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

• Bookish Moments: A bookish friend gathering and a new relationship

• Current Reads: imperfect picks, and middle grade, and wheelhouse gems

• Deep Dive: books about books and bookstores and libraries

• Book Presses: our favorites in the bookish books category

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:41 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:20  - Fabled Bookshop

Current Reads:

4:44 - Snow and Rose by Emily Winfield Martin (Meredith)

4:50 - Snow White and Rose Red by Brothers Grimm

4:54 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney

5:03 - What Should I Read Next Podcast

7:03 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

8:25 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (Kaytee)

8:33 - Episode 39 of Season Two

11:15 - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Meredith)

14:42 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

16:20 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

16:53 - Never Caught: Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar (Kaytee)

20:35 - Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin (Meredith)

24:11 - The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith 

24:41 - Landslide by Susan Conley (Kaytee)

Deep Dive - Books about Books and Bookstores

29:11 - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

29:41 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

30:24 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Stefan

31:00 - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

31:02 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

31:28 - Sally Hepworth on Instagram

31:52 - The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

32:19 - Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

32:49 - Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower

33:23 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

33:51 - How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry

34:13 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

34:33 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet

34:42 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

34:56 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

35:45 - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

36:06 - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry

36:43 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

36:44 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

36:55 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

37:21 - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

37:31 - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

37:46 - Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence

38:14 - Booked by Kwame Alexander

38:25 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

38:44 - Matilda by Roald Dahl

38:57 - The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

39:56 - Pages and Co.: The Book Wanderers by Anna James (Meredith)

41:46 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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

• Bookish Moments: learning to read and a bookish friend vacation

• Current Reads: prequels and sequels and series starters and books with big warning labels

• Deep Dive: non-fiction that is unbelievable and true

• Book Presses: we’ve got two more true stories that go down easy

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:46  - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann

2:35 - Bob Books set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslan

3:35 - The Famous Last Words Bar

3:46 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

3:57 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

4:00 - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

4:02 - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Current Reads:

5:59 - Sara’s website Fiction Matters

6:01 - Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century edited by Alice Wong (Kaytee)

9:13 - The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Meredith)

9:26 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

14:46 - The Conductors by Nicole Glover (Kaytee)

16:07 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

18:03 - NetGalley

18:25 - A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

18:29 - A Vow so Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith)

18:45 - A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

20:44 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Kaytee)

21:11 - Bookshelf Thomasville

22:28 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 

22:40 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

24:29 - Men in Black by Steve Perry

25:22 - 10 Thing to Tell You episode with Kaytee and Meredith

25:31 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan (Meredith)

29:29 - Fabled Bookshop

29:54 - We Are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly

33:04 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

Deep Dive - Nonfiction that reads like Fiction

34:23 - Educated by Tara Westover

34:48 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

36:01 - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

36:35 - Endurance by Alfred Lansing 

36:48 - Devolution by Max Brooks

37:02 - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

37:35 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

37:51 - The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

38:34 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

39:00 - Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

39:48 - The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

40:05 - Calypso by David Sedaris

40:08 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness

40:30 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

40:49 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

41:54 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

42:07 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse

42:37 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:28 - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Kaytee)

44:39 - Unbroken (Young Adult Edition) by Laura Hillenbrand

45:33 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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

• Bookish Moments: immersive reading and a bookish gift

• Current Reads: we are all over the playground of reading taste

• Deep Dive: we discuss which genres we shy away from

• Book Presses: a few memoirs for those of you who shy away (ahem, Meredith)

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Intro:

1:51 - Become a Patron 

2:15 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

2:34 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Bookish Moments:

3:41 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

3:54 - Let’s Make Art 

7:03 - Yes Yes Cookies (seven layer magic bars here in the U.S)

7:47 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis

Current Reads:

8:34 - Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts (Kaytee)

11:02 - Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies by J.B. West (Meredith)

11:38 - Heather’s Bookstagram 

15:24 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (Kaytee)

15:29 - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

17:57 - We Are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly (Meredith)

21:42 - 10 Things to Tell You Episode w/Meredith and Kaytee

21:51 - Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (Kaytee)

24:54 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (Meredith)

25:03 - Fabled Bookshop

Deep Dive - Genres Outside Our Playground

32:21 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

34:28 - A Promise Land by Barack Obama

35:19 - Bad Blood by Jon Carreyrou

40:51 - Genre Convincer episode with Mary Heim

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:15 - Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (Kaytee)

44:45 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh (Meredith)

44:53 - Season One, Episode 14

46:12 - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee is with special guest host Rebekah Hoffer and they are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: completing a goal and a new library trick

• Current Reads: there’s a lot of love in these current reads as well as an essay collection

• Deep Dive: romance basics plus why we read it

• Book Presses: a picture book and historical romance

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Intro:

0:47 - Sorta Awesome Show w/Rebekah Hoffer

0:49 - Rebekah’s Blog Simply Rebekah

Bookish Moments:

4:26 - Libro.fm

Current Reads:

5:33 - I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (Rebekah)

7:23 - Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (Kaytee)

10:03 - The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez (Rebekah)

10:14 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

13:12 - Intimations by Zadie Smith (Kaytee)

17:19 - Not What I Expected by Jewel E. Ann (Rebekah)

20:59 - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

21:34 - A Pho Love Story by Loan Le (Kaytee)

Deep Dive - All Things Romance:

25:24 - The Complete Guide to What to Read in 2019 episode on Sorta Awesome

25:35 - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:43 - Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman (Rebekah)

43:50 - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Rebekah is @simplyrebekah on Instagram

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

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Support us atpatreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: attempting to help someone DNF and a tiny reading helper

• Current Reads: murder mermaids and historical fiction and hilarious non-fiction and a bookish field trip

• Deep Dive: streamlining your TBR, how to cull and narrow the field

• Book Presses: putting a few items back on your TBR

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Intro:

1:20 - 10 Things to Tell You podcast w/ Meredith and Kaytee

2:09 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:29 - Fabled Bookstore 

3:49 - Currently Reading Instagram

4:15 - Currently Reading Episode 24 w/Laura Tremaine

4:17 - Currently Reading Episode 25 w/Gretchen Rubin

Bookish Moments:

5:29 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Current Reads:

8:17 - The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (Meredith)

9:52 - The Baker Street Irregulars

11:13 - The Holdout by Graham Moore 

11:58 - How to be Black by Baratunde Thurston (Kaytee)

16:12 - Adventures in Eden: An Intimate Tour of the Private Gardens of Europe by Carolyn Mullet (Meredith)

19:28 - The Minders by John Marrs (Kaytee) 

19:31 - The One by John Marrs 

19:56 - The Passengers by John Marrs

22:27 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (Meredith)

27:18 - Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis (Kaytee)

29:21 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Deep Dive - Streamlining your TBR:

31:00 - Episode 12 of season one

32:48 - Goodreads

37:00 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

40:09 - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo 

40:50 - StoryGraph 

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

45:15 - Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase (Meredith)

48:07 - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Kaytee)

48:15 - Season 3, Episode 28: All the Buddy Reads + Genre Convincers

49:06 - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: getting book mail and reading with a kiddo

