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

• Bookish Moments: book subscriptions and bookish advents

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

• Deep Dive: the types of and specific books that kept us up at night

• 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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2:01 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:40- OwlCrate

6:24 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

7:36 - Fairyloot

8:11 - Current Reads

8:28 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (Kaytee)

12:46 - The Cook’s Book by Bri McKoy (Meredith)

14:07 - Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat

15:48 - The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi

18:26 - Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd (Kaytee)

21:43 - The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale (Meredith)

23:12 - The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

23:33 - Waterstones UK

24:55 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Kaytee)

31:51 - One of the Boys by Jayne Cowie (Meredith)

36:58 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie

37:29 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick

38:36 - Deep Dive: Books That Kept Us Up At Night

41:24 - The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien 

41:52 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

42:27 - The Whisper Man by Alex North

42:25 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

43:12 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

44:06 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

44:28 - The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

44:46 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

44:55 - Falling by T.J. Newman

44:56 - Drowning by T.J. Newman

46:19 - The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes

46:33 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

47:13 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

47:18 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

47:22 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

50:20 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

50:42 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:56 - I wish to completely abandon Goodreads for StoryGraph in 2024. (Kaytee)

50:59 - StoryGraph

52:41 - libro.fm

52:42 - bookshop.org

53:38 - I wish, if you like Christmas reading, for you to read The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (Meredith)

58:39 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

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