Season 4, Episode 10: It's Complicated + The Perfect Reading Nook
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: some wonderful bookish podcast episodes we had to highlight
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Current Reads: books that have complicated feelings attached, and ones that you cannot "at us" about
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Deep Dive: we are curating the perfect reading space
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Book Presses: uncomplicated feelings about books from authors we love
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Patreon Ad for Ourselves:
1:24 - Currently Reading Patreon
Bookish Moment of the Week:
5:01 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live podcast
5:06 - Sarah's Interview w/ Kimberly McCreight
5:15 - A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCrieght
6:22 - What Should I Read Next podcast
6:33 - WSIRN Episode 300
Current Reads:
8:41 - Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Meredith)
14:03 - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
15:13 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman (Kaytee)
15:45 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
18:35 - We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julie Heaberlin (Meredith)
21:36 - We Begin at the End by Christ Whitaker
23:00 - Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen (Kaytee)
26:51 - Cottage by the Sea by Debbie Macomber (Meredith)
32:06 - The Institute by Stephen King (Kaytee)
Deep Dive - How to Create the Perfect Reading Nook
36:31 - Oversized Chair (honestly, why WOULDN'T I link a great oversized chair??)
37:03 - Gooseneck reading lamp
39:20 - Cozy chair with ottoman for Meredith (don't @ me about these prices y'all)
40:10 - Meredith's mug warmer
41:17 - Need a plant next to you like Meredith? Try a Rooted subscription!
42:27 - Book Darts
42:34 - Kaytee's Zebra Midliner Highlighters
43:45 - ASMR ambiance room fall
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
45:50 - The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber (Meredith)
48:34 - On Writing by Stephen King (Kaytee)
Bonus Easter Egg:
51:45 - Misery by Stephen King
51:52 - The Shining by Stephen King
52:01 - Pet Sematary by Stephen King
52:12 - Thinner by Stephen King
52:41 - Elevation by Stephen King
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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 currently reading podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we |
| 0:17.6 | read recently and as you know, as we've always done, we will have strong opinions. |
| 0:23.6 | So get ready. |
| 0:24.6 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.3 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.6 | We'll discuss our current reads, a book you steeped out, and then we'll press books |
| 0:33.3 | into your hand. |
| 0:34.1 | I'm Meredith Mane Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and |
| 0:39.3 | sometimes reading is the only thing standing between me and life in prison. |
| 0:49.6 | I gotcha. |
| 0:51.2 | I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico and curling up with |
| 0:55.3 | a book is my happy place. |
| 0:57.2 | This is episode number 10 of season four and we are so glad you're here. |
| 1:01.4 | See, again, we draw our lines perfectly. |
| 1:04.8 | I'm going to prison for life, you're in your happy place curled up reading a book. |
| 1:09.0 | There we are. |
| 1:10.0 | This nice little dichotomy that we formed together. |
| 1:13.2 | Right. |
| 1:14.2 | Alright, Meredith, before we get started with the meat of our show, we're going to do |
| 1:19.3 | our little ad for ourselves that we do at the beginning of each month and talk a little |
| 1:23.7 | bit about Patreon. |
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