• Current Reads: the COVID fairy and a book so in my wheelhouse I can’t believe it exists

• Deep Dive: what makes a good villain in a book and which ones are the very best

• Book Presses: middle grade and one more amazing villain

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:46 - A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

2:06 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

3:23 - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling

3:57 - The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Current Reads:

4:59 - Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Kaytee)

7:45 - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Meredith)

10:49 - Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard (Kaytee)

16:23 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May (Meredith)

21:35 - This Is My America by Kim Johnson (Kaytee)

21:43 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone 

21:45 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

23:18 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

24:42 - A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (Meredith)

25:18 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live w/Kimberly McCreight

25:59 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

26:00 - The Holdout by Graham Moore

Deep Dive - The Best and Worst Fictional Villans:

29:51 - Dexter in Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

31:05 - The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

32:14 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

32:57 - Moriarty in The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

33:50 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 

33:56 - A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

34:50 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire

35:39 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry

36:18  - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

36:20 - The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

36:24 - The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

36:58 - Heartless by Marissa Meyer

37:00 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

37:16 - All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller

37:52 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (Umbridge’s first appearance)

38:58 - Matilda by Roald Dahl

39:42 - Hannibal Lector in Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

40:04 - You by Caroline Kepnes

40:40 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

41:06 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:05 - Bookend Homeschoolers podcast, especially episode 14

42:17 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Kaytee)

43:45 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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

• Bookish Moments: a virtual book award event and an in-person meet-up

• Current Reads: mysteries and middle grade are what we’re bringing today!

• Deep Dive: what do star ratings mean to us on our own reading logs as well as on the internet

• Book Presses: cozy sweetness and middle grade for March

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

2:09 - Left Coast Crime: hosts of the Lefty Awards

2:23 - All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny

Current Reads:

6:48 - Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

8:55 - Sad Cypress audiobook w/David Suchet

9:28 - The Survivors by Jane Harper (Kaytee)

9:52 - The Dry by Jane Harper

9:53 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper

9:56 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper

14:07 - The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips (Meredith)

15:48 - Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler (i.e. Lemony Snicket)

15:55 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

18:42 - Peacemaker by Joseph Bruchac (Kaytee)

20:52 - Bookshelf Thomasville 

21:34 - Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Meredith)

21:47 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 

24:39 - Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Kaytee) 

25:00 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

25:02 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend

Deep Dive - How you Rate your Reads and Do Ratings Matter:

28:24 - Goodreads

32:32 - StoryGraph 

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44:25 - The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller (Meredith)

44:36 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

47:07 - Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt ( Katie Proctor via Kaytee)

47:20 - The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

47:25 - Read Aloud Revival w/ Sarah Mackenzie

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: a warm, cozy glow and library lack

• Current Reads: no children were harmed in the selection of these books

• Deep Dive: it was a surprise! We are talking about hating a book your friend loves

• Book Presses: a middle grade March press and another book where scary things happen

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (to use this link you need to go to the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:34 - Become a Bookish Friend 

1:54 - Fabled Bookshop

4:59 - Sorta Awesome Show

5:03 - Battery operated candles

Current Reads:

8:46 - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (Kaytee)

8:57 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

11:43 - The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill (Meredith)

11:54 - The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill 

15:39 - The Honest Enneagram: Know Your Type, Own Your Challenges, Embrace Your Growth by Sarajane Case (Kaytee)

15:46 - Sarajane Case on Instagram

16:13 - Libro.fm Audiobook Listening Copy Program

17:16 - Episode with Gretchen Rubin

18:40 - The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin (Meredith)

20:27 - The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

23:21 - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Kaytee)

24:56 - Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

26:16 - The Push by Audrey Audrain (Meredith)

26:25 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live interview with Audrey Audrain

Deep Dive - When You Hate A Book Your Friend Loves:

33:08 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbie Waxman

37:48 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

38:36 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

39:57 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

42:36 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

42:51 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

43:04 - Greenwood by Michael 

43:05 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kimmerer

43:32 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

43:57 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell

44:28 - Shadow of the Wind by Carl Ruiz Zafon

44:56 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

45:58 - Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (Kaytee)

48:05 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: an Instagram buddy read and freeing up time for more reading

• Current Reads: trigger warnings and fluff and all the in between

• Deep Dive: genre convincers - a new word, we made it up

• Book Presses: a springtime read and a YA Fantasy genre convincer

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:40 - Books by Selena Montgomery

3:39 - Intimations by Zadie Smith

1:49 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Current Reads:

4:23 - Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jenneike Cohen (Mary)

7:09 - Outlawed by Anna North (Kaytee)

10:00 - Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus (Mary)

11:18 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus 

11:25 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

12:10 - Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (Kaytee)

14:22 - HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style by Elizabeth Holmes (Mary)

14:35 - Elizabeth Holmes on Instagram

16:17 - This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith (Kaytee)

Deep Dive - Genre Convincers and Genre Dissuaders:

19:48 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

22:09 - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

23:33 - Kindred by Octavia Butler

25:46 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

27:20 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 

28:43 - Everything I’ve Never Told You by Celeste Ng

29:45 - Memorial by Bryan Washington

28:48 - All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

31:27 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

34:01 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 

34:02 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

34:04 - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson

34:17 Evicted by Matthew Desmond

34:19 Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

36:38 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (Mary)

38:47 - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: an internet panel discussion and a family reading hack

• Current Reads: some big exciting books and some that were overhyped

• Deep Dive: we dissect the character-driven versus plot-driven spectrum

• Book Presses: some of our favorite “character-driven” reads

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:30 - Episode 24 of Season 3 with Laura Tremaine

1:33 - Episode 25 of Season 3 with Gretchen Rubin

1:49 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

Bookish Moments:

2:56 - 400 Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

4:57 - Bookend Homeschoolers podcast

Current Reads:

6:04 - The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Kaytee)

6:29 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

7:46 - Co-Parenting 101: Helping your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce by Deesha Philyaw and Michael D Thomas

8:40  - Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener (Meredith)

12:51 - Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (Kaytee)

14:55 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas

15:52 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley (Meredith)

16:56 - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 

22:44 - A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Rosanne A. Brown (Kaytee)

25:37 - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

26:42 - A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Rosanne A. Brown

27:30 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Meredith)

27:42  - What Should I Read Next Podcast Episode w/Meredith 

27:48 - What Should I Read Next Podcast

32:02 - NetGalley

Deep Dive - Plot Driven vs Character Driven Books:

36:02 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

36:38 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

39:02 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

39:42 - Hannah Coulter by Wendall Berry

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

40:55 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (Kaytee)

44:36 - The Current by Tim Johnston (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: a mini book club and a lack of restraint

• Current Reads: fantasy is the name of the game here, along with some YA, a book pan, and a graphic novel

• Deep Dive: we are chatting about the books that made us actually laugh out loud

• Book Presses: a middle-grade treasure and a humorous work of stunt journalism

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Patreon ad for ourselves:

1:42 - Become a Bookish Friend - join us for $5/month!

