Season 4, Episode 1: Unexpected Emotions + How We Spent Our Break
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 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: in-person Bookish Friends, and letting Bookstagram pick a book
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Current Reads: buzzy books, backlist books, and under-the-radar gems
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Deep Dive: how we spent our summer break
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Book Presses: a book that divided the internet and a book with not a great setup
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Bookish Moments of the Week:
3:05 - Harriet's Bookshop
4:38 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
5:24 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Current Reads:
6:38 - The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Delila Harris (Kaytee)
7:04 - Libro.Fm
10:10 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
13:12 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
13:14 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
14:30 - Book Talk, Etc. podcast
14:37 - Velocity by Dean Koontz (Kaytee)
16:28 - The Chain by Adrian Mckinty
16:51 - Fabled Bookshop
16:54 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand (Meredith)
21:09 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
22:05 - Unclaimed by Courtney Milan (Kaytee)
22:38 - Season 3: Episode 39 w/Jamie Golden
25:15 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Meredith)
26:44 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratisschvili
29:34 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
31:57 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Pre-order link)
Deep Dive - How We Spent Our Summer Break
37:07 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
38:35 - Currently Reading Patreon
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
41:53 - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Kaytee)
43:56 - Kiley Reid's Interview w/ Trevor Noah
44:30 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (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. |
| 0:14.0 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we |
| 0:18.0 | read recently and as you know we don't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:25.2 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.8 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.8 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into |
| 0:34.0 | your hands. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Meredith Munde Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas and |
| 0:40.5 | talking about books is such a joy in my life. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm Katie Combe, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico and I am excited |
| 0:48.7 | for a new season. |
| 0:50.2 | This is episode number one of season four and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:55.9 | Season four! |
| 0:56.9 | Meredith! |
| 0:57.9 | I can't believe it. |
| 0:58.9 | We're here. |
| 0:59.9 | We're here for season four. |
| 1:01.7 | I know. |
| 1:02.7 | I know. |
| 1:03.7 | It sounds like such big girls. |
| 1:04.7 | Right? |
| 1:05.7 | Season four. |
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