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By Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb
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The podcast currently has 401 episodes available.
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book talks in the wild and new Louise Penny books
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: our reading rituals
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
2:26 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
3:37 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
5:10 - Our Current Reads
5:15 - Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood (Kaytee)
8:29 - Peg and Rose Solve a Murder by Laurien Berenson (Meredith)
12:50 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
14:25 - Bear by Julia Phillips (Kaytee)
14:31 - Booktenders
18:24 - Winter Hours by Mary Oliver (Meredith)
19:02 - A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
21:13 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
22:17 - Upstream by Mary Oliver
22:39 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (Kaytee)
27:14 - CR Season 6: Episode 48
25:08 - The Book Wanderers by Anna James
27:12 - Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby (Meredith)
31:36 - Our Reading Rituals
38:47 - Book Darts
45:11 - Dual Side cooling blanket
49:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:43 - I wish for you to reflect on your “grades” of your reading rituals. (Kaytee)
54:06 - I wish for you to listen to the Poirot Pals podcast if you are like me and getting through all the Hercule Poirot books by Agatha Christie. (Meredith)
54:21 - Poirot Pals Podcast
Support Us:
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November’s IPL comes to us from Charter Books in Newport, Rhode Island!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: following us on Instagram and new bookish lego sets
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: we are bossing more TBRs!
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:24 - Ad For Ourselves
1:37 - Currently Reading Patreon
5:02 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
5:44 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
9:40 - Books Are My Passion Lego
12:23 - Our Current Reads
12:39 - The Hollow by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
16:41 - Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
16:43 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
17:26 - A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (Kaytee)
18:52 - Can’t Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
20:15 - @megs.tea.room on Instagram
20:21 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
21:09 - Daily Rituals by Mason Currey (Meredith)
26:27 - On Writing by Stephen King
27:07 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee)
27:14 - CR Season 7: Episode 7
31:40 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare (Meredith)
36:53 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Kaytee)
40:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
41:40 - Boss My TBR
From Morgan N.
42:35 - The Art Thief by Michael Finkle
42:37 - Hyde by Craig Russell
42:39 - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
42:41 - The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
42:43 - Slewfoot by Brom
42:50 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
42:52 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett
From Katie P.
46:42- Making It So by Patrick Stewart
46:50 - The Dry by Jane Harper
46:52 - Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (amazon link)
47:02 - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
47:06 - The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
47:24 - This Motherless Land by Nikki May
47:27 - Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London
50:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:30 - I wish books would have shorter chapters. (Meredith)
51:03 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
51:11 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
53:13 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram (Meredith’s wish #2 is to follow us!!)
53:24 - I wish to press Taste by Stanley Tucci into everybody’s hands. (Kaytee)
53:24 - Taste by Stanley Tucci
Support Us:
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November’s IPL comes to us from Charter Books in Newport, Rhode Island!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and KMary are discussing:
Bookish Moments: finding new ways to listen to audiobooks and getting new kindles
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: how our spooky season reading is going so far
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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2:04 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:37 - Spotify
2:57 - libro.fm
3:04 - Everand
8:01 - Fabled Bookshop
8:39 - New Kindle Colorsoft
9:15 - Viozon Tablet Stand Pillow
11:58 - Kindle Paperwhite
12:49 - Our Current Reads
13:19 - Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Mary)
13:28 - Hearts and Daggers Podcast
18:52 - Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara (Meredith)
18:57 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara
21:06 - Fabled Bookshop
22:31 - Blackwell’s UK
23:50 - A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush (Mary)
24:00 - @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram
26:46 - The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (Meredith)
32:46 - The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury (Mary)
34:25 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
36:08 - After Oz by Gordon McAlpine (Meredith)
41:20 - How to be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
42:07 - Book Talk, etc.
