The Currently Reading Podcast

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

• Bookish Moments: a great library newsletter and a reading milestone

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

• Deep Dive: taking a look at the feminist rage trope and diving in hard

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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1:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week

1:40 - Milwaukee Public Library on Instagram

4:21 - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann

5:07 - Current Reads

5:17 - Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley (Mary)

10:06 - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylen (Kaytee)

14:00 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

15:19 - Join the CR Patreon to hear Kaytee's spoiler filled discussion on Mad Honey w/Sarah from Sarah's Bookshelves Live

17:09 - Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Mary)

17:22 - Good Omens by Niel Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

21:35 - The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton (Kaytee)

22:48 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

24:46 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

25:43 - Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (Mary)

28:00 - Storygraph

31:44 - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (Kaytee)

32:02 - Fabled Bookshop

35:48 - Deep Dive: Books that Unleash our Feminist Rage

38:51 - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

40:11 - Circe by Madeline Miller

40:36 - The Power by Naomi Alderman

40:40 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

41:52 - Vox by Christina Dalcher

42:04 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

42:09 - The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

42:10 - The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell

42:11 - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

42:27 - Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

43:09 - Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

43:35 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

45:15 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

47:43 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

48:36 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

49:26 - The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by BIanca Marais

52:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish publishers or creators would create specific ASMR rooms alongside the publishing of a new novel. (Mary)

53:05 - The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling

I wish we could "gamify" our reading lives. (Kaytee)

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

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: TBR evaluation and a great e-reader setup

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

• Deep Dive: an exploration and praise of the Quiet book

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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1:44 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:14 - Kindle Oasis

4:16 - Casebot Kindle Oasis Case

7:01 - Kindle Paperwhite

7:38 - Current Reads

7:53 - Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (Kaytee)

12:29 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor

12:44 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (Meredith)

17:52 - The Whisper Man by Alex North

17:53 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup

17:54 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

18:42 - Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander (Kaytee)

19:18 - Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl

23:35 - The Candymakers by Wendy Mass (Meredith)

25:46 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

26:53 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

27:25 - The Book Scavengers by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

27:27 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

27:53 - The Einsteins of Vista Point by Ben Guterson

28:28 - Violeta by Isabel Allende (Kaytee)

28:34 - An Unlikely Story

32:11 - Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Meredith)

38:02 - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

38:38 - Deep Dive: Quiet Books

43:00 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

44:07 - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

45:42 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

47:18 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

48:09 - Tara Road by Mauve Binchey

48:35 - We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

48:37 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

48:45 - The Dutch House by Anne Patchett

48:46 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

50:45 - What Should I Read Next w/Anne Bogel

50:58 - From the Front Porch w/Annie B. Jones

51:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish we all had readerly "What Should I Read Next" bubbles that popped up when talking with new readers. (Kaytee)

I wish everyone would shake up their reading formats and do something outside their "norm". (Meredith)

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: reading peccadilloes and reading as a race

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

• Deep Dive: questions and answers about a reading partnership, and how that works in the real world of Roxanna and Meredith

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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2:02 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:49 - Season 5: Episode 21

8:47 - Current Reads

8:56 - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (Roxanna)

15:36 - Babel by R.F. Kuang (Meredith)

26:29 - The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Roxanna)

26:43 - The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

30:56 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor (Meredith)

32:38 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

35:41 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (Roxanna)

35:56 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

38:11 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

39:52 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Meredith)

42:44 - Glass Houses by Louise Penny (Meredith mistakenly said castle instead of houses)

46:43 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

47:29 - The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

50:45 - If you are interested in a new Louise Penny segment called "A Journey to Three Pines" featuring Meredith and Roxanna, reach out in all the ways to let us know! [email protected], @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram, or in the Bookish Friends Group if you're a member of Patreon.

52:09 - Still Life by Louise Penny

52:52 - Deep Dive: Cultivating a Reading Partnership

56:42 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (ACOTAR #2)

59:11 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

1:00:01 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

1:08:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish to read more contemporary fiction and Own Voices in 2023 (Roxanna)

I wish everyone would realize you can have a fulfilling reading year no matter how many books you read (Meredith)

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

Today's minisode has an additional top 5 list to add to your 2023 TBRs! We've got Mindy, Mary, and Roxanna here with their favorite books of 2022, and their conversation is not-to-be-missed! These three had the best time chatting together without any hosts, and we're so grateful to Mindy for pulling this episode together behind-the-scenes!

Minisode show notes are not timestamped or transcripted, but linked titles are below for you to peruse.

*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 dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*

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How we chose our lists

Top 5 for each of the Show Regulars:

When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohammad (Roxanna #5)

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau (Mary #5ish)

Season 4, Episode 44 Book Hypnotism + Family Vacation Book Club

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (Mindy #5)

Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale

Bookish Friend Morgan Tallman @literallyreaadingmor

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (Roxanna #4)

Bookish Friend Betsie @bookishbetsie

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree ALSO (Mary #4)

Angelica Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne (Mary's Superlative: Most Surprising Book)

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Mindy #4)

Bookish Friend Joy Stallworth @joyinabook

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi (Roxanna #3)

Season 4, Episode 41 Tandem Watch and Read + All Things Roxanna

The Ogress and the Orphan by Kelly Barnhill (Mary #3ish)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Address Unknown by Katherine Kressman Taylor (Mindy #3)

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (Roxanna #2)

Season 5, Episode 4 Our Books as a Gauge + Reading the World

The Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams (Mary #2ish)

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau ALSO (Mindy #2)

Forty Autumns by Nina Willner (Mindy's superlative: Most Surprising Book)

Babel by R.F. Kuang (Roxanna #1)

Indie Press List for Patrons

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Mary #1ish)

A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Winners by Fredrik Backman (Mindy #1)

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

Mindy's trip to meet Fredrik Backman thanks to Bookish Friends

Season 5, Episode 11 The Magic of Bookish Friends + Reading with Guests Around

Season 5, Episode 22 Our Top Ten Reads of 2022!

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

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

• Bookish Moments: a big sale, a reading husband, and 2023 reading observations

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

• Deep Dive: author completists - the ones we've read all of and the ones we want to read all of

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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2:02 - Bookish Moments of the Week

3:05 - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

3:24 - Upgrade by Blake Crouch

7:52 - Currently Reading Patreon

8:45 - Our Current Reads

9:16 - Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen (Kaytee)

12:15 - Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah (Meredith)

16:19 - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah

16:48 - Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (Kaytee)

17:03 - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

20:28 - Thornyhold by Mary Stewart (Meredith, Amazon Link)

25:09 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White

25:15 - The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

26:24 - Solito by Javier Zamora (Kaytee)

30:12 - How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (Meredith)

32:43 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

32:54 - The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix

37:01 - Deep Dive: Authors We've Read Completely or Want to Complete

38:00 - Taft by Ann Patchett

38:23 - The Hangman by Louise Penny

38:31 - State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hilary Clinton

38:56 - The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard

39:34 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden

40:12 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

40:37 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

40:38 - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

41:19 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

42:06 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds

44:30 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

44:31 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

44:41 - Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield (not Susanna Clarke)

44:41 - The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke (correct short stories, Amazon Link)

45:11 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

47:14 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

48:19 - Final Girls by Riley Sager

48:21 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

49:18 - Visit Us At The Fountain

I wish to make a record keeper of my kids' series books. (Kaytee)

I wish Murderful fans would watch The Menu, and someone would write a book like this movie. (Meredith)

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are sharing our top ten reads of 2022! Can you guess where we overlap? This is a GREAT stack of books and we are so thrilled to share it with you.

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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2:31 - Currently Reading Patreon

6:41 - Send your questions for Meredith and Roxanna to [email protected] by JANUARY 4

7:09 - Our 2022 Reading Recap

13:00 - CR Season 5: Episode 20

18:11 - NetGalley

25:23 - Kindle Oasis

27:25 - Book Darts

29:02 - Murder at Black Oaks by Philip Margolin (Meredith's lowest rated read)

29:13 - The Harbor by Katrina Engberg (Meredith's 2nd lowest rated read)

29:58 - Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein (Kaytee's lowest rated read)

30:05 - PangoBooks

30:36 - The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye (Kaytee's 2nd lowest rated read)

33:50 - Our Top Ten Ranked Reads of 2022

33:58 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert (Meredith)

35:04 - Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (Kaytee)

35:21 - Circe by Madeline Miller

35:22 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

35:23 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

36:11 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Meredith)

37:21 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Kaytee)

38:37 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett (Meredith)

40:59 - Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester (Kaytee)

41:04 - CR Season 5: Episode 14

42:41 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher (Meredith)

46:14 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Kaytee)

48:09 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier (Meredith)

48:17 - The Popcast

51:11 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (Kaytee)

52:57 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (Meredith)

55:58 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt (Kaytee)

57:32 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (Meredith)

1:00:06 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

1:00:07 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

1:00:08 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

1:00:13 - Downton Shabby by Hopwood DePree

1:01:15 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Kaytee)

1:02:10 - An Unlikely Story

1:03:05 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Meredith)

1:04:53 - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb (Kaytee)

1:07:20 - Babel by RF Kuang (Meredith #2, Kaytee #1)

1:14:32 - An Immense World by Ed Yong (Kaytee #2)

1:16:13 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Meredith #1)

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are revisiting the very first Top 10 episode we ever aired. We've grown a lot as podcasters since then and our tastes have changed some, so it was a fun trip down memory lane. We hope this episode stocks your TBRs with books that are ALL backlist now, and easy to grab from the library!

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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3:10 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:12 - Deep Dive: Our Best Books of 2018

5:33 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

7:03 - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

8:56 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

9:39 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown

10:50 - The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah MacKenzie

11:36 - The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast

11:47 - CR Season 1: Episode 7

11:53 - American Marriage by Tayari Jones

13:02 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

14:04 - Educated by Tara Westover

14:58 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

17:05 - Circe by Madeline Miller

18:02 - CR Season 1: Episode 10

18:52 - Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle

19:59 - Calypso by David Sedaris

21:26 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

21:31 - CR Season 1: Episode 3

22:04 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

23:07 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

24:20 - CR Season 1: Episode 18

24:22 - Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

26:11 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

26:19 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend

29:04 - The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

31:15 - Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

31:20 - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

32:12 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

32:16 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

32:24 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

35:07 - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

35:08 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

40:58 - CR Season 1: Episode 17

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: a big milestone and small business Saturday

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

• Deep Dive: we go down the rabbit hole of book tracking

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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1:58 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:15 - Garcia Street Books

5:11 - Fabled Bookshop

5:53 - Current Reads

6:17 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

6:27 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

12:20 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition) by Anton Treuer (Kaytee)

12:52 - The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

17:05 - The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier (Meredith)

23:02 - A Lady for A Duke by Alexis Hall (Kaytee)

23:13 - Bookmarks

23:27 - libro.fm

24:50 - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

27:20 - Rizzio by Denise Mina (Meredith)

28:26 - Conviction by Denise Mina

28:33 - Blackwell's UK

30:24 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

31:48 - An Immense World by Ed Yong (Kaytee)

32:25 - I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong

34:49 - Fable App

6:45 - Deep Dive: All Things Reading Trackers

42:58 - Currently Reading Patreon

48:26 - CAWPILE Rating System

49:16 - A Lady for A Duke by Alexis Hall

54:58 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish that Three Pines the show doesn't disappoint me. (Meredith)

55:38 - Still Life by Louise Penny (Three Pines #1)

56:00 - The Hangman by Louise Penny

56:32 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

56:49 - WSIRN Episode 357 w/Louise Penny

I wish to institute Jolabokaflod in my home this year. (Kaytee)

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a bookish car surprise and a triumphal return

• Current Reads: all the great stuff we've been reading lately

• Deep Dive: the deets on reading vacations!

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is 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!*

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1:53 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:57 - Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

8:11 - Current Reads

8:17 - Scribd

8:29 - What Can Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwartz (Mindy)

12:41 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (Meredith)

14:50 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

16:24 - The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Mindy)

19:13 - Garden of Lamentations by Deborah Crombie (Meredith)

23:22 - A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

24:02 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Mindy)

24:13 - Denisereads75 on Instagram

24:17 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

26:02 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

26:51 - Gilded by Marissa Meyer (Meredith)

28:22 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

30:17 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

30:46 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

31:27 - Cursed by Marissa Meyer

32:37 - Deep Dive: The Ins and Outs of Bookish Vacations

32:49 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

33:41 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman

40:34 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

49:46 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish I could find a series that combined police procedural and courtroom drama like Law and Order. (Mindy)

50:49 - Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

50:52 - The Defense by Steve Cavanagh (Eddie Flynn #1)

50:58 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

I wish that small, concentrated book retreats happen in 2023. (Meredith)

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Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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

• Bookish Moments: pet conspiracy against Meredith + airport friendships

• Current Reads: A whole slew of books that might be hard to listen to us talk about for various reasons

• Deep Dive: the goodies to buy for the bookworm that doesn't need books

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

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1:25 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:12 - HH Holmes Murder Castle Puzzle

8:13 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

10:13 - Current Reads

10:28 - Glass Houses by Louise Penny (Meredith)

11:10 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

16:53 - Still Life by Louise Penny

18:45 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick (Kaytee)

21:30 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live Episode 123 w/ Nikki Erlick

23:03 - The Duke Alone by Christi Caldwell (Meredith)

29:22 - The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert (Kaytee)

29:52 - The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

29:54 - CR Season 5: Episode 3

SKIP TO 35:11 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT KRAKEN SEX!!!

35:27 - The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch (Meredith)

37:28 - Fabled Bookshop

42:56 - Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton (Kaytee)

SKIP TO 46:37 IF SEXUAL ASSAULT IS YOUR TRIGGER

45:01 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller

45:03 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

46:37 - Bookish Gifts We Want to Give and Receive

48:19 - Mug Warmer

49:09 - Book Darts

49:40 - Pilot FriXion Pens

49:55 - Pilot FriXion Highlighters

50:52 - Sharpie Pen

51:43 - Libro.fm

51:53 - Scribd

51:44 - Bookshop.org

52:10 - Thriftbooks

52:35 - Fabled Story Bound Subscription

53:29 - Currently Reading Patreon

53:37 - Fabled Bookshop

54:24 - Currently Reading Tote

54:51 - Currently Reading Zazzle store

55:17 - Lego Bookstore

55:59 - Galison Puzzles

56:01 - White Mountain Puzzles

56:27 - Barefoot Dreams throw blanket

56:54 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish, if you are looking for cozy holiday reading, that you read the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton. (Meredith)

57:32 - Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton (#1 in series)

I wish that book festivals and author events get as much hype as Taylor Swift tickets. (Kaytee)

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 www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading