Season 4, Episode 41: Tandem Watch and Read + All Things Roxanna
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: an Oprah moment and an interesting reading experience
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Current Reads: a beach read with teeth, serial killers, joy as protest, gosh, this episode is GOOD
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Deep Dive: Meet Roxanna!
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Book Presses: a stunning mystery and a chocolate chonker
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2:14 - Bookish Moment of the Week
2:57 - Season 3: Episode 5 of Currently Reading w/Roxanna
3:46 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
4:45 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5:54 - Current Reads
6:13 - The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi (Roxanna)
8:24 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
9:30 - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
11:00 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
11:39 - The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
16:13 - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Roxanna)
21:38 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
22:10 - Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (Meredith)
25:35 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
25:37 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
28:25 - Season 3: Episode 38
28:44 - A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark (Roxanna) (direct link to the story online but it’s also available as a kindle item!)
33:20 - A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
35:29 - All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells
36:16 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (Meredith)
42:28 - The Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR pt.1) by J. R. R. Tolkien
43:02 - Deep Dive: Roxanna’s Reading Life
44:49 - What Should I Read Next
45:21 - Roxanna’s TED Talk
46:11 - [email protected]
46:42 - Season 2: Episode 47 about book twins
46:58 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
47:48 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
55:57 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
57:06 - Currently Reading Patreon
57:34 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands
58:00 - Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan (Roxanna)
1:00:22 - The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
1:02:07 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili (Meredith)
1:08:08 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
1:08:48 - @roxannatheplanner on Instagram
1:09:04 - Currently Reading Zazzle store
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Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
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Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram
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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 those strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:24.1 | We're light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.2 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:30.0 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books |
| 0:34.3 | into your hands. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:40.8 | and buddy reading has totally changed my bookish life. |
| 0:44.8 | And I'm Roxana Casamcara, a mom, a marketer, and a mood reader living in Toronto, Ontario, |
| 0:50.6 | Canada. |
| 0:51.6 | And I'm so excited to be discussing books today with my former book Val de Morton. |
| 0:56.0 | That's right, we are so excited. |
| 0:58.2 | So we'll let you know that this is episode 41 of season four. |
| 1:02.1 | We're so glad that you guys are here and Roxana, I am so glad that you are here. |
| 1:08.4 | So this is a surprise for you guys. |
| 1:10.7 | We are wanting to let you know that Roxana, my buddy reading partner, she's so graciously |
| 1:16.0 | agreed to become an additional guest host for currently reading. |
| 1:20.4 | I get the benefit of talking about books with Roxana on the daily and I wanted to make |
| 1:24.6 | sure that we brought her voice to the show because I think you guys are going to love. |
| 1:30.5 | Not only the books that she brings, but Roxana, the way you talk about books forever opens |
| 1:36.0 | up my eyes and makes my reading better. |
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