The Currently Reading Podcast

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

• Bookish Moments: devoting unexpected extra time on morning reading + journaling and embracing chaotic reading with reader roulette

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

• Deep Dive: we circle back to the summer reads we assigned to each other

• 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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01:28 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

10:18 - Our Current Reads

10:34 - Hide and Seek by Andrea Mara [Amazon link] (Meredith)

15:57 - I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk

16:05 - You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith (Kaytee)

20:09 - A Little Daylight Left by Sarah Kay (Meredith)

24:30 - The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén (Kaytee)

24:38 - Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén

27:01 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

27:03 - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

29:18 - Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Meredith)

31:35 - All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

34:46 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Kaytee)

39:12 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

39:15 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

44:22 - Deep Dive: Our Assigned Summer Reading Experiences

45:16 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

45:27 - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

55:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain

55:11 - I wish we would all consider having a little bookish pet project (Meredith)

57:18 - I wish I could create a bookish focus chamber (Kaytee)

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. August's IPL comes to us from our founding Indie Press List store: Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX!

• 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: reading with a partner and making lazy genius decisions about your reading life

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

• Deep Dive: we are reviewing our summer break

• 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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1:53 - Ad For Ourselves

3:11 - Pounded by Produce by G.M. Fairy

3:14 - Hedging His Bets by Celia Kyle [Amazon link]

5:45 - Currently Reading Patreon

6:02 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

6:39 - The Bookshop by Evan Friss

7:24 - Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

10:05 - Our Current Reads

10:15 - Playground by Richard Powers (Kaytee)

13:04 - Bill from An Unlikely Story on Instagram (@AnUnlikelyStory)

13:55 - Bill Largent on Instagram (@TheWillToRead)

14:26 - Until August by Gabriel García Márquez (Meredith)

16:43 - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

16:47 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

17:40 - The Council of Animals by Nick McDonell

19:06 - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Kaytee)

19:12 - CR Season 5: Episode 48 (The Listener Press)

24:33 - The Game Is Murder by Hazell Ward (Meredith)

27:34 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

27:43 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

28:55 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett (Kaytee)

29:21 - CR Season 6: Episode 31

32:18 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett

32:19 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett

33:16 - So Far Gone by Jess Walter

38:30 - Deep Dive: What We Did On Our Summer Break

46:51 - Meet Us At The Fountain

47:15 - Travel to the bookstores a little outside your norm and make time for a bookish journey and bookstore extroversion (Kaytee)

49:24 - Listen to Ep. 272: Best Books of the Year (So Far) of 10 Things to Tell You with Laura Tremaine

50:34 - Laura Tremaine's Secret Stuff on Substack

50:40 - The Shining by Stephen King

51:21 - A Journey to Three Pines

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

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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. August's IPL comes to us from our founding Indie Press List store: Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX!

• 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 finishing up season seven with a look back and a look forward!

• Season Seven In Review: interesting stats, regrets, and exciting upcoming content!

• 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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1:24 - Season Seven, In Review

The most downloaded episodes of the season

1:58 - CR Season 7: Episode 22 - Our Top Reads of 2024

2:09 - CR Season 7: Episode 24 - Mary and Roxanna's Top Reads of 2024

3:24 - CR Season 7: Episode 4 - Reading Routines + The Journey Of Currently Reading (Our 300th Episode)

4:07 - Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones

Favorite individual episodes

7:44 - CR Season 7: Episode 34 - Reading What We Want + Our Reading Life Temp Checks (Meredith)

8:34 - Burn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard (Blackwell's link)

11:26 - CR Season 7: Episode 29 - Series Completist + Non Tragic Bookish Tragedies (Kaytee)

11:40 - CR Season 7: Episode 39 - Brain Farts + Reading Canadian (Kaytee)

11:51 - CR Season 7: Episode 30 - New Indie Bookstores + Our Six Star Reads (Meredith)

12:41 - Boss My TBR Segments (Meredith)

• CR Season 7: Episode 2 - Library Love + Boss Our Summer TBR Update

• CR Season 7: Episode 5 - Talking to Fictional Characters + Boss My TBR

• CR Season 7: Episode 14 - Bookish Lego + Boss My TBR

• CR Season 7: Episode 26 - Bookish Geese + Boss My TBR

• CR Season 7: Episode 32 - Reading Retreats + Boss My TBR

• CR Season 7: Episode 40 - Bookish Friends Step Up + Boss My TBR

Books we brought that added to the experience by talking about them

15:50 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Meredith)

