Season 5, Episode 14: Broken Reading + Between-Book Process
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2022
⏱️ 57 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: broken reading and reading companions
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Current Reads: some brand new books and a surprising classic
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Deep Dive: our between-book processes
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The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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1:20 - Bookish Moment of the Week
3:49 - Laura Tremaine’s Secret Stuff
10:35 - Current Reads
11:08 - NetGalley
11:19 - Holmes Coming by Kenneth Johnson (Meredith)
16:47 - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Kaytee)
20:28 - Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire (Meredith)
24:14 - Black No More by George Schuyler (Kaytee)
24:18 - Currently Reading Patreon
26:44 - Black No More by George Schuyler audiobook cover
28:41 - Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander (Meredith)
31:19 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
31:20 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
31:39 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
33:54 - Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester (Kaytee)
36:11 - Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester
37:05 - Deep Dive: Our “Between Books” Processes
41:25 - CAWPILE system explained via Bookriot
42:39 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
42:41 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
44:54 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman
44:56 - Witch, Please by Ann Aguirre
48:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain
I wish everyone would read The Ice House by Minette Walters. (Meredith)
49:05 - The Ice House by Minette Walters (Amazon link, not available on Bookshop)
51:04 - BritBox
52:22 - Fox Evil by Minette Walters (Amazon link, not available on Bookshop)
I wish everyone would read Braiding Sweetgrass in November. (Kaytee)
52:43 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
53:54 - Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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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've |
| 0:18.0 | read recently and as you know we won't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:24.2 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.8 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.3 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll visit the fountain. |
| 0:34.1 | I'm Meredith Mundyshwarz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas and I'm |
| 0:39.0 | here to tell you that even book podcasters can have broken reading. |
| 0:43.8 | And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico and I believe a pet |
| 0:48.5 | is essential to a perfect reading experience. |
| 0:51.6 | This is episode number 14 of season five and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:56.1 | You're reading's broken Meredith. |
| 0:58.3 | Yes, yes and it is in fact my bookish moment of the week we will we will be discussing |
| 1:03.3 | it. |
| 1:04.3 | Okay, well right before we do that I'm going to let everybody know that for our deep |
| 1:07.8 | dive today we are going to talk about our between book process when you close one book |
| 1:13.7 | and before you open the next one what does that look like? |
| 1:18.0 | But first we're going to get started the way we always do which is with our bookish moments |
| 1:21.4 | of the week Meredith I am sad to hear about yours tell us about your broken reading. |
| 1:26.7 | Yes, so as we sit here today as we are recording today it's October 21st, it's the 21st |
| 1:33.8 | day of the month Katie. |
| 1:35.1 | I have read a grand total of three books this month from start to finish which is not |
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