Season 4, Episode 42: Special Guest Kendra Adachi!

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kendra Adachi is joining Meredith and Kaytee, and we are discussing: Bookish Moments: perfect reading weather, winning fifth grade, and bookish nerdiness Current Reads: the very first time this has happened in Currently Reading, there’s a double up! Deep Dive: we get to Lazy Genius a reading life and it’s the actual best Book Presses: and some non-fiction from authors we love 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!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want 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!*   . . . .     1:04 - The Lazy Genius Podcast  2:01 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:34 - Currently Reading Patreon (where you get the friend map finder!) 5:28 - Current Reads 5:49 - Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Kendra AND Meredith) 12:01 - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry  12:05 - Beach Read by Emily Henry 12:48 - Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart (Kaytee) 15:53 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 16:05 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (Kendra) 17:43 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 17:45 - Dog Man by Dav Pilkey 17:47 - Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson 19:04 - The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate 20:42 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Meredith) 22:51 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton  26:19 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt (Kaytee) 28:47 - As You Wish by Cary Elwes 30:03 - Deep Dive: The Lazy Genius Way for Reading  33:28 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi 38:10 - Anne Bogel Summer Reading Guide 38:46 - The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi 40:20 - The Seven Ps: Personality, Prioritize, Proficiency(Preferences), People, Pleasure, Process, and Peace 46:33 - Lazy Genius Newsletter Signup 51:27  - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 51:52 - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (Kendra) 54:22 - For the Love by Jen Hatmaker (Kaytee) 56:29 - The Lay Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi (Meredith) 1:00:45 - Liquid Index Lazy Genius Podcast Ep 261 1:01:13 - The Lazy Genius Kitchen Youtube Series 1:04:22 - @thelazygenius on Instagram 1:04:24 - thelazygeniuscollective.com Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace 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 get some merch at www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading