On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: readerly badges and DNFing books

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: we check in on our reading lives and press book into the other’s hands

• 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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2:19 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

8:02 - Our Current Reads

8:30 - A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera (Kaytee)

8:46 - A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

8:49 - CR Season 5: Episode 1

8:53 - Cafe Con Libros

8:55 - An Island Princess Starts A Scandal by Adriana Herrera

8:57 - CR Season 6: Episode 6

12:29 - With A Vengeance by Riley Sager

14:09 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

14:10 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

14:14 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

14:20 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager

14:52 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

14:54 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

15:11 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

18:29 - Uncommon Measure by Natalie Hodges (Kaytee)

22:29 - The Midsummer Bride by Kati Wilde (Meredith)

25:43 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

28:02 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

31:19 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

32:05 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

33:42 - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Meredith)

37:17 - This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (Meredith mistakenly titled this book. This is the correct one!)

39:21 - Reading Life Temp Check + Pressing Books Into Each Other’s Hands

40:19 - Uncommon Measure by Natalie Hodges

51:38 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

52:01 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

54:49 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

56:13 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

57:32 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

57:54 - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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• 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

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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading at the beach and sisterly bookish tattoos

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: all the ins and outs of morning reading

• 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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4:12 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

4:35 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore

5:23 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

6:31 - Literally A Bookshop

1:37 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

7:02 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

9:45 - Our Current Reads

10:03 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge (Meredith)

13:55 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

13:56 - Recursion by Blake Crouch

14:06 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier

15:20 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

15:38 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Kaytee)

17:44 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

17:48 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 

19:49 - Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGregor (Meredith)

20:59 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

26:11 - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (Kaytee)

26:14 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

26:17 - CR Season 7: Episode 40

31:40 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Meredith)

37:20 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston (Kaytee)

41:58 - All About Morning Reading

43:25 - The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

50:48 - Jobs to be Done by David Farber

50:59 - The Six Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

55:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:38 - If you are interested in adding to your bookish life, do it in the form of a book club. (Meredith)

59:34 - I co-sign Meredith’s wish this week! (Kaytee)

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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. June’s IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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 Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: local bookish get togethers and summer reading

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: why middle grade and YA are perfect reads for summer

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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1:54 - SEND IN YOUR LISTENER PRESSES!!

*Send us a voice memo with your name, where you’re from, the title and author of the book you are pressing, a little about it and why you love it! Send your press to our email address currentlyreadingpodcast @ gmail . com by June 20th

4:12 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

4:35 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore

5:23 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

6:31 - Literally A Bookshop

7:58 - Our Current Reads

8:03 - Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill (Mary)

10:36 - Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Imiyide (Kaytee)

11:41 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 

12:10 - Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Imiyide

14:17 - Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen (Mary)

16:16 - Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

16:36 - Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

17:06 - Deaf Utopia by Nyle DiMarco (Kaytee) 

22:34 - The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by HG Parry (Mary)

25:03 - The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry 

25:13 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

25:43 - Twenty-Four Seconds From Now… by Jason Reynolds (Kaytee)

29:55 - Summer Is For The Youths

34:58 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

39:07 - The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

39:12 - Fat Chance Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

41:03 - A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

41:30 - Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

41:46 - Starfish by Lisa Fipps

43:12 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 

43:13 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

44:56 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

44:58 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

47:24 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (Sinister Summer #1)

47:28 - The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury

49:28 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (young readers version)

49:39 - Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds

49:44 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

50:15 - Punching the Air by Ibi Zaboi and Yusef Salaam

50:28 - The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

51:04 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

51:45 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon

53:02 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:12 - I wish that everyone would add a middle grade or YA read to their TBR this summer. (Mary)

54:21 - I wish for a bookish road map. (Kaytee)

55:05 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

55:19 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (amazon link)

55:41 - Infused by Henrietta Lovell

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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. June’s IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading while sick and reading on birthday trips

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: when it’s okay to skim and when it’s not

• 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

8:09 - Our Current Reads

8:29 - The Compound by Aisling Rawle (Meredith, pre-order releases June 24, 2025)

9:32 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

13:54 - The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave (Kaytee)

18:07 - The Power by Naomi Alderman

18:19 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie

18:22 - Vox by Christina Dalcher

19:07 - How to Order the Universe by Maria Jose Ferrada (Meredith)

20:36 - I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork 

24:06 - Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green  (Kaytee)

27:46 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

28:26 - Blood over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang (Meredith)

33:10 - King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee)

