On this episode of Currently Reading, Roxanna and Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: teaching littles to read and a book press

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

• Deep Dive: tropes Roxanna and Mary want to see MORE of in their reading

• 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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2:09 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:25 - Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann

4:02 - The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou (Blackwell’s hardcover link, releases in paperback in the US October 8, 2024. If you want to wait for the paperback you can pre-order HERE)

5:51 - Our Current Reads

5:56 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Mary)

6:08 - Waterstone’s

10:14 - The Undertaking of Heart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (Roxanna)

11:02 - Under The Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

14:12 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter (Mary)

17:46 - Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (Roxanna)

17:54 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

21:20 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

21:30 - How To Walk Away by Katherine Center

23:16 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

24:30 - @katherinecenter on Instagram

24:36 - The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow (Mary, Amazon link)

27:46 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein (Roxanna)

27:57 - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Ten Reads of 2023 episode

33:52 - Deep Dive: Bookish Tropes We Want More Of

36:30 - Small Change by Roan Parrish

36:41 - Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes

38:03 - Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh

38:16 - Mary’s Instagram (Holiday Romance is under her “Books Vol. 6” highlight)

39:54 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

40:25 - Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

42:58 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

43:05 - Hench by Natalize Zina Walschots

43:13 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

44:17 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

46:01 - The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

47:01 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (Sinister Summer #1)

47:07 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

49:31 - Happily Ever Ninja by Penny Reid

50:54 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

51:35 - Search by Michelle Huneven

51:43 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden

52:36 - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

52:38 - Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

54:54 - The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

55:30 - Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark

57:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:12 - I wish to motivate listeners to spend time with their physical TBR and plan reads or cull books. (Mary)

59:35 - I wish to press Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. (Roxanna)

59:46 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

1:02:18 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

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