By Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb
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We are so excited to preview our newest content for Patreon supporters of the show! Going forward, this episode series will live on Patreon, where you can join us for $5 a month to support the show and get ALL our awesome bonus content!
This is a special series just for the Bookish Friends of the Currently Reading Podcast who love swooning and sexy times. We are thrilled to have you join us for this new bonus content, focused entirely on the best-selling genre fiction in the book world: Romance!
*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop links unless specified. These are affiliate links that kick a bit of money back to us while keeping your cost the same!
What We Are Currently Reading:
Out of the Blue by Kathryn Nolan (Rebekah)
Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (Kaytee)
We’re Opening the Door On:
Why read Romance at all?
A Listener Press:
From Katie P. - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner
Let Us Light Your Fire:
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (Rebekah’s Pairing)
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (Kaytee’s Pairing)
SEND IN YOUR LISTENER PRESSES to [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
To Get in Touch:
Kaytee | Meredith | Rebekah
Currently Reading on Email | Instagram |Website
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing:
Season Six In Review: interesting stats, regrets, and exciting upcoming content!
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3:06 - Season Six In Review
The most downloaded episode of the season
4:05 - CR Season 6: Episode 25 w/Jamie Golden and Knox McCoy
5:42 - CR Season 6: Episode 22 - Our Favorite Books of 2023
5:58 - Minisode - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Books of 2023
Favorite individual episodes
7:03 - CR Season 6: Episode 12 - Recapping our European Travels (Kaytee)
7:38 - CR Season 6: Episode 35 - Wishes to the Book Fairy (Kaytee and Meredith)
9:34 - CR Season 6: Episode 2 - Boss Each Other’s TBR (Meredith)
9:50 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
9:53 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Books we brought that added to the experience by talking about them
12:49 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)
13:01 - Erasure by Percival Everett
13:34 - The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (Meredith)
14:30 - New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (Kaytee)
15:42 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine (Meredith and Kaytee)
16:30 - @ezeekat
17:27 - Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (Meredith)
17:27 - Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Adam Foley #1, Meredith)
18:16 - The Exchange by John Grisham
18:44 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (Kaytee)
20:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)
20:24 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith)
20:46 - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
27:17 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Meredith)
21:20 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith)
Regrets from season six?
22:14 - That my podcast listening was impacted by life changes (Kaytee)
26:04 - That I allowed criticism to drown out the positive sometimes (Meredith)
Is there anything new coming to Currently Reading?
32:48 - We are debuting Love and Chili Peppers the day after this episode airs! You can listen to the first episode in the main feed, and then the rest will be on Patreon!
35:28 - We will reintroduce our videos on Patreon
35:46 - Quarterly From The Editor’s Desk with Bunmi Ishola
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. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing:
An Ask Us Anything Episode!: You asked, and we answered!
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2:30 - Ask Us Anything
What was the first book that got you hooked into reading?
3:00 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Mary) 4:59 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (Roxanna)
7:07 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle (Kaytee)
7:39 - The Witches by Roald Dahl (Kyatee)
8:26 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Meredith)
If you could only recommend one book to read for the rest of your life, what book would that be?
10:09 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (Roxanna)
10:17 - Circe by Madeline Miller (Mary)
10:29 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Kaytee)
10:36 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Meredith)
What is the book you ACTUALLY recommend the most to people?
11:03 - This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Mary)
11:10 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee)
11:19 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (Meredith)
11:32 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Roxanna)
11:44 - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers (Roxanna)
If you were to do a podcast about something unrelated to books, what would it be?
12:26 - Homeschooling (Kaytee)
13:13 - The joy of being a novice (Mary)
15:11 - Style in the everyday (Roxanna)
17:52 - All things Enneagram (Meredith)
What is your favorite beverage to have while reading?
19:55 - I’m a seltzer girlie (Mary)
20:27 - Very cold ice water with crunchy ice (Kaytee)
21:45 - Masala Chai (Roxanna)
22:18 - Coffee, preferably Texas Pecan (Meredith)
How many hours a week do you spend reading?
23:36 - I aim for an hour a day (Mary)
26:09 - Ideally an hour or two a day, but sometimes it’s 15 minutes at that’s ok (Roxanna)
28:38 - Around 10 hours a week (Kaytee)
29:23 - Between 90 minutes and 2 hours on the weekdays, and 4 hours total on the weekends (Meredith)
If you could only read one genre for the next year, which would it be?