37:57 - To Skim Or Not To Skim

47:10 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

49:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:17 - I wish instagram always included what you said in addition to someone’s response when interacting in DMs. (Meredith)

51:34 - I wish to press The House in the Cerulean Sea into readers’ hands. (Kaytee)

51:35 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

51:41 -  King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby 

51:47 - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

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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. June’s IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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:

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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 Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: bookish get togethers and bookish connection events

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: the ins and outs of a virtual reading retreat

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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1:32 - Ad For Ourselves

1:45 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:41 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

4:33 - Mystery to Me bookstore

9:56 - Our Current Reads

10:10 - Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert (Mary)

16:38 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (Meredith)

21:22 - Set Piece by Lana Schwartz (Mary)

25:15 - Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

26:20 - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

27:57 - Poirot by Mark Aldridge

29:08 - Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan (Mary)

33:16 - The Farm by Tom Rob Smith (Meredith)

34:48 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

37:38 - Virtual Reading Retreats

51:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:38 - I wish everyone would try a buddy read with an unexpected buddy reader. (Mary)

51:50 - The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys

54:33 - I wish everyone would consider putting a virtual reading retreat on their calendar. (Meredith)

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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. June’s IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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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Welcome, readers. We are thrilled 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.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

1:24 - Setup

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

3:42 - Previews

Release date. Sales info and awards.

Released in 1999

NYT #1 Bestseller

ALA’s Best Book for Reluctant Readers in 2000

“Cult classic”

Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.

Released September 2012

20 Wins, 51 Nominations

Budget of 13M, Earned 33M

“Cult classic”

6:59 - The Cutting Room

Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen

The tunnel

Charlie being high

Charlie’s revelation at the end

Changes from Book to Movie

Change from love story as secondary plot to main plot 

Friendships with Charlie seemed disingenuous in the movie

Song in the tunnel is changed from Fleetwood Mac to David Bowie

Mary Elizabeth’s college acceptance

Bill’s girlfriend is now his wife in the movie

Bill and Charlie’s relationship in the movie

Left out of the adaptation

Charlie doesn’t cry in the movie

Masturbation scene 

Developed relationship between Charlie and his sister

Abortion

Lack of importance of Rocky Horror

The scene where Sam tells Charlie not to think of her that way

Added to the movie

Charlie’s siblings have names

Charlie is a “normie”

Casting and alternates

Charlie: LoganLerman → Freddie Highmore, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Nicholas Hoult, Asa Butterfield

Sam: Emma Watson → Jennifer Lawrence, Sarah Hyland, Emma Roberts, Brie Larson

Patrick: Ezra Miller → Timothee Chalamet, 

Mary Elizabeth: Mae Whitman →  Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Rose McIver

Problematic elements

Lack of POC

Queer representation

Excessive drug and alcohol usage 

32:41 - Award Season

Worst and best parts of the adaptation.

Film quality

Unbelievable characters due to casting/age

Casting - outside main characters

20 years later letter was omitted from the movie (a best part)

Paul Rudd

Derek’s ponytail

Charlie’s hot brother

Worst and best actors.

Emma Watson - Sam

Paul Rudd - Bill

Ezra Miller - Patrick

Worst and best book characters.

Mary Elizabeth

Sam

Patrick

44:26 - Book/Flick Energy

Book scored on a 5 star scale.

Book on Goodreads

Movie scored on a 10 point scale.

Movie on Rotten Tomatoes

Movie on IMDB

50:20 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel

If they made an after school special about our time in high school, what do you think would be the most after school special plot point? (Kaytee)

If you could do high school all over again, would you? (Shad)

What’s your most significant or best memory from high school? (Shad)

56:30 - End Credits

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The movie is available to stream on HBO Max for a limited time but is available to rent on other streaming services

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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading slumps and how to replant your reading life

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: how to talk about books “in the wild”

• 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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1:21 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

7:18 - Our Current Reads

7:37 - Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story by Rich Cohen (Meredith)

14:11 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Kaytee)

14:22 - CR Season 3: Episode 1

18:34 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

19:49 - The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (Meredith)

24:49 - She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson (Kaytee)

28:02 - Lexicon by Max Barry (Meredith)

31:26 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

31:35 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

33:52 - The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl (Kaytee)

35:01 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

35:03 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

35:08 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

35:09 - The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

35:12 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

37:14 - How To Talk About Books In The Wild

39:27 - Shawnathemom on Instagram

43:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

45:56 - Lexicon by Max Barry

47:24 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

52:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:19 - I wish the next book I talked about was a book I liked, rather than a book that I did not. (Meredith)

52:36 - A Small Porch by Wendell Berry

54:47 - I wish to always have the right book for the person in front of me. (Kaytee)

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• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. May’s IPL is a new indie to the rotation - Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa.

• 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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Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: poolside reading and friends who know your reading tastes

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: it’s finally time to let you know the bookish friends’ best books of 2024!

• 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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2:30 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

6:42 - Our Current Reads

6:47 - Tempest by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee)

10:31 - Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Meredith)

19:41 - The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb (Kaytee)

19:56 - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

21:40 - Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

24:19 - Campfires & Corpses by Nikki Weber (Meredith)

28:10 - Woodworking by Emily St. James (Kaytee)

28:45 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

31:59 - This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead (Meredith)

37:33 - Bookish Friends’ Best Books of 2024

40:11 - The Women by Kristen Hannah (#4)

40:13 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (#4)

40:17 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare (#4)

40:40 - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (#3)

40:45 - Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (#1)

40:47 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (#1)

43:36 - James by Percival Everett

43:37 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

43:38 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 

44:35 - In An Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

44:57 - The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

45:13 - All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby 

45:30 - You Are Here by David Nicholls

45:31 - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

45:47 - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner

46:23 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (#1 disliked)

46:26 - The Fury by Alex Michalides (#2 disliked)

46:30 - Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (#3 disliked)

46:33 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (#3 disliked)

46:47 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

46:48 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

46:56 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

47:05 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

47:13 - The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

47:15 - All This and More by Peng Shepherd

47:30 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

49:18 - What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan

50:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:17 - I wish to press This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan. (Kaytee)

50:19 - This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan

52:38 - Shawnathemom on Instagram

54:31 - I wish book slumps weren’t a thing. (Meredith)

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. May’s IPL is a new indie to the rotation - Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa.

• 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: shifting our perspectives and bookish friends stepping up

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: we are bossing some 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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

5:36 - Our Current Reads

5:47 - My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Kaytee)

8:16 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

8:21 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

10:16 - Night Film by Marisha Pessl (Meredith)

15:23 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (Kaytee)

20:29 - The Big Four by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

22:38 - Poirot by Mark Aldridge

24:28 - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

26:00 - Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (Kaytee)

26:38 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi 

31:05 - The Beast and the Bookseller by Eva Devon (Meredith)

35:15 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

36:42 - Boss My TBR

From DactylJD

38:19 - Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

39:42 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

39:45 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

39:48 - Real Americans by Rachel Khong

39:51 - Belle Green by Alexandra Lapierre

39:55 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

From Terri Melton

44:42 - Hyde by Craig Russell

44:43 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

44:49 - Falling by T.J. Newman 

45:02 - Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London

45:04 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

45:07 - To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

45:11 - A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher

49:05 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:12 - I wish for us to try new things. (Kaytee)

51:32 - I wish to press Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore. (Meredith)

51:38 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

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• 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. 

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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: shifts in our reading and brain farts

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: reading Canadian elbows up style

• 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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1:55 - Ad For Ourselves

2:01 - Currently Reading Patreon

7:03 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

7:25 - CR Season 7: Episode 24

12:21 - CR Season 7: Episode 36

12:26 - Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

12:51 - Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope

14:18 - Our Current Reads

14:24 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Roxanna)

18:57 - Coven by Soman Chainani (Kaytee)

19:10 - The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

23:32 - The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (Roxanna)

28:55 - The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight (Kaytee)

29:17 - Fabled Bookshop

33:28 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

34:03 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain (Roxanna)

38:26 - Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell (Kayee)

38:40 - Schuler Books

44:56 - Reading Canadian

48:48 - Canada Reads

48:51 - The Giller Prize

49:21 - The Push by Ashley Audrain

50:06 - Room by Emma Donoghue

50:18 - The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue

50:29 - The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue

52:01 - The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester

53:18 - Women Talking by Miriam Toews 

55:00 - Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley

55:08 - Finding Me by Viola Davis

55:57 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

56:49 - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

56:53 - Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley

57:02 - Much Ado About Nada Uzma Jalaluddin

57:32 - Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

1:02:20 - The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

1:03:40 - Lucky by Marissa Stapley

1:06:24 - Meet Us At The Fountain

1:07:05 - I wish there was an easier way to export and download kindle notes and highlights. (Roxanna)

1:08:57 - I wish to press Happy Place by Emily Henry. (Kaytee)

1:09:00 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

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. May’s IPL is a new indie to the rotation - Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa.

• 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!