42:20 - How Spooky Reading Is Going
44:58 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
45:29 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
48:41 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein
51:16 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:30 - I wish AI would fill in my reading tracker for me. (Mary)
51:32 - Currently Reading Patreon
55:39 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
55:41 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
56:09 - I wish more authors would write series knowing we will read them all. (Meredith)
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: forgetting how to read and introducing new furry pals
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: if we retain what we read and if it matters
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
8:56 - Our Current Reads
9:00 - Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (Kaytee)
9:16 - Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach
13:16 - Stiff by Mary Roach
14:34 - Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson (Meredith)
16:38 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
20:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
21:09 - Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson (Kaytee)
26:24 - The Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Meredith)
31:47 - The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy
32:09 - Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Kaytee)
35:08 - Content Bookstore
36:31 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Meredith)
36:35 - 10 Things To Tell You ep. 239 w/Meredith
37:52 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
38:10 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Patreon (her spoiler filled episode about Iain Reids book is on Patreon)
38:29 - Fabled Bookshop
43:18 - Foe by Iain Reid
43:32 - Retaining What We Read
44:51 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
47:21 - A Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
49:30 - The Change by Kirsten Miller
51:59 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
52:50 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
53:04 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
53:39 - NYT article “At Capacity”
55:02 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
55:49 - Meet Us At The Fountain
55:58 - I wish to let you know about the storyteller word a day calendar (Kaytee)
56:03 - Mrs. Wordsmith Storytellers Word a Day
58:02 - I wish the newest Louise Penny book will be good (Meredith)
58:07 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: meeting bookish friends IRL and getting fun bookish mail
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: fall books that aren’t spooky, scary or academia
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:57 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:25 - Queen Books
7:21 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston
7:26 - Blackwell’s UK
7:46 - The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln
7:50 - The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
8:04 - Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
8:21 - Heir by Sabaa Tahir
8:26 - Libro.fm
8:33 - Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
9:06 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
10:00 - Our Current Reads
10:12 - Fellowship Point by Alice Eliott Dark (Roxanna)
15:07 - Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney
16:11 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Kaytee)
21:14 - The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman (Roxanna)
22:49 - Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple
24:42 - The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean (Kaytee)
24:50 - Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
27:47 - Cold Blood Liar by Karen Rose
29:25 - Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis (Roxanna)
31:02 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
31:03 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
34:14 - A Short Walk Through A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke (Kaytee)
34:20 - Commonplace Books
36:09 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
36:49 - Currently Reading Patreon
38:55 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
40:17 - Fall Books That Are Not Spooky
41:24 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
42:58 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
43:28 - September by Rosamunde Pilcher
44:10 - Still Life by Louise Penny
44:54 - First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen (Amazon link)
45:08 - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
45:38 - Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
46:06 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
46:08 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
46:12 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
46:30 - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
47:22 - The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
48:03 - The Song Collector by Natasha Solomons (Amazon link)
48:31 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
49:07 - Search by Michelle Huneven
49:45 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
50:19 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
50:33 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
50:40 - Go as a River by Shelley Read
50:56 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
51:02 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
51:57 - Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
52:05 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
52:31 - The Guide by Peter Heller
52:41 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
53:20 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
53:36 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein
54:14 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
55:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:15 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
57:22 - I wish you would consider re-reading books that bring you joy. (Roxanna)
58:03 - I wish to always have an “in case of emergency” book. (Kaytee)
58:17 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
58:57 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
58:58 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
59:00 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: being the bookish person at work and discussing books in grocery stores
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: authors we would take a day off to mourn over
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:24 - Ad For Ourselves
1:28 - Currently Reading Patreon
1:59 - The Novel Neighbor
4:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:38 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
4:44 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
6:50 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
8:14 - Our Current Reads
8:29 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith)
8:33 - CR Season 6: Episode 48
10:19 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
14:19 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (Kaytee)
14:25 - A Room of One’s Own bookshop
17:12 - Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin
17:16 - An Unlikely Story
17:41 - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley (Meredith)
17:52 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
24:57 - Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura (Kaytee)
28:15 - Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent (Meredith)
29:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
33:08 - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Kaytee)
36:58 - Authors We Would Mourn Over
46:03 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
50:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain
50:09 - I wish I could sometimes read like my husband does. (Meredith)
51:33 - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
53:36 - I wish to press This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee)
53:37 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
53:57 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: bookish crafting and annotation gift sets
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: diving into research about why reading makes us better humans
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:24 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:11 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
5:47 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
5:51 - I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
5:55 - Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
6:28 - Annotation gift set by Mr. Pen and Selah
8:43 - Annotation Set option 2
9:38 - Our Current Reads
9:48 - Between Flowers and Bones by Carolyn Leiloglou (Kaytee)
9:53 - CR Season 6: Episode 4
10:41 - Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou
14:09 - Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (Meredith)
15:06 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
15:10 - Daphne by Josh Malerman
15:34 - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
20:59 - Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
21:01 - Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
21:05 - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
21:54 - Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (Kaytee)
26:45 - The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni (Meredith)
28:05 - The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
29:54 - The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni
29:56 - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
32:47 - Search by Michelle Huneven
34:13 - Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein (Kaytee)
37:38 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Meredith)
40:16 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
41:15 - Blackwell’s UK
43:09 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
46:02 - CR Season 1: Episode 37
47:33 - How Reading Changes Us For The Better
Some Stats:
49:26 - The average reading American reads 12 books per year.
49:50 - The average American spends just $35 on books per year.
50:17 - Reading can reduce our stress levels by 68% in just six minutes.
51:04 - Reading can reduce memory decline by 30% because it activates neural pathways and can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
52:18 - Transportative fiction helps produce the most empathy in readers, but that empathy boost only lasts around 48 hours, so keep reading!
53:10 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
54:31 - Audiobooks are reading! Studies have shown that audiobooks activate the same neural pathways and cognitive benefits as print reading.
