Season 3, Episode 29: Tragic Things Happen + When You Hate A Book Your Friend Loves
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2021
⏱️ 52 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: a warm, cozy glow and library lack
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Current Reads: no children were harmed in the selection of these books
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Deep Dive: it was a surprise! We are talking about hating a book your friend loves
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Book Presses: a middle grade March press and another book where scary things happen
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Bookish Moments:
1:34 - Become a Bookish Friend
1:54 - Fabled Bookshop
4:59 - Sorta Awesome Show
5:03 - Battery operated candles
Current Reads:
8:46 - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (Kaytee)
8:57 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
11:43 - The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill (Meredith)
11:54 - The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill
15:39 - The Honest Enneagram: Know Your Type, Own Your Challenges, Embrace Your Growth by Sarajane Case (Kaytee)
15:46 - Sarajane Case on Instagram
16:13 - Libro.fm Audiobook Listening Copy Program
17:16 - Episode with Gretchen Rubin
18:40 - The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin (Meredith)
20:27 - The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
23:21 - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Kaytee)
24:56 - Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
26:16 - The Push by Audrey Audrain (Meredith)
26:25 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live interview with Audrey Audrain
Deep Dive - When You Hate A Book Your Friend Loves:
33:08 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbie Waxman
37:48 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
38:36 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
39:57 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley
42:36 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
42:51 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
43:04 - Greenwood by Michael
43:05 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kimmerer
43:32 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
43:57 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell
44:28 - Shadow of the Wind by Carl Ruiz Zafon
44:56 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
45:58 - Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (Kaytee)
48:05 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (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
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've |
| 0:17.8 | read recently and as you know we don't shy away from those strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:24.2 | We are light on the chit chat, having on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.8 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.3 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll press books into |
| 0:32.9 | your hands. |
| 0:33.9 | I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas and |
| 0:39.0 | reading in the winter used to be my favorite, not so much anymore. |
| 0:45.4 | And I'm Katie Cobb. |
| 0:46.4 | A homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico and I want to schedule a reading vacation. |
| 0:51.4 | This is episode number 29 of season three and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:55.2 | A reading vacation sounds like a really really good idea at this point. |
| 0:58.3 | For you too, I'm imagining somewhere warm, beachy, hawaii, yes, acapoco, cancun apparently |
| 1:06.0 | is very popular. |
| 1:07.0 | I've heard. |
| 1:08.0 | Especially for Texans. |
| 1:09.0 | Yes, Texans love cancun in the middle of an ice mageddon. |
| 1:13.1 | So yeah, anything warm and non snowy sounds really really good to me. |
| 1:18.6 | All right, before we get too far into things we want to tell you guys about just a couple |
| 1:23.4 | of things. |
| 1:24.4 | First of all, we want to mention that we are super excited that this week we are dropping |
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