Bookish Moments:

4:29 - Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First. by Laura Tremaine

4:33 - Episode 24 of Season 3 with Laura Tremaine

5:43 - Bookshop.org

Current Reads:

6:20 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (Meredith)

6:41 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

12:43 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

13:05 - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Kaytee)

13:10 - Mindy and Mary’s Top 10 Minisode

14:40 - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

16:09 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Meredith)

19:29 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

22:33 - Memorial by Bryan Washington (Kaytee)

25:29 - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy (Meredith)

25:34 - Mystery to Me Books in Madison, WI

28:56 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty 

29:00 - The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke

29:13 - Darkwhispers (Brightstorm #2) by Vashti Hardy

29:51 - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosch (Kaytee)

30:08 - Hyperbole and a Half

Deep Dive - Books that Make Us LOL:

33:13 - Calypso by David Sedaris

33:48 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

34:10 - Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

35:17 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

35:21 - It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime (Young Readers Edition) by Trevor Noah

35:34 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan

36:04 - Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

36:06 - Bossypants by Tina Fey

36:17 - #IMomSoHard by Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley

36:49 - I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi

37:27 - The Editor by Steven Rowley

37:30 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

37:36 - Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence

38:22 - Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams

38:44 - The Elephant in the Room by Tommy Tomlinson

39:15 - Class Mom by Lori Gelman

39:51 - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

40:28 - Here for It by R. Eric Thomas

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

40:55 - Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy

41:07 - Winter House by Ben Guterson (Meredith)

41:59 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

42:02 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)

42:05 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

43:01 - Minisode with Ben Guterson

43:17 - The Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans (Kaytee)

45:30 - Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are joined by Gretchen Rubin, and we are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: rereading an old favorite, a bookstore visit, and using the strategy of pairing

• Current Reads: we each share two books that we’ve read recently and what we thought about them

• Deep Dive: Read 21 in ‘21 and building a reading habit

• Book Presses: a book to dip in and out of, and some wonderful children’s literature

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:22 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

1:24 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

1:25 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

1:30 - Happier with Gretchen Rubin - the Podcast!

Bookish Moments:

2:48 - The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

5:13 - Changing Hands Bookstore in Arizona

5:47 - Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX

6:46 - The strategy of pairing - You can read about all 21 strategies HERE!

Current Reads:

8:31 - Fledgling by Octavia Butler (Gretchen)

8:31 - Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

8:50 - The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (Kaytee)

10:14 - Flash Fire (Extraordinaries Book 2) by TJ Klune - due out this fall

10:20 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

10:54 - The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James (Meredith)

14:42 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark (Gretchen)

15:27 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

17:11 - Little, Big by John Crowley

17:57 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.

18:35 - The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas

19:27 - A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett (Kaytee)

19:40 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

21:34 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

22:07 - Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (Meredith)

24:33 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

24:56 - Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Deep Dive - Reading for All Four Tendencies:

25:47 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

25:53 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

26:44 - Read 21 in ‘21 on Episode 305 of Happier with Gretchen Rubin

29:34 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

29:49 - Free Quiz to find your tendency

35:31 - Don’t Break the Chain Printable

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:57 - A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Gretchen)

47:02 - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (Kaytee)

47:36 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

50:05 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

50:07 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

50:14 - The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Gretchen is @gretchenrubin on Instagram and @gretchenrubin on Twitter. Her website is gretchenrubin.com, and her podcast is Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are joined by Laura Tremaine, and we are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a bookish moment of a lifetime, a new device, and a family read-aloud.

• Current Reads: six books that range from poetry to memoir to thriller to to something a bit more difficult to an interesting conversation about sex in middle marriage.

• Deep Dive: we are talking all things about Laura’s forthcoming book and the conversation is just pure golden goodness.

• Book Presses: an unforgettable collection of essays, a dystopian novel, and advocating for therapy

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:42- Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First. by Laura Tremaine

1:44 - Pre-order bonuses for SYS.IGF.

6:01 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili

6:43 - Kindle Paperwhite - the best device in the world

9:01 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

9:29 - Page 1 Books

Current Reads:

12:30 - What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer (Laura)

12:55 - Kate Baer on Instagram

15:07 - Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Meredith)

17:27 - What Should I Read Next

18:03 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

19:53 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

21:10 - A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Kaytee)

23:48 - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante (Laura)

24:02 - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

30:04 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili

31:06 - The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James (Meredith)

33:51 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

34:36 - Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory (Kaytee)

37:34 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

Deep Dive - Share Your Stuff:

41:47 - Share Your Stuff. You Go First. by Laura Tremaine

42:14 - Pre-Order it and then grab bonuses here

51:50 - Laura’s TTTY Episode 99 about finding a new best friend

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

56:12 - Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti (Laura)

59:26 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Meredith)

1:02:23 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib (Kaytee)

1:02:28 - Laura’s Instagram Post about MYSTTS

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Laura is @laura.tremaine on Instagram and her podcast is at @10thingstotellyou

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Welcome, friends! We handed over the mics to Mindy and Mary today to go over their top ten lists for 2020, by listener request! We think you’ll love one more top ten list for the year, right?

Minisode show notes are not time-stamped but the titles are below for you to peruse. They are also not transcribed since this is bonus content.

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Top 10s for Mary and Mindy:

HRH by Elizabeth Holmes (Mary)

Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (Mindy)

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Admission by Julie Buxbaum (Mary)

Lovely War by Julie Berry (Mindy)

A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir (Mary)

The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (Mindy)

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Mary)

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Bali Kaul Jaswal (Mindy)

The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (Mary)

Kindred by Octavia Butler (Mindy AND Mary)

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (Mary)

Redemption Point by Candice Fox (Mindy)

Slay by Brittney Morris (Mary)

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (Mindy)

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (Mary)

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Mindy)

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy)

Murder at Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary)

Veronica Speedwell series starts with A Curious Beginning by Deanna Reyborne

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Mindy)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are coming to you with our first joint minisode! Minisodes do not follow our normal format, so you won’t hear our regular segments. What you will hear about instead is:

• A trip to Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX as the inspiration for an idea

• Requesting favorite and least favorite books of 2020 from our Bookish Friends (Patreon supporters)

• The Indie Press list, which will debut in March 2021!

• A rundown of the 20 least favorite books of the Bookish Friends and some spicy opinions to go with them

• Check out the show notes below for the 20 FAVORITE books of the Bookish Friends - and see if you can spot the titles on both lists!

Minisode show notes are not time-stamped but the titles are below for you to peruse. They are also not transcribed because this is just bonus content.

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Patreon:

The big announcement here is the Indie Press List, which will debut in March of 2021 for our Patrons over on Patreon. $5 a month will get you that list, link you up with an Indie bookstore, and a bonus episode regarding the titles. You’ll also get three additional bonus episodes a month (All Things Murderful, Kaytee Reads Too Much, plus the audio of the COVIDeo release for the month), as well as spreadsheets, behind-the-scenes access, giveaways, and our exclusive communities to interact with other Bookish Friends. Consider joining us!