54:50 - Research shows we are less impatient with audiobooks than print.
56:02 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
57:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:19 - I wish people would celebrate their reading in new ways. (Kaytee)
57:36 - Canon Ivy 2 Mini Photo Printer
57:44 - Storygraph
58:01 - Favorite Books of the Year print - Etsy Shop
58:31 - I wish you would give annotating books a try. (Meredith)
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
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Stardust by Neil Gaiman
1:29 - Previews
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Illustrated Version illustrated by Charles Vess
HP Illustrated Editions by JK Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
Alex Awards
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
Stardust on Prime
GLAAD Media Awards
7:26 - The Cutting Room
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen
Turning the goats and chariot into the inn
The killings of the brothers
The ending that isn’t
The climax that IS
Changes from Book to Movie
Story timeline
The Power of Stormhold stone
Witch hair
Yvain’s leg
TrisTRAN
Yvain’s hatred of Tristran
Tristran’s “heritage” reveal
Yvain’s attempt to cross the wall
Left out of the adaptation
Charmed, the small hairy man
Unicorn fight with the lion
Nursery rhymes
Another Missing Sister
Una’s freedom
Added to the movie
Gay pirates!
Alberic → Shakespeare
Tristran’s haircut
Climax scene in the Witches’ home
Casting and alternates
TrisTRAN: Charlie Cox → Ben Barnes, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf, Toby Maguire, Hayden Christianson
Yvain: Claire Daines → Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hayden Panetierre, Reese Witherspoon, Brittany Snow
Lamia: Michelle Pfieffer → Tilda Swinton, Nicole Kidman, Emma Thompson
Captain Shakespeare: Robert Deniro → Burt Reynolds, Al Pacino
Narrator: Ian McKlellan → Patrick Stewart
Problematic elements
Neil Gaiman’s sexual assault charges
The Graveyard Book movie on hold
Good Omens series on hold
Lack of racial diversity as well
Women as property
Women’s inability to lead
35:50 - Award Season
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
Gay pirates
A feeling of “rushing”
The romance
The pirates - HA
Worst and best actors.
Primus
Victoria
Michelle Pfeiffer
Charlie Cox
Worst and best book characters.
Tristan
The Unicorn
Yvain
48:00 - Book/Flick Energy
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Book on Goodreads
Series scored on a 10 point scale.
Movie on Rotten Tomatoes
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51:31 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel
Where would you travel with a Babylon Candle?
How would you want to die if your ghost was captured at the moment of death?
54:53 - End Credits
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
I Remember You is rentable through many outlets
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: answering the question “What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?”
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:52 - Tubicen Portable Table Lamp
9:42 - Our Current Reads
10:01 - The Clackity by Lora Senf (Meredith)
13:48 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
14:29 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (Kaytee)
17:52 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
19:01 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (Meredith, Amazon link)
22:57 - Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV (Kaytee)
26:29 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
26:35 - El Deafo by Cece Bell
27:03 - The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods (Meredith)
29:01 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
32:11 - All This and More by Peng Shepherd (Kaytee)
32:35 - Bright Side Bookshop
32:44 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
35:36 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
35:38 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
36:37 - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
39:06 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
40:04 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
40:33 - Deep Dive: Advice For Our Past Readerly Selves
42:46 - CR Season 7: Episode 1
42:48 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nacosta
54:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain
54:55 - I wish there was a searchable database for every piece of content related to books we talk about on CR, books I’ve read, etc. (Meredith)
57:04 - Currently Reading Patreon
58:53 - I wish all authors would just do the right thing. (Kaytee)
59:11 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: How books will always be there for us and how ratings easily influence reading
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: answering the question “How do you handle reading a book you’re not going to enjoy or HAVE to read”. from listener Adrienne.
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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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. 1:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
6:50 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield
6:52 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
6:54 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
6:56 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
11:34 - Our Current Reads
11:41 - Democracy in Retrograde by Sami Sage and Emily Amick (Kaytee)
12:21 - Betches Media
12:23 - @emilyinyourphone on Instagram
16:13 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
16:16 - Thriftbooks
17:27 - People Like Them by Samira Sedira (Meredith)
18:52 - Foyles
21:48 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
22:54 - Butter by Asako Yuzuki (Kaytee)
23:03 - The Boulder Bookstore
26:16 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
27:32 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Meredith)
34:26 - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner (Kaytee)
37:54 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Meredith)
40:34 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
42:18 - The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
44:55 - Deep Dive: Reading Books We “Have” To Read
52:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain
52:23 - I wish to press What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. (Kaytee)
52:29 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
55:09 - I wish to remind you to make a plan for your fall reading NOW before time gets away from you - - AND get your mammogram if you need to! (Meredith)
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!
Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller
From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
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