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Season 6, Episode 2: Circling Back on Direct Presses

08.14.2023 - By Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee CobbPlay

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On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: comfort social accounts and mother daughter bonding Current Reads: four regular reads and our two bossy presses Deep Dive: how we felt about pressing books to each other and our experiences reading them The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading 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!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop 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. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:20 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:40 - @megs.tea.room on Instagram 1:40 - @megstearoom on Tiktok 2:01 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 3:56 - Book of the Month 6:21 - Current Reads 6:28 - Clean Air by Sarah Blake (Meredith) 8:40 - @fictionmatters on Instagram 10:30 - The Need by Helen Phillips 10:33 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam  10:56 - The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger 10:57 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 10:58 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie 11:22 - Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler (Kaytee) 13:35 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 13:39 - Everything Happens podcast 15:36 - Dark August by Katie Tallo (Meredith) 17:55 - The Book Drop Subscription 19:49 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 20:29 - Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa (Kaytee) 20:37 - CR Season 5: Episode 45 25:07 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Meredith) 29:55 - Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 34:22 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (Kaytee) 42:38 - Deep Dive: Being The Presser and the Pressee 44:33 - BookRiot 45:45 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 47:19 - Matrix by Lauren Groff  51:32 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 52:20 - Meet Us At The Fountain 53:58 - I wish those of us with littles would let them choose our reads sometimes. (Meredith) 54:07 - I wish we would practice letting go of the reins. (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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