Season 4, Episode 48: Best of Season 4 + The Listener Press Part Two!
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Some of our highlights and learning experiences from Season 4. Who can believe we are four full years into the podcast?
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Giving you 12 additional presses to fill up your summer and fall TBRs.
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If you want more presses, an additional 30 will be made available to Patreon subscribers next week!. Join us over at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast !
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2:50 - Reflecting on Season 4
3:50 - Season 4: Episode 21
4:19 - Season 4: Episode 26
4:31 - Season 4: Episode 34
4:39 - Season 4: Episode 25
5:29 - Season 4: Episode 1
5:33 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
5:40 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
6:13 - Season 4: Episode 37 (the rainbow shelves episode)
6:53 - Season 4: Episode 26
7:12 - Season 4: Episode 42 w/Kenda Adachi
8:21 - Currently Reading Patreon
17:54 - Email us your suggestions for cap segments at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast
18:39 - Currently Reading Patreon
19:23 - Listener Presses Part Two
19:34 - Lacy Eye by Jessica Treadway (Pressed by Beth)
23:31 - The Rent Collector by Camron Wright (Pressed by Mic)
26:49 - Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (Pressed by Francis)
30:08 - Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (Pressed by Nicole)
30:45 - El Deafo by Cece Bell
30:46 - When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson
30:49 - New Kid by Jerry Craft
32:56 - Vicious by V.E. Schwab (Pressed by Katie)
34:37 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
34:30 - An Unlikely Story
35:01 - The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson (Pressed by Amanda)
36:38 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
36:39 - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
36:40 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
37:52 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1)
38:04 - The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
38:21 - Beach Music by Pat Conroy (Pressed by Tiffany)
38:25 - Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
40:08 - Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
41:24 - Answers in the Pages by David Levithan (Pressed by Avery)
44:38 - Afterlife by Julia Alvarez (Pressed by Amy)
46:22 - The Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry (Pressed by Michele)
48:13 - Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
48:40 - The Diddakoi by Rumor Godden (Pressed by Mary Faith, amazon link)
51:24 - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Pressed by Madeline)
53:14 - Currently Reading Patreon
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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've |
| 0:17.4 | read recently, and as you know, we don't shy away from strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:23.4 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.1 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.7 | Today we have a very special end of season episode for you. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm Meredith Mendes Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO, living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:37.4 | and I am so ready for some summer reading. |
| 0:41.1 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico. |
| 0:44.7 | And after four full seasons, this is still my favorite part of the week. |
| 0:49.0 | This is episode number 48 of season four, and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:53.9 | You're right, Katie. |
| 0:54.9 | As I was saying, I'm ready for some summer reading and thinking about us taking our summer |
| 0:58.1 | break, which we are getting ready to embark upon as soon as we finish recording this episode. |
| 1:03.4 | We won't record for five weeks, which is by far the longest break that we take. |
| 1:08.6 | But I'm always excited about it because it just feels like summer break, right? |
| 1:12.2 | It always feels like, oh, you know, it's like bright open, wide open spaces, but I'm always |
| 1:16.1 | like, oh, but I know it's going to be like a week and a half until I'm like, when can |
| 1:20.6 | I get back behind the mic and talk about books again? |
| 1:23.9 | Every year. |
| 1:24.9 | It happens every year. |
| 1:25.9 | Like, oh, this is going to be glorious, and then we're like, hey, what are you reading? |
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