The Currently Reading Podcast

Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you've read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don't shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.

Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.

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Stardust by Neil Gaiman

1:29 - Previews

Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Illustrated Version illustrated by Charles Vess

HP Illustrated Editions by JK Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay

Alex Awards

Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.

Stardust on Prime

GLAAD Media Awards

7:26 - The Cutting Room

Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen

Turning the goats and chariot into the inn

The killings of the brothers

The ending that isn't

The climax that IS

Changes from Book to Movie

Story timeline

The Power of Stormhold stone

Witch hair

Yvain's leg

TrisTRAN

Yvain's hatred of Tristran

Tristran's "heritage" reveal

Yvain's attempt to cross the wall

Left out of the adaptation

Charmed, the small hairy man

Unicorn fight with the lion

Nursery rhymes

Another Missing Sister

Una's freedom

Added to the movie

Gay pirates!

Alberic → Shakespeare

Tristran's haircut

Climax scene in the Witches' home

Casting and alternates

TrisTRAN: Charlie Cox → Ben Barnes, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf, Toby Maguire, Hayden Christianson

Yvain: Claire Daines → Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hayden Panetierre, Reese Witherspoon, Brittany Snow

Lamia: Michelle Pfieffer → Tilda Swinton, Nicole Kidman, Emma Thompson

Captain Shakespeare: Robert Deniro → Burt Reynolds, Al Pacino

Narrator: Ian McKlellan → Patrick Stewart

Problematic elements

Neil Gaiman's sexual assault charges

The Graveyard Book movie on hold

Good Omens series on hold

Lack of racial diversity as well

Women as property

Women's inability to lead

35:50 - Award Season

Worst and best parts of the adaptation.

Gay pirates

A feeling of "rushing"

The romance

The pirates - HA

Worst and best actors.

Primus

Victoria

Michelle Pfeiffer

Charlie Cox

Worst and best book characters.

Tristan

The Unicorn

Yvain

48:00 - Book/Flick Energy

Book scored on a 5 star scale.

Book on Goodreads

Series scored on a 10 point scale.

Movie on Rotten Tomatoes

Movie on IMDB

51:31 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel

Where would you travel with a Babylon Candle?

How would you want to die if your ghost was captured at the moment of death?

54:53 - End Credits

I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

I Remember You is rentable through many outlets

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

• Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people

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

• Deep Dive: answering the question "What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?"

• 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

1:52 - Tubicen Portable Table Lamp

9:42 - Our Current Reads

10:01 - The Clackity by Lora Senf (Meredith)

13:48 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

14:29 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (Kaytee)

17:52 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

19:01 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (Meredith, Amazon link)

22:57 - Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV (Kaytee)

26:29 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

26:35 - El Deafo by Cece Bell

27:03 - The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods (Meredith)

29:01 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

32:11 - All This and More by Peng Shepherd (Kaytee)

32:35 - Bright Side Bookshop

32:44 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

35:36 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

35:38 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson

36:37 - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

39:06 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

40:04 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

40:33 - Deep Dive: Advice For Our Past Readerly Selves

42:46 - CR Season 7: Episode 1

42:48 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nacosta

54:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain

54:55 - I wish there was a searchable database for every piece of content related to books we talk about on CR, books I've read, etc. (Meredith)

57:04 - Currently Reading Patreon

58:53 - I wish all authors would just do the right thing. (Kaytee)

59:11 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: How books will always be there for us and how ratings easily influence reading

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

• Deep Dive: answering the question "How do you handle reading a book you're not going to enjoy or HAVE to read". from listener Adrienne.

• 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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. 1:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

6:50 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield

6:52 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

6:54 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

6:56 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

11:34 - Our Current Reads

11:41 - Democracy in Retrograde by Sami Sage and Emily Amick (Kaytee)

12:21 - Betches Media

12:23 - @emilyinyourphone on Instagram

16:13 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

16:16 - Thriftbooks

17:27 - People Like Them by Samira Sedira (Meredith)

18:52 - Foyles

21:48 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

22:54 - Butter by Asako Yuzuki (Kaytee)

23:03 - The Boulder Bookstore

26:16 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

27:32 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Meredith)

34:26 - Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner (Kaytee)

37:54 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Meredith)

40:34 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

42:18 - The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields

44:55 - Deep Dive: Reading Books We "Have" To Read

52:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:23 - I wish to press What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. (Kaytee)

52:29 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

55:09 - I wish to remind you to make a plan for your fall reading NOW before time gets away from you - - AND get your mammogram if you need to! (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

