Episodes
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book talks in the wild and new Louise Penny books
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: our reading rituals
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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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
2:26 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
3:37 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
5:10 - Our Current Reads
5:15 - Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood (Kaytee)
8:29 - Peg and Rose Solve a Murder by Laurien Berenson (Meredith)
12:50 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
14:25 - Bear by Julia Phillips (Kaytee)
14:31 - Booktenders
18:24 - Winter Hours by Mary Oliver (Meredith)
19:02 - A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
21:13 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
22:17 - Upstream by Mary Oliver
22:39 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (Kaytee)
27:14 - CR Season 6: Episode 48
25:08 - The Book Wanderers by Anna James
27:12 - Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby (Meredith)
31:36 - Our Reading Rituals
38:47 - Book Darts
45:11 - Dual Side cooling blanket
49:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:43 - I wish for you to reflect on your “grades” of your reading rituals. (Kaytee)
54:06 - I wish for you to listen to the Poirot Pals podcast if you are like me and getting through all the Hercule Poirot books by Agatha Christie. (Meredith)
54:21 - Poirot Pals Podcast
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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. November’s IPL comes to us from Charter Books in Newport, Rhode Island!
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: following us on Instagram and new bookish lego sets
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: we are bossing more TBRs!
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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1:24 - Ad For Ourselves
1:37 - Currently Reading Patreon
5:02 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
5:44 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
9:40 - Books Are My Passion Lego
12:23 - Our Current Reads
12:39 - The Hollow by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
16:41 - Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
16:43 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
17:26 - A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (Kaytee)
18:52 - Can’t Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
20:15 - @megs.tea.room on Instagram
20:21 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
21:09 - Daily Rituals by Mason Currey (Meredith)
26:27 - On Writing by Stephen King
27:07 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee)
27:14 - CR Season 7: Episode 7
31:40 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare (Meredith)
36:53 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Kaytee)
40:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
41:40 - Boss My TBR
From Morgan N.
42:35 - The Art Thief by Michael Finkle
42:37 - Hyde by Craig Russell
42:39 - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
42:41 - The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
42:43 - Slewfoot by Brom
42:50 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
42:52 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett
From Katie P.
46:42- Making It So by Patrick Stewart
46:50 - The Dry by Jane Harper
46:52 - Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (amazon link)
47:02 - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
47:06 - The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
47:24 - This Motherless Land by Nikki May
47:27 - Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London
50:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:30 - I wish books would have shorter chapters. (Meredith)
51:03 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
51:11 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
53:13 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram (Meredith’s wish #2 is to follow us!!)
53:24 - I wish to press Taste by Stanley Tucci into everybody’s hands. (Kaytee)
53:24 - Taste by Stanley Tucci
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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. November’s IPL comes to us from Charter Books in Newport, Rhode Island!
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and KMary are discussing:
Bookish Moments: finding new ways to listen to audiobooks and getting new kindles
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: how our spooky season reading is going so far
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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2:04 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:37 - Spotify
2:57 - libro.fm
3:04 - Everand
8:01 - Fabled Bookshop
8:39 - New Kindle Colorsoft
9:15 - Viozon Tablet Stand Pillow
11:58 - Kindle Paperwhite
12:49 - Our Current Reads
13:19 - Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Mary)
13:28 - Hearts and Daggers Podcast
18:52 - Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara (Meredith)
18:57 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara
21:06 - Fabled Bookshop
22:31 - Blackwell’s UK
23:50 - A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush (Mary)
24:00 - @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram
26:46 - The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (Meredith)
32:46 - The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury (Mary)
34:25 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
36:08 - After Oz by Gordon McAlpine (Meredith)
41:20 - How to be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
42:07 - Book Talk, etc.
