Season 4, Episode 17: Books of Big Feels + So Many Thoughts on Matrix
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: family reading time and a bookstore shopping trip
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Current Reads: a cadre of books that have been emotions attached tot hem
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Deep Dive: Matrix by Lauren Groff
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Book Presses: some sci-fi and some curmudgeon fiction to round out the episode
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0:10 Bite Size Intro
2:06 - Matrix by Lauren Groff
2:11 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
2:21 Bookish Moment of the Week
3:38 - Fabled Bookshop
4:50 Current Reads:
5:18 - The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanaugh (Mindy)
9:53 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
13:25 - Lights Out in Lincolnwood by Geoff Rodkey (Meredith)
15:32 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
17:46 - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Mindy)
21:44 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith)
23:03 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
23:04 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
25:46 - A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza (Mindy)
26:02 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
28:12 - Liz Hein on Instagram
29:09 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok
29:39 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune (Meredith)
29:43 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
34:08 - Deep Dive: Matrix by Lauren Groff
35:03 - Matrix by Lauren Groff
38:45 - Mindy on Instagram
45:55 - The Power by Naomi Alderman
45:59 - The End of Men by Cristina Sweeney-Baird
56:06 - Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
56:23 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Mindy)
59:16 - Jen on Bookstagram
1:00:02 - The Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg (Meredith)
1:01:21 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
1:01:27 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
1:02:03 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen
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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've |
| 0:18.1 | read recently. |
| 0:19.4 | And as you know, we will not shy away from having strong opinions so you guys get yourself |
| 0:25.8 | ready this week. |
| 0:27.4 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:31.8 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:32.8 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into |
| 0:37.2 | your hands. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm Meredith Munney Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:43.9 | and I really can be a little bit book bossy. |
| 0:49.1 | And I'm Mindy Browse, a homeschooling mom of seven, hiking and reading in the mountains |
| 0:53.0 | of New Mexico, and I'll read pretty much anything Mirrors asked me to for the |
| 0:57.4 | show. |
| 0:58.4 | Those aren't tied together at all. |
| 1:02.4 | This is episode number 17 of season four, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 1:06.7 | Oh Mindy, that's right. |
| 1:08.3 | You and I have the biggest smiles on our faces because we have been, we always look forward |
| 1:12.7 | to recording together. |
| 1:14.2 | It's such, I was saying to you earlier this week, you and I talking about books is, brings |
| 1:20.6 | out something really specific in me, and I just always look forward to it so much. |
| 1:26.8 | So I want to tell everybody that the deep dive we're going to do today, you're going |
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