Season 4, Episode 38: Curating Our Shelves + Reading During a Big Switch-Up
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: delightful Zoom meetings and used books for “complete” shelves
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Current Reads: some thrills, some nonfiction, some YA, and some romance
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Deep Dive: reading during a big life change
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Book Presses: a married people romance and a narrative non fiction gem
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1:30 - Bookish Moment of the Week
1:46 - Mary Heim on Instagram
1:50 - Amy of @What_amy_reads on Instagram
5:30 - The Passengers by John Marrs
5:32 - The One by John Marrs
5:43 - thriftbooks.com
7:06 - Current Reads
7:31 - The Arc by Tori Henwood Hoen (Mary)
10:29 - The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta (Kaytee)
11:58 - Libro.fm
13:10 - article from the San Diego Tribune
13:48 - How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind by Dana K. White (Mary)
15:50 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
18:03 - Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett (Kaytee)
19:30 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore
20:21 - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (Mary)
24:24 - Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown (Kaytee)
27:10 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
27:12 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
28:16 - Deep Dive: How We Read During Life Shifts
28:22 - Season 4: Episode 33
31:49 - Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
31:53 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
32:19 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
34:41 - Dry by Neal Shusterman
34:44 - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
34:47 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
36:37 - Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
37:30 - The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins
38:14 - Wintering by Katherine May
39:22 - Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
39:24 - The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
40:57 - The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren
40:59 - The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
41:03 - As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
46:13 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands
46:37 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (Mary)
49:23 - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Kaytee)
49:27 - Season 3: Episode 39
49:31 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we |
| 0:17.3 | read recently. |
| 0:18.6 | And as you already know, we do not shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:22.8 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:26.6 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books |
| 0:32.0 | into your hands. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico, and I've been stalking |
| 0:38.0 | my shelves with cheap books. |
| 0:40.3 | And I'm Mary Heim, a working mom of one, and I am counting down the days until it is |
| 0:44.8 | hammock reading season. |
| 0:46.6 | This is episode number 38 of season four, and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:51.2 | So glad you're here, so happy to have you here today, Mary, it's been a while since we |
| 0:54.9 | got to record together. |
| 0:56.3 | It has been, I'm so excited to be here today, choosing my books for this episode was an |
| 1:01.2 | embarrassment of riches being able to choose from so many of my recent reads, so I'm excited |
| 1:06.8 | to talk to you about them today, Katie. |
| 1:08.4 | I'm excited too. |
| 1:10.2 | I wanted to let everyone know right here at the top that today our deep dive is about |
| 1:14.8 | how our reading changes during short term times of change. |
| 1:19.8 | What happens when we know we have a short thing going on that messes with our reading |
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