30:33 - Romance (Kaytee)
30:51 - Women’s Fiction (Roxanna)
32:27 - Mystery - but not gory or true crime (Mary)
33:47 - Historical Fiction (Meredith)
34:50 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
What turns you off of a book almost immediately?
36:22 - Second person narration (Meredith)
35:35 - The miscommunication trope. Go to therapy. (Mary)
36:43 - The lack of quotation marks (Kaytee)
36:55 - Characters that make bad decisions but everyone thinks its fine (Roxanna)
How do you feel about books people recommend to you?
38:29 - I feel like I always do. If you rec it, I won’t read it. It’s all in my head. (Kaytee)
40:08 - IRL I don’t have many bookish friends so I get a lot of “hot” book recs which I don’t read. So I just say “Oh yeah maybe I’ll pick that up!”... and never do. (Roxanna)
40:55 - If from bookish friends or CR listeners, I will take it under advisement and check Goodreads to see if I’d like it. (Mary)
42:44 - I love when people send recommendations. (Meredith)
44:03 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Where are you when recording an episode of Currently Reading?
45:03 - In my small walkin closet because the audio is the best here. I’m located in Toronto. (Roxanna)
45:39 - At my basement therapy office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Mary)
46:05 - Normally i’m in my bedroom in Gilbert, Arizona but today I am in Colorado for a family reunion in a guest bedroom/office. (Kaytee)
44:46 - I always record on the floor of my closet. (Meredith)
What are the mechanics of us scheduling recordings?
48:09 - SPREADSHEETS! (Kaytee)
How do you come up with deep dive topics?
49:55 - A mixture of places. Some come off mic in conversation. Some get emailed or dm’d. Some get brought up in the bookish friends group. If we think of one ourselves, we just pop them into the spreadsheet. (Meredith)
What is your number one bookish recommendation source?
51:57 - A single person would be Katie Proctor but a broader source is the Indie Press List (Kaytee)
52:28 - Instagram (Mary)
53:20 - Backlist podcasts (Roxanna)
54:03 - Elizabeth Barnhill with 19% of my recs so far this year (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. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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:
Listener Presses: This year we have 20 fantastic titles from our listeners. Our TBRs exploded, and we hope yours do too!
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 - Your Listener Presses
3:48 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (pressed by Katie)
6:40 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 7:32 - Poison for Breakfast by Daniel Handler i.e. Lemony Snicket (pressed by Kimberly)
10:30- The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (pressed by Jessie)
12:38 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
12:41 - Reproduction by Louisa Hall (pressed by Bill)
13:32 - Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
13:33 - Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky
14:53 - The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard (pressed by Emer)
18:29 - The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin (pressed by Heather)
18:51 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
21:30 - Go As A River by Shelley Read
22:11 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt
22:49 - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (pressed by Mirabella)
24:54 - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
26:18 - Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Azemien (pressed by Matt)
28:05 - Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro (pressed by Ana)
31:08 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (pressed by Amy)
31:14 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
34:35 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lovato (pressed by Amanda)
35:48 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
35:50 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch
36:45 - The Body in Question by Jill Ciment (pressed by Alana)
40:40 - The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin (pressed by Avery)
44:26 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
44:27 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle
44:33 - The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher (pressed by Kristen)
45:36 - Roscoe Books
46:12 - Hearts and Daggers podcast
46:43 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram
46:45 - Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka (pressed by Holly)
49:02 - Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke (pressed by Aubrey)
50:33 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
51:46 - I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalize Sue (pressed by Hannah)
53:01 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
53:02 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
53:35 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
53:38 - The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel
55:08 - Country Dark by Chris Offutt (pressed by Cindy)
57:25 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (pressed by Jessica)
59:46 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (pressed by Abi)
1:01:17 - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
1:02:03 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
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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. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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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The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabrielle Ba
2:29 - Previews
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
The Umbrella Academy - Vol 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
The Umbrella Academy on Netflix
10:16 - The Cutting Room
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen
Pregnancy/birth scenes
Vanya turning into the White Violin
Transition into superheroism
Vanya getting upset enough to play with the orchestra
Changes from Book to Movie
Time of birth of the kids
Five’s disappearance and reappearance
Fleshing out of characters
Diversity of the cast
Hazel and Cha-Cha are moved up from later volumes
Saving of Earth at the end
Left out of the adaptation
Carnival Fire and Dr. Terminal
Why Ben is dead
Why Diego is called the Kraken
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
Added to the movie
Hazel and Cha-Cha
Detective Patch
Leonard Peabody/Harold Jenkins
The Handler
The Day that Wasn’t/The Day that Was
Klaus’ journey into the past (Vietnam)
Suspicion around Hargreeves’ death
The sibling relationship
General Thoughts
Cinematography
Elliot Page being credited correctly
Dr. Terminal and Eiffel Tower being included
Bad guys can’t shoot good guys: Stormtrooper Effect
Bowling alleys are slippery
Actors can’t play violin
Problematic elements
Nothing of note
Casting and mis-casting
Visual representation of characters
Reginald Hargreeves: Colm Feore → Jeff Goldblum
Number 1/Luther: Tom Hopper → Alan Richson
Number 2/Diego: David Cataneda → Josh Cigara
Number 3/Allison: Emme Raver-Lampman → Zoe Kravitz
Number 4/Klaus: Robert Sheehan → Nicholas Holt
Number 5/Five: Aiden Gallagher → Mike from Stranger Things
Number 6/Ben: Justin H Min → Simu Liu
Number 7/Vanya: Elliot Page → Emme Rossum, but really no one
Pogo: Adam Godley
44:06 - Award Season
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
The adaptation is so dark in the filming of it
All the things
Soundtrack
Sense of humor
Worst and best actors.
Leonard Peabody
Agnes, the Waitress
Klaus
Worst and best book characters.
Diego
Hargreeves
Vanya
53:33 - Book/Flick Energy
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Book on Goodreads
The Review I read aloud
Series scored on a 10 point scale.
Movie on Rotten Tomatoes
Movie on IMDB
58:09 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel
Would you use your superpowers on your kids?
How do you think the world will end?
1:02:29 - End Credits
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Available on Paramount +
Connect With Us:
Currently Reading Podcast | Kaytee | Meredith
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*Please note that Kaytee was out of her regular recording space this week and it affected her audio. It’s not you, it’s us. Back to normal next week!*
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: binging a great series and re-introducing morning reading
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: you get to boss our summer 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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1:29 - Ad for Ourselves
3:42 - Join us for $5 a month! patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast
3:59 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:37 - Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
5:20 - Morning Reads
6:55 - Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
7:50 - Our Current Reads
7:59 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Kaytee) 9:32 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
12:18 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Meredith)
13:30 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore
16:19 - Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anapara (Kaytee)
20:01 - The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry (Meredith)
21:00 - Beacon Hill Books, Boston
25:31 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley (Kaytee)
26:02 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
29:12 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
29:23 - The Stand by Stephen King (Meredith)
32:56 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King
39:01 - Boss Our Summer TBRs!
Vote on Meredith and Kaytee’s Boss My TBR!
42:45 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee Option #1)
43:50 - Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee Option #2)
44:45 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory (Kaytee Option #3)
44:51 - Season 1 Listener Press Episode
46:18 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Meredith Option #1)
46:21 - Circe by Madeline Miller
46:37 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Meredith Option #2)
46:51 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Meredith Option #3)
49:44 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:47 - I Wish You the Best Summer Reading Available to You (Kaytee)
49:49 - Pantsuit Politics Podcast
50:56 - I wish that People Would Stop Being Afraid of Reading Big Books (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. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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: meeting Currently Reading show regulars
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: what. we think goes into a good book review
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
1:26 - @MeredithMondaySchwartz on Instagram
1:31 - @Roxannathereader on Instagram
3:27 - @Maryreadsandmakes on Instagram
5:15 - Our Current Reads
5:30 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager (Meredith)
10:04 - What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez (Kaytee)
13:02 - The Council of Animals by Nick McDonell (Meredith)
14:17 - Charter Books
16:34 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
17:28 - Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (Kaytee)
17:37 - Funny Story by Emily Henry
18:31 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
21:41 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Meredith)
22:48 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
25:13 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
25:15 - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
29:38 - Come Together by Emily Nagoski (Kaytee)
30:07 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
30:27 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
33:42 - Deep Dive: What Makes A Good Book Review
36:14 - A review that’s honest
36:41 - A review that’s thoughtful
38:39 - A review that includes title, author, short setup and honest thoughts
39:01 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
39:48 - A review that’s more than two sentences.
40:04 - A review that’s self aware
40:44 - A review that’s respectful
41:34 - A review that puts into context the reader’s life
43:54 - A review that accounts for what the author is TRYING to convey and were they successful
44:28 - A review that includes anything that makes the book unique
44:35 - West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
46:04 - Meet Us At The Fountain
46:22 - If summer means slower paced for you, I wish for you to find some bookish community somewhere. (Meredith)
46:59 - Currently Reading Patreon
48:37 - I wish for a reader camp that includes all my favorite things. (Kaytee)
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. June’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store Schuler Books in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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 Mary are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book recs that land with non readers and Kaytee meeting an octopus!