15:54 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Meredith)

15:59 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare (Meredith)

16:05 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Meredith and Kaytee)

16:09 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

17:51 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee)

19:04 - The Odyssey by Homer (Kaytee)

19:24 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Kaytee)

19:49 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

20:21 - The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (Meredith)

20:29 - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Meredith)

21:14 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

21:30 - The Ruins by Scott Smith (Meredith)

21:32 - The Grip of It by Jack Jemc (Meredith)

21:33 - True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik (Meredith)

22:26 - Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (Kaytee)

22:30 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Regrets from season seven?

23:08 - I've been very distracted by work and work projects, and that has impacted my reading. (Meredith)

24:29 - That I closed a part myself off for many months of the past year. (Kaytee)

Is there anything new coming to Currently Reading?

23:58 - Nothing being subtracted, but we're thinking about what we can add to the big show.

26:43 - Freshening up the big show and Patreon with a little "summer cleaning" brainstorming.

27:31 - Be sure you are following us on Instagram as Betsy continues to try new things, so you can let us know what you'd like to see more of!

Be sure to email us any ideas for our Deep Dive — at [email protected]

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. July's IPL is brought to us by Booktenders of Barboursville, West Virginia (@booktenderswv).

• 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:

• Listener Presses: This year we have 20 fantastic titles from our listeners. Our TBRs exploded, and we hope yours do too!

• 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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1:54 - Your Listener Presses

2:02 - The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (pressed by Katie)

3:42 - The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson (pressed by Carlye)

5:24 - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

6:07 - Motel Styx by Michelle von Eschen and Jonathan Butcher (pressed by Kat)

9:10 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by M. J. Wassmer (pressed by @Reading.With.Kristen)

11:42 - North Woods by Daniel Mason (pressed by Samantha)

14:43 - Another by Paul Tremblay [releases July 22, 2025] (pressed by Johanna)

17:06 - Farthing by Jo Walton (pressed by Melinda)

19:22 - Sky's End by Marc J. Gregson (pressed by Lindsay)

21:19 - Katherine by Anya Seton (pressed by Maudeen)

23:02 - Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta [Amazon link] (pressed by Kelsey)

25:28 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

25:30 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

26:01 - Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell (pressed by Stephanie)

28:30 - A Change of Habit by Sister Monica Clare (pressed by Erin)

29:57 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden

30:19 - The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius (pressed by Lilja)

33:05 - Splendid Little Schemes by Robin Strong (pressed by Hannah)

34:27 - The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward

35:34 - Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán (pressed by Ana)

36:31 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

37:11 - Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro

37:30 - Camelot & Vine by Petrea Burchard (pressed by Sherri)

40:50 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

41:16 - Sky Daddy by Kate Folk (pressed by Tiernan)

43:08 - Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

44:03 - Names for the Dawn by C.L. Beaumont [Amazon link] (pressed by Gretchen)

45:22 - Withered Hill by David Barnett (pressed by Claire)

46:39 - Slewfoot by Brom

48:08 - The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart (pressed by Matt)

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. July's IPL is brought to us by Booktenders of Barboursville, West Virginia (@booktenderswv).

• 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 joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing:

• Unique or Shared!: We give you a statement that may make us either unique or shared, and discuss!

• 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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2:52 - Unique Or Shared

3:22 - I am the worst library user ever. (Roxanna)

5:21 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend

12:37 - I love a buzzy book moment. (Mary)

14:23 - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

14:46 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

14:47 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

15:27 - The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

17:49 - I LOVE finding backlist hidden gems over buzzy moments. (Meredith)

18:22 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

18:45 - Lexicon by Max Barry

20:15 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

20:30 - The Odyssey by Homer

23:27 - I am the only one that purposefully seeks out five chili pepper books. (Kaytee)

25:22 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Mass

28:44 - I will never read a book without checking Goodreads first. (Roxanna)

37:24 - My book slump reset is a complete genre change. (Mary)

47:09 - I will "experience" a book I know won't be for me. (Meredith)

47:43 - Dream State by Eric Puchner

48:02 - The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

52:15 - While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

53:15 - Schuler Books

53:36 - I keep my TBR in rainbow order. (Kaytee)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

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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. July's IPL is brought to us by Booktenders in West Virginia!

