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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.

1:56 - Putting the Book Into Context

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Published Sept. 28, 2010 by Minotaur Books

4.36 rating on Goodreads

Seasonal setting - Winter

Book Awards: Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2011, The Agatha Award, The New Blood Dagger Award, The Arthur Ellis Award, The Barry Award, and the Dilys Award

Critic Reviews

Meredith's and Roxanna's encounters with the book

7:20 - The Setup

16:22 - A Deeper Exploration

Setup and first paragraph

The pacing of the novel

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

Quebec vs American History

Anglophone vs. Francophone history and culture

Themes: "bury your dead", "with time"

P.345 - Not everything buried is actually dead.

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

One bit of lightness in the entire novel

Location, Location, Location

Relationship between Beauvoir and Ruth Zardo

Who leaked the video?

Enneagram Corner

The Ending

1:14:36 - Superlatives

Favorite Scene

Character MVP

Biggest loser

Best food description

Favorite Quote

No spoilers this episode!

The next book will be A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

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

• Bookish Moments: more bookish podcasts and new to us books

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

• Deep Dive: books we have recently DNFd or NRNd

• 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 - Bite Size Intro

:57 - Half Priced Books

1:26 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:41 - Talking Scared Podcast

1:48 - Tea & Murder Podcast

4:01 - PangoBooks

4:28 - Bookmans

5:34 - Our Current Reads

6:03 - Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis (Meredith)

7:33 - An Unlikely Story

9:11 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

9:26 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

9:57 - Fabled Bookshop

9:58 - Bear Necessity by James Gold-Bourn (Kaytee)

13:38 - The Field Guide To Dumb Birds of the Whole World by Matt Kracht (Meredith)

14:34 - Merlin App

14:55 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

13:48 - Charter Books

17:48 - The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht

19:52 - The Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S.A. Cosby (Kaytee)

23:47 - The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson (Meredith)

24:59 - The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

27:14 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram

27:44 - Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Kaytee)

28:06 - Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

32:14 - Our Recent DNFs and NRNs

33:08 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (Meredith)

34:12 - Jade City by Fonda Lee (Kaytee)

36:37 - The Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp (Meredith)

38:29 - Sunshine, Sangria and Scandal by Wendy Day (Kaytee)

40:19 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

40:44 - The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (Meredith, Wheel of Time series #2)

41:27 - Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Meredith)

43:16 - Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew by Davaun Sanders (Kaytee)

44:45 - Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

46:25 - Meet Us At The Fountain

47:16 - I wish there was an easier way to find trusted sources' reviews on Goodreads. (Meredith)

48:42 - Meredith's Goodreads

49:02 - I wish to reject the notion that more books equals a better reading life. (Kaytee)

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

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

• Bookish Moments: bookish mail and more tech to help our reading lives

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

• Deep Dive: what makes an unputdownable book and some examples

• 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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1:26 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:48 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

1:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

3:15 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

6:35 - The Outsiders by S.E Hinton

8:44 - Our Current Reads

8:54 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare (Kaytee)

9:11 - Season 6, Episode 25 w/Knox and Jamie

14:07 - Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz (Meredith)

15:16 - Foyles UK

16:08 - The Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

19:05 - Annie Bot by Sierra Greer (Kaytee)

19:18 - Libro.fm

21:57 - Article About AI Friends

25:10 - The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Meredith)

26:32 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

29:53 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch (Kaytee)

34:10 - Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews (Meredith)

35:55 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

36:25 - The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews

38:49 - The Most Unputdownable Books

42:03 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

42:15 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

43:39 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

43:51 - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

44:17 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

45:35 - Confessions by Kenae Minato

45:48 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

45:50 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

45:56 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

46:17 - Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

47:18 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

47:37 - Kaytee mentions Adenrele Ojo being a Recorded Books copyright narrator but it is actually Simon and Schuster!

48:06 - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

48:34 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

48:51 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

49:27 - Drowning by T.J. Newman

49:28 - Falling by T.J. Newman

49:41 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

49:44 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

49:52 - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

50:31 - Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

51:49 - Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

51:51 - Heartsopper by Alice Oseman

51:58 - March: Book One by John Lewis

53:00 - El Deafo by Cece Bell

54:16 - Meet Us At The Fountain

54:24 - I wish more people would give graphic novels a chance. (Kaytee)

55:35 - Currently Reading Patreon

56:28 - I wish I could collect Precious Moments dolls committing all kinds of murder. (Meredith)

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. May's IPL comes to us from Commonplace Books in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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

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

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The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

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

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: accepting bookish feedback and purging our bookshelves

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

• Deep Dive: our current top 5 reads of 2024

• 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

9:18 - Our Current Reads

9:53 - The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Meredith)

17:02 - Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher (Kaytee)

20:29 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartman (Meredith)

20:36 - @mother.horror on Instagram

25:57 - The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe (Kaytee)

28:18 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

28:20 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

29:07 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (Meredith)

30:05 - An Unlikely Story

30:30 - Commonplace Books

32:26 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

33:43 - Sociopath by Patric Gagne (Kaytee)

39:23 - Our Top 5 Reads of 2024 (So Far)

42:36 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

43:24 - Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsen (Kaytee)

43:56 - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (Meredith)

44:43 - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (Kaytee)

44:57 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

45:12 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith)

46:11 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Kaytee)

47:30 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Meredith)

48:36 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)

49:32 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Meredith)

50:06 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

51:17 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee)

52:19 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)

54:40 - Meet Us At The Fountain

54:51 - I wish you could bottle up the feeling of reading a book for the first time. (Meredith)

54:56 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel

54:57 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

55:45 - I wish I could press All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle. (Kaytee)

56:17 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle

57:11 - Minisode w/Mike Gayle

Support Us:

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. May's IPL comes to us from Commonplace Books in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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

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

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: talking podcasting with young people and book to film buzz

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

• Deep Dive: All kinds of bookish overhype

• 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 - Bite Size Intro

1:36 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:48 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

6:42 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

7:17 - The Martian by Andy Weir

8:46 - Our Current Reads

8:53 - Olivetti by Allie Millington (Kaytee)

10:40 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

11:54 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt (Meredith)

13:07 - Storybound Subscription from Fabled Bookshop

14:31 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

15:42 - The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May (Kaytee)

16:12 - Wintering by Katherine May

19:31 - No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall (Meredith)

20:21 - What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

20:23 - Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

23:17 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)

23:36 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

27:01 - Erasure by Percival Everett

27:50 - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (Meredith)

31:12 - @thewilltoread on Instagram

31:47 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

32:18 - The Bookish Overhype

34:15 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

34:20 - Deacon King Kong by James McBride

34:42 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt

35:51 - James by Percival Everett

36:22 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

36:41 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides

37:28 - End of Story by A.J. Finn

39:11 - The Women by Kristin Hannah

39:21 - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

41:05 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

43:25 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

43:38 - Funny Story by Emily Henry

43:40 - People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

44:34 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

44:47 - Meet Us At The Fountain

44:51 - I wish that books that make you question yourself would give an assessment quiz at the end. (Kaytee)

45:03 - The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May

46:41 - I wish everyone would watch the episode of The Twilight Zone called "Time Enough At Last". (Meredith)

47:08 - Twilight Zone Season 1: Episode 8 (This is Amazon Prime but you can watch on Paramount + as well!)

Support Us:

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. May's IPL comes to us from Commonplace Books in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry

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

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

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: our children reading to the elderly and finally talking to authors

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

• Deep Dive: Boss My TBR for two 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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1:42 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:47 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

5:30 - What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher

6:09 - An Unlikely Story

8:34 - Currently Reading Patreon

9:01 - Our Current Reads

9:06 - Right at Home by Bobby Berk (Kaytee)

12:10 - Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

16:54 - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (Kaytee)

20:13 - That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming

21:03 - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Meredith)

26:01 - Game Changer by Neal Shusterman (Kaytee)

26:05 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

28:45 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

28:49 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle

32:12 - Reef Road by Deborah Goodrich Royce (Meredith)

34:15 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

37:12 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR

From Becca K.

