Season 3, Episode 9: The Actually Current Reads + Bookish Fear of Missing Out
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: Homeschool reading presentations and Meredith's new side episode
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Current Reads: the current reads that we are actually currently reading, not a selective agenda of books
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Deep Dive: Bookish FOMO. What are you afraid of missing out on when it comes to books?
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Book Presses: the book I'd press on Meredith's new mini show, and an author that she changed her mind about
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!
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Bookish Moments:
2:45 - The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
2:51 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
4:23 - Project Z: A Zombie Ate My Homework by Tommy Greenwald
5:14 - All Things Murderful on Patreon
Current Reads:
6:52 - Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Kaytee)
6:58 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
7:14 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
9:02 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
10:10 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Meredith)
11:40 - Serial Podcast
12:25 - Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
12:34 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
14:31 - Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
15:45 - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (Kaytee)
15:56 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
17:23 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
17:50 - Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer
19:52 - Conviction by Denise Mina (Meredith)
24:08 - You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria (Kaytee)
24:13 - @booknerdnative @readwithkat and @allegedlymari on Instagram
30:46 - Descent by Tim Johnston (Meredith)
30:56 - The Current by Tim Johnston
32:07 - Still Life by Louise Penny
Deep Dive - Book FOMO:
35:07 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
35:40 - You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
36:07 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
37:08 - Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
37:15 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
38:22 - Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel
39:15 - Novel Pairings Podcast
40:13 - Louise Penny Book 5: The Brutal Telling
41:22 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
42:35 - The One by John Marrs (Kaytee)
44:35 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (Meredith)
44:47 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
48:03 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
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
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 talking about the books that we've read recently, and as you know, we won't shy away from having strong and spicy opinions so get ready. We are light |
| 0:25.7 | on the chit chat heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always be |
| 0:28.8 | spoiler free. We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:34.9 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:40.0 | and I am above all things a mood reader. |
| 0:43.2 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama four living in New Mexico |
| 0:47.2 | and I get big giant heart eyes for pretty covers. |
| 0:49.9 | This is episode number nine of season three and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:53.6 | All right Katie. We are glad to be here. Hey, you know our deep dive today is really |
| 0:59.2 | Really interesting to me because our deep dive today is all about bookish |
| 1:03.6 | FOMO, bookish fear of missing out. |
| 1:07.2 | Do you get it, do I get it? |
| 1:08.6 | There are some people who are completely driven |
| 1:11.3 | by bookish FOMO, and there are some people that are impervious to it. |
| 1:15.3 | So I'm interested in this conversation. |
| 1:16.8 | I don't know if you and I have ever talked about it. |
| 1:18.8 | I don't know if we have either. |
| 1:20.0 | But I do want to point out that this deep dive idea actually came from you requesting on |
| 1:24.7 | Instagram for deep dive ideas. |
| 1:27.0 | So just as a little aside, anybody can email us or direct message us at any time if you have an idea for a deep dive for the show because we love |
| 1:35.6 | hearing from listeners about that. |
| 1:38.0 | Yes, deep dive ideas are one place we really, really, really appreciate it too because we want |
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