Episode 102: “If I go into someone’s house and they don’t have a bookcase, I have to leave.”
Have you looked at your Libby, Kindle, or Scribd algorithm and wondered what the heck you read that made them recommend something unusual? That’s what happened when C agreed to take on “The Stand” (a 47-hour audiobook) in just 21 days.
We’re happy to report she completed it in time, but that’s what prompted this week’s “Currently Obsessed” episode on reading recommendations, book-borrowing, and more. Happy listening and stay obsessed!
Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.
Links To Give You Life:
Leave Season 1 of “Raised by Wolves” with more questions than answers, an HBO Scifi drama centering on two androids who have been charged to start a human colony on a new planet
Read six books in one with the 47-hour audio edition of “The Stand” by Stephen King
Get on a presidential level with “Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020”
Join Reese’s Book Club, which now includes Young Adult and Adult or Literary Fiction picks, plus download the app for even deeper discussion
Check out “The Nod,” for even more diverse book rec’s and important conversations
Based on #AskReddit questions, D asks, “If you accidentally received 100 units of your last online purchase and you couldn’t return them, what would you do?” while C asks, “What things are accepted by society when a man does it but wrong or weird when a woman does it?”
Be sure to send in your favorite books, reviewers, and BookTubers straight to the “Currently Obsessed” hosts at currentlyobsessedclub@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Episode Guide: (00:00) Trying new Bones Coffee flavors (02:50) D obsesses over “Raised by Wolves” (12:05) “Is now the time to be listening to a book about a superflu killing everyone?” C obsesses over “The Stand” by Stephen King (25:00) “What have I been reading on Libby that this was a recommendation?” and “Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020” (29:00) Reese’s Book Club and diverse book lists (35:00) “The Nod” romance recommendations and connecting with diverse stories (39:55) “I don’t want to alarm you, but there are those people out there that don’t read books.” (45:25) Book borrowing and lending etiquette (54:35) #AskReddit with too much makeup and duck face selfies