Our Patrons’ Bottom 20 Least Favorite Books of 2020 (but really 19 because there was a many-way tie for number 20, from #19 to #1):

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

(The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

(The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan)

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Conviction by Denise Mina

Majesty by Katherine McGee

(American Royals by Katherine McGee)

Beach Read by Emily Henry

A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia

(Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte)

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Our Patrons’ Top 20 Favorite Books of 2020 (from #21 to #1):

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing our top 10 books of the year that wouldn’t end. We don’t include our regular segments in these Best of Episodes in the interest of time. We hope that you love this list! It might help you identify if one of us is your book twin. Or if you want to add something to your 2021 TBR. We do create a few “rules” about our top 10 lists:

• Finished in 2020, but not required to be published in 2020.

• We don’t record until after the last day of the year, in case something squeaks in right at the end!

• These are books that really stuck with us after reading.

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Patreon:

1:20 - There’s a LOT of content coming up for our Bookish Friends (Patrons). We are SO excited about all of it! You can join Patreon for $5 a month and get access to this month’s bonus extravaganza:
All Things Murderful with Meredith on January 7th with her top 10 Mystery and Thrillers for 2020
Our Bookish Superlatives with Spicy Opinions on January 14th
Kaytee Reads Too Much on January 21st (a giant episode covering November’s reads and a reflection on 2020 reading in general and the books that didn’t QUITE make the top 10)
The audio of COVIDeo Episode 21 on January 28th
The Buddy Read discussion of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe on January 31st
Plus: the reading journal, the reading tracker, access to the Bookish Friends groups, and Behind the Scenes content and ways to influence the show. Wow!

Our Top 10 of 2020:

10:10 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell (Meredith)

11:20 - Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (Kaytee)

11:27 - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

12:23 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith)

15:07 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee)

16:11 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Meredith)

17:27 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee)

17:54 - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

19:12 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Meredith)

21:04 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart (Kaytee)

22:50 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

23:05 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

24:21 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller (Kaytee)

26:15 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi (Meredith)

27:55 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (Kaytee)

28:29 - Kaytee’s minisode interview with Abi Dare

28:57 - All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (Meredith)

30:55 - Lobizona by Romina Russell Garber (Kaytee)

32:42 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Meredith)

34:39 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Kaytee)

36:27 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Meredith)

39:45 - Here for It by R. Eric Thomas (Kaytee)

40:52 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (Meredith)

43:33 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Kaytee)

43:36 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: the joy of passing along books, and spousal reading time

• Current Reads: comfort reads and books we loved

• Deep Dive: a reflection on our 2020 reading lives

• Book Presses: a redemption press and a dystopian pandemic

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments of the Week:

4:35 - The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve

Current Reads:

5:04 - The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia (Kaytee)

9:05 - All Things Murderful with Meredith on Patreon

9:14 - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, an Agatha Christie Novel, by Sophie Hannah (Meredith)

13:12 - The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah

13:38 - The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis-Graves (Kaytee)

15:52 - BookPeople in Austin, TX

16:18 - The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes (Meredith)

19:55 - The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams (Kaytee)

20:13 - The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

22:33 - The Suspect by Fiona Barton (Meredith)

Deep Dive - Year-End Reading Reflections:

26:03 - Patrons get the 2021 Reading Tracker - the best one yet!

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

39:17 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (Kaytee)

41:01 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (Meredith)

42:37 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

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

• Bookish Moments: all the buddy reads. So many buddies. So much reading.

• Current Reads: wheelhouse books and trying new things

• Deep Dive: book subscriptions to give and receive

• Book Presses: a creepily atmospheric apocalypse and a self-serving press

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Ad - Patreon:

2:01 - patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Bookish Moments of the Week:

5:33 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

5:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

7:45 - An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

8:25 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

8:30 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the best version

Current Reads:

9:38 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

9:57 - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

10:16 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (Meredith)

14:23 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Kaytee)

14:30 - Listener Press episode

17:14 - Malamander by Thomas Taylor (Meredith)

17:38 - The Awesome Book Awards

19:16 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

22:03 - The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown (Kaytee)

24:34 - Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell

24:37 - Drama by Raina Telgemeier

25:23 - Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (Meredith)

25:38 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

28:52 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Kaytee)

30:43 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Deep Dive - Book Subscriptions to Give and Get:

32:29 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville (so many flavors, AND you can Treat Yo’ Shelf)

33:22 - Book of the Month (pick your book each month) Use code CURRENTLYREADING for $5 off your first month

35:13 - Feminist Book Club (themed, can swap out titles) Use code REFNK4C6J6PUR for $10 off your order of $40 or more

36:12 - Literati (for adults or kids)

38:18 - BookRoo (for kids)

39:04 - The Foxed Box (used books)

40:02 - The Reading Bug Box (for kids)

42:14 - Page One Books

43:15 - BlackLIT box (like FabFitFun but bookish and by Black authors)

43:17 - FabFitFun (not bookish, but we both think it’s fun!)

44:16 - The Book Hookup (quarterly, from The Strand Bookstore)

45:23 - Once Upon a Book Club (presents that match sticky notes)

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

47:18 - The Last by Hanna Jameson (Meredith)

49:42 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

50:06 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, we are revisiting our very first episode of Currently Reading, because 2020 has thrown us for another loop! Tune in to hear Meredith and Kaytee, for the first time. We are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: starting a series as a readaloud and being part of a launch team

• Current Reads: we’ve got some classics, some apocalypse, and some differences in opinion!

• Deep Dive: we didn’t even know what a deep dive was! We do spend some time talking about our next planned reads

• Book Presses: a book that will give you all the warm fuzzies and a sci-fi epic that takes you to space

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Ad - Book of the Month:

1:07 - Book of the Month - use our link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first month for just $9.99

2:18 - People Like Her by Ellery Lord

2:37 - This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

2:44 - Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

Bookish Moments of the Week:

7:20 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

7:37 - Illustrated edition

Current Reads:

10:06 - Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive by Jessica N. Turner

12:09 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Meredith)

14:25 - The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery (Kaytee)

17:48 - You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld (Meredith)

19:15 - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

19:17 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

20:38 - Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton (Kaytee)

24:15 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (Meredith)

27:39 - The Walking Dead (TV Series)

Deep Dive - What We’re Reading Next:

31:28 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

31:48 - Blindness by José Saramago (it has been pointed out that I pronounce this Portuguese author’s name in a Spanish style. It’s also translated from Portuguese, not from Spanish. Sorry.)

32:12 - These is my Words by Nancy Turner

35:20 - The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

35:43 - The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

32:46 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge (Kaytee) (ha, so on brand)

38:56 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

40:14 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Meredith)

40:28 - What Should I Read Next

41:38 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee is visiting with Melissa Joulwan and Dave Humpreys, all the way from Prague to talk about Strong Sense of Place! We are discussing

• Bookish Moments: “triple-dipping,” map adventures, and doubly broken reading

• Current Reads: we’re visiting manor houses, the everglades, building a train, and seeing a refugee camp. Come with us.

• Deep Dive: all things Strong Sense of Place with Mel and Dave

• Book Presses: A feel-good classic, a boring book described in a new way (ha!), and a Nigerian treasure.

