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Season 7, Episode 18: Spreadsheet Season + Bookishness We Are Thankful For

Currently Reading

Meredith Schwartz

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

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

  • Bookish Moments: relying on books when sick and bookish themed parties

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

  • Deep Dive: bookishness that we are thankful for

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

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1:29 - Ad For Ourselves

1:53 - Currently Reading Patreon

8:19 - Fabled Bookshop

9:13 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

11:33 - Currently Reading Patreon

12:42 - Our Current Reads

13:03 - The Ruins by Scott Smith (Meredith)

14:15 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

17:55 - The Turtle House by Amanda Churchill (Kaytee)

18:01 - Commonplace Books

19:40 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

21:09 - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (Meredith)

26:56 - Bonk by Mary Roach (Kaytee)

29:43 - Gulp by Mary Roach

31:01 - The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (Meredith)

36:12 - Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (Kaytee)

36:27 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

36:35 - Fairyloot

38:51 - All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

39:51 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

39:52 - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley

40:26 - Bookishness We Are Thankful For

41:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

41:56 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
42:17 - Are You There? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
43:52 - Matilda by Roald Dahl

44:00 - The Witches by Roald Dahl

44:01 - The Twits by Roald Dahl

44:02 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

45:27 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

45:35 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

47:05 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

48:16 - Lobizona by Romina Garber Russell

51:56 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

52:18 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

52:56 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

53:30 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

54:26 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

56:04 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

56:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain

56:13 - I wish you would consider the new airpod 4s as a gift to yourself this year. (Meredith)

56:16 - AirPods 4

1:01:36 - I wish to press Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva. (Kaytee)

1:01:37 - Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva 

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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

0:21.6

having strong opinions. So get ready. We are light on the chit-chat, heavy on the book talk,

0:27.5

and our descriptions will always be spoiler-free. Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep

0:32.5

dive, and then we'll visit The Fountain. I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas.

0:42.1

How many?

0:43.3

Four.

0:44.5

And sometimes books are your friends when nobody else can be.

0:48.8

Oh, that's kind of sad.

0:50.6

I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four, living in Arizona.

0:53.9

And sometimes playing with my books gets me in the bookish mood.

0:58.3

This is episode number 18 of season seven, and we are so glad you're here.

1:02.9

Well, my thing has to do with middle of the night, needing a middle of the night friend.

1:07.3

Maybe yours does too.

1:09.1

It sounds like we're alluding to the same thing,

1:11.3

doesn't it? Okay. Well, let's let everybody know at the top that we are going to spend some

1:17.4

time in our deep dive today being thankful. We all just finished Thanksgiving here in the U.S.

1:22.9

as this episode drops. And so we're going to extend that season of gratefulness a little bit and make it

1:27.9

bookish. But first, we have some mischief to manage Meredith. And it is one of my favorite

1:33.6

times of the year. I'm so excited to let everybody know on our one ad for ourselves per month

1:39.0

that it is spreadsheet season. Yes. Oh my gosh, people get excited. People get excited for this season. And it is,

1:47.0

and I get excited every single year when we get a new one. Truly, it is a delight. And I love seeing

1:52.7

how many people join for the spreadsheet every year. And then I especially love when years later,

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