Currently Reading

Season 7, Episode 33: The Perfect Reading Ambiance + Finding Hidden Gems


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

  • Bookish Moments: the perfect reading experience and hearing others talk about books

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

  • Deep Dive: how we find those hidden gem books

  • 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)

1:43 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

3:24 - The Talking Scared Podcast

3:44 - Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

3:57 - Talking Scared Podcast episode 226

5:38 - Our Current Reads

5:52 - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Roxanna)

15:06 - Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette (Meredith)

20:02 - Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah

20:29 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

22:29 - Ruin Road by Lamar Giles (Roxanna)

25:49 - The Getaway by Lamar Giles

26:32 - When The Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi (Meredith)

26:37 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

26:44 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

32:45 - The Baddest B*tch in the Room by Sophia Chang (Roxanna)

36:47 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore (Meredith)

37:45 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore

44:38 - Finding Hidden Gems

44:56 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore

46:56 - Get Booked Podcast

47:07 - Currently Reading website

47:27 - From the Front Porch podcast

48:08 - Canada Reads

48:12 - Australian Fiction Prize

48:14 - Nebula Awards

48:15 - Hugo Awards

48:34 - Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction

50:03 - Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

52:40 - KJ Charles on Goodreads

55:26 - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

57:31 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:40 - I wish there was a site that categorized books by places around the world. (Roxanna)

58:08 - Tripfiction.com

58:18 - Around the World in 80 books group on Goodreads

58:32 - Strong Sense of Place podcast

58:49 - Shepherd.com

59:40 - If you haven’t yet, read God of the Woods by Liz Moore. (Meredith)

59:43 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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