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments of the Week:

1:43 - Amazon Kindle

3:22 - Haunted Voices by Various Authors

4:21 - Google Maps

4:51 - Looking for Transwonderland by Noo Wara-Siwa

Current Reads:

7:25 - Snow by John Banville (Melissa)

8:30 - Schitt’s Creek

8:37 - Agatha Christie novels

9:32 - Benjamin Black novels

11:47 - Nothing Like it in the World by Stephen Ambrose (Dave)

11:53 - Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

15:23 - Lobizona by Romina Garber (Kaytee)

18:34 - The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford (Melissa)

21:31 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

22:45 - Adventures in Drawing by Scott Campbell (Dave)

22:56 - The Hug Machine by Scott Campbell

25:01 - When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson (Kaytee)

26:31 - Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

Deep Dive - Strong Sense of Place:

27:21 - Strong Sense of Place website

30:18 - Cookbook author, you say? Well Fed by Melissa Joulwan and David Humphreys

31:38 - SSOP Circus Episode

31:40 - SSOP Sea Episode

32:52 - Moby Dick by Herman Melville

33:36 - Weekend Getaway landing page

35:13 - SSOP Sweden Episode

35:17 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman

36:51 - SSOP Prague podcast episode

40:37 - Prague books roundup

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:58 - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (Melissa)

45:26 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Dave)

50:07 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (Kaytee)

50:04 - Kaytee’s minisode with Abi

Connect With Us:

Strong Sense of Place: website, Podcast, Instagram, Twitter

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a buddy read with a friend and getting back into a rhythm

• Current Reads: the most awkward transition ever, and lots of salt

• Deep Dive: how we feel about book awards and the books that win them

• Book Presses: a series press and a rural noir gem

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments of the Week:

1:54 - What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan

Current Reads:

4:31 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

4:37 - The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (Mindy)

8:28 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel (Meredith)

11:32 - They Never Learn by Layne Fargo (Mindy)

15:35 - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsey

16:23 - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald (Meredith)

19:21 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Mindy)

32:18 - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan (Meredith)

Deep Dive - Book Awards and How They Make Us Feel About a Book:

35:05 - The National Book Award

35:07 - The Pulitzer Prize

35:21 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

36:29 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok

38:45 - The Goodreads Choice Awards

39:17 - The Edgar Awards

40:03 - The Awesome Book Awards

41:13 - The Newbery Awards

41:24 - A Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark

41:30 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

41:51 - The Currently Reading Press List

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:50 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

42:58- Season 2, Episode 31

43:12 - Season 2, Episode 33

44:30 - The Liar by Steve Cavanagh (Mindy) *Kaytee’s note: y’all what is UP with the price of this book? You can get a 4-book series that INCLUDES Mindy’s press for $10 less. And a 5-book series that includes Mindy’s press for $5 less. So…)

46:26 - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a new reading space and a bookish helper

• Current Reads: you have to read this, plus lots of murder

• Deep Dive: how an ending can change a book for us, great endings and phone-ins

• Book Presses: a book with a fantastic ending and book that will help you end 2020 well

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments of the Week:

3:36 - Book Bone to hold your books open

Current Reads:

4:51 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Meredith)

4:56 - Mindy’s current read of this one is Season 3, Episode 7

7:08 - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Kaytee)

7:46 - Libro FM Advance Listening Copy Program

9:47 - The Warehouse by Rob Hart (Meredith)

12:08 - The Circle by Dave Eggers

12:36 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

13:33 - Dear Justyce by Nic Stone (Kaytee)

13:36 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone

15:26 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Meredith)

17:08 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

17:11 - Jenny Colgan’s books

19:19 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow (Kaytee)

19:20 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow

21:30 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Deep Dive - Endings That Make or Break a Book:

31:02 - In the Woods by Tana French

32:27 - American Royals by Katherine McGee

32:57 - Majesty by Katherine McGee

33:31 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

33:34 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

34:50 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

35:00 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

35:35 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson

36:11 - The Boys Club by Erica Katz

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

37:20 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Meredith)

40:08 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Kaytee)

40:43 - Brene Brown with the Nagoski Sisters

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today’s spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Katie Proctor. Katie is the author of My Storied Year, her debut novel about a middle grade boy with dyslexia. This is the first time I’ve gotten to have an interview with someone I am already friends with, and it was a delight! Tune in to hear about:

• Creating characters from a collection of people

• Cover design and desires

• Middle grade authors who make us cry

• NaNoWriMo

• Writing groups for obligers

• Found family stories

Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse. These are affiliate links, which kick back a small percentage of your purchase to the podcast, which helps support the show!

My Storied Year by Katie Proctor

Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Captain Fantastic on Amazon Prime

Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy

A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

Connect with Katie: on Instagram at @katieproctorwritesandreads, on Facebook, or at her website

Contact the show at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com.

You can find Kaytee on Instagram @notesonbookmarks and Meredith @meredith.reads.

You can visit our website at www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: recording with a young friend and library woes

• Current Reads: you have to read this, plus lots of murder

• Deep Dive: do you picture actors and actresses when you read? how about setting?

• Book Presses: a book that would make a great movie, and a classic sci-fi thrill

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Patreon ad - we sponsor ourselves:

1:51 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

3:26 - Join us as a Bookish Friend!

Current Reads:

6:51 - 96 Miles by Laura (J.L) Esplin (Kaytee)

10:35 - Malorie by Josh Malerman (Meredith)

10:43 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

13:34 - Teen Killers Club by Lily Sparks (Esther and Kaytee)

16:24 - Minority Report movie

18:56 - COVIDeo number 3 with the kids

19:53 - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (Meredith)

23:56 - Sitting Pretty: The View from my Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebecca Taussig (Kaytee)

24:06 - @craftyerinw on Instagram

26:57 - @sitting_pretty on Instagram

27:21 - All Things Murderful with Meredith on Patreon

27:33 - @jensbookshelf on Instagram

27:46 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Meredith)

29:23 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Deep Dive - Casting Book Characters:

31:50 - The Popcast

33:29 - Still Life by Louise Penny

34:11 - Relic by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child

36:12 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

41:59 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:08 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

43:23 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee)

44:00 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

45:05 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

45:42 - Timeline by Michael Crichton (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a spicy take on a classic and bookish gluttony

• Current Reads: we’re telling each other about six recent reads and talking each other into and out of reading them

• Deep Dive: our favorite cookbooks, as we head into the holiday season

• Book Presses: food-centered delight and family-centered drama

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month - ad:

1:39 - The Star-Crossed Lovers of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

3:20 - Memorial by Bryan Washington

5:00 - Use our Link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99

Bookish Moments of the Week:

6:09 - The Popcast (most recent Flavortown episode)

6:22 - Rebecca by Dauphne DuMaurier

7:06 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

8:46 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

9:18 - Libby - the BEST library app

Current Reads:

11:01 - In the Market for Murder by T.E. Kinsey (Meredith)

11:11 - A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey

14:27 - The City We Became by NK Jemison (Kaytee)

