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Season 6, Episode 16: 2024 Spreadsheets + Foodie Books to Create Your Thanksgiving Plate

Currently Reading

Meredith Schwartz

Allthebooks, Books, Read, Arts, Bookpodcast, Reading, Whatshouldireadnext, Society & Culture

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

  • Bookish Moments: being immersed in spreadsheets and the publishing woes of Iron Flame

  • Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

  • Deep Dive: foodie books that symbolize different thanksgiving dishes

  • The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)

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2:19 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:01 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

2:46 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

10:52 - Currently Reading Patreon

11:08 - Current Reads

11:41 - Slewfoot by Brom (Meredith)

14:50 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

13:52 - The Novel Neighbor

16:44 - Krampus by Brom

17:14 - Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab (Kaytee)

17:29 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

19:53 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

19:54 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

19:55 - 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

20:17 - Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab

21:16 - Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks (Meredith)

23:22 - Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

25:32 - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

27:30 - The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende (Kaytee)

31:19 - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker (Meredith)

34:32 - Article about racial bias media coverage

35:46 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

35:50 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

35:59 - Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

36:08 - Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton (Kaytee)

36:25 - Foyles UK

39:59 - Deep Dive: Foodie Books to Create Your Thanksgiving Plate

41:20 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

43:26 - Taste by Stanley Tucci

43:44 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Mananasala

44:33 - Notes From A Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwauchi

45:42 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan

46:39 - A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

47:39 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

48:49 - Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander

49:22 - La Cucina by Lily Prior

49:32 - Chocolat by Joanne Harris

49:33 - Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel

50:09 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

50:37 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree

50:53 - The House Witch by Delemhach

51:34 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

51:55 - Still Life by Louise Penny

52:34 - The Novel Neighbor on Instagram

53:06 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:14 - I wish to convey my most heartfelt thankfulness to our listeners and to Kaytee herself for a wonderful bookish partnership. (Meredith)

54:00 - I wish for listeners to let me know about their favorite Indie bookstores. (Kaytee)

54:19 - Indie bookstore SURVEY

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Transcript

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Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've read recently, and you should know we won't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready.

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We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always be spoiler

0:29.0

free.

0:30.0

Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll visit the fountain.

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I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four, and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas,

0:39.0

and sometimes I get a little book paralyzed.

0:42.0

And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama for, living in Arizona,

0:45.6

and I'm finally getting to wear pants and snuggle with fluffy blankets.

0:49.6

But only early in the mornings.

0:51.6

This is episode number 16 of season 6, and we are so glad you're here.

0:55.2

It is so nice that it is finally getting cool enough for blankets and fires in the

1:02.4

fireplace but only in the mornings certainly I think probably but where we both live I

1:07.9

Really love it when the seasons turn and this is where we are with our reading.

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Thank goodness because it is mid to late November

1:16.3

and we would trigger treated in short sleeves this year.

1:20.6

Yeah, we actually were cold that night and this was my first night with my own children not

1:26.7

trick-or-treating because Jackson had a football game but Jackson's also 12 and so we were kind of, you know,

1:32.8

it just kind of worked out that way.

1:34.8

But now, of course, I have grandchildren

1:36.7

and so I got to go trick-or-treating with Jeffrey.

1:38.9

So not even a year without trick-or-treating.

1:41.8

I'm very happy about it. You just planned that so perfectly. I did. I did.

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