39:18 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (Arc of a Scythe #2)

39:24 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #2)

39:30 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #2)

39:36 - Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #2)

39:43 - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (The Royal We #2)

39:57 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

39:58 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

39:59 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

40:00 - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

40:37 - The Winners by Fredrick Backman

From Rachel M.

43:45 - Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher

43:49 - Look Closer by David Ellis

43:52 - The7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

43:57 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

44:01 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

48:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:30 - I wish to press The Guncle into your hands. (Kaytee)

48:45 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

48:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

51:12 - I wish when I am reading a book with a good "house" sense of place, I could go to that place and see, smell, touch, and hear all about it. (Meredith)

Support Us:

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April's IPL comes to us from A Room Of One's Own in Madison Wisconsin!

• Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry

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

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

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!

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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The Dry by Jane Harper

1:07 - Here's the Setup

3:41 - Previews

Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.

The Dry by Jane Harper

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

The Exiles by Jane Harper

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.

The Dry (2021)

Force of Nature (coming 2024)

6:57 - The Cutting Room

Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen

Historical flashbacks

The actual dryness

Catching Scott Whitlam

Aaron Falk's ostracization

Anything left out that shouldn't have been

There are pieces of the movie that don't make sense without the book

Clyde PD

Grant's role in Ellie's death

The note that implicates Aaron/his dad

Defacing Falk's car

Love triangle/sexual tension

Luke's death details and the bike tire marks

Added to the movie

Suspense building elements

Mushy middle

Weird product placements

Pub room versus big hotel

Casting and mis-casting

A few non-Australians were cast! But very few

Falk - Simon Baker, Ryan Kwanten

Gretchen - Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Margo Robbie, Toni Collette, Naomi Watts

Raco - just a Hemsworth

Whitlam - another Hemsworth, let's go with Chris

Gerry - Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Mel Gibson

Problematic elements

Discussion of the "gay f-word"

44:06 - Award Season

Worst and best parts of the adaptation.

The note that implicates Aaron

Mushy middle

Cinematography and score

The dryness, and the climax scene

Worst and best actors.

Young Luke

Raco, the actor

Eric Bana as Falk

Worst and best book characters.

Mal Deacon and Grant Dow

Luke Hadler

Raco

Karen Hadler

Aaron Falk

1:01:27 - Book/Flick Energy

Book scored on a 5 star scale.

Book on Goodreads

Movie scored on a 10 point scale.

Movie on Rotten Tomatoes

1:05:07 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel

If you were to commit a murder, do you think you could get away with it?

And how would you do it?

What's the scariest thing in Australia: the snakes, the spiders, the wildfires or the drought?

1:09:49 - End Credits

The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way

Available on Netflix - Season 1

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

• Bookish Moments: fun new hobbies and maybe not having a bookish moment

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

• Deep Dive: our love for all things memoir

• 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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1:39 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

8:06 - Our Current Reads

8:14 - Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Mary)

10:29 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune

11:58 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine

12:29 - Renegades by Marissa Meyer (Kaytee)

12:40 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

15:47 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

16:47 - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Mary)

19:55 - An Inconvenient Cop by Edwin Raymond (Kaytee)

20:03 - Booktenders

24:51 - A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall (Mary)

28:26 - @ginnyreadsandwrites on Instagram

28:44 - Fairyloot

29:07 - Pango Books

30:16 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

30:34 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

31:53 - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Kaytee)

32:10 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

35:29 - Deep Dive: Our Love For Memoirs

36:10 - Sarah's Bookshelves

39:49 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss

41:43 - My Life in France by Julia Child

42:30 - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling

42:32 - Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

42:46 - Bossypants by Tina Fey

42:51 - Spare by Prince Harry

43:12 - Becoming by Michelle Obama

43:42 - Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe

43:47 - I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg

44:04 - I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg (young readers' edition)