42:20 - How Spooky Reading Is Going
44:58 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
45:29 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
48:41 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein
51:16 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:30 - I wish AI would fill in my reading tracker for me. (Mary)
51:32 - Currently Reading Patreon
55:39 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
55:41 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
56:09 - I wish more authors would write series knowing we will read them all. (Meredith)
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. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: forgetting how to read and introducing new furry pals
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: if we retain what we read and if it matters
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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1:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
8:56 - Our Current Reads
9:00 - Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (Kaytee)
9:16 - Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach
13:16 - Stiff by Mary Roach
14:34 - Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson (Meredith)
16:38 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
20:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
21:09 - Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson (Kaytee)
26:24 - The Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Meredith)
31:47 - The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy
32:09 - Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Kaytee)
35:08 - Content Bookstore
36:31 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Meredith)
36:35 - 10 Things To Tell You ep. 239 w/Meredith
37:52 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
38:10 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Patreon (her spoiler filled episode about Iain Reids book is on Patreon)
38:29 - Fabled Bookshop
43:18 - Foe by Iain Reid
43:32 - Retaining What We Read
44:51 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
47:21 - A Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
49:30 - The Change by Kirsten Miller
51:59 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
52:50 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
53:04 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
53:39 - NYT article “At Capacity”
55:02 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
55:49 - Meet Us At The Fountain
55:58 - I wish to let you know about the storyteller word a day calendar (Kaytee)
56:03 - Mrs. Wordsmith Storytellers Word a Day
58:02 - I wish the newest Louise Penny book will be good (Meredith)
58:07 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
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. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: meeting bookish friends IRL and getting fun bookish mail
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: fall books that aren’t spooky, scary or academia
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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1:57 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:25 - Queen Books
7:21 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston
7:26 - Blackwell’s UK
7:46 - The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln
7:50 - The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
8:04 - Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
8:21 - Heir by Sabaa Tahir
8:26 - Libro.fm
8:33 - Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
9:06 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
10:00 - Our Current Reads
10:12 - Fellowship Point by Alice Eliott Dark (Roxanna)
15:07 - Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney
16:11 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Kaytee)
21:14 - The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman (Roxanna)
22:49 - Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple
24:42 - The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean (Kaytee)
24:50 - Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
27:47 - Cold Blood Liar by Karen Rose
29:25 - Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis (Roxanna)
31:02 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
31:03 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
34:14 - A Short Walk Through A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke (Kaytee)
34:20 - Commonplace Books
36:09 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
36:49 - Currently Reading Patreon
38:55 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
40:17 - Fall Books That Are Not Spooky
41:24 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
42:58 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
43:28 - September by Rosamunde Pilcher
44:10 - Still Life by Louise Penny
44:54 - First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen (Amazon link)
45:08 - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
45:38 - Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
46:06 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
46:08 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
46:12 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
46:30 - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
47:22 - The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
48:03 - The Song Collector by Natasha Solomons (Amazon link)
48:31 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
49:07 - Search by Michelle Huneven
49:45 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
50:19 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
50:33 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
50:40 - Go as a River by Shelley Read
50:56 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
51:02 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
51:57 - Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
52:05 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
52:31 - The Guide by Peter Heller
52:41 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
53:20 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
53:36 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein
54:14 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
55:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:15 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
57:22 - I wish you would consider re-reading books that bring you joy. (Roxanna)
58:03 - I wish to always have an “in case of emergency” book. (Kaytee)
58:17 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
58:57 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
58:58 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
59:00 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
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. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: being the bookish person at work and discussing books in grocery stores
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: authors we would take a day off to mourn over
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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1:24 - Ad For Ourselves
1:28 - Currently Reading Patreon
1:59 - The Novel Neighbor
4:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:38 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
4:44 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
6:50 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
8:14 - Our Current Reads
8:29 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith)
8:33 - CR Season 6: Episode 48
10:19 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
14:19 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (Kaytee)
14:25 - A Room of One’s Own bookshop
17:12 - Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin
17:16 - An Unlikely Story
17:41 - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley (Meredith)
17:52 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
24:57 - Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura (Kaytee)
28:15 - Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent (Meredith)
29:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
33:08 - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Kaytee)
36:58 - Authors We Would Mourn Over
46:03 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
50:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain
50:09 - I wish I could sometimes read like my husband does. (Meredith)
51:33 - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
53:36 - I wish to press This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee)
53:37 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
53:57 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
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. October’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, The Novel Neighbor!
