Season 5, Episode 23: Starting the Year Right + Author Completists
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 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: a big sale, a reading husband, and 2023 reading observations
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
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Deep Dive: author completists - the ones we’ve read all of and the ones we want to read all of
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The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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2:02 - Bookish Moments of the Week
3:05 - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
3:24 - Upgrade by Blake Crouch
7:52 - Currently Reading Patreon
8:45 - Our Current Reads
9:16 - Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen (Kaytee)
12:15 - Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah (Meredith)
16:19 - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah
16:48 - Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (Kaytee)
17:03 - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
20:28 - Thornyhold by Mary Stewart (Meredith, Amazon Link)
25:09 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White
25:15 - The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
26:24 - Solito by Javier Zamora (Kaytee)
30:12 - How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (Meredith)
32:43 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
32:54 - The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix
37:01 - Deep Dive: Authors We’ve Read Completely or Want to Complete
38:00 - Taft by Ann Patchett
38:23 - The Hangman by Louise Penny
38:31 - State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hilary Clinton
38:56 - The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
39:34 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
40:12 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
40:37 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
40:38 - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
41:19 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
42:06 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds
44:30 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
44:31 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
44:41 - Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield (not Susanna Clarke)
44:41 - The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke (correct short stories, Amazon Link)
45:11 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
47:14 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
48:19 - Final Girls by Riley Sager
48:21 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
49:18 - Visit Us At The Fountain
I wish to make a record keeper of my kids’ series books. (Kaytee)
I wish Murderful fans would watch The Menu, and someone would write a book like this movie. (Meredith)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:14.1 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've |
| 0:18.2 | read recently, and as you already know, we won't shy away from having those strong opinions, |
| 0:24.4 | so get ready. |
| 0:25.4 | We are light on the chit chat, having on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
| 0:29.2 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:30.2 | Today, we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll visit the fountain. |
| 0:35.8 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, |
| 0:40.7 | and I have some thoughts about my 2023 reading. |
| 0:44.2 | I'm Katie Calm, a home-schooling mom of four living in New Mexico, and I am rip-waring |
| 0:49.0 | and ready for another year of reading. |
| 0:52.0 | This is episode number 23 of season five, and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:56.5 | All right, Katie, right from the start, I'm just going to say to you and to all of our listeners, |
| 1:01.0 | my apologies about an hour before we recorded, I ate three pieces of fudge, because I made |
| 1:08.2 | fudge, and it's one of my favorite Christmas treats, and there is nothing that gets me |
| 1:13.5 | more fired up and energetic than chocolate, and fudge is the chocolateiest thing that |
| 1:19.0 | you can eat. |
| 1:20.0 | So, it's like the equivalent of a normal person drinking five cups of coffee, I'm very, |
| 1:24.2 | very energetic. |
| 1:25.6 | Oh, my, we're all going to have to buckle up today, if I look. |
| 1:29.2 | I've got a ton of energy and lots and lots of thoughts, but we will tell you first, before |
| 1:36.4 | we get into all of those thoughts, that we are going to talk this week in a deep dive |
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