14:43 - The Fifth Season by NK Jemison

17:15 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

17:31 - New York by Edward Rutherford

18:27 - The Obsession by Nora Roberts (Meredith)

23:55 - I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider (Kaytee)

24:06 - @tonightsbookishfeast on Instagram

27:13 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

27:21 - Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (Meredith)

31:13 - Luster by Raven Leilani (Kaytee)

32:02 - The Need by Helen Phillips

Deep Dive - Our Favorite Cookbooks:

35:58 - The Barefoot Contessa by Ina Garten

36:22 - The Barefoot Contessa at Home by Ina Garten

36:25 - Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten

37:09 - How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman

37:12 - America’s Test Kitchen Complete Cookbook

37:14 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat

38:27 - Martha Stewart’s Cookbook

39:16 - Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines (and Volume 2)

40:29 - America’s Test Kitchen Perfect Cookie Cookbook

41:06 - Start to Cook from Usborne

41:19 - The America’s Test Kitchen Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs

42:36 - Eat at Home cooks - Kaytee’s meal planning website

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44:37 - Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl (Meredith)

44:57 - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

46:22 - The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen-Loigman (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: creating a monthly TBR and being a rebound reader

• Current Reads: convoluted plots, and wheelhouse wins

• Deep Dive: the most readable classics

• Book Presses: more classics that BELONG on the Press List

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Current Reads:

5:06 - Lovely War by Julie Berry (Kaytee)

7:31 - Circe by Madeline Miller

7:38 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

8:48 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

9:10 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

12:57 - We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (Kaytee)

14:09 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

15:38 - The Crucible by Arthur Miller

16:31 - The Burning by Jane Casey (Meredith)

19:36 - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (Kaytee)

21:30 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi

21:36 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

24:03 - To Night Owl, From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Meredith)

27:04 - The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Deep Dive - The Most Readable Classics:

31:42 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

32:44 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

33:59 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

34:43 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

34:48 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery

34:51 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

34:52 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

36:02 - Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

36:50 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

37:11 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

38:09 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

38:30 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

39:11 - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

39:36 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

39:51 - Passing by Nella Larsen

40:31 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

41:09 - Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

41:50 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

42:24 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:37 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Kaytee)

46:16 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: virtual author events and a library fake out

• Current Reads: books that get better and better and have big emotions

• Deep Dive: what is spoopy season? And what do we read for peak spoopiness?

• Book Presses: spoopy presses for your shelves

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

2:14 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Current Reads:

6:01 - The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (Mary)

9:34 - New York by Edward Rutherford (Kaytee)

11:54 - A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green (Mary)

11:59 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

15:38 - Book 3 - I could find no evidence!

16:19 - Big Friendship by Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow (Kaytee)

16:27 - Scribd: try it out for 2 months free

17:03 - Call Your Girlfriend Podcast

19:29 - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness with Siobhan Dowd (Mary)

23:53 - My Storied Year by Katie Proctor (Kaytee)

Deep Dive - Books for Spoopy Season:

29:23 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

30:14 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

31:48 - Sweep: A Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier

32:40 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

33:48 - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

34:45 - Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

34:52 - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

34:58 - A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock Series) by Sherry Thomas

36:56 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

38:00 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

38:11 - Jane Eyre narrated by Thandie Newton

40:32 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

41:32 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

41:33 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

41:40 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

41:41 - Tana French books

42:28 - Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

42:37 - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44:52 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton (Mary)

44:58 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton

45:09 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

47:42 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Kaytee)

47:51 - It by Stephen King

47:53 - Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: connecting through book recommendations and having the exact right reading experience

• Current Reads: an unpopular opinion and some unputdownable fiction

• Deep Dive: the title words and cover images that draw us in

• Book Presses: a few more gorgeous covers for your consideration

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Patreon - an ad for ourselves:

2:38 - Still Life Book Club Chat

3:30 - The Crazy Awesome Reading Log

4:20 - patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Current Reads:

7:59 - If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais (Kaytee)

10:00 - Hum if You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais

10:58 - The Real Sherlock by Lucinda Hawksley (Meredith)

12:27 - The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

12:30 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

13:33 - Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (Kaytee)

15:41 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

15:45 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrick Backman

15:55 - Beartown and Us Against You by Fredrick Backman

18:08 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (Meredith)

20:11 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

22:37 - Rebel by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee)

26:12 - Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Meredith)

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

29:26 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Deep Dive - Title and Cover Catnip:

32:16 - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

33:30 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

33:42 - Five Feet Apart by Mikki Daughtry, Rachel Lippincott, and Tobias Iaconis

33:46 - The Muse by Jessie Burton

34:17 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

34:47 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty

35:19 - Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

35:23 - Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

35:31 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

35:34 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

35:36 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

37:30 - Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund

37:31 - The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

37:40 - My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray

37:54 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

38:57 - YA Fantasy Title Meme

39:02 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:15 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Kaytee)

44:07 - The Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia (Meredith)

46:48 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

This is a PREVIEW of a special series just for the Patreon Supporters ("Bookish Friends") of the Currently Reading Podcast who love mysteries and thrillers. It's called "All Things Murderful with Meredith".

Meredith had so much fun with this new thing that we wanted to share this first episode with everyone!

Today, Meredith is drinking HEB’s Texas Pecan coffee and you can get one of Meredith’s “Scary Books are My Jam” mugs here!

Books mentioned in this episode:

Something procedural (and a series!)

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, first in the Shetland Island Series

Something creepy:

The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones 

A thriller I loved:

The Never List by Koethe Zan

An upcoming release I’m pre-ordering:

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, author of That Kind of Mother

Came out Oct 6th.

That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam

This upcoming book recommended by @roxannatheplanner

A Listener Press:

From Ginny Walter      IG: @ginnyreadsbooks 

William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor series (the first of which is Iron Lake). 

A TV or Movie with mystery or thriller vibes:

The Sommerdahl Murders on Acorn TV.

Also mentioned: Still Life movie on Acorn TV.

If you liked this episode and want more of All Things Murderful with Meredith, become a supporter at http://www.patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Contact the show at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com.

You can find Meredith on Instagram @meredith.reads and Kaytee @notesonbookmarks.

You can visit our website at www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com.

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a YouTube rabbit hole and setting down the books for Netflix

• Current Reads: A selection of hits and misses, all of which we’re ready to discuss with nuance

• Deep Dive: The Books We Are Jealous That You Get to Read for the First Time. Ah, nostalgia.

• Book Presses: righting another wrong in the press list, and cozy comfort for when the world is too much

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month - ad:

2:03 - Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

2:15 - Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

2:56 - Leave the World Behind by Ruman Alam

3:02 - All Things Murderful with Meredith on Patreon

3:33 - Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo

3:55 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

4:52 - Use our link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99!