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: bookish crafting and annotation gift sets
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: diving into research about why reading makes us better humans
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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1:24 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:11 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
5:47 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
5:51 - I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
5:55 - Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
6:28 - Annotation gift set by Mr. Pen and Selah
8:43 - Annotation Set option 2
9:38 - Our Current Reads
9:48 - Between Flowers and Bones by Carolyn Leiloglou (Kaytee)
9:53 - CR Season 6: Episode 4
10:41 - Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou
14:09 - Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (Meredith)
15:06 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
15:10 - Daphne by Josh Malerman
15:34 - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
20:59 - Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
21:01 - Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
21:05 - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
21:54 - Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (Kaytee)
26:45 - The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni (Meredith)
28:05 - The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
29:54 - The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni
29:56 - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
32:47 - Search by Michelle Huneven
34:13 - Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein (Kaytee)
37:38 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Meredith)
40:16 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
41:15 - Blackwell’s UK
43:09 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
46:02 - CR Season 1: Episode 37
47:33 - How Reading Changes Us For The Better
Some Stats:
49:26 - The average reading American reads 12 books per year.
49:50 - The average American spends just $35 on books per year.
50:17 - Reading can reduce our stress levels by 68% in just six minutes.
51:04 - Reading can reduce memory decline by 30% because it activates neural pathways and can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
52:18 - Transportative fiction helps produce the most empathy in readers, but that empathy boost only lasts around 48 hours, so keep reading!
53:10 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
54:31 - Audiobooks are reading! Studies have shown that audiobooks activate the same neural pathways and cognitive benefits as print reading.
54:50 - Research shows we are less impatient with audiobooks than print.
56:02 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
57:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:19 - I wish people would celebrate their reading in new ways. (Kaytee)
57:36 - Canon Ivy 2 Mini Photo Printer
57:44 - Storygraph
58:01 - Favorite Books of the Year print - Etsy Shop
58:31 - I wish you would give annotating books a try. (Meredith)
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. September’s IPL comes to us from Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona!
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!
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Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
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Stardust by Neil Gaiman
1:29 - Previews
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Illustrated Version illustrated by Charles Vess
HP Illustrated Editions by JK Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
Alex Awards
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
Stardust on Prime
GLAAD Media Awards
7:26 - The Cutting Room
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen
Turning the goats and chariot into the inn
The killings of the brothers
The ending that isn’t
The climax that IS
Changes from Book to Movie
Story timeline
The Power of Stormhold stone
Witch hair
Yvain’s leg
TrisTRAN
Yvain’s hatred of Tristran
Tristran’s “heritage” reveal
Yvain’s attempt to cross the wall
Left out of the adaptation
Charmed, the small hairy man
Unicorn fight with the lion
Nursery rhymes
Another Missing Sister
Una’s freedom
Added to the movie
Gay pirates!
Alberic → Shakespeare
Tristran’s haircut
Climax scene in the Witches’ home
Casting and alternates
TrisTRAN: Charlie Cox → Ben Barnes, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Radcliffe, Shia LaBeouf, Toby Maguire, Hayden Christianson
Yvain: Claire Daines → Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hayden Panetierre, Reese Witherspoon, Brittany Snow
Lamia: Michelle Pfieffer → Tilda Swinton, Nicole Kidman, Emma Thompson
Captain Shakespeare: Robert Deniro → Burt Reynolds, Al Pacino
Narrator: Ian McKlellan → Patrick Stewart
Problematic elements
Neil Gaiman’s sexual assault charges
The Graveyard Book movie on hold
Good Omens series on hold
Lack of racial diversity as well
Women as property
Women’s inability to lead
35:50 - Award Season
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
Gay pirates
A feeling of “rushing”
The romance
The pirates - HA
Worst and best actors.
Primus
Victoria
Michelle Pfeiffer
Charlie Cox
Worst and best book characters.
Tristan
The Unicorn
Yvain
48:00 - Book/Flick Energy
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Book on Goodreads
Series scored on a 10 point scale.
Movie on Rotten Tomatoes
Movie on IMDB
51:31 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel
Where would you travel with a Babylon Candle?
How would you want to die if your ghost was captured at the moment of death?
54:53 - End Credits
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
I Remember You is rentable through many outlets
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: answering the question “What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?”
