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Season 6, Episode 38: Talking to Authors + Boss My TBR

Currently Reading

Meredith Schwartz

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

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

  • Bookish Moments: our children reading to the elderly and finally talking to authors

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

  • Deep Dive: Boss My TBR for two bookish friends

  • 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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1:42 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:47 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

5:30 - What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher

6:09 - An Unlikely Story

8:34 - Currently Reading Patreon

9:01 - Our Current Reads

9:06 - Right at Home by Bobby Berk (Kaytee)

12:10 - Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

16:54 - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (Kaytee)

20:13 - That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming

21:03 - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Meredith)

26:01 - Game Changer by Neal Shusterman (Kaytee)

26:05 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

28:45 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

28:49 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle

32:12 - Reef Road by Deborah Goodrich Royce (Meredith)

34:15 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

37:12 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR

From Becca K.

39:18 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (Arc of a Scythe #2)

39:24 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #2)

39:30 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #2)

39:36 - Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #2)

39:43 - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (The Royal We #2)

39:57 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

39:58 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

39:59 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

40:00 - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

40:37 - The Winners by Fredrick Backman

From Rachel M.

43:45 - Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher

43:49 - Look Closer by David Ellis

43:52 - The7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

43:57 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

44:01 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

48:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:30 - I wish to press The Guncle into your hands. (Kaytee)

48:45 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

48:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

51:12 - I wish when I am reading a book with a good “house” sense of place, I could go to that place and see, smell, touch, and hear all about it. (Meredith)

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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. We are light on the

0:24.8

chit chat heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always be spoiler free.

0:28.4

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

0:33.3

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

0:36.7

living in Austin, Texas.

0:38.0

And I guess I talk to authors now.

0:40.8

Yay!

0:41.8

I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mama for living in Arizona and I love how reading aloud is a gift that keeps on giving.

0:48.0

This is episode number 38 of season 6 and we're so glad you're here.

0:52.0

Meredith, I'm so excited. Yes yes Katie I talk to

0:57.0

authors now it is a huge step forward in my in my growth as a person and as a

1:01.7

reader. Every picture you posted I I was like, I'm so proud,

1:04.7

my heart is exploding.

1:07.5

All right, well we're gonna talk a little bit about that

1:09.8

in our bookish moments of the week, for sure.

1:11.8

But first, let me tell you that our deep dive

1:14.4

dive today we are going to be bossing some t-b-b-b-bours. I know people love it when we do this

1:19.8

it's a super-fun deep dive for us too.

1:22.8

It is so fun to get bossy and to hear back from people when they've been bossed.

1:28.5

They get very excited.

1:29.5

Exactly, and the two that we're doing today kind of fall into a little bit different categories, a

1:35.1

little bit of a couple of niches we haven't done before, so I'm looking forward to it.

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