Bookish Moments:

8:02 - Winter in Narnia ASMR room

8:30 - Mr. Tumnus’ House ASMR room

8:34 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

9:32 - Interior Design Masters on Netflix

9:58 - Hoarders on Netflix

10:07 - The Home Edit on Netflix

Current Reads:

10:38 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore (Meredith)

11:06 - Listener Press Episode at the end of Season 2

14:18 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (Kaytee)

14:44 - Kaytee thinks January LaVoy is her BFF because of her interview with her

17:26 - The Boys Club by Erica Katz (Meredith)

17:33 - Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

17:34 - The Firm by John Grisham

20:55 - Long Walk to FREEDOM by Nelson Mandela (you guys, I said WATER? What the heck??) (Kaytee)

24:19 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Meredith)

28:52 - The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner (Kaytee)

31:00 - As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner

31:45 - The study about Millennials and Gen Z and the Holocaust

Deep Dive - Books We Are Jealous You Get to Read for the First Time:

33:10 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

33:15 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

33:23 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

33:27 - The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

33:29 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

34:38 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

35:08 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

35:59 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

36:01 - This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

36:03 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

38:13 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

38:17 - I Let You Go by Claire Mackintosh

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

39:38 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith)

43:50 - A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindburgh (Kaytee)

43:58 - Episode 34 of Season 1

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: Homeschool reading presentations and Meredith’s new side episode

• Current Reads: the current reads that we are actually currently reading, not a selective agenda of books

• Deep Dive: Bookish FOMO. What are you afraid of missing out on when it comes to books?

• Book Presses: the book I’d press on Meredith’s new mini show, and an author that she changed her mind about

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

2:45 - The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

2:51 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

4:23 - Project Z: A Zombie Ate My Homework by Tommy Greenwald

5:14 - All Things Murderful on Patreon

Current Reads:

6:52 - Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Kaytee)

6:58 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

7:14 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

9:02 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss

10:10 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Meredith)

11:40 - Serial Podcast

12:25 - Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene

12:34 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

14:31 - Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

15:45 - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (Kaytee)

15:56 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

17:23 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts

17:50 - Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer

19:52 - Conviction by Denise Mina (Meredith)

24:08 - You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria (Kaytee)

24:13 - @booknerdnative @readwithkat and @allegedlymari on Instagram

30:46 - Descent by Tim Johnston (Meredith)

30:56 - The Current by Tim Johnston

32:07 - Still Life by Louise Penny

Deep Dive - Book FOMO:

35:07 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

35:40 - You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

36:07 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

37:08 - Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer

37:15 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

38:22 - Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel

39:15 - Novel Pairings Podcast

40:13 - Louise Penny Book 5: The Brutal Telling

41:22 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:35 - The One by John Marrs (Kaytee)

44:35 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (Meredith)

44:47 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

48:03 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a new Patreon segment and a childhood favorite

• Current Reads: Six left turns. It’s a broad swath of books today!

• Deep Dive: are you “allowed” to change your opinion on a book after you’ve read it?

• Book Presses: THE BOOK we’ve all been waiting for and sci-fi trilogy that’s just fun

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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0:59 - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

1:08 - New York by Edward Rutherford

1:28 - London by Edward Rutherford

1:52 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Patreon - We Sponsor Ourselves:

2:09 - Currently Reading on Patreon

Bookish Moments:

3:30 - All Things Murderful with Meredith on Patreon

6:11 - A Likely Story in Colorado Springs, CO

6:41 - The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Current Reads:

8:54 - A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey (Meredith)

12:08 - Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (Kaytee)

14:47 - The Troop by Nick Cutter (Meredith)

14:52 - @booknernative on Instagram

16:06 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

16:07 - Twenty Eight Days Later by Michael Nelson

16:57 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

20:06 - The Switch by Beth O’Leary (Kaytee)

20:14 - The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

25:14 - The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street by Lauren Oliver (Meredith)

26:54 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

26:55 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

27:56 - After the End by Clare Mackintosh (Kaytee)

28:02 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

31:12 - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Deep Dive - Changing Your Mind About a Book:

32:56 - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (Racism in Eleanor and Park)

33:57 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

35:49 - Articles about JK Rowling’s Twitter Rants

36:44 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

Hi, this is like a retraction in the newspaper. I, Kaytee, realize that the comments I made about JK Rowling were very personal. I would probably phrase them differently now, having seen how they were received. I still feel very strongly about her stance and her very public opinions, but I would like to say that her opinions are garbage, not she as a person. I humbly accept this correction from our many listeners who have pointed it out as going too far. The audio is what it is, but please consider this my public statement regarding this matter.

39:33 - Greenglass House by Kate Midford

40:23 - The Need by Helen Phillips

41:03 - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

42:03 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:12 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (Meredith)

46:11 - Serial Reader App

47:33 - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Nuevel (Kaytee)

49:16 - Waking Gods #2 and Only Human #3 by Sylvain Nuevel

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a vindicating poll from the Bookish Friends and the newest book from a favorite favorite favorite

• Current Reads: big feelings about these books today!

• Deep Dive: the books that 17-year old Mindy and Meredith needed to read

• Book Presses: a re-readable favorite and a parenting book (that might be) for you

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

4:11 - All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny

Current Reads:

7:49 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (Mindy)

9:21 - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Meredith)

11:59 - The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (Mindy)

14:36 - Love Letters by Katie Fforde (Meredith)

18:28 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy)

21:38 - The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo (Meredith)

21:44 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville

Deep Dive - Being Book Bossy:

27:19 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker

29:24 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

30:02 - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

31:53 - The Course of Love by Alain du Botton

32:37 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

33:42 - This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

34:26 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

34:50 - The Barefoot Contessa by Ina Garten

35:02 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat

36:09 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

37:45 - The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

38:24 - Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris

39:24 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman

40:50 - Three Pines Series by Louise Penny

41:44 - Compassion & Conviction by The And Campaign, Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, and Chris Butler

42:38 - My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44:34 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Mindy) (Here’s the Pretty Cover)

47:54 - Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell

48:53 - Bringing up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading a giant book and a giant buddy read

• Current Reads: evil and time travel and middle grade and memoir, we’re showing off our range!

• Deep Dive: being book bossy!

• Book Presses: we are sharing some comfort if your brain needs sweetness and light

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month - sponsor: (these are Goodreads links as we hope you’ll try book of the month if you’re interested in these titles!)

2:32 - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

2:35 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

2:52 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

2:55 - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

3:02 - Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

3:57 - Use our link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for $9.99

Bookish Moments:

5:00 - Savoring a giant book

5:46 - I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland (email us or DM Kaytee on Instagram if you want the event invite)

Current Reads:

7:34 - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

7:47 - @katieladyreads on Instagram

10:35 - The Bolds by Julian Clary (Kaytee)

13:30 - Kindred by Octavia Butler (Meredith)

17:42 - The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (Kaytee)

19:09 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

19:11 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

21:45 - The Novel Neighbor Bookstore

22:01 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

22:09 - Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim (Meredith)

26:14 - The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper (Kaytee)

Deep Dive - Being Book Bossy:

37:30 - Listener Press Episode 48 of Season 2

40:04 - Read Aloud Revival Podcast

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:35 - The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene (Meredith)

43:24 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Kaytee)

44:36 - Anne of Green Gables Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading in the heat and a new recording space

• Current Reads: books that need editing, ones that elicit strong opinions, and the plural of bigfoot(s?)

