14 - Use our link and CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for $9.99
Bookish Moments:
5:57 - Meredith's TBR Cart
7:26 - Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM
Current Reads:
8:25 - All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (Kaytee)
8:31 - Libro.FM Audiobook Listening Copy program
11:12 - Murder at Melrose Court by Karen Baugh Menuhin (Meredith)
12:35 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
14:08 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Kaytee)
17:36 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
23:37 - Verity by Colleen Hoover (Meredith)
27:41 - COVID(eo) with Jennifer Nichols
28:52 - You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (Kaytee)
29:05 - Kaytee Reads Too Much for Patrons
29:30 - Scribd - try it for 60 days for free!
32:18 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (Meredith)
Deep Dive - Our Summer Break:
38:19 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
39:40 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
42:11 - Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski (Kaytee)
44:04 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Meredith)
44:15 - COVID(eo) with Erica Keckley
44:49 - Season 1, Episode 43 with Amanda Espinosa
47:50 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
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. We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we read recently, |
| 0:19.0 | and as you already know, we none of us will shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:25.2 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always be |
| 0:29.1 | spoiler free. We'll discuss our current reads, a book is steep dive, and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and I am so glad to be back for season three. |
| 0:43.6 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four, |
| 0:45.8 | living in New Mexico, and I've been reading books |
| 0:48.1 | and letting everything else fall by the wayside. |
| 0:50.6 | This is episode number one of season three and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:54.6 | Right Katie season three we are ready for it. We are ready to be back. |
| 0:59.2 | Who even knew that we would make it this far, Meredith. |
| 1:03.2 | Would you doubt we'd make it to season three? |
| 1:05.7 | Sometimes I doubt that I'm going to make it to tomorrow, so. |
| 1:08.4 | Yeah, seriously, seriously. |
| 1:10.6 | All right, well, we are beginning season three, which we're excited about, and it's the beginning of the month, which everyone knows means tons of good things, including the Book of the Month picks are out. And there were a few really good choices this month. I went back and forth between a few. |
| 1:27.2 | I am going Katie with the night swim by Megan Golden. |
| 1:32.6 | There was really no choice for me when I read through them. |
| 1:35.2 | When I got to this one, I was like, okay, |
| 1:37.2 | this one has Meredith written all over it. |
| 1:39.7 | It's got like serial, you know, the serial podcast, it's got the vibes of that in a big way because we've got |
| 1:45.6 | our lead character Rachel Kroll. She's had this mammoth hit podcast. She's become a household name because her podcast basically set an innocent man free. |
| 1:56.8 | So now she has to follow up with another season and expectations are really high. So she's beginning to do her research, |
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