44:59 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan

45:31 - Finding Me by Viola Davis

46:20 - As You Wish by Cary Elwes

46:58 - Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

47:50 - Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother by Beth Ann Fennelly

47:55 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly

48:06 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan

48:10 - These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

49:04 - Soil by Camille T. Dungy

49:15 - An Exact Replica of A Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

50:29 - Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

50:37 - What Looks Like Bravery by Laurel Braitman

50:43 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (amazon link)

50:58 - Tragedy Plus Time by Adam Cayton-Holland

51:15 - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottleib

51:30 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

51:53 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter

52:02 - At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider

52:52 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

53:05 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

53:12 - A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg

53:43 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

53:45 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

53:48 - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

54:03 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

54:15 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt

55:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain

55:21 - I wish to press the Ember Quartet series, starting with Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. (Mary)

55:30 - Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

56:52 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

56:53 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

57:22 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

58:38 - My wish is for more bookish board games. (Kaytee)

58:47 - By the Book game

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. April's IPL comes to us from A Room Of One's Own in Madison Wisconsin!

• Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry

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

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

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: learning of new kinds of books and creating outdoor reading spaces

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

• Deep Dive: how we manage our massive TBRs and how we choose our next read

• 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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**We are aware of a sound quality issue with Kaytee's audio. We are in the works to hopefully get that fixed soon! Thanks for hanging with us through it!

2:55 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:56 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch

7:54 - Our Current Reads

8:18 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith)

11:21 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram

11:22 - @readlexyread on Instagram

11:36 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

12:34 - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum (Kaytee)

14:57 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

15:48 - There's Something I Have To Tell You by Michelle McDonagh (Meredith)

18:25 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

19:40 - Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin (Kaytee)

20:08 - The Happier Podcast

23:48 - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

27:55 - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (Kaytee)

28:10 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

32:01 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

32:29 - Deep Dive: Managing Our Massive TBRs

33:09 - Hearts and Daggers Pod

33:43 - Currently Reading Patreon

44:00 - 3 tier rolling cart on Amazon

47:16 - NetGalley

47:51 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

50:53 - Half Price Books

51:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:14 - I wish people would read The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. (Meredith)

54:31 - My wish is to share a collaboration between Mychal Threets and PBS. (Kaytee)

55:00 - Mychal Threets on Instagram

Support Us:

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April's IPL comes to us from A Room Of One's Own in Madison Wisconsin!

• Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry

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

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

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The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

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

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: changing up book subscriptions and implementing new technology into our reading

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

• Deep Dive: what would we ask the book fairy to change in our 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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**We are aware of a sound quality issue with Kaytee's audio. We are in the works to hopefully get that fixed soon! Thanks for hanging with us through it!

1:35 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:51 - Satisfiction Book Subscription

2:18 - Fairyloot

2:19 - Illumicrate

2:20 - OwlCrate

3:00 - @Meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram

7:33 - Our Current Reads

7:42 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel (Kaytee)

7:48 - Booktenders

10:57 - @authortiffanymcdaniel on Instagram

12:02 - An Unlikely Story

12:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)

17:58 - Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (Kaytee)

20:14 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt

20:49 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan

21:49 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (young readers version)

22:21 - Rabbit by Patricia Williams

22:46 - The Gathering by C.J. Tudor (Meredith)

24:18 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

24:20 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor

26:49 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Kaytee)

28:48 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune

28:52 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

28:54 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

31:35 - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland (Meredith)

36:14 - Deep Dive: Book Wishes To The Book Fairy

40:01 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

56:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

49:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:21 - I wish everyone would follow @weeklyhomecheck on Instagram. (Kaytee)

50:36 - I wish everyone would listen to the podcast The Canada Reads Podcast (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. April's IPL comes to us from A Room Of One's Own in Madison Wisconsin!

• Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry

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

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

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!