Season 3, Episode 11: The Book Covers + Title Words that Draw Us In
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: connecting through book recommendations and having the exact right reading experience
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Current Reads: an unpopular opinion and some unputdownable fiction
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Deep Dive: the title words and cover images that draw us in
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Book Presses: a few more gorgeous covers for your consideration
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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Patreon - an ad for ourselves:
2:38 - Still Life Book Club Chat
3:30 - The Crazy Awesome Reading Log
4:20 - patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast
Current Reads:
7:59 - If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais (Kaytee)
10:00 - Hum if You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais
10:58 - The Real Sherlock by Lucinda Hawksley (Meredith)
12:27 - The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
12:30 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
13:33 - Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (Kaytee)
15:41 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
15:45 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrick Backman
15:55 - Beartown and Us Against You by Fredrick Backman
18:08 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (Meredith)
20:11 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
22:37 - Rebel by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee)
26:12 - Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Meredith)
28:25 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
29:26 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Deep Dive - Title and Cover Catnip:
32:16 - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
33:30 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
33:42 - Five Feet Apart by Mikki Daughtry, Rachel Lippincott, and Tobias Iaconis
33:46 - The Muse by Jessie Burton
34:17 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
34:47 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
35:19 - Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
35:23 - Anxious People by Fredrick Backman
35:31 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
35:34 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
35:36 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
37:30 - Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
37:31 - The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
37:40 - My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
37:54 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
38:57 - YA Fantasy Title Meme
39:02 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
41:15 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Kaytee)
44:07 - The Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia (Meredith)
46:48 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
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've read recently. |
| 0:19.0 | And as you know, especially lately, we're not going to shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:25.3 | We are light on the chit chat heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:30.6 | be spoiler free. We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press |
| 0:34.8 | books into your hands. I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four, and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:41.5 | and I have spent a lifetime wishing I could just be left alone with my book. |
| 0:46.0 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama for, living in New Mexico, and I am so ready for fall weather and fall reading. This is episode number 11 of season 3 and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:57.0 | Oh Katie, it is becoming so nice and fall here in Texas. You're getting that there in New Mexico too. |
| 1:03.4 | Oh yes, I would even use the word crisp occasionally to describe our weather, which is my |
| 1:08.9 | favorite weather adjective. That is my favorite one too. I have not yet been able to use it to describe our weather, but we're getting there. We're edging ever closer to Crisp. |
| 1:19.4 | It's the best time for reading, really. |
| 1:21.6 | All right, so before we get too far into the show, |
| 1:24.4 | last week we had our Book of the Month ad, |
| 1:26.5 | which you guys know if you're paying attention. |
| 1:28.8 | This week means we are taking out our own ad |
| 1:31.5 | at the top of the show, which we like to do just once a month because we only have |
| 1:35.6 | one advertiser, so we are our own other advertiser. We like to talk a little bit about becoming |
| 1:42.0 | a patron supporter of currently reading, becoming what we call a bookish |
| 1:46.3 | friend. |
| 1:47.3 | So Katie, do you want to remind everybody what they get when they become a bookish friend? |
| 1:51.0 | Yes, we have been creating content for the bookish friends now for over a year. |
| 1:55.0 | So there's all kinds of stuff over there. There's bonus episodes. There's of course the connection |
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