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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:52 - Tubicen Portable Table Lamp
9:42 - Our Current Reads
10:01 - The Clackity by Lora Senf (Meredith)
13:48 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
14:29 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (Kaytee)
17:52 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
19:01 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (Meredith, Amazon link)
22:57 - Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV (Kaytee)
26:29 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
26:35 - El Deafo by Cece Bell
27:03 - The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods (Meredith)
29:01 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
32:11 - All This and More by Peng Shepherd (Kaytee)
32:35 - Bright Side Bookshop
32:44 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
35:36 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
35:38 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
36:37 - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
39:06 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
40:04 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
40:33 - Deep Dive: Advice For Our Past Readerly Selves
42:46 - CR Season 7: Episode 1
42:48 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nacosta
54:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain
54:55 - I wish there was a searchable database for every piece of content related to books we talk about on CR, books I’ve read, etc. (Meredith)
57:04 - Currently Reading Patreon
58:53 - I wish all authors would just do the right thing. (Kaytee)
59:11 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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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
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: How books will always be there for us and how ratings easily influence reading
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: answering the question “How do you handle reading a book you’re not going to enjoy or HAVE to read”. from listener Adrienne.
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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1:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week6:50 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield
6:52 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
6:54 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
6:56 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
11:34 - Our Current Reads
11:41 - Democracy in Retrograde by Sami Sage and Emily Amick (Kaytee)
12:21 - Betches Media
12:23 - @emilyinyourphone on Instagram
16:13 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
16:16 - Thriftbooks
17:27 - People Like Them by Samira Sedira (Meredith)
18:52 - Foyles
21:48 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
22:54 - Butter by Asako Yuzuki (Kaytee)
23:03 - The Boulder Bookstore
26:16 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
27:32 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Meredith)
34:26 - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner (Kaytee)
37:54 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Meredith)
40:34 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
42:18 - The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields
44:55 - Deep Dive: Reading Books We “Have” To Read
52:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain
52:23 - I wish to press What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. (Kaytee)
52:29 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
55:09 - I wish to remind you to make a plan for your fall reading NOW before time gets away from you - - AND get your mammogram if you need to! (Meredith)
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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
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2:00 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:26 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
3:55 - Currently Reading Zazzle store
3:58 - Scary Books Are My Jam mug
5:47 - Our Current Reads
6:03 - The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rasha (Bill)
7:30 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjeh-Brenyah
8:03 - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
8:05 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
9:31 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
11:57 - The Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (Meredith)
13:26 - The Novel Neighbor
15:30 - The Girls from Corona Del Mar by Rufi Thorpe (Bill, amazon link))
16:55 - Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
18:38 - The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
19:20 - First Contact by Kim Harrison (Meredith, amazon link)
23:00 - Contact by Carl Sagan
23:59 - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell (Bill)
27:32 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
27:36 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
28:20 - Instructions for a Heat Wave by Maggie O’Farrell
29:22 - The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden (Meredith)
30:33 - Booker Longlist 2024
30:59 - Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
33:13 - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
33:15 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
33:17 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
34:32 - Deep Dive: Bill’s Reading Life
35:42 - Currently Reading Patreon
36:18 - Ms. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
36:30 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle
38:48 - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and John Rutherford (translator)
38:48 - The Shining by Stephen King
39:56 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
41:17 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
41:20 - The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
41:26 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
41:38 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram
47:18 - Dune by Frank Herbert
48:08 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
48:44 - Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
49:11 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
49:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:47 - I wish you’d go into a book blind more often. (Bill)
50:18 I wish that more men would read out loud and find bookish community. (Meredith)
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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
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We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode.
As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode.
2:41 - Putting the Book Into Context
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
Published Aug 30, 2011 by Minotaur Books
4.32 rating on Goodreads
Seasonal setting - Summer (but to Roxanna June is not very summery in Canada so it might be considered Spring to some)
Book Awards: Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2012
Critic Reviews
Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book
11:15 - The Setup
13:03 - A Deeper Exploration
Setup and first paragraph
The pacing of the novel
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Louise Penny as Clara
Themes: “play between light and dark - chiaroscuro”, the topic of AA, “intimacy”
Clara and Peter’s relationship
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
Back in Three Pines but doesn’t feel very cozy
Jean-Guy’s addiction
58:40 - Superlatives
Favorite Scene
Character MVP
Biggest loser
Best food description
Is this book skippable?
Favorite Quote
No spoilers this episode!
The next book will be The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
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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
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith an Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: talking books with fictional characters and kindle pillows
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: we are bossing the TBR of two. more bookish friends
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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:10 - Ad for Ourselves
1:05 - Currently Reading Patreon
3:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:58 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
4:52 - Viozon tablet stand pillow
6:27 - Our Current Reads
6:32 - Baby X by Kira Peikoff (Kaytee)
10:45 - A Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes (Meredith)
14:36 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
16:00 - All in Her Head by Elizabeth Comen (Kaytee)
19:56 - The Owl Always Hunts at Night by Samuel Bjork (Meredith)
20:53 - I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork
23:58 - A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir (Kaytee, #4 in the Ember in the Ashes series. Kaytee is recommending all of them as a whole!)