• 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: readerly badges and DNFing books

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

• Deep Dive: we check in on our reading lives and press book into the other's hands

• 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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2:19 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

8:02 - Our Current Reads

8:30 - A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera (Kaytee)

8:46 - A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

8:49 - CR Season 5: Episode 1

8:53 - Cafe Con Libros

8:55 - An Island Princess Starts A Scandal by Adriana Herrera

8:57 - CR Season 6: Episode 6

12:29 - With A Vengeance by Riley Sager

14:09 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

14:10 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

14:14 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

14:20 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager

14:52 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

14:54 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

15:11 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

18:29 - Uncommon Measure by Natalie Hodges (Kaytee)

22:29 - The Midsummer Bride by Kati Wilde (Meredith)

25:43 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

28:02 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

31:19 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

32:05 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

33:42 - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Meredith)

37:17 - This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (Meredith mistakenly titled this book. This is the correct one!)

39:21 - Reading Life Temp Check + Pressing Books Into Each Other's Hands

40:19 - Uncommon Measure by Natalie Hodges

51:38 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

52:01 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

54:49 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

56:13 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

57:32 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

57:54 - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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. June's IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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 at the beach and sisterly bookish tattoos

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

• Deep Dive: all the ins and outs of morning 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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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

1:37 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

7:02 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

9:45 - Our Current Reads

10:03 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge (Meredith)

13:55 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

13:56 - Recursion by Blake Crouch

14:06 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier

15:20 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

15:38 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Kaytee)

17:44 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

17:48 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

19:49 - Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGregor (Meredith)

20:59 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

26:11 - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (Kaytee)

26:14 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

26:17 - CR Season 7: Episode 40

31:40 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Meredith)

37:20 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston (Kaytee)

41:58 - All About Morning Reading

43:25 - The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

50:48 - Jobs to be Done by David Farber

50:59 - The Six Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

55:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:38 - If you are interested in adding to your bookish life, do it in the form of a book club. (Meredith)

59:34 - I co-sign Meredith's wish this week! (Kaytee)

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. June's IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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 Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: local bookish get togethers and summer reading

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

• Deep Dive: why middle grade and YA are perfect reads for summer

• 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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1:54 - SEND IN YOUR LISTENER PRESSES!!

*Send us a voice memo with your name, where you're from, the title and author of the book you are pressing, a little about it and why you love it! Send your press to our email address currentlyreadingpodcast @ gmail . com by June 20th

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

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. June's IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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 while sick and reading on birthday trips

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

• Deep Dive: when it's okay to skim and when it's not

• 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

8:09 - Our Current Reads

8:29 - The Compound by Aisling Rawle (Meredith, pre-order releases June 24, 2025)

9:32 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

13:54 - The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave (Kaytee)

18:07 - The Power by Naomi Alderman

18:19 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie

18:22 - Vox by Christina Dalcher

19:07 - How to Order the Universe by Maria Jose Ferrada (Meredith)

20:36 - I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork

24:06 - Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green (Kaytee)

27:46 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

28:26 - Blood over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang (Meredith)

33:10 - King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee)

37:57 - To Skim Or Not To Skim

47:10 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

49:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:17 - I wish instagram always included what you said in addition to someone's response when interacting in DMs. (Meredith)

51:34 - I wish to press The House in the Cerulean Sea into readers' hands. (Kaytee)

51:35 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

51:41 - King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby

51:47 - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

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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. June's IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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

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The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

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

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

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

• Bookish Moments: bookish get togethers and bookish connection events

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

• Deep Dive: the ins and outs of a virtual reading retreat

• 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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1:32 - Ad For Ourselves

1:45 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:41 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

4:33 - Mystery to Me bookstore

9:56 - Our Current Reads

10:10 - Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert (Mary)

16:38 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (Meredith)

21:22 - Set Piece by Lana Schwartz (Mary)

25:15 - Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

26:20 - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

27:57 - Poirot by Mark Aldridge

29:08 - Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan (Mary)

33:16 - The Farm by Tom Rob Smith (Meredith)

34:48 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

37:38 - Virtual Reading Retreats

51:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:38 - I wish everyone would try a buddy read with an unexpected buddy reader. (Mary)

51:50 - The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys

54:33 - I wish everyone would consider putting a virtual reading retreat on their calendar. (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. June's IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan

• 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!