Kaytee and Meredith are back in your earbuds with a whole cartload of book recommendations!

You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: bear with us this week as we gush at each other about getting to meet in person for the first time.

Next, we discuss our current reads. We have some reads that surprised us this week, and we hope they surprise you, too, in all the best ways.

Our deep dive this week centers on the Currently Reading Challenge for 2019 and we are discussing the books that our friends and family members have pressed into our hands.

As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A children’s classic and a funny romantic comedy.

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

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4:38 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

8:30 - The Child by Fiona Barton

8:38 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

9:15 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Burton

12:33 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

12:40 - Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

14:02 - 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich

17:58 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

18:02 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

22:04 - Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillin Smith

26:52 - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

26:57 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

30:01 - Currently Reading Challenge 2019!

31:33 - The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

31:42 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

31:55 - The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman

32:14 - Dreamland by Sam Quinones

32:23 - Dopesick by Beth Macy

33:18 - The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

33:30 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

33:54 - Soul of America by Jon Meacham

34:06 - Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich

34:18 - 100 Diagrams That Changed the World by Scott Christiansen

34:33 - Testable Asic Devices by Wayne Needham

34:56 - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

35:04 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

35:08 - The White Book by Han Kang

35:24 - For Every Solution, A Problem by Kristin Gier

36:05 - A Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindburgh

36:19 - West With The Night by Beryl Markham

37:20 - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

37:33 - Yes, Please by Amy Poelher

37:34 - Bossypants by Tina Fey

39:11 - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

41:09 - The Ordinary Princess by MM Kay

44:49 - Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty McDonald

47:55 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

49:22 - The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

49:28 - The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

49:50 - The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion

52:45 - 10 Things To Tell You Episode 1: When Do You Read?