28:39 - Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (Meredith)
30:13 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live
31:48 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
31:51 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
32:06 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
32:30 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR
From Beth K.
32:58 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
33:01 - Jackal by Erin E. Adams
33:04 - Sign Here by Claudia Lux
33:06 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert
33:09 - All Hallows by Christopher Golden
From Samantha T.
36:57 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
37:01 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
37:05 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
37:08 - Emily Wilde’s Encylopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
37:12 - The After Party by Anton Disclafani
42:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain
43:13 - I wish all vacation rentals came with a comfy cozy space with good lighting. (Kaytee)
45:54 - If you love with great smart crimes and sexy detectives, read the Jackson Brody series by Kate Atkinson. (Meredith)
46:01 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
46:13 - Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
*Help us to grow our listenership by sharing a link to the podcast with at least one readerly friend (or maybe a non-readerly friend who WANTS to get into books but doesn’t know where to start). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-reading/id1435363675
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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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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: reading routines and meeting local authors
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: the journey from season one to season seven of Currently 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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1:27 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
5:49 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman
6:17 - Changing Hands bookshop
6:18 - Poison Pen bookshop
9:58 - Our Current Reads
10:11 - Five Strangers by E.V. Adamson (Meredith)
11:55 - Novel Memphis
15:56 - Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg (Kaytee)
16:03 - Libro.fm
18:13 - Finding Me by Viola Davis
19:56 - The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller (Meredith)
28:42 - Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce (Kaytee)
33:46 - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
38:18 - The Silence of Bones by June Hur (Kaytee)
39:53 - Garcia Street Books
41:13 - The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi
41:58 - Deep Dive: The Journey of Currently Reading
46:40 - Currently Reading Patreon
56:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:06 - We wish to grow the listenership of the Big Show with YOUR help! (Meredith AND Kaytee)
*Help us to grow our listenership by sharing a link to the podcast with at least one readerly friend (or maybe a non-readerly friend who WANTS to get into books but doesn’t know where to start). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-reading/id1435363675
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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 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 Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: utilizing AI and getting back into the library swing of things
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: our most huggable books
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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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:01 - Lake Travis Community Library
5:52 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
7:01 - Our Current Reads
7:22 - The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Kaytee)
7:35 - The King’s English Bookshop
9:28 - The Change by Kirsten Miller
10:21 - The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao
11:15 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith)
13:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
15:54 - The Stand by Stephen King
17:13 - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Kaytee)
19:14 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukamatathil
21:25 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (Meredith)
22:35 - Final Girls by Riley Sager
24:37 - Currently Reading Patreon
25:22 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee)
25:32 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
29:16 - Fairyloot
31:26 - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (Meredith)
35:31 - @booktalketc on Instagram
35:32 - Book Talk, Etc podcast
37:32 - Deep Dive: Our Most Huggable Books
38:28 - All The Only People by Mike Gayle
38:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
38:30 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
39:12 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booey
39:25 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
39:51 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
40:05 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
40:36 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
40:38 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
41:18 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
41:28 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
41:53 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
42:35 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
42:29 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
42:56 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
43:28 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
43:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
44:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
45:06 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
45:19 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
45:46 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
46:03 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
46:29 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
46:32 - Matrix by Lauren Groff
48:48 - Meet Us At The Fountain
48:55 - I wish that we always live in a world where women are celebrated (Kaytee)
56:37 - I wish everyone would try a book flight (Meredith)
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 The King’s English Bookshop in Utah!
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 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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: morning reading and loving the library
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: an update and discussion on the boss OUR summer TBR episode
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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1:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:54 - Artful Agenda
8:05 - Our Current Reads
8:24 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Meredith, pre-order, releases Sept. 10, 2024)
10:07 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett
13:15 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Blackwell’s link, pre-order, releases Aug. 29, 2024)
14:15 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
14:16 - The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
14:50 - Search by Michelle Huneven
15:41 - Water by John Boyne (Kaytee, amazon link)
16:06 - Earth by John Boyne (amazon link)
16:08 - Fire by John Boyne (Blackwell’s link - preorder releases Nov 7 2024)
17:57 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
19:12 - A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (Meredith)
23:46 - The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rosen (Kaytee - “It was not obvious to me at the time from looking at the cover that this was actually only two authors, one with four names. Any inaccuracies are my own, but the opinions on the book stand!”)
