Season 5, Episode 17: Book Gushing + Great Covers That Made the Book Better
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: travel reading and two great bookish podcast episodes
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Current Reads: buzzy books, sci-fi, and plenty of murder
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Deep Dive: book covers that enhanced our reading experience
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The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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Season 5, Episode 17
1:34 - Bookish Moment of the Week
1:57 - Kaytee’s noise canceling headphones
4:32 - Episode 126 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live
5:26 - Planet Money: The E-Book Wars
6:52 - Current Reads
7:17 - A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga (Kaytee)
8:21 - The Martian by Andy Weir
8:25 - The Martian; Classroom Edition by Andy Weir
9:15 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1)
10:25 - Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
15:55 - The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull (Kaytee)
17:48 - Brilliant Books
18:26 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
18:57 - The Harbor by Katrine Engberg (Meredith)
20:11 - The Tenant by Katrine Engberg
20:12 - The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg
22:36 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
23:38 - Thank You for LIstening by Julia Whelan (Kaytee)
26:53 - Episode 81 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live w/Julia Whelan
26:53 - Episode 340 of What Should I Read Next w/Julia Whelan
27:17 - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Meredith)
29:19 - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
30:00 - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny (Three Pines #4)
31:32 - The Nest by Cynthis D’aprix Sweeney
31:33 - The Heirs by Susan Reiger
32:20 - Book Covers that Enhanced Our Reading Experience
32:59 - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
34:40 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
36:09 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
37:18 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
39:02 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
39:22 - Matrix by Lauren Groff
40:47 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
41:54 - Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Elliott Arnold
42:54 - An Immense World by Ed Yong
43:53 - Blackwell’s UK
44:39 - Meet Us At The Fountain
I wish for suggestions on perfect holiday romance reading. (Kaytee)
Email Kaytee at [email protected] or DM her at @notesonbookmarks with your holiday romances!
I wish those who enjoy it would sink into puzzles and audiobooks this season. (Meredith)
47:00 - HH Holmes Murde Castle Puzzle
47:06 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Connect With Us:
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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. |
| 0:14.3 | 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 don't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:24.6 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:28.0 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:29.5 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll visit fountain. |
| 0:34.8 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full time CEO living in Austin, Texas |
| 0:39.5 | and it's getting cold here y'all. |
| 0:41.4 | I'm getting out my reading blankets and I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living |
| 0:46.4 | in New Mexico and plain reading is some of my very best reading. |
| 0:50.7 | This is episode number 17 of season five and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:55.5 | Okay, the plain reading is very good reading. |
| 0:58.4 | That's some of my best too. |
| 1:00.1 | Alright, so we are going to start out this episode letting you guys know that our deep |
| 1:05.3 | dive is going to be some covers of books that have increased our enjoyment of the book |
| 1:13.6 | and I am, I really went down a rabbit hole with this so I'm excited about this deep dive. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm excited too. |
| 1:20.0 | It's fun to think about the ancillary things that make the reading experience better. |
| 1:26.8 | So absolutely, absolutely. |
| 1:29.0 | Alright, so before we get into that, let's talk about our bookish moment to the week. |
| 1:35.6 | Katie, what's your bookish moment? |
| 1:37.1 | Okay, my bookish moment this week Meredith, I did a quick trip this past weekend to Arizona |
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