Season 3, Episode 46: Backlist Goodness + The Low-Down on Summer Reading Guides
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: early morning reading and something to look forward to
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Current Reads: under-the-radar books and back and frontlist gems
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Deep Dive: a rundown of summer reading guides plus what it takes to put one together
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Book Presses: a book that takes you to Japan and one more Pride Month gem
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Current Reads:
4:48 - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Mindy)
5:12 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
8:10 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (Kaytee)
10:18 - Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano (Pre-order link)
11:34 - Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory (Mindy)
15:21 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss (Kaytee)
17:03 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
17:53 - Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (Mindy)
17:56 - Circe by Madeline Miller
17:58 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
18:19 - Disfigured: Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
18:56 - The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
20:28 - Lovely War by Julie Berry
20:29 - Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
20:50 - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (Kaytee)
21:45 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistion
Deep Dive - Summer Reading Guides
24:32 - Modern Mrs. Darcy's Summer Reading Guide
25:31 - Sarah's Bookshelves Summer Reading Guide
26:07 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live podcast
26:20 - Kelly Hook's Instagram @kellyhook.readsbooks
26:54 - Janssen Bradshaw's instagram @everydayreading
27:18 - Bookend Homeschoolers Summer Reading Guide pt.1 Episode 38
27:18 - Bookend Homeschoolers Summer Reading Guide pt.2 Episode 39
31:52 - Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
32:18 - Warrior Cats #1: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
32:52 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
34:53 - Shogun by James Clavell
36:08 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
36:34 - Wings of Fire #1: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
39:39 - All The Ways Home by Elsie Chapman (Mindy)
41:47 - You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (Kaytee)
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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 Curly Reading Podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've |
| 0:17.0 | read recently. |
| 0:18.6 | And as you already know, we don't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:23.1 | We're light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.0 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.5 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we're going to press |
| 0:32.3 | books into your hands. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm Katie Cumb, a homeschooling mom-of-four living in New Mexico, and I am ready for summer |
| 0:39.3 | reading. |
| 0:40.3 | And I'm Mindy Browse, a mom of seven reading and hiking in the mountains in New Mexico. |
| 0:45.1 | And I think book-binging a theme can be super fun in unexpected ways. |
| 0:50.4 | This is episode number 46 of season three, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:54.4 | Hi Mindy, I'm excited to record with you today. |
| 0:57.2 | Hi Katie, I'm excited too. |
| 0:59.0 | I love talking books with you guys. |
| 1:01.2 | We love talking books with you too. |
| 1:03.8 | And we've been kind of playing this up over the last few weeks, but I just want to do |
| 1:07.4 | a quick announcement right here at the top to remind everybody this is actually our last |
| 1:11.3 | regular season episode of season three. |
| 1:14.1 | We have three more bonus episodes coming. |
| 1:16.9 | We call them our very special episodes for the end of the season. |
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