Season 3, Episode 24: Share Your Stuff + Special Guest Laura Tremaine
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are joined by Laura Tremaine, and we are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: a bookish moment of a lifetime, a new device, and a family read-aloud.
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Current Reads: six books that range from poetry to memoir to thriller to to something a bit more difficult to an interesting conversation about sex in middle marriage.
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Deep Dive: we are talking all things about Laura's forthcoming book and the conversation is just pure golden goodness.
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Book Presses: an unforgettable collection of essays, a dystopian novel, and advocating for therapy
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Bookish Moments:
1:42- Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine
1:44 - Pre-order bonuses for SYS.IGF.
6:01 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
6:43 - Kindle Paperwhite - the best device in the world
9:01 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
9:29 - Page 1 Books
Current Reads:
12:30 - What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer (Laura)
12:55 - Kate Baer on Instagram
15:07 - Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Meredith)
17:27 - What Should I Read Next
18:03 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
19:53 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
21:10 - A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Kaytee)
23:48 - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante (Laura)
24:02 - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
30:04 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
31:06 - The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James (Meredith)
33:51 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
34:36 - Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory (Kaytee)
37:34 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
Deep Dive - Share Your Stuff:
41:47 - Share Your Stuff. You Go First. by Laura Tremaine
42:14 - Pre-Order it and then grab bonuses here
51:50 - Laura's TTTY Episode 99 about finding a new best friend
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
56:12 - Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti (Laura)
59:26 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Meredith)
1:02:23 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib (Kaytee)
1:02:28 - Laura's Instagram Post about MYSTTS
Connect With Us:
Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram
Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Laura is @laura.tremaine on Instagram and her podcast is at @10thingstotellyou
Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast
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 won't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:23.2 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, |
| 0:25.6 | and our descriptions will always be spoiler free. |
| 0:27.8 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, |
| 0:30.3 | and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Meredith Mund Monday Schwartz, a |
| 0:33.6 | Mama 4 and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and I'm realizing more and more than |
| 0:38.6 | my reading can be broken, but it will mend itself again. And I'm Katie Combe, a homeschooling Mama 4, living in New Mexico, |
| 0:45.0 | and I'm always looking to deepen my friendships. |
| 0:48.0 | Today, we are joined by Laura Tremaine. |
| 0:51.0 | Laura is a podcaster on 10 Things to Tell You and a debut author of the forthcoming release |
| 0:55.3 | Share your stuff. I'll go first. She lives in LA with her husband and children. |
| 0:59.2 | Laura, thanks for joining us on currently reading. I am so excited to be back on currently reading. |
| 1:06.0 | Thank you for having me ladies. |
| 1:08.0 | Truly truly, this is an honor. |
| 1:10.0 | We always look forward to having you on the show. |
| 1:13.0 | It's actually been a little bit over almost two years. |
| 1:17.0 | Did you know that? |
| 1:17.5 | It was March of 2019 that you were on the show last in episode 31 if memory serves and we got to talk books |
| 1:25.2 | with you but we're really looking forward to it today. Well this is episode 24 |
| 1:29.2 | of season 3 and we are so glad all of us are here. |
| 1:33.0 | So today we do have our guest with us. |
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