Season 3, Episode 20: Bookish Peer Pressure + Book Subscriptions for Gifting
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: all the buddy reads. So many buddies. So much reading.
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Current Reads: wheelhouse books and trying new things
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Deep Dive: book subscriptions to give and receive
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Book Presses: a creepily atmospheric apocalypse and a self-serving press
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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2:01 - patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast
Bookish Moments of the Week:
5:33 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
5:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
7:45 - An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
8:25 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
8:30 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the best version
Current Reads:
9:38 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
9:57 - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
10:16 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (Meredith)
14:23 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Kaytee)
14:30 - Listener Press episode
17:14 - Malamander by Thomas Taylor (Meredith)
17:38 - The Awesome Book Awards
19:16 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
22:03 - The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown (Kaytee)
24:34 - Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
24:37 - Drama by Raina Telgemeier
25:23 - Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (Meredith)
25:38 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
28:52 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Kaytee)
30:43 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Deep Dive - Book Subscriptions to Give and Get:
32:29 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville (so many flavors, AND you can Treat Yo' Shelf)
33:22 - Book of the Month (pick your book each month) Use code CURRENTLYREADING for $5 off your first month
35:13 - Feminist Book Club (themed, can swap out titles) Use code REFNK4C6J6PUR for $10 off your order of $40 or more
36:12 - Literati (for adults or kids)
38:18 - BookRoo (for kids)
39:04 - The Foxed Box (used books)
40:02 - The Reading Bug Box (for kids)
42:14 - Page One Books
43:15 - BlackLIT box (like FabFitFun but bookish and by Black authors)
43:17 - FabFitFun (not bookish, but we both think it's fun!)
44:16 - The Book Hookup (quarterly, from The Strand Bookstore)
45:23 - Once Upon a Book Club (presents that match sticky notes)
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
47:18 - The Last by Hanna Jameson (Meredith)
49:42 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
50:06 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Kaytee)
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, and as you know, we do not shy away from those strong opinions, so get ready. We are light on the |
| 0:24.8 | chit chat having on the book talk and our descriptions will always be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.3 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and this |
| 0:39.7 | week I realized that old readers really can learn new tricks. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom before, living in New Mexico, |
| 0:48.0 | and I have been missing my Meredith. |
| 0:50.0 | This is episode number 20 of season 3, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:54.0 | Meredith it has been a month since I got to record with you. |
| 0:57.0 | I know there's been lots of different planned things, unplanned things. |
| 1:01.0 | I know but we've both been looking forward to getting back into this this week. |
| 1:05.8 | It's going to be a lot of, it's going to be a lot of fun. |
| 1:08.4 | And you're feeling better. |
| 1:10.2 | Mostly, I mean, guys, don't mess with COVID. |
| 1:14.0 | She's a rude taskmaster. |
| 1:17.0 | Yes, seriously. |
| 1:20.0 | Even when it's mild, it is really, really not fun. |
| 1:23.0 | Totally. |
| 1:24.0 | All right, let's let everybody know before we get started that our deep dive today is going to be |
| 1:28.7 | booked subscriptions. |
| 1:30.1 | We want to talk about the ones that we like to receive and the ones that we like to give. |
| 1:34.4 | So I'm excited to dive into that a little more. |
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