Season 4, Episode 37: Direct Recommendations + Bookish Confessions
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2022
⏱️ 66 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: new merch and a comfort read
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Current Reads: some books that were directly recommended by readers and ended up being big hits
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Deep Dive: our bookish confessions, in which we essentially play strip poker with opinions
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Book Presses: a book that is singular in its execution and an old school favorite
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1:40 - Currently Reading Patreon
2:20 - Currently Reading Mighty Networks
4:35 - Bookish Moment of the Week
4:48 - Currently Reading Zazzle Store
5:48 - Meredith’s “Scary Books are my Jam” mug
8:09 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
8:40 - Current Reads
8:45 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Kaytee)
13:39 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
14:00 - The Son by Philipp Meyer (Meredith)
17:03 - Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
18:06 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
18:08 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
18:55 - Frankie and Bug by Gayle Foreman (Kaytee)
19:24 - If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
19:25 - Where She Went by Gayle Foreman
22:30 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
22:40 - These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
23:17 - NurtureShock by Po Bronson (Meredith)
27:00 - Black Birds in the Sky by Brandi Colbert (Kaytee)
28:11 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
30:25 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay (Meredith)
32:07 - Storybound Subscription from Fabled
35:53 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff
36:32 - Deep Dive: Our Bookish Confessions
55:37 - Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray
57:29 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands
57:55 - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Kaytee)
58:03 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
58:23 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
59:47 - Blackwell’s UK
1:00:53 - What Should I Do With My Life by Po Bronson (Meredith)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've |
| 0:17.8 | read recently, and as you know, we won't shy away from having strong opinions, so get |
| 0:23.2 | yourself ready. |
| 0:24.6 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.2 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.2 | Today, we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books |
| 0:33.6 | into your hands. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:40.1 | and sometimes reading isn't just my hobby, it's a survival strategy. |
| 0:44.5 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico, and I think bookish |
| 0:49.2 | adjacent merch is almost as fun as books. |
| 0:52.9 | This is episode number 37 of season four, and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:57.5 | All right, well, that's definitely true. |
| 0:59.4 | I can spend so much money on bookish t-shirts, it's not even funny. |
| 1:03.6 | I agree, it's becoming a problem. |
| 1:07.3 | I have to give away almost as much as I take in otherwise it'll take over the house. |
| 1:11.4 | Oh my goodness. |
| 1:12.4 | All right. |
| 1:13.4 | All right. |
| 1:14.4 | Well, we are going to get into that, I think. |
| 1:16.4 | We also later on are going to do a deep dive on our bookish confessions. |
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