2:00 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:26 - @thewilltoread on Instagram

3:55 - Currently Reading Zazzle store

3:58 - Scary Books Are My Jam mug

5:47 - Our Current Reads

6:03 - The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rasha (Bill)

7:30 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjeh-Brenyah

8:03 - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

8:05 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

9:31 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

11:57 - The Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (Meredith)

13:26 - The Novel Neighbor

15:30 - The Girls from Corona Del Mar by Rufi Thorpe (Bill, amazon link))

16:55 - Margot's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

18:38 - The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

19:20 - First Contact by Kim Harrison (Meredith, amazon link)

23:00 - Contact by Carl Sagan

23:59 - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (Bill)

27:32 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

27:36 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

28:20 - Instructions for a Heat Wave by Maggie O'Farrell

29:22 - The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden (Meredith)

30:33 - Booker Longlist 2024

30:59 - Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

33:13 - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

33:15 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

33:17 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

34:32 - Deep Dive: Bill's Reading Life

35:42 - Currently Reading Patreon

36:18 - Ms. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien

36:30 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle

38:48 - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and John Rutherford (translator)

38:48 - The Shining by Stephen King

39:56 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

41:17 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

41:20 - The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

41:26 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

41:38 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram

47:18 - Dune by Frank Herbert

48:08 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

48:44 - Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

49:11 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

49:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:47 - I wish you'd go into a book blind more often. (Bill)

50:18 I wish that more men would read out loud and find bookish community. (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you've read the book before listening to the episode.

As you've come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes.

Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode.

2:41 - Putting the Book Into Context

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Published Aug 30, 2011 by Minotaur Books

4.32 rating on Goodreads

Seasonal setting - Summer (but to Roxanna June is not very summery in Canada so it might be considered Spring to some)

Book Awards: Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2012

Critic Reviews

Meredith's and Roxanna's encounters with the book

11:15 - The Setup

13:03 - A Deeper Exploration

Setup and first paragraph

The pacing of the novel

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Louise Penny as Clara

Themes: "play between light and dark - chiaroscuro", the topic of AA, "intimacy"

Clara and Peter's relationship

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Back in Three Pines but doesn't feel very cozy

Jean-Guy's addiction

58:40 - Superlatives

Favorite Scene

Character MVP

Biggest loser

Best food description

Is this book skippable?

Favorite Quote

No spoilers this episode!

The next book will be The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: talking books with fictional characters and kindle pillows

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

• Deep Dive: we are bossing the TBR of two. more bookish friends

• 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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:10 - Ad for Ourselves

1:05 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:58 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

4:52 - Viozon tablet stand pillow

6:27 - Our Current Reads

6:32 - Baby X by Kira Peikoff (Kaytee)

10:45 - A Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes (Meredith)

14:36 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

16:00 - All in Her Head by Elizabeth Comen (Kaytee)

19:56 - The Owl Always Hunts at Night by Samuel Bjork (Meredith)

20:53 - I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork

23:58 - A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir (Kaytee, #4 in the Ember in the Ashes series. Kaytee is recommending all of them as a whole!)

28:39 - Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (Meredith)

30:13 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live

31:48 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

31:51 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

32:06 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

32:30 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR

From Beth K.

32:58 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

33:01 - Jackal by Erin E. Adams

33:04 - Sign Here by Claudia Lux

33:06 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

33:09 - All Hallows by Christopher Golden

From Samantha T.

36:57 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

37:01 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

37:05 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

37:08 - Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

37:12 - The After Party by Anton Disclafani

42:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain

43:13 - I wish all vacation rentals came with a comfy cozy space with good lighting. (Kaytee)

45:54 - If you love with great smart crimes and sexy detectives, read the Jackson Brody series by Kate Atkinson. (Meredith)

46:01 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

46:13 - Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

*Help us to grow our listenership by sharing a link to the podcast with at least one readerly friend (or maybe a non-readerly friend who WANTS to get into books but doesn't know where to start). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-reading/id1435363675

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from The King's English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: reading routines and meeting local authors

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

• Deep Dive: the journey from season one to season seven of Currently 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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1:27 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:49 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman

6:17 - Changing Hands bookshop

6:18 - Poison Pen bookshop

9:58 - Our Current Reads

10:11 - Five Strangers by E.V. Adamson (Meredith)

11:55 - Novel Memphis

15:56 - Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg (Kaytee)

16:03 - Libro.fm

18:13 - Finding Me by Viola Davis

19:56 - The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller (Meredith)

28:42 - Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce (Kaytee)

33:46 - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

38:18 - The Silence of Bones by June Hur (Kaytee)

39:53 - Garcia Street Books

41:13 - The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

41:58 - Deep Dive: The Journey of Currently Reading

46:40 - Currently Reading Patreon

56:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:06 - We wish to grow the listenership of the Big Show with YOUR help! (Meredith AND Kaytee)

*Help us to grow our listenership by sharing a link to the podcast with at least one readerly friend (or maybe a non-readerly friend who WANTS to get into books but doesn't know where to start). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-reading/id1435363675

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from The King's English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: utilizing AI and getting back into the library swing of things

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

• Deep Dive: our most huggable 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)

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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:01 - Lake Travis Community Library

5:52 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

7:01 - Our Current Reads

7:22 - The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Kaytee)

7:35 - The King's English Bookshop

9:28 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

10:21 - The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao

11:15 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith)

13:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram

15:54 - The Stand by Stephen King

17:13 - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Kaytee)

19:14 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukamatathil

21:25 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (Meredith)

22:35 - Final Girls by Riley Sager

24:37 - Currently Reading Patreon

25:22 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee)

25:32 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory

29:16 - Fairyloot

31:26 - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (Meredith)

35:31 - @booktalketc on Instagram

35:32 - Book Talk, Etc podcast

37:32 - Deep Dive: Our Most Huggable Books

38:28 - All The Only People by Mike Gayle

38:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

38:30 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

39:12 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booey

39:25 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

39:51 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

40:05 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

40:36 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

40:38 - Charlotte's Web by E.B White

41:18 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

41:28 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili

41:53 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

42:35 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

42:29 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

42:56 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

43:28 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

43:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

44:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

45:06 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

45:19 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

45:46 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

46:03 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

46:29 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

46:32 - Matrix by Lauren Groff

48:48 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:55 - I wish that we always live in a world where women are celebrated (Kaytee)

56:37 - I wish everyone would try a book flight (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from The King's English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: morning reading and loving the library

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

• Deep Dive: an update and discussion on the boss OUR summer TBR episode

• 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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1:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:54 - Artful Agenda

8:05 - Our Current Reads

8:24 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Meredith, pre-order, releases Sept. 10, 2024)

10:07 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett

13:15 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Blackwell's link, pre-order, releases Aug. 29, 2024)

14:15 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

14:16 - The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

14:50 - Search by Michelle Huneven

15:41 - Water by John Boyne (Kaytee, amazon link)

16:06 - Earth by John Boyne (amazon link)

16:08 - Fire by John Boyne (Blackwell's link - preorder releases Nov 7 2024)

17:57 - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

19:12 - A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (Meredith)

23:46 - The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rosen (Kaytee - "It was not obvious to me at the time from looking at the cover that this was actually only two authors, one with four names. Any inaccuracies are my own, but the opinions on the book stand!")

23:56 - libro.fm

27:21 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Meredith, boss my TBR update)

28:06 - Circe by Madeline Miller

31:43 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

31:44 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

33:33 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory (Kaytee, boss my TBR update)

40:00 - Deep Dive: Our Experiences with Boss OUR TBR

41:29 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

41:30 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

41:31 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

51:21 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

52:41 - Currently Reading Patreon

53:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:22 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

53:32 - I wish that everyone would read The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Meredith)

56:37 - I wish for reading recs that pair well with the show Our Flag Means Death (Kaytee)

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• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from The King's English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

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

• Bookish Moments: reading about new hobbies and talking about books to everyone IRL

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

• Deep Dive: recapping our summer vacation

• 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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:10 Ad For Ourselves

1:35 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:03 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:37 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

4:40 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

4:44 - Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

7:00 - Our Current Reads

7:05 - Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks (Kaytee)

10:48 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (Meredith)

12:51 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

14:35 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nacosta (Kaytee)

18:11 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine

18:16 - The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

19:44 - Day One by Abigail Dean (Meredith)

21:39 - Girl A by Abigail Dean

23:29 - The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill (Kaytee)

23:38 - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

28:08 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman (Meredith)

29:23 - Falling by T.J. Newman

29:25 - Drowning by T.J. Newman

39:01 - Deep Dive: What We Did On Our Summer Break

35:03 - The Boulder Bookstore

35:10 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

38:49 - Half Price Books

49:43 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:57 - I wish for us all to vote in any upcoming election you may have. (Kaytee)

52:18 - I wish that every July Texas would be cloudy and rainy because it does wonders for my reading life. (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from The King's English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan P. Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!