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: how we recommend books to readers outside our own wheelhouses
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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Season 6, Episode 45
1:27 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:50 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
6:52 - Our Current Reads
6:59 - Ready or Not by Cara Bastone (Mary)
10:41 - Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery (Kaytee)
10:50 - The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World by Matt Kracht (Fabled link, not available on Bookshop)
11:14 - Secrets of the Whales by Brian Skerry
11:16 - Secrets of the Elephants by Paula Kahumbu and Claudia Geib
11:33 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
13:45 - Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (Mary)
15:51 - Boswell Books
16:55 - Coyote Lost and Found by Dan Gemeinhart (Kaytee)
17:01 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
17:13 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare
22:25 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach (Mary)
25:51 - Drowning by T.J. Newman (Kaytee)
25:57 - Falling by T.J. Newman
26:02 - CR Season 5: Episode 41
30:12 - Deep Dive: How To Recommend Books Outside Your Wheelhouse
32:21 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
32:23 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gayle Honeycutt
36:24 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
36:30 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
36:44 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
36:46 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
36:52 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
39:31 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
39:55 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle
41:19 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch
41:43 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
44:29 - Drowning by T.J. Newman
48:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain
48:59 - I wish people would give slow and steady reading a try. (Mary)
49:35 - Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
51:30 - I wish everyone would keep a readerly profile. (Kaytee)
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. June’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store Schuler Books in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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: book recommendations and…. book recommendations!
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: books we wish we read sooner
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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:10 - Bite Size Intro
1:44 - Send us your listener presses! Here’s what we need: A voice memo with - Your name, location, book title and author, “Here’s the setup”, and why you love it. Three minutes or less please!! Email those to [email protected]
4:36 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
8:10 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
8:53 - Our Current Reads
9:09 - A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson (Meredith)
11:05 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
12:38 - The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy (Kaytee)
15:52 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
16:30 - 2034 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis (Meredith)
20:54 - 2054 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis
21:50 - New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (Kaytee, audio only)
22:05 - @clarabelletoks on Instagram
22:37 - libro.fm
26:51 - A Better World by Sarah Langan (Meredith)
29:34 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
31:19 - High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)
31:39 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
34:55 - Deep Dive: Books We Wish We Read Sooner
35:44 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
36:34 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagahira
37:33 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
37:50 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
38:55 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
39:32 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
40:27 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
40:29 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
40:51 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
40:52 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
40:58 - The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
41:09 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
41:47 - Roots by Alex Haley
42:01 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King
42:05 - On Writing by Stephen King
43:20 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
43:50 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
44:05 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
44:11 - Circe by Madeline Miller
46:21 - Meet Us At The Fountain
47:09 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
50:06 - I wish more people would read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. (Meredith)
50:47 - I wish books would tell us if they are right for us when we pick them up. (Kaytee)
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: meeting bookish friends and “salt” books
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: difficulty in starting new books
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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:10 - Bite Size Intro
2:14 - Currently Reading Patreon
5:50 - PLEASE send us your Ask Us Anything questions to [email protected]
6:43 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
11:13 - The Stand by Stephen King
12:17 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
14:50 - Our Current Reads
14:58 - Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah (Roxanna)
15:02 - Canada Reads
16:56 - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
19:38 - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (Meredith)
21:35 - @mother.horror on Instagram
24:10 - The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt (Roxanna)
29:21 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides (Meredith)
34:15 - Funny Story by Emily Henry (Roxanna)
38:02 - Small Change by Roan Parrish
43:43 - The Mars House by Natasha Pulley (Meredith - Meredith mistakenly said Mars Room initially. Sorry for the confusion!)
45:03 - Charter Books
45:42 - The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
49:51 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
49:56 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
52:16 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
53:40 - The Difficulty Of Starting A New Book
57:54 - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
1:01:19 - The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
1:02:07 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
1:02:12 - The One by John Marrs
1:02:21 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
1:04:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:04:11 - I wish everyone would watch Butterfly in the Sky on Netflix. (Roxanna)
1:04:14 - Butterfly in the Sky on Netflix
1:06:37 - Hello Bookstore
1:07:11 - I wish everyone would reflect on how summer reading affects your reading life. (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. May’s IPL comes to us from Commonplace Books in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
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
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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