Season 6, Episode 8: Getting Chatty + What Is Working In Our Reading Lives

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: trips overseas and checking out home decor books Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: what is working for us in our reading lives The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:53 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 6:15 - Current Reads 6:46 - The Last One by Will Dean (Meredith) 9:41 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard 10:58 - To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Kaytee) 11:05 - Capital Books 11:08 - Parnassus Books 14:36 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novick (Meredith) 18:33 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer  19:01 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee) 20:22 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 23:08 - Down the Hill by Susan Hendricks 23:24 - In Light of All Darkness by Kim Cross (Meredith) 24:45 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 28:51 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan (Kaytee) 30:16 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed   33:59 - Deep Dive: What Is Working In Our Reading Lives Switching up the format of a book (Meredith) 36:26 - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Freedom of reading… within constraints (Kaytee) Going in blind to books (Meredith) Putting ebooks or audiobooks on hold via the library that I already physically own and limiting myself to one stack at a time (Kaytee) 42:18 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny  Doing close reads of not just Three Pines, but any other book I feel the urge (Meredith) 43:01 - Ezeekat on Instagram 44:15 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Finding a new time to read (Kaytee) 46:35 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:02 - I wish more people would explore the works by Anne Perry, specifically the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series. (Meredith) 47:13 - The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry 48:18 - I wish to press The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 48:20 - The Anthroprocene Reviewed by John Green Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading