Season 4, Episode 46: The Listener Press!
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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18 fantastic books that listeners want to Press into your hands! Get out your Library hold list!
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2:05 - Darling Girl by Liz Michalski (pressed by Jenny)
5:05 - An American Radical by Tamer Elnoury (pressed by Kenzie)
6:57 - A Week in Winter by Marcia Willett (Amazon link) (pressed by Michael)
10:04 - The Ranger’s Apprentice: Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (pressed by Mary)
12:10 - Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho (pressed by Michelle)
14:02 - A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske (pressed by Kimberley)
16:03 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
16:43 - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (pressed by Andrea)
21:23 - The Binding by Bridget Collins (pressed by Brianna)
23:59 - The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien (pressed by Tara)
26:12 - The Hunting Wives by May Cobb (pressed by Ashley)
28:14 - In the Shelter by Padraig O’Tuama (pressed by Abigail)
30:17 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
30:48 - The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury (pressed by Rachel)
33:44 - When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill (pressed by Elise)
35:52 - Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott (pressed by Lexy)
38:14 - Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane (pressed by Lynette)
41:57 - The Hearts and Daggers Podcast
42:00 - The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner (pressed by Holly)
42:10 - Holly’s Instagram @birdbrainbooks
44:08 - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
45:53 - The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova (pressed by Amy)
47:47 - Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (pressed by Courtny)
47:59 - The Novel Neighbor
52:35 - Currently Reading Patreon
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:14.1 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've |
| 0:18.1 | read recently and as you know we won't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:24.3 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.8 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.0 | Today we have a very special episode for you. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a mom of four in full-time CEO, living in Austin, Texas and |
| 0:37.3 | no matter how tall my TBR stack gets I just will keep adding to it. |
| 0:42.5 | And I'm Katie Cobb. |
| 0:43.5 | I'm schooling mom of four, living in New Mexico and listener presses are great at exploding |
| 0:48.2 | my TBR. |
| 0:49.6 | This is episode number 46 of season four and we're so glad you're here. |
| 0:53.8 | Yes, clearly a theme to the way that we were thinking today as we were recording Katie |
| 0:58.2 | because right before we sat down I was thinking there is no other thing that happens in the |
| 1:05.7 | course of the readerly year that adds to my TBR more than this episode that we do. |
| 1:13.0 | I agree and that is despite the fact that you and I are both very active on books to |
| 1:17.2 | Graham. |
| 1:18.2 | Very connected to a lot of other book podcasters that are putting out really great content |
| 1:23.0 | and summer reading. |
| 1:24.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:25.0 | This is the thing. |
| 1:26.0 | This is the explosion. |
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