Season 5, Episode 47: Many Kinds of Murder + Forcefully and Directly Pressing a Book

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: summer reading programs + a fun murderful treat Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: we’re trying a new thing and pressing books into each other’s hands that we are required to read over break! 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!*   . . . . 1:51 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:18 - Fabled Bookshop 3:52 - Bookish Moment of the Week 5:13 - Murdle: Volume 1 by G.T. Karber  6:04 - Hunt A Killer  7:52  - Current Reads 8:11 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (Kaytee) 8:22 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 13:15 - The Girls on Chalk Hill by Alison Belsham (Meredith) 18:06 - The Life Council by Laura Tremaine (Kaytee) 20:55 - CR Season 3: Episode 24 21:01 - Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First by Laura Tremaine 23:11 - Laura Tremaine’s Patreon 25:02 - Murdle: Volume 1 by G.T. Karber 25:15 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 30:29 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Kaytee) 32:27 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 33:07 - Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 34:42 - My Murder by Katie Williams (Meredith) 36:49 - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka  37:58 - Deep Dive: We Boss Each Other’s TBR 46:43 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (For Kaytee to read) 46:48 - Matrix by Lauren Groff 46:51 - Florida by Lauren Groff 49:09 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 49:31 - The One by John Marrs 49:45 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (For Meredith to read) 52:33 - Meet Us At The Fountain 52:51 - I wish for good wishes in my impending move and life changes. (Kaytee) 54:47 - I wish we would go into more books “blindly”. (Meredith) 55:42 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff Connect With Us: *Please note the change in Meredith’s Instagram handle. This was recorded prior to the change. We apologize for any inconvenience.* 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/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading