Season 3, Episode 25: Special Guest Gretchen Rubin
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are joined by Gretchen Rubin, and we are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: rereading an old favorite, a bookstore visit, and using the strategy of pairing
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Current Reads: we each share two books that we've read recently and what we thought about them
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Deep Dive: Read 21 in '21 and building a reading habit
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Book Presses: a book to dip in and out of, and some wonderful children's literature
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1:22 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
1:24 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
1:25 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
1:30 - Happier with Gretchen Rubin - the Podcast!
Bookish Moments:
2:48 - The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
5:13 - Changing Hands Bookstore in Arizona
5:47 - Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX
6:46 - The strategy of pairing - You can read about all 21 strategies HERE!
Current Reads:
8:31 - Fledgling by Octavia Butler (Gretchen)
8:31 - Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
8:50 - The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (Kaytee)
10:14 - Flash Fire (Extraordinaries Book 2) by TJ Klune - due out this fall
10:20 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
10:54 - The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James (Meredith)
14:42 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark (Gretchen)
15:27 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
17:11 - Little, Big by John Crowley
17:57 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
18:35 - The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
19:27 - A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett (Kaytee)
19:40 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
21:34 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
22:07 - Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (Meredith)
24:33 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
24:56 - Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Deep Dive - Reading for All Four Tendencies:
25:47 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
25:53 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
26:44 - Read 21 in '21 on Episode 305 of Happier with Gretchen Rubin
29:34 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
29:49 - Free Quiz to find your tendency
35:31 - Don't Break the Chain Printable
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
43:57 - A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Gretchen)
47:02 - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (Kaytee)
47:36 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
50:05 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
50:07 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
50:14 - The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (Meredith)
Connect With Us:
Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram
Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Gretchen is @gretchenrubin on Instagram and @gretchenrubin on Twitter. Her website is gretchenrubin.com, and her podcast is Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com
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 |
| 0:15.9 | 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. |
| 0:23.6 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:26.9 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.4 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into your |
| 0:32.1 | hands. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm Meredith Munday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:37.4 | and I have never been happier to record an episode of this show in my life. |
| 0:42.7 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama for |
| 0:45.0 | living in New Mexico, and I am sure that my reading life |
| 0:47.7 | has made me better than I was before. |
| 0:50.3 | This is episode number 25 of season 3, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:54.0 | All right, we are clearly really excited today. |
| 0:58.0 | Katie, we're a little bit amped up because we have what I think is not an overstatement to say. |
| 1:06.4 | It's one of our dream guests here with us today. |
| 1:09.8 | You guys, we have Gretchen Rubin here and you know this is a big deal for me. |
| 1:14.6 | Gretchen is a New York Times best selling author of some of my favorite books of all |
| 1:19.3 | time books that have impacted me greatly including including The Happiness Project, Better than Before, and The Four Tendencies. |
| 1:26.5 | And along with her sister, Liz Kraft, she's the podcaster on her show, Happier with Gretchen Rubin. |
| 1:32.8 | When Katie and I first conceived of our show, we made a bucket list of guests, and Gretchen |
| 1:37.1 | was at the tipy top of that list. |
| 1:39.5 | To be with her today is exciting, and for me, just a little bit surreal. Gretchen, welcome to |
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