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

• Bookish Moments: book signings and reading retreats

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

• Deep Dive: revisiting what is working and what isn’t working in our current reading lives

• 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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:45 - CR Season 5: Episode 37

4:17 - An Unlikely Story bookshop

4:45 - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

6:20 - Our Current Reads

6:51 - One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall (Meredith)

12:21 - My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson (Kaytee)

12:26 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson (amazon link)

15:23 - Blackwell’s

16:33 - The Golden Gate by Amy Chua (Meredith)

18:15 - The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (Penguin Random House link)

21:42 - @pieladybooks on Instagram

22:43 - A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow (Kaytee)

25:48 - The Deep by River Solomon 

25:51 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

25:53 - Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton

27:17 - Near the Bone by Christina Henry (Meredith)

28:54 - @mother.horror on Instagram

32:10 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Kaytee)

35:50 - Deep Dive: Revisiting What Is Working and Not Working In Our Reading Lives

44:06 - Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan

44:18 - @thewilltoread on Instagram

57:14 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:27 - I wish if you buddy read, find a reader who reads in different genres than you do. (Meredith)

59:32 - I wish to implement SSR in my home. (Kaytee)

1:00:05 - @books.are.word.tacos on Instagram

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