Podcast appearances and mentions of anna hithersay

On this week's Very Special episode of Currently Reading, all four of us are wrapping up Season 3 with our Ask Us Anything episode! We received over 12 PAGES of questions for this episode and this is the first time that we've had all four of us on mic before, so all of this is new! 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!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 3:08 - Still LIfe by Louise Penny 4:09 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 6:05 - Sophie's Choice by William Styron 23:26 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 34:19 - Bookend Homeschoolers Podcast 34:31 - Minisode feat. January LaVoy 34:32 - White allyship minisode w/Anna Hithersay 34:54 - Sorta Awesome podcast 39:59 - Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker 41:41 - Currently Reading Patreon  42:35 - Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland  43:33 - What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine 44:18 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 47:09 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen 48:12 - People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry 48:24 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 48:27 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are here with a special episode for you! We are reflecting back on our second year of podcasting and our biggest wins and our biggest regrets. We get a bit vulnerable, a bit silly, and a bit reflective. You’ll get some behind-the-scenes glimpses as well as some “looking to the future” previews. We are so grateful for the cadre of listeners that we have connected with over these two years, and we could never have imagined how much this podcast could have brought to our 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!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Best of Season 2: 4:10 - Season 2, Episode 31: Spicy Takes: Books We Wanted to Throw Against the Wall 6:04 - Episode 27 of Season 1: Bookish Pet Peeves 6:57 - Season 2, Episode 22: Goodreads Choice Award Side-Eye 7:11 - Season 2, Episode 23: Our Best Books of 2019 8:23 - Golden Earbud Awards EPISODE and Instagram post 8:43 - Meredith visits Kaytee Instagram Post 9:48 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 10:04 - Ideal Bookshelf Puzzle 10:15 - A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota by Sun Yung Shin 10:40 - Apple Watch 10:55 - Bookshop.org 12:28 - Episode 36 of Season 2 12:33 - Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West 13:42 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 13:32 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 16:49 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 18:29 - Season 2, Episode 36 conversation about wild animal pets 20:29 - COVID(eo)s on Patreon - free for all! 22:02 - COVID(eo) with 5 of our kiddos! 28:29 - Patreon - the beginning of Bookish Friend(ship)s 39:31 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle 40:52 - Slay by Brittney Morris 40:54 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi 42:22 - Season 2, Episode 29 - Golden Earbud Awards 42:55 - Season 2, Episode 35 - Girl, Get You A Bookstagram 44:16 - Season 2, Episode 25 - Cozy Mystery Deep Dive 45:31 - Minisode with January LaVoy 45:53 - Minisode with Anna Hithersay 47:41 - Patreon 49:14 - REMINDER: Last episode of Season 2, but be sure to join us on Instagram next week for a giveaway! Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

In March 2018, Meg got to visit with race educator Krystle Cobran about how to have conversations with your friends about race. Her words and wisdom are more timely than ever, and we wanted to revisit it with you this week. Krystle's expertise is in creating conversations invite connection and understanding, and you can discover more of her work for individuals or for corporate settings at krystlecobran.comOther recommended listening:Getting Started as a White Ally with Anna Hithersay at Currently Reading68 Hometown: A conversation about race with LaToyia Brown, Monica Pickens, and Danielle Williams at 10 Things To Tell YouBias series at Smartest Person in the Room

Today, Kaytee is chatting with online friend Anna Hithersay. Kaytee and Anna both got started on the road to racial justice multiple years ago, but we do not claim to be experts. We do have a few years of reading and listening under our belts and want to point you toward the resources we have found and the places we have learned. This episode is meant to point OUTWARD, to give our white listeners the starting places, the books, podcasts, and accounts, and the conversations to get started. Tune in to hear about: How we each got started on the road to racial justice Anna’s “Do Better” book club and embracing the awkward Questions and Answers from our Currently Reading Bookish Friends A list of books and resources to get you started on your own journey And, of course, a book she wants to press into your hands. Connect with Anna on Instagram: @ahithersay and @comehither_andstay Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but this episode includes a huge list of resources. Here’s a comprehensive list of the books we mentioned (and the ones we skipped for time), the lists of Black bookstores and Black bookstagrammers you might want to start following, the podcasts and articles we talked about, and anything else I can link to that we mentioned. These show notes are meant to be a starting place, to hold information that you can come back to in order to continue this journey and find additional resources from our Black brothers and sisters who are lifting their voices. The work will not end anytime soon. Prepare for a long haul. Primer Books I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison (Christian) Memoir You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper Born A Crime by Trevor Noah Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Becoming by Michelle Obama The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Men We Reaped by Jesamyn Ward Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay Fiction Starter Pack Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (YA) Roots by Alex Haley Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid The Underground Railroad or The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Romance Authors of Color: Kennedy Ryan, Jasmine Guillory, Alisha Rai, Rebecca Weatherspoon, Talia Hibbert, Naleni Singh, Jackie Lao, Sonali Dev, Mariana Sabada An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson (YA) Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Kindred by Octavia Butler Deeper Topics The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (mass incarceration) When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele (Black Lives Matter) Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Death Penalty and Mass Incarceration) The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (history) Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (history) How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (action steps) We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates (history and personal essay) Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum Shalom Sistas by Osheta Moore (Christian) Anti-Racist Kids Middle Grade The Crossover by Kwame Alexander This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell Ghost Boys (upper middle grade) by Jewell Parker Rhodes Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Ghost (Track Series) by Jason Reynolds Blended by Sharon M Draper Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams Young Adult Dear Martin by Nic Stone Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds On the Come Up by Angie Thomas A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (fantasy) I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Emily Segal Slay by Brittney Morris All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Picture Books Hair Love by Matthew A Cherry The Colors of Us by Karen Katz The Skin You Live In by Michael Taylor and David Lee Csicsko People by Peter Spier Kadir Nelson's picture books Ezra Jack Keats' picture books Podcasts Episodes on race from The Liturgists: Racism in America, Anti-Racism 1619 Podcast Code Switch from NPR Yo, Is This Racist? Pod Save the People Sounds of Justice podcast (Christian) Seeing White On Ramp: Two Christians Talk About Race Ibram X Kendi with Brene Brown on Unlocking Us Places that You Might Donate NAACP ACLU Black Lives Matter National Bailout Fund Other Resources Sign Petitions Black Bookstagrammers - I shared a roundup, saved in my Anti-Racism story highlight Mockingbird history lessons on Patreon A list of Black-owned bookstores Anti-Racism Resources for White People Scraping Raisins: 70+ Race Resources for White People and 80+ MORE A Conversation with Ibram X Kendi about talking to Kids about race Be the Bridge courses - Whiteness 101, Talking to Kids about Race and Racism, Whiteness Intensive The 2020 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books from Here Wee Read The Conscious Kid on Instagram Medium’s List of Anti-Racism Resources Common Sense Media - using media to raise anti-racist kids Vox’s List of Streaming Movies that are Anti-Racist

Kaytee is recording with a guest host this week as Meredith is traveling, and I think you’ll really enjoy hearing from her! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: an author event with a tiny sidekick, and a special bookish gift from a friend. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. This week’s choices have romance, non-fiction, and historical fiction novels! We’ll move on to a short Slow But Steady update from each of us, as well as a couple listener updates For our deep dive this week, we are taking a peek at Lori Lynn’s reading life, and the ways she uses reading to balance her mental health. It’s a really interesting conversation about how reading looks different for each of us. Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books Into Your Hands. We’ve both brought a non-fiction pick this week, and they are certain to spark conversations! 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! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . 2:10 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 3:01 - Episode 17 with Delia Owens interview! 3:28 - Glennon Doyle Meton (on tour for Love Warrior) 3:30 - Anthony Doerr (on tour for All the Light We Cannot See) 4:10 - A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 4:54 - Currently Reading Bookish Friends on Patreon 6:11 - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 8:30 - Anna Hithersay on Episode 22 10:10 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 10:36 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez 10:49 - The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez 11:04 - Viral social media post about ExLax from Abby Jimenez 12:11 - The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory 14:38 - The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon 17:56 - Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon 18:03 - Audiobook Sync program (not happening now, but you can sign up for the email list so you know when it comes around next summer) 18:34 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 19:48 - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas 20:54 - The Parasol Protectorate (series) by Gail Carriager 21:51 - Fair Play by Eve Rodsky 22:13 - Mary Heim on episode 24 and episode 36 28:09 - Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud 29:29 - Lunch Lady (series) by Jarrett Krosoczka 30:14 - Another Bookish Friend (Patron) Shout Out! 30:18 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 30:54 - Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery 30:59 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 31:06 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 31:59 - The Complete Short Stories of Flannery O’Connor 32:39 - Book People in Austin, TX 33:41 - Harry Potter (series) by JK Rowling 34:00 - Middlemarch by George Eliot 34:21 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 34:51 - Serial Reader App 35:54 - The Post Party Podcast 43:59 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski 44:55 - Jessie Bear books by Nancy White Carlstrom 45:13 - Little Bear books by Elsie Holmlund Minarik 45:36 - Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman 45:55 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 48:18 - Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey 50:19 - Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey 51:09 - Being Mortal by Atul Gwande 51:12 - The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe 52:32 - But That’s Another Story podcast with Will Schwalbe 52:51 - What Should I Read Next podcast 54:16 - Connect with Lori Lynn: @lorilynn_tucker or @lorilynntucker_doula 54:25 - The Post Party Podcast

Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds for some more great book chat this week! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: Meredith’s Little Free Library update and Kaytee’s piano lesson reading. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week: there’s a lot of interesting non-fiction in this week’s selections, as well as a number of titles that friends and family had pressed into our hands a few episodes ago! For our deep dive this week, we are focusing on book ratings. What does 1-star mean to you and what does 5-star mean to you? We also take an unexpected detour into the bookstagram world and the way that “bookstagrammers” follow-up on their book posts. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. We’ve got a title that has Amazon all confused and one that serves as a companion to a previous book press. 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!  .  .  .  .  .  1:09 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry 1:46 - Episode 19 with Meredith’s brother Scott 6:33 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 9:33 - Episode 29 with Anna Hithersay 9:35 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 13:11 - The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson 16:20 - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl 17:28 - Currently Reading Challenge for 2019! 17:57 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 20:14 - Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain 21:00 - Big Nate: In A Class By Himself by Lincoln Peirce 23:27 - A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindburgh 32:51 - The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton 34:28 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 34:31 - He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly 43:10 - North and South by John Jakes 43:15 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 47:46 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 48:18 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Kaytee is recording with a special guest co-host this week, Anna Hithersay of The Post Party podcast. Anna is a homeschool mom and was a librarian in a former life, so I think you’ll love our deep dive into choosing great books for your kids (and yourself) at the library. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of the us: a bookish tattoo and a raising readers moment. Next, we discuss our current reads. This week has some thriller, some fairy tale, some romance, some middle grade. Basically, we took quite a few left turns. Our deep dive this week is a conversation with Anna about choosing quality books from the library when the selection is so overwhelming. We also talk about “twaddle” and authors that are sure bets. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A sweeping story of the South and a tiny classic that’s sweet and lovely. 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!  .  .  .  .  .  2:03 - Harry Potter series by JK Rowling 3:25 - My new Bookish Tattoo! 4:43 - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne 4:50 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 8:37 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 8:44 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 11:15 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 12:10 - A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson 12:29 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 15:31 - The Winter Sister by Megan Collins 15:38 - Book Of the Month 18:56 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 20:55 - OnRamp Podcast 25:04 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry 25:12 - Morgan Tallman episode 22 28:26 - Alice by Christina Henry 28:29 - Red Queen by Christina Henry 28:56 - Peter Pan by JM Barrie 31:57 - Barbara Cooney books 35:38 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 37:30 - Eric Carle books 37:36 - Sandra Boynton books 38:22 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 38:51 - Richard Scarry books 39:48 - First Thousand Words in English by Heather Amery 39:49 - First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery 40:08 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 40:28 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 41:48 - In The Town All Year ‘Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner 43:21 - The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 43:24 - Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 43:32 - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 43:34 - Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey 44:37 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 45:49 - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry 47:01 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 48:00 - Parnassus Books 48:31 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Find Anna here: The Post Party podcast The Post Party on Instagram and Facebook *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

The stigma surrounding postpartum depression is lifting as moms open up about their experiences. A lesser-known postpartum mental health struggle about 10% of women face is postpartum anxiety. Anna Hithersay, the host of The Post Party Podcast, joins the Plus Mommy Podcast to share her postpartum anxiety stories. Learn more.