Season 3, Episode 27: A Bit of Disagreement + Character-Driven vs. Plot-Driven
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: an internet panel discussion and a family reading hack
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Current Reads: some big exciting books and some that were overhyped
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Deep Dive: we dissect the character-driven versus plot-driven spectrum
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Book Presses: some of our favorite "character-driven" reads
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1:30 - Episode 24 of Season 3 with Laura Tremaine
1:33 - Episode 25 of Season 3 with Gretchen Rubin
1:49 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
Bookish Moments:
2:56 - 400 Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
4:57 - Bookend Homeschoolers podcast
Current Reads:
6:04 - The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Kaytee)
6:29 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
7:46 - Co-Parenting 101: Helping your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce by Deesha Philyaw and Michael D Thomas
8:40 - Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener (Meredith)
12:51 - Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (Kaytee)
14:55 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
15:52 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley (Meredith)
16:56 - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
22:44 - A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Rosanne A. Brown (Kaytee)
25:37 - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
26:42 - A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Rosanne A. Brown
27:30 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Meredith)
27:42 - What Should I Read Next Podcast Episode w/Meredith
27:48 - What Should I Read Next Podcast
32:02 - NetGalley
Deep Dive - Plot Driven vs Character Driven Books:
36:02 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
36:38 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven
39:02 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
39:42 - Hannah Coulter by Wendall Berry
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
40:55 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (Kaytee)
44:36 - The Current by Tim Johnston (Meredith)
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
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 |
| 0:15.6 | time every week talking about the books that we read recently and as you know and especially |
| 0:20.8 | this week we won't shy away from strong opinions so get yourself ready. |
| 0:26.4 | We are right on the chitchat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:30.0 | be spoiler free. We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll press books |
| 0:34.5 | into your hands. I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a Mama 4 and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas |
| 0:40.5 | and great bookish debates are my favorite. And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling Mama 4 living in New |
| 0:46.3 | Mexico and I'm willing to try almost any book. This is episode number 27 of season 3 and we're so glad |
| 0:53.2 | you're here. I have a feeling I know what's coming today Meredith. Yes, I think your feeling might |
| 0:58.3 | be right and I will say about your bites as intro it's one of my favorite things about you that you |
| 1:03.8 | really are game to try almost any book in any genre there's really nothing that you shy away from |
| 1:10.8 | or say no that's a hundred percent not for me and I really I think I benefit from that and I think |
| 1:15.6 | we all benefit from that. Oh thanks Meredith. Yeah you're a wide ranging reader Katie. Before we get |
| 1:22.7 | going on this we are so so happy to welcome in a lot of new listeners who maybe found us through |
| 1:29.4 | our guests when we had Laura Germain on and also when we had Gretchen Rubinon we are so |
| 1:35.1 | grateful to have gained some new listeners and we want you guys to know that our show is a little |
| 1:40.3 | bit different in that we do not have any advertisers all the way through all we will do is talk about |
| 1:45.5 | books. So this week what we want to encourage everyone to do is follow us on Instagram. We talked |
| 1:51.3 | about the fact that one of our goals is to hit 10,000 followers and get that swipe up and you guys |
| 1:57.3 | we are getting close we are marching our way there where it last time we looked at what about 86, |
| 2:02.6 | 8,700 Katie. Yeah exactly. Alright so if you don't already follow us on Instagram just follow us |
| 2:09.5 | because there's some great content there and also you'll help us get this swipe up. Alright let's |
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