Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In
5/18/202658 min
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
- Bookish Moments: even more adaptations and reading hangovers
- Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
- Deep Dive: Kaytee and Meredith do a mid year reading check-in
- Before We Go: our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and Kaytee brings something she is currently curious about
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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1:45 - Bookish Moments of the Week
1:54: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
4:14 - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
5:34 - Books & Books
6:42 - Current Reads
6:49 - Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee)
9:10 - Book Talk, Etc
9:14 - Thoughts From A Page
10:28 - The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (Meredith)
10:46 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
12:45 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
15:21 - Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz (Kaytee)
15:34 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
19:10 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn (Meredith)
21:00 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live
23:56 - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Kaytee)
27:25 - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
29:08 - Dissolution by Nicholas Binge (Meredith)
30:23 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge
30:54 - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
31:04 - Recursion by Blake Crouch
34:42 - Deep Dive: Mid-Year Reading Check-In
37:07 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower
40:57 - The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty
41:55 - The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
42:16 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare
43:57 - The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
44:01 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
44:53 - Book Talk, Etc
47:03 - Vigil by George Saunders
47:18 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
50:31 - Before We Go
Meredith highlights a bookish friend post
Kaytee brings something she's curious about
54:31 - The Land and Its People by David Sedaris
55:57 - Caleb Bouchard on Instagram
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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.
Katie Cobb· Host0:24
We are light on the chit-chat, heavy on the book talk, and our conversations will always be spoiler-free. Today we'll discuss our current reads, a reader-ly 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 full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and my latest book hangover has wrecked me in the best possible way.
Katie Cobb· Host0:45
Mm, it's a blessing and a curse, Meredith. I am Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in Arizona, and at this rate, I'm really starting to believe in remarkable screen ap- adaptations. This is episode number 41 of Season 8, and we are so glad you're here.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host1:01
Oh, Katie, there are a lot that seem to be getting it right, and what a good thing.
Katie Cobb· Host1:07
Yes. Right? 'Cause we had that expectation for so long that it could never live up to the story we had written in our head and the things that we were seeing in our head, and [inhales] I don't know. I don't know. It's getting good out there.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host1:21
I know it's getting better. [laughs] It's getting better. All right, well we're gonna talk more about that, but first, let me let you know that our deep dive today is going to be a slightly