Season 4, Episode 20: An Indie Bookstore Road Trip
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2021
⏱️ 42 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: rethinking the book slump and nerdy book stats
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Today, for the meat of our episode we are hearing directly from you, the listeners! We're visiting your favorite indie bookstores and hearing about the books they pressed into your hands.
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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0:10 - Bite Size Intro
2:18 - Currently Reading Patreon
3:54 - Fabled Bookshop
5:45 - Bookish Moment of the Week
7:58 - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
8:34 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
9:32 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
16:13 - Your Favorite Indie Bookstores and the Books They Sold You
16:22 - The Learned Owl Book Shop
16:33 - The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (Becky)
16:36 - The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt (Becky)
16:43 - The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
17:26 - InkLink Books
18:09 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Katie)
18:40 - A Great Good Place for Books
18:53 - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker (Karen)
19:16 - Wild Geese Bookshop
19:41 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult TImes by Katherine May (Dana)
20:44 - Warwicks
20:49 - Chevalier's
21:09 - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
21:29 - IQ by Joe Ide (Susan)
22:16 - Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
22:17 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
22:24 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
23:13 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
23:53 - Fabled Bookshop
24:01 - Elizabeth Barnhill on Instagram
24:23 - Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick (Erin)
24:58 - Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddon Keefe
25:17 - Book'n It on Instagram
25:43 - Lemuria Books
27:07 - Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell (Kim)
27:18 - Parnassus Books
27:36 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Alex)
27:50 - Munro's Books
27:55 - Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchett (Shannon)
28:34 - The Bookshop Nashville
28:37 - The Bookshop Nashville on Instagram
28:47 - Lit Clique (blind date with a book) at The Bookshop (Megan)
30:08 - Boswell Book Company
30:12 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary)
31:24 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1)
31:43 - Page 1 Books
32:04 - Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox (Mindy)
32:09 - Hades by Candice Fox
32:39 - Deep Dive: Meredith and Kaytee's Indie Presses
32:54 - Fabled Bookshop
33:26 - When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
33:39 - Gallery Bookshop
34:22 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Meredith)
36:56 - Garcia Street Books
37:26 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
37:30 - Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
37:35 - The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski (Kaytee)
40:01 - Bookshop.org
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the Currently Reading Podcast. |
| 0:14.4 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we |
| 0:18.3 | read recently and as you know we don't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:25.1 | We are light on the chit chat, having on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.6 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.6 | Today we have a very special episode for you. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas and I firmly |
| 0:37.8 | believe that the right books find us if we're willing to help them out just a little bit. |
| 0:42.8 | And I'm Katie Cotton, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico. |
| 0:46.3 | And to me, a great indie bookstore is more like a place of worship than a place of commerce. |
| 0:51.2 | This is episode number 20 of season four and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:55.1 | Oh Katie, I love that. |
| 0:56.9 | I love your bite-sized intro. |
| 0:58.9 | That is so good. |
| 1:00.4 | I have to credit our bookish friend Candace gave me that phrasing and I was like, |
| 1:04.6 | oh Candace, I am so using that on the show. |
| 1:06.7 | I'm so excited about it. |
| 1:08.0 | So I'm excited to tie that in. |
| 1:10.4 | We got to do a mug or we are a tote or something based on that. |
| 1:14.0 | That's fantastic. |
| 1:15.0 | She said she'll just take a small percentage of royalties. |
| 1:18.4 | Sure. |
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