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Season 6, Episode 6: Settling In + Houses As Characters

Currently Reading

Meredith Schwartz

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

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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

  • Bookish Moments: bookshelves and morbid picture books

  • Current Reads: men that may or may not be animals…

  • Deep Dive: books where the house is a character

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

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!

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:10 - Bite Size Intro

1:01 - The Popcast

2:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:36 - Holly @birdbrainbooks on Instagram

3:04 - Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey (Amazon Link)

7:12 - Current Reads

7:39 - Down the Hill by Susan Hendricks (Meredith)

10:02 - The Fact of A Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

13:36 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck (Kaytee)

14:56 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

15:22 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

18:12 - The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (Meredith)

20:29 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

22:13 - The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

22:23 - From the Front Porch Podcast

22:24 - What Should I Read Next Podcast

23:00 - Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (Kaytee)

23:14 - The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

23:26 - Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

26:21 - Kill Creek by Scott Thomas (Meredith)

27:42 - Currently Reading Patreon

29:08 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

29:46 - An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adrianna Herrera (Kaytee)

29:58 - A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adrianna Herrera

30:05 - Cafe Con Libros

32:58 - Deep Dive: Books With Houses As Characters

34:07 - The Swifts by Beth Lincoln

35:07 - How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

35:16 - A Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

35:39 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

35:45 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

37:22 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

37:34 - The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen-Loigman

38:04 - The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

38:42 - The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

39:27 - Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

40:15 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

40:52 - Keep It in the Family by John Marrs

41:36 - Downton Shabby by Hopwood Depree

42:00 - Kill Creek by Scott Thomas

42:02 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

42:13 - The Only One Left by Riley Sager

42:38 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

43:20 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

45:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain

46:01 - Fabled Bookshop

46:06 - An Unlikely Story

50:22 - I wish you would plan your spooky fall reading and I wished for a longer segment with Book Boyfriend Bill (which came true!) (Meredith)

47:06 - I wish to express my gratitude to my village in my season of moving and settling into a new home. (Kaytee)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast.

0:14.0

We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've

0:17.7

read recently and as you know we won't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready.

0:23.8

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

0:27.3

be spoiler free.

0:29.0

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

0:33.2

I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a Mama 4 and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas and sometimes

0:39.2

my tastes scare even me.

0:42.8

And I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling Mama 4 living in Arizona and I am so excited to

0:47.9

hug Meredith tomorrow.

0:49.8

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

0:53.8

Oh yeah, we are getting excited for this weekend.

0:56.6

This weekend's like a holiday.

0:58.2

It really is, like it's a literal holiday, but it's also a podcast live weekend and we

1:03.3

get to meet up with each other, do some book shopping, hang out with some of our favorite

1:07.8

people.

1:08.8

I'm just thrilled beyond belief that I get to see you tomorrow.

1:12.0

It is going to be so much fun and I finally get to meet some other people in person that

1:17.0

I haven't met before so yeah it's going to be really really fun.

1:20.6

So great.

1:21.6

Alright, so let's let you drive because it is an even episode Katie.

1:27.2

Go for it.

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