Season 4, Episode 9: Books from Authors We've Loved Before + Constructive Spicy Opinions
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2021
⏱️ 60 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: emotional reading and books about anxiety for kids
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Current Reads: quite a few new and backlist releases from authors we love
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Deep Dive: strong opinions and constructive criticism - how to review a book that didn't land for you.
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Book Presses: books that might not be for everyone, but were absolutely for us.
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Bookish Moment of the Week:
2:16 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
5:19 - Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster by Manka Kasha
8:50 - Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
9:20 - The Anxious Ninja by Mary Nhin
Current Reads:
10:55 - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee)
15:04 - The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (Meredith)
17:42 - The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
22:16 - Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett (Kaytee)
22:42 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
22:43 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
22:44 - Run by Ann Patchett
22:45 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
23:09 - Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
25:37 - The Best of Me by David Sedaris (Meredith)
29:12 - Naked by David Sedaris
29:13 - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
29:15 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
32:18 - Hostage by Clare Mackintosh (Kaytee)
32:29 - Falling by TJ Newman
34:08 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
34:11 - After the End by Clare Mackintosh
35:23 - The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan (Meredith)
Deep Dive - Don't Yuck their Yum: Constructive Spicy Opinions
48:21 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager
50:20 - @katieladyreads on Instagram
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
52:29 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Kaytee)
54:54 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Meredith)
Connect With Us:
Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram
Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips 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 |
| 0:17.9 | read recently, and as you know, we won't shy away from strong opinions, so get ready. |
| 0:24.4 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.0 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.2 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Meredith Mundishwarts, a mom of four in full-time CEO, living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:38.9 | and I am constantly thinking about the best way to think about and talk about books. |
| 0:44.9 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico, and I am inhaling books |
| 0:50.1 | like they're the way I breathe. This is episode number nine of season four, and we're so glad |
| 0:55.4 | you're here. |
| 0:56.3 | Oh, Katie, have you been reading a ton? I know you had a couple months there were things |
| 1:00.0 | were a little lower than normal, especially the summer. Yeah, we did some more traveling, |
| 1:05.2 | and now we're back into like our regular routine, and I'm getting big numbers every month, |
| 1:10.8 | and reading really great books, which is the more exciting part. |
| 1:13.8 | That is way more exciting, quality over volume, for sure. All right, well, Katie, we are going |
| 1:19.2 | to just let everyone know at the very top of the show that our deep dive later in the show, |
| 1:23.3 | I think is going to be an interesting one, because we are going to talk about a topic that has |
| 1:27.7 | been on our minds and on our hearts, which is how you and I and sort of at the public at large |
| 1:34.8 | talk about books that we love, but more importantly, how we talk about books that we don't love, |
| 1:40.8 | those spicy opinions. So that's what we're going to cover on the deep dive. |
| 1:45.2 | We love spicy opinions here, currently reading. We say it every week, but we're excited to talk |
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