23:56 - libro.fm
27:21 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Meredith, boss my TBR update)
28:06 - Circe by Madeline Miller
31:43 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
31:44 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
33:33 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory (Kaytee, boss my TBR update)
40:00 - Deep Dive: Our Experiences with Boss OUR TBR
41:29 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
41:30 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
41:31 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
51:21 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
52:41 - Currently Reading Patreon
53:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain
53:22 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
53:32 - I wish that everyone would read The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Meredith)
56:37 - I wish for reading recs that pair well with the show Our Flag Means Death (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 The King’s English Bookshop in Utah!
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 special 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 P. 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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: reading about new hobbies and talking about books to everyone IRL
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: recapping our summer vacation
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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:10 Ad For Ourselves
1:35 - Currently Reading Patreon
4:03 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:37 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
4:40 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
4:44 - Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
7:00 - Our Current Reads
7:05 - Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks (Kaytee)
10:48 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (Meredith)
12:51 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
14:35 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nacosta (Kaytee)
18:11 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine
18:16 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert
19:44 - Day One by Abigail Dean (Meredith)
21:39 - Girl A by Abigail Dean
23:29 - The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill (Kaytee)
23:38 - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
28:08 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman (Meredith)
29:23 - Falling by T.J. Newman
29:25 - Drowning by T.J. Newman
39:01 - Deep Dive: What We Did On Our Summer Break
35:03 - The Boulder Bookstore
35:10 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
38:49 - Half Price Books
49:43 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:57 - I wish for us all to vote in any upcoming election you may have. (Kaytee)
52:18 - I wish that every July Texas would be cloudy and rainy because it does wonders for my reading life. (Meredith)
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 The King’s English Bookshop in Utah!
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 special 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 P. Evans
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We are so excited to preview our newest content for Patreon supporters of the show! Going forward, this episode series will live on Patreon, where you can join us for $5 a month to support the show and get ALL our awesome bonus content!
This is a special series just for the Bookish Friends of the Currently Reading Podcast who love swooning and sexy times. We are thrilled to have you join us for this new bonus content, focused entirely on the best-selling genre fiction in the book world: Romance!
*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop links unless specified. These are affiliate links that kick a bit of money back to us while keeping your cost the same!
What We Are Currently Reading:
Out of the Blue by Kathryn Nolan (Rebekah)
Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (Kaytee)
We’re Opening the Door On:
Why read Romance at all?
A Listener Press:
From Katie P. - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner
Let Us Light Your Fire:
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (Rebekah’s Pairing)
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (Kaytee’s Pairing)
SEND IN YOUR LISTENER PRESSES to [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
To Get in Touch:
Kaytee | Meredith | Rebekah
Currently Reading on Email | Instagram |Website
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing:
Season Six 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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3:06 - Season Six In Review
The most downloaded episode of the season
4:05 - CR Season 6: Episode 25 w/Jamie Golden and Knox McCoy
5:42 - CR Season 6: Episode 22 - Our Favorite Books of 2023
5:58 - Minisode - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Books of 2023
Favorite individual episodes
7:03 - CR Season 6: Episode 12 - Recapping our European Travels (Kaytee)
7:38 - CR Season 6: Episode 35 - Wishes to the Book Fairy (Kaytee and Meredith)
9:34 - CR Season 6: Episode 2 - Boss Each Other’s TBR (Meredith)
9:50 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
9:53 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Books we brought that added to the experience by talking about them
12:49 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)
13:01 - Erasure by Percival Everett
13:34 - The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (Meredith)
14:30 - New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (Kaytee)
15:42 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine (Meredith and Kaytee)
16:30 - @ezeekat
17:27 - Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (Meredith)
17:27 - Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Adam Foley #1, Meredith)
18:16 - The Exchange by John Grisham
18:44 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (Kaytee)
20:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)
20:24 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith)
20:46 - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
27:17 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Meredith)
21:20 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith)
Regrets from season six?
