Season 6, Episode 20: Acts of Service + Themed Reading Months

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Meredith Schwartz

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

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

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

Bookish Moments: sweet acts of service and manifesting wintry feelings
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: themed reading months and how we incorporate them into our reading lives
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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3:00 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:18 - Krampus by Brom

3:39 - Slewfoot by Brom

7:09 - Cozy by Jan Brett

7:16 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

8:08 - Current Reads

8:42 - Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (Meredith)

10:06 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

14:20 - The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern

14:45 - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (Kaytee)

20:00 - Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Meredith)

21:07 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

24:45 - Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (Kaytee)

28:25 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith (Meredith)

29:31 - From the Front Porch podcast

32:53 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

34:10 - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach (Kaytee)

37:05 - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

37:21 - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

37:49 - Deep Dive: Themed Reading Months

47:39 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

48:09 - Frindle by Andrew Clements

48:28 - The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

48:51 - Our Zazzle storefront for all things CR merch

49:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:54 - I wish everybody would compile a list of their favorite books of the year. (Meredith)

52:08 - I wish to press Marley by Jon Clinch this holiday season. (Kaytee)

52:14 - Marley by Jon Clinch

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Transcript

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0:00.0	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 as you know, we won't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready.
0:23.6	We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk,
0:26.0	and our descriptions will always be spoiler free.
0:28.2	Today we'll discuss our current reads,
0:29.8	a bookish deep dive, and then we'll visit the fountain.
0:32.3	I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four, and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas,
0:37.0	and this week I'm channeling my inner 12-year-old.
0:40.0	And I'm Katie Com, a homeschooling mom of four living in Arizona, and it may be 80 degrees, but I'm going to go ahead and light the fire.
0:46.0	This is episode number 20 of season 6, and we're so glad you're here.
0:50.0	Oh, Katie, do you know that it's in the high 70s today here in Austin and I totally thought, how low could I push my air conditioning so that it would make sense to have my fire on?
1:01.0	Yes. It's a problem. It's a problem.
1:03.0	It's a problem.
1:04.0	If I open all the windows at night
1:05.9	when it gets down to 40 and 50 degrees,
1:08.3	maybe I can make it really cold in my house by morning.
1:10.8	Yes, it is a southern state problem, Katie, but we proceed.
1:15.3	We do.
1:16.3	We make do.
1:17.3	Needs must. We're going to just keep on pushing through.
1:19.3	Because this episode 20 and I'm driving and hypothetically I'm in control here I'm going to let everybody know right here at the top that our deep dive today is about monthly reading themes
1:28.2	Especially as you're looking toward your 2024 reading year. We wanted to talk about what some of those are and if they're actually helpful or not.
1:34.4	And we have a quick announcement, a little mischief to manage, that this Monday, if you're listening in real time,
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