Season 4, Episode 24: Reader, Know Thyself + Our Three Reading Themes
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 61 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: a giant fanfic and a kid's rec
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Current Reads: books that have very little in common with each other
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Deep Dive: a listener-suggested topic, what are the three themes of your reading life?
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Book Presses: productivity non-fiction and pregnancy-related non-ficiton
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:30 - Currently Reading Patreon
1:48 - Bookish Moment of the Week
4:27 - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
6:06 - The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember #2)
7:32 - All The Young Dudes digital version
7:59 - Sorta Awesome Podcast
10:26 - All the Young Dudes in print (purchase at your own risk)
11:39 - Become a Bookish Friend of Currently Reading
11:41 - Become a Superstar of The Sorta Awesome podcast
13:35 - All the Young Dudes on Goodreads
14:04 - Current Reads
14:28 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
17:24 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
17:33 - The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker (Kaytee)
19:05 - Secret Stuff by Laura Tremaine (her Patreon)
20:14 - The Art of Gathering Virtual Guide
21:20 - @katieladyreads on Instagram
21:38 - Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (Meredith)
27:24 - All Things Reconsidered by Knox McCoy (Kaytee)
27:32 - The Popcast Patreon
29:11 - The Wondering Years by Knox McCoy
30:50 - The House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (Meredith)
34:43 - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
34:48 - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
35:46 - Wilder Girls by Rory Power
36:38 - Camp by L.C. Rosen (Kaytee)
36:47 - Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
39:51 - Deep Dive: Three Themes That Describe Us As Readers
40:18 - What Should I Read Next podcast
43:18 - A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles
44:40 - Pony by R.J Palacio
47:16 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
52:05 - Suggest a deep dive topic at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com
52:19 - WSIRN episode 276
52:34 - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands
53:11 - First Things First by Stephen R. Covey (Meredith)
53:21 - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
53:28 - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Stephen R. Covey
57:06 - Expecting Better by Emily Oster (Kaytee)
57:53 - What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff
57:55 - Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
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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 |
| 0:17.7 | read recently and as you know we don't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:23.9 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.3 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.6 | And our episodes are always at free thanks to our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:32.1 | Those supporters who we call our bookish friends make the podcast happen when they spend |
| 0:36.4 | $5 a month on Patreon and they get tons of bonus content in return. |
| 0:41.1 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books |
| 0:45.1 | into your hands. |
| 0:46.1 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO, living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:51.0 | and I am happy when my kids are enthusiastically reading. |
| 0:55.0 | And I'm Katie Cobb. |
| 0:56.0 | A homeschooling mom of four living in Mexico and my reading life is definitely eclectic. |
| 1:01.5 | This is episode number 24 of season four and we're so glad you're here. |
| 1:05.7 | Enthusiastic readers, Meredith, we're always excited to hear about that. |
| 1:09.2 | Yes, yes. |
| 1:10.2 | I am very excited actually. |
| 1:12.0 | My bookish moment of the week this week is one that Jackson said mom this has to be your |
| 1:16.8 | bookish moment so I'm looking forward to that. |
| 1:18.7 | Oh, I love that. |
| 1:19.7 | You've had a lot of like kid love regarding the podcast lately so I hope we get to hear |
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