22:14 - That my podcast listening was impacted by life changes (Kaytee)
26:04 - That I allowed criticism to drown out the positive sometimes (Meredith)
Is there anything new coming to Currently Reading?
32:48 - We are debuting Love and Chili Peppers the day after this episode airs! You can listen to the first episode in the main feed, and then the rest will be on Patreon!
35:28 - We will reintroduce our videos on Patreon
35:46 - Quarterly From The Editor’s Desk with Bunmi Ishola
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. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing:
An Ask Us Anything Episode!: You asked, and we answered!
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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2:30 - Ask Us Anything
What was the first book that got you hooked into reading?
3:00 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Mary)
4:59 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (Roxanna)7:07 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle (Kaytee)
7:39 - The Witches by Roald Dahl (Kyatee)
8:26 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Meredith)
If you could only recommend one book to read for the rest of your life, what book would that be?
10:09 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (Roxanna)
10:17 - Circe by Madeline Miller (Mary)
10:29 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Kaytee)
10:36 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Meredith)
What is the book you ACTUALLY recommend the most to people?
11:03 - This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Mary)
11:10 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee)
11:19 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (Meredith)
11:32 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Roxanna)
11:44 - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers (Roxanna)
If you were to do a podcast about something unrelated to books, what would it be?
12:26 - Homeschooling (Kaytee)
13:13 - The joy of being a novice (Mary)
15:11 - Style in the everyday (Roxanna)
17:52 - All things Enneagram (Meredith)
What is your favorite beverage to have while reading?
19:55 - I’m a seltzer girlie (Mary)
20:27 - Very cold ice water with crunchy ice (Kaytee)
21:45 - Masala Chai (Roxanna)
22:18 - Coffee, preferably Texas Pecan (Meredith)
How many hours a week do you spend reading?
23:36 - I aim for an hour a day (Mary)
26:09 - Ideally an hour or two a day, but sometimes it’s 15 minutes at that’s ok (Roxanna)
28:38 - Around 10 hours a week (Kaytee)
29:23 - Between 90 minutes and 2 hours on the weekdays, and 4 hours total on the weekends (Meredith)
If you could only read one genre for the next year, which would it be?
30:33 - Romance (Kaytee)
30:51 - Women’s Fiction (Roxanna)
32:27 - Mystery - but not gory or true crime (Mary)
33:47 - Historical Fiction (Meredith)
34:50 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
What turns you off of a book almost immediately?
36:22 - Second person narration (Meredith)
35:35 - The miscommunication trope. Go to therapy. (Mary)
36:43 - The lack of quotation marks (Kaytee)
36:55 - Characters that make bad decisions but everyone thinks its fine (Roxanna)
How do you feel about books people recommend to you?
38:29 - I feel like I always do. If you rec it, I won’t read it. It’s all in my head. (Kaytee)
40:08 - IRL I don’t have many bookish friends so I get a lot of “hot” book recs which I don’t read. So I just say “Oh yeah maybe I’ll pick that up!”... and never do. (Roxanna)
40:55 - If from bookish friends or CR listeners, I will take it under advisement and check Goodreads to see if I’d like it. (Mary)
42:44 - I love when people send recommendations. (Meredith)
44:03 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Where are you when recording an episode of Currently Reading?
45:03 - In my small walkin closet because the audio is the best here. I’m located in Toronto. (Roxanna)
45:39 - At my basement therapy office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Mary)
46:05 - Normally i’m in my bedroom in Gilbert, Arizona but today I am in Colorado for a family reunion in a guest bedroom/office. (Kaytee)
44:46 - I always record on the floor of my closet. (Meredith)
What are the mechanics of us scheduling recordings?
48:09 - SPREADSHEETS! (Kaytee)
How do you come up with deep dive topics?
49:55 - A mixture of places. Some come off mic in conversation. Some get emailed or dm’d. Some get brought up in the bookish friends group. If we think of one ourselves, we just pop them into the spreadsheet. (Meredith)
What is your number one bookish recommendation source?
51:57 - A single person would be Katie Proctor but a broader source is the Indie Press List (Kaytee)
52:28 - Instagram (Mary)
53:20 - Backlist podcasts (Roxanna)
54:03 - Elizabeth Barnhill with 19% of my recs so far this year (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. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special 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
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!
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