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 don't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready.

We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always

be spoiler-free.

We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish steep dive, and then we'll press books into your hands.

I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas,

and it turns out that reading in the heat of the Texas summer is something I quite like.

I'm Katie Com, a homeschooling mama four living in New Mexico, and I'm a devoted and dedicated

fan girl when it comes to reading.

This is episode number four of season three and

we're so glad you're here. All right Katie it is hot in Texas. I bet it is we

had a heat wave here this week but I probably shouldn't even mention what our highs were

because you'll like stab me through the Skype screen so I'll just say it was warm here

this week and I'm sure it's much warmer in Texas. Yes and in fact coming from the San Francisco Bay Area I will

tell you this week a lot of my friends have been sharing that they are having a heat wave

there too and actually in some ways it can be 110 here in Texas and it's not nearly as uncomfortable as 90

degrees is in San Francisco.

It's just how you're set up to live and how the world works in those areas. So a heat wave is a

heat wave no matter how hot the temperatures actually get.

All right, so let's talk about reading a little bit.

Today, just as a little tease, our deep dive

is going to be about what it takes for us to give up on an author.

How many tries will we get them?

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