Season 8, Episode 39: The Howl Train + Reading Therapy w/Mary
5/4/20261 hr 4 min
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Mary are discussing:
- Bookish Moments: Indie Bookstore Day and adaptations exceeding expectations.
- Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
- Deep Dive: more reading therapy with Mary
- Before We Go: our new segment featuring something Meredith is curious about and some TBR triage for Mary.
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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:10 - Bite Size Intro
2:02 - Currently Reading Patreon
2:10 - Watch Anitra's video HERE
2:47 - Roar by Cecelia Ahern
3:41 - Bookish Moments of the Week
4:05 - Boswell Book Company
6:15 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
6:37 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
9:19 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower
9:44 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
10:07 - Current Reads
10:13 - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Mary)
13:37 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
13:51 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
15:25 - Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Meredith)
21:26 - Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero (Mary)
21:35 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
24:25 - This Cursed House by Del Sandeen (Meredith)
26:25 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
27:06 - Feral and Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann
28:17 - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
29:22 - Instructions for Traveling West by Joy Sullivan (Mary)
31:44 - Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
32:45 - The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen (Meredith)
35:00 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
36:59 - Two Friends Books
38:28 - Deep Dive: Reading Therapy with Mary
40:42 - Slewfoot by Brom
43:11 - @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram
43:18 - The Poetry Remedy by William Siegert
45:27 - The Popcast
45:54 - How We Live is How We Die by Pema Chodron
49:10 - Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert
52:54 - Heartwood by Amity Gage
52:55 - The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella
52:57 - Wreck by Catherine Newman
52:58 - Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
53:00 - Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein
53:25 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman
53:36 - Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen
54:02 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
54:04 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
54:59 - It's Ok That You're Not Ok by Megan Devine
55:49 - Currently Reading Substack
56:27 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
57:29 - Before We Go
Meredith brings something she's curious about
57:46 - @Meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram
58:41 - The Perfect Loaf by Maurizio Leo
59:47 - Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Mary tries a little TBR triage
1:00:23 - The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsMeredith Monday Schwartz· Host0:00
[upbeat jazz music] 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.
Mary Heim· Guest0:24
We are light on the chitchat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always be spoiler-free. Today, we'll discuss our current reads, a readerly deep dive, and a little something bookish before we go.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host0:35
I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz. I'm both a mom and a Mimi, and a full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and I'm wondering why is revenge so sexy?
Mary Heim· Guest0:45
[laughs] And I'm Mary Heim, a therapist and mom living in Wisconsin, and I did not pace my library holds well this week, and I currently have an absolutely golden stack of books that are all due back this week and no way to get to them before that happens. This is episode 39 of Season 8, and we are so glad you're here.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host1:05
Oh, Mary, that's one of those delicious, like, readerly conundrums.
Mary Heim· Guest1:09
Yes, the best and worst kind of readerly problem ever.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host1:13
Exactly. Exactly. All right, well, first let me tell you a couple of things. Our deep dive today, as you could probably guess because we have Mary here with us, we are going to do another round of reading therapy, which I'm really, really looking forward to, Mary. We have a couple of our