Season 4, Episode 39: Soldiering On + Our Five Rules for Reading
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2022
⏱️ 56 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: finishing up school and reading when the wheels fall off
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Current Reads: all kinds of books for you today, readers
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Deep Dive: our five (personal) rules for reading
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Book Presses: falling in love with the octopus and a creepy twins
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1:31 - Bookish Moment of the Week
2:25 - Brave Writer
5:28 - Current Reads
5:44 - Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl (Kaytee)
9:19 - My Mess is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett (Meredith)
10:09 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott
10:11 - Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott
10:35 - NPR Interview with Georgia Pritchett
14:19 - The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs (Kaytee)
14:33 - Laura Tremaine’s Secret Stuff
17:45 - Shady Hollow by Juneau Black (Meredith)
19:41 - Boswell Books
19:54 - Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
19:56 - The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
19:58 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
20:47 - Cold Clay (Shady Hollow #2) by Juneau Black
22:25 - A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones (Kaytee)
22:32 - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (Charlie Davidson #1)
25:20 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
25:45 - Still Life by Louise Penny
26:35 - Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie (Meredith)
27:04 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live
31:12 - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
31:20 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
31:24 - Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
31:32 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
31:55 - Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
32:19 - Deep Dive: Our 5 Rules for Reading
32:31 - The Painted Porch Bookshop
32:40 - The Daily Stoic
32:54 - Ryan Holiday’s 8 Rules for Reading Video
33:26 - Season 1: Episode 19
33:54 - Season 2: Episode 37 of Bookend Homeschoolers
34:55 - Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
47:29 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands
47:49 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (Kaytee)
50:39 - Currently Reading Patreon
51:23 - @Bookishbetsie on Instagram @bookishbetsie on TikTok
51:34 - Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (Meredith)
53:44 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
55:07 - The Shining by Stephen King
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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 |
| 0:17.9 | read recently. |
| 0:19.2 | And as you know, we never shy away from those spicy opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:24.4 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.9 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.1 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books |
| 0:32.8 | into your hands. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:38.9 | and sometimes I read a lot, and sometimes not so much. |
| 0:42.4 | And I'm Katie Combe. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm schooling mom of four living in New Mexico, and I'm winding down our school year, |
| 0:47.7 | which means more time for reading. |
| 0:49.9 | This episode number 39 of season four, and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:54.1 | Meredith, those were related. |
| 0:56.2 | They were related, and that must feel so good to you to be kind of in that wind down |
| 1:01.0 | mode and know that you have a couple of months where you can just be in a totally different |
| 1:04.4 | schedule. |
| 1:05.4 | Exactly. |
| 1:06.4 | Yes, for sure. |
| 1:07.7 | That's really, really nice. |
| 1:08.7 | Okay, so first we're going to tell you right up front that our deep dive today is going |
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