Season 4, Episode 6: Breathless Books + An Intro to Book Flights
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2021
⏱️ 59 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: outside reading perfection and a new generation of readers
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Current Reads: books that take your breath away and that help you breathe better
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Deep Dive: Q and A about Book Flights
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Book Presses: two hilarious picks - both way backlist
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2:08 - Currently Reading Patreon
Current Reads:
8:35 - The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams (Kaytee)
11:07 - The Herd by Andrew Bartz (Meredith)
16:26 - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Kaytee)
17:46 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
17:54 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live interview with Jesse Q. Sutanto
19:16 - Breath by James Nestor (Meredith)
25:11 - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Kaytee)
26:33 - Circe by Madeline Miller
28:41 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith)
32:07 - I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
32:36 - Fabled Bookshop
34:05 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard
34:33 - Kindle Unlimited
34:35 - Hoopla Digital
34:37 - Scribd
36:05 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
Deep Dive - The Book Flight:
43:24 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
45:09 - Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
51:55 - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore (Kaytee)
54:24 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (Meredith)
57:01 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
57:25 - The Willoughbys Return by Lois Lowry
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:14.2 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we |
| 0:17.8 | read recently and as you already know we never shy away from having those strong opinions |
| 0:24.1 | so get ready. |
| 0:25.4 | We are light on the chit chat, having on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.9 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.9 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into |
| 0:34.0 | your hands. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO, living in Austin, Texas |
| 0:39.6 | and I have been practicing all my life for my next regarly role. |
| 0:44.9 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico and if you give |
| 0:48.9 | me a water feature and entertain my children, I'll read all day long. |
| 0:53.4 | This episode number six of season four and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:58.4 | All right Katie, I'm glad you're here but you sound a little even sexier than you normally |
| 1:03.8 | do. |
| 1:04.8 | You always sound sexy but you sound super sexy today. |
| 1:07.4 | I do have my phone operator voice today Meredith because I have had a little bit of a cold. |
| 1:13.4 | I feel much better but you guys might be able to hear it a little bit in my voice and |
| 1:17.2 | that's okay. |
| 1:18.6 | We live lives we're real humans so we're going to just power through and keep recording |
| 1:22.6 | because we know you want some currently reading in your ears. |
| 1:25.9 | Exactly. |
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