• Deep Dive: giving up on an author - how many tries should you give them?

• Book Presses: books from authors that changed our minds

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

2:20 - New books from authors we’ve enjoyed (Holly Jackson, Katherine McGee)

Current Reads:

4:31 - Devolution by Max Brooks (Meredith)

7:11 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

8:54 - Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (Kaytee)

12:11 - The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth (Meredith)

15:52 - Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (Kaytee)

19:31 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler (Meredith)

26:57 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

27:42 - The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Kaytee)

27:53 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

27:50 - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Deep Dive - Giving Up on an Author:

32:55 - Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike Series

35:23 - Elizabeth George

36:33 - Ann Patchett (The Dutch House and Commonwealth)

37:48 - Jenny Colgan

38:10 - Anthony Horowitz (Magpie Murders, The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death)

39:45 - Donna Tartt (Secret History and The Goldfinch)

38:53 - Jane Harper (The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man)

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:52 - The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (Meredith)

43:57 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

44:14 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today’s spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Alexis Henderson. Alexis is the author of The Year of the Witching, her debut , which is a dark fantasy, horror novel, centering on main character Immanuelle. Tune in to hear about:

• Young authors for the reading challenge!

• Counterbalancing darkness and sparkles

• Creating new locations from nothing

• Fan art and commissioning art from fans

• Her favorite writing tool and process

• Being a young, debut, Black author during the revelations about the publishing industry

• And, of course, the book she wants to press into your hands!

Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse.

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (and the sequel Reaper of Souls, due in February)

Connect with Alexis: on Instagram at @lexish, on Twitter at @alexhwrites, or at her website

Today, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a perfect reading spot, and a fun bonus episode for Patrons

• Current Reads: happy reads mixed with bizarre ones bouncing back and forth

• Deep Dive: reading therapy - we are making up therapy clients and then giving them books to read!

• Book Presses: fantastic YA from both of us: one pretty new and one that’s almost a decade old!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:50 - Mary’s reading nook!

3:46 - Kaytee Reads Too Much for Patrons

Current Reads:

5:44 - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (Mary)

8:08 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

9:40 - My Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers (Kaytee)

9:48 - The Stacks Podcast

11:49 - Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin (Mary)

13:51 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

15:09 - Zone One by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee)

18:23 - Magesty by Katherine McGee (Mary)

18:28 - American Royals by Katherine McGee

21:49 - We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez (Kaytee)

22:02 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Deep Dive - Reading Therapy:

Someone Who Just Ended a Relationship with the Person Who Was “The One”:

26:25 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

28:25 -The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

28:26 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

28:40 - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

30:40 - After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

30:57 - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Someone Who Moved Recently and is Having a Hard Time Making Friends:

31:37 - The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell

32:39 - Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan

33:41 - Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails by Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss

Someone Who Just Lost a Job:

35:14 - All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft by Geraldine DeRuiter

36:43 - Becoming by Michelle Obama

37:58 - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (pressed in Episode 35 of Season 2)39:16 -

Someone Who Hasn’t Been on a Date in Too Long:

39:16 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

39:59 - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

41:08 - Playing with Matches by Hannah Orenstein

Someone Who is Reckoning with a Change in Beliefs:

42:37 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

43:11 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

43:13 - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

43:46 - I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Hollad

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44:29 - Slay by Brittney Morris (Mary)

45:32 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

47:59 - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Mindy are here to share our homeschool wisdom. Between us, we have 27 years of homeschooling experience, and we are excited to share with you a bunch of what we’ve learned in that time. Minisode episodes are not time stamped, but we have a quick list of topics:

• Getting Started: how much time it takes to homeschool, providing structure and routine (poster board and post-its, spiral notebooks), outside play, when to start formal school

• Homeschool specific: philosphies and methods of education, how to choose curricula, when to abandon a curriculum, homeschool preschool soapbox

• Virtual school specific: creating a schedule with a reward system, how to make a virtual school routine, what to do with non-school scheduled hours, ArtForKidsHub.com, 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, and Incredible Experiments by Janice VanCleave

• Applicable to both: entertaining younger siblings while older kids do school, how to fit in reading/work/housework while kids are around, how to fit in self-care, quiet time, what to do when outside play isn’t an option

• Encouragement! You can do this!

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are sharing our 100th episode and discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a perfect storage place and a Bookish Friends meetup

• Current Reads: left turns from one wheelhouse to another

• Deep Dive: why “what are your three favorite books” is the wrong question

• Book Presses: two non-fiction picks! One true crime and one about politics

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Patreon (ad) - we sponsor ourselves:

2:43 - Bookish Friends are our supporters on Patreon

3:25 - Zazzle store mechandise (mugs, throws, pillows, totes, tees!)

4:05 - Go check out the rebranded website: www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com

Current Reads:

Current Reads:

7:10 - Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior (Meredith)

9:23 - Know my Name by Chanel Miller (Kaytee)

11:41 - Chanel Miller on Instagram

12:38 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Meredith)

15:40 - COVIDeo 10 with Pippa!

15:46 - The Bees by Laline Paull (Kaytee)

15:52 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

15:57 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

18:07 - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Meredith)

20:43 - Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

21:05 - From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (Kaytee)

21:10 - When Kaytee brought this one to a COVIDeo

Deep Dive - Determining Book Taste:

25:06 - What Should I Read Next podcast

26:46 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

31:15 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Homework: Can you answer? Do you think it’s a good question? What do you ask?

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

32:28 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Meredith)

38:49 - I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) by Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart Holland (Kaytee)

39:04 - Episode 25 of Season 1

39:14 - Pansuit Politics podcast

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: libraries reopening and bookstore visits!

• Current Reads: some diverging opinions mixed with five-star reads

• Deep Dive: what we did over our “summer break”

• Book Presses: non-fiction that will change your life and a fun historical romp

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month (ad) - these are Goodreads links as we hope you’ll use our link if you’re interested in these titles:

1:30 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

1:38 - Serial Podcast

2:43 - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

3:41 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

3:44 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

4:14 - Use our link and CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for $9.99

Bookish Moments:

5:57 - Meredith’s TBR Cart

7:26 - Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM

Current Reads:

8:25 - All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (Kaytee)

8:31 - Libro.FM Audiobook Listening Copy program

11:12 - Murder at Melrose Court by Karen Baugh Menuhin (Meredith)

12:35 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

14:08 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Kaytee)

17:36 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

23:37 - Verity by Colleen Hoover (Meredith)

27:41 - COVID(eo) with Jennifer Nichols

28:52 - You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (Kaytee)

29:05 - Kaytee Reads Too Much for Patrons

29:30 - Scribd - try it for 60 days for free!

32:18 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (Meredith)

Deep Dive - Our Summer Break:

38:19 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

39:40 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:11 - Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski (Kaytee)

44:04 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Meredith)

44:15 - COVID(eo) with Erica Keckley

44:49 - Season 1, Episode 43 with Amanda Espinosa

47:50 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are here with a special episode for you! We are reflecting back on our second year of podcasting and our biