Season 4, Episode 33: The Quickie Book + Reading Seasons
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 54 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: a reading milestone and a new type of book "the quickie"
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Current Reads: a new book from a favorite author, a childhood love turned into a book, and more!
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Deep Dive: the seasons of life that we go through as readers
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Book Presses: a love story and a police procedural
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1:36 - Bookish Moment of the Week
1:45 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
3:42 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
3:46 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
3:50 - @Meredith.reads on Instagram
6:37 - The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson
10:19 - Current Reads
10:30 - Rayne and Delilah's Midnight Matinee by Jeff Zentner (Mindy)
10:38 - The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
10:39 - In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
13:28 - The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell (Meredith)
15:13 - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
15:14 - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
15:15 - The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
15:38 - Novel Memphis
19:26 - True Biz by Sara Novic (Mindy)
23:41 - Laundry Love: Finding Love in a Common Chore by Patrick Richardson (Meredith)
27:33 - Motorcycles and Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor (Mindy)
30:05 - The Husbands by Chandler Baker (Meredith)
32:14 - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
34:34 - Deep Dive: Seasons of Reading
41:45 - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
47:09 - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands
47:20 - Season 2: Episode 19
47:26 - The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali (Mindy)
49:09 - The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah (Meredith) (amazon link)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:13.7 | 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 we won't shy away from having those strong and controversial |
| 0:23.7 | opinions. |
| 0:24.8 | So get ready. |
| 0:25.8 | We're light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:29.6 | be spoiler free and ad free. |
| 0:31.6 | This week we'll discuss our current reads of bookish deep dive and then we'll press books |
| 0:35.8 | into your hands. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a mom of four and full time CEO, living in Austin, Texas |
| 0:41.8 | and I am so happy when I'm reading a 1000 page book. |
| 0:46.0 | And I'm Mindy Browse, a midlife mom to seven, homeschooling and reading in the mountains |
| 0:50.0 | of New Mexico and I am especially grateful for friends that recommend books to me when |
| 0:54.6 | I need a warm fuzzy book. |
| 0:56.7 | This is episode number 33 of season four and we are so glad you're here. |
| 1:01.5 | Alright Mindy, are you ready? |
| 1:03.7 | We've been looking forward to this. |
| 1:05.2 | We haven't recorded together since November I think. |
| 1:07.8 | I think so. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm excited. |
| 1:09.8 | I miss hanging out with you. |
| 1:10.8 | I know. |
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