Season 5, Episode 8: Unexpected Book Opinions + Fall Reading Ambience

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: finding our best reading time and bookstore trauma double visits Current Reads: we thought we knew what we were getting with these books, but we had no idea Deep Dive: curating the perfect fall reading ambience, all the goodies and links 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!*   . . . . 1:50 - Bookish Moment of the Week 5:58 - Back of Beyond Books 7:16 - All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury (Meredith’s short story reference) 9:58 - Current Reads 10:17 - The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo (Meredith) 111:46 - Cafe Con Libros 14:43 - We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen (Kaytee) 18:24 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune 18:26 - Hench by Natalize Zina Walschots 18:46 - The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab 19:03 - Tattered Cover Book Store 19:23 - Child Zero by Chris Holm (Meredith) 21:44 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter 23:01 - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Kaytee) 23:19 - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 23:22 - CR Season 4: Episode 27 23:29 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 28:06 - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (Meredith) 29:22 - Fabled Bookshop 30:27 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 32:37 - Native Son by Richard Wright (Kaytee) 35:34 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 35:53 - The Street by Ann Petry 37:11 - Deep Dive: Creating the Perfect Fall Reading Ambience 37:48 - Garnet Hill 38:03 - Barefoot Dreams throw blanket 40:54 - Hillhouse Naturals Harvest Candle 42:33 - List of ASMR rooms: https://youtu.be/N9TefB0gh_k https://youtu.be/pDccLsIpEe0 https://youtu.be/fnN3mq-Ykos https://youtu.be/eLc2eNUUOzU https://youtu.be/xQPak0N-1hU https://youtu.be/sWCck2OP0uU https://youtu.be/eDLo4RGbuoA https://youtu.be/SbaEn7phVKM 43:13 - RainRiderAmbience on Youtube 44:33 - Cackle by Rachel Harrison 46:04 - The Novel Neighbor 47:54 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish I realized sooner to slow but steady my audiobooks. (Meredith) 49:05 - A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris 50:09 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 50:26 - Theft by Finding by David Sedaris 51:24 - Libro.fm I wish you would follow SparkNotes on Instagram. (Kaytee) 51:57 - SparkNotes on Instagram 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