On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: local bookish get togethers and summer reading
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
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Deep Dive: why middle grade and YA are perfect reads for summer
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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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4:12 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
4:35 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore
5:23 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
6:31 - Literally A Bookshop
7:58 - Our Current Reads
8:03 - Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill (Mary)
10:36 - Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Imiyide (Kaytee)
11:41 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
12:10 - Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Imiyide
14:17 - Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha Allen (Mary)
16:16 - Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
16:36 - Real Queer America by Samantha Allen
17:06 - Deaf Utopia by Nyle DiMarco (Kaytee)
22:34 - The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by HG Parry (Mary)
25:03 - The Magician's Daughter by HG Parry
25:13 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
25:43 - Twenty-Four Seconds From Now… by Jason Reynolds (Kaytee)
29:55 - Summer Is For The Youths
34:58 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
39:07 - The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding
39:12 - Fat Chance Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
41:03 - A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
41:30 - Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
41:46 - Starfish by Lisa Fipps
43:12 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
43:13 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
44:56 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
44:58 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
47:24 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (Sinister Summer #1)
47:28 - The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury
49:28 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (young readers version)
49:39 - Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
49:44 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
50:15 - Punching the Air by Ibi Zaboi and Yusef Salaam
50:28 - The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
51:04 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
51:45 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon
53:02 - Meet Us At The Fountain
53:12 - I wish that everyone would add a middle grade or YA read to their TBR this summer. (Mary)
54:21 - I wish for a bookish road map. (Kaytee)
55:05 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
55:19 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (amazon link)
55:41 - Infused by Henrietta Lovell
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