The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for Episode 11, in which we take a fun little trip down our "book-memory lanes".

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: A sweet book gift from a friend, and a childhood milestone finally broached.

Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three (or more) books from each of us, lots of mysterious picks this week, and one title that we just can't stop talking about.

Next, we take that memory trip and talk about the books that formed us as readers. The memories we have of our childhood reading, the ones that shaped us as teens, and how they turned us into the readers we are today. So many backlist gems in this list!

As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to put into every reader's hands. This week's picks include a YA pick that's being made into a Netflix movie and a non-fiction classic that is perfect for everyone on your Christmas list.

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!

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2:37 - I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel

3:50 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

4:17 - Harry Potter Illustrated Editions by J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay

7:52 - Louise Penny's Three Pines Series

8:19 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

11:34 - Just the Right Book Subscription

11:45 - Reading Bug Box Subscription

11:50 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville

11:54 - The Book Drop Subscription (Reminder: CURRENTLYREADING will get you 20% off until 12/15)

12:12 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke

16:07 - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

16:16 - @raelasbooks on Instagram

18:22 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

20:20 - House at Riverton by Kate Morton

21:15 - Never Lose a Customer Again by Joey Coleman

21:28 - Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard

22:48 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

23:52 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

25:52 - Episode 7 of Currently Reading with Jessica Turner

26:06 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

28:12 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

30:19 - The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini

34:24 - The Mitten by Jan Brett

34:26 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle

34:47 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

34:48 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

34:58 - Choose Your Own Adventure books by R.A. Montgomery

36:13 - R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Series

36:15 - Intensity by Dean Koontz

36:29 - Stephen King novels

37:04 - 100 Secret Senses by Amy Tan

37:14 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

38:15 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

39:15 - Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene

39:47 - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

UNSOLICITED STRONG OPINION: Amazon is wrong. Read these in Publication Order, please!

40:56 - The Once and Future King by T.H. White

42:21 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

44:25 - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

47:58 - Puddin' by Julie Murphy

48:20 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon 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. Thanks for your support!*

Bookish besties reunited for Episode number 10, where we take a foray into the scary books you'll want on your Halloween and Fall TBR!

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: Meredith's slump is O.V.E.R. and Kaytee broke her resolutions in a big way.

Then we dive into our currently reading lists with three books from each of us, some brand new titles, a big series for #pennypusher fans, and some mysterious picks.

Our next segment will make you thankful for these show notes! We throw a LOT of titles at you that will perfectly fit into your fall mood-reading lists. Don't worry, they are all written down for you below. Because we love you.

As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to put into every reader's hands. This week's picks include a classic Greek myth re-imagined, as well as non-fiction pick for every boy mom reader.

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!

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3:20 - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

4:11 - Literate Lizard bookstore in Sedona, AZ

5:10 - thriftbooks.com - 15% off your first order if you use this link!

6:58 - In Her Bones by Kate Moretti

7:13 - Book Drop Subscription - use code CURRENTLYREADING for 20% off a subscription of any length! Good through 12/15

8:25 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

9:05 - What Should I Read Next podcast on iTunes, Episode 150 is the one referenced in this episode of our show

11:51 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

14:09 - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

14:29 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

14:39 - You've Got Mail

15:58 - Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

17:49 - Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache Series

18:05 - Inspector Wexford Series by Ruth Rundell

18:14 - Dorothy Simpson's Inspector Thanet Series

19:02 - From Doon with Death by Ruth Rundell

22:38 - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (2nd Book: A Conspiracy in Belgravia)

22:44 - Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

25:10 - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

25:55 - Hoopla! Kaytee's beloved library service!

26:23 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

26:26 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

26:37 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

27:24 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

27:31 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville

31:11 - Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim

31:19 - @wellreadblackgirl on Instagram

34:11 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

34:25 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

34:54 - Coraline by Neil Gaiman (but now I really want the Graphic Novel version!)

35:15 - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

35:17 - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

35:36 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

36:12 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

36:25 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

37:08 - Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

37:15 - Kate Morton books

37:35 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

39:09 - Every Secret Thing by Susanna Kearsley

41:10 - Aunt Dimity Series by Nancy Atherton

42:20 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

42:42 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

42:43 - Pines (1st in series) by Blake Crouch, then Wayward, then The Last Town

43:08 - Fox Evil by Minette Walters

44:08 - Circe by Madeline Miller

47:25 - Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David Thomas

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon 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. Thanks for your support!*

Meredith has a special guest go-host join her this week while Kaytee travels, Meg Tietz of the Sorta Awesome podcast!

When Meredith introduces Meg, you'll get to hear a bit of our backstory about how we (Meredith and Kaytee) became friends THROUGH Meg's podcast, and how we pay tribute to her in every show!

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each host: meeting a favorite author and new earbuds for audiobooks.

Plenty of book recommendations coming your way this week as Meg and Meredith discuss two recent books each and then jump into a deep dive!

Meg is a personality framework junkie, so she and Meredith take a foray into personality types and reading. Such an interesting discussion! Do you know your Enneagram type? Do you feel like it affects your reading life?

Meg and Meredith finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to put into every reader's hands. This week's picks include a National Book Award winner and an older title that will make you think for YEARS.

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!

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1:15 - Sorta Awesome Podcast: Website, iTunes

2:36 - Sorta Awesome episode about anxiety and face shaving

4:17 - Meredith's guest episode on Sorta Awesome about Penelopes

4:45 - Rainbow Rowell

5:29 - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

8:32 - Apple airpods

9:14 - Kaytee's (similar but way less expensive) earbuds

11:41 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

14:36 - In Her Bones by Kate Meretti

16:05 - Book Drop Subscription - So excited to offer our listeners a GREAT coupon code for this service! Use code CURRENTLYREADING for 20% a new subscription of any length. This code is good through 12/15, so it would make a great holiday gift idea!

17:25 - The Popcast on iTunes

17:39 - The Wondering Years by Knox McCoy

21:23 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

32:50 - The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield

35:41 - Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield

35:49 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

37:09 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

37:41 - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesamyn Ward

38:05 - Salvage the Bones by Jesamyn Ward

42:51 - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

44:31 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

How to find Meg:

@sortaawesomemeg on Instagram

@sortaawesomeshow on Instagram

sortaawesomeshow.com

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon 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. Thanks for your support!*

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week. Reunited!! We've got a bit of a longer episode for you full of readerly chat.

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: a neighborly book relationship and bookish travels.

Plenty of book recommendations coming your way this week as we discuss three recent books each and go down little rabbit trails of additional titles.

Our deep dive this week is about reading slumps: why they suck so bad and some tips for avoiding them or overcoming them!

We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to put into every reader's hands. Some hilarious short stories and a classic mystery. This week also includes a bonus pick by Meredith's nephew Collin for the younger readers in your life.

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!

7:45 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

7:58 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

10:22 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

10:30 - Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson

13:00 - Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

13:25 - How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

13:30 - How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

15:51 - Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman

17:24 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

20:12 - A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

21:40 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

25:36 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

27:13 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

28:00 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

28:42 - The Vanderbeeker's of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

33:28 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

34:11 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

39:40 - Calypso by David Sedaris

40:39 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

41:13 - Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris

43:47 -Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz

43:53 - Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz

46:15 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon 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. Thanks for your support!*

Meredith is on vacation, so Kaytee has a special guest co-host join her for this week's episode. She is so excited to share her conversation with Jessica Turner!

You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of us: one that only a family of two authors will ever experience and a new discovery at the library that made for a quiet weekend at home.

We dive in to discussing 2 books each. One of which we both cannot stop talking about.

Next, we get to discuss Jessica's new book, Stretched Too Thin, as well as her previous work, The Fringe Hours. Both are books you need on your shelves! Who wants to win a copy of STT? I'll be giving away a copy on Instagram this week, so pop on over there to enter!

We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to put into every reader's hands. Jessica does a great job pushing BOTH of our books into your hands this week, as I promise you'll want to pick up each of them for totally different reasons. They also kind of follow a theme (unintentionally, as 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!

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0:42 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner

1:51 - When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner

1:52 - When God Made Light by Matthew Paul Turner

1:55 - When I Pray For You by Matthew Paul Turner

3:28 - Playaways at the library

4:09 - How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

4:11 - The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd

6:22 - Modern Girls by Jennifer S. Brown

8:44 - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

8:46 - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

8:53 - Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

9:00 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

9:18 - Sliding Doors (movie)

10:04 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

10:48 - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

11:12 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

11:38 - Lies by TM Logan

13:49 - I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

15:15 - March: Book One by John Lewis

15:27 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds

15:51 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

18:18 - The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner

19:57 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner

31:51 - I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (yep, again)

35:18 - American Marriage by Tayari Jones

35:32 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

36:11 - Documentary 13th by Ana DuVernay on Netflix

38:14 - Jessica's bookstagram account: booksnobbery

38:20 - TheMomCreative.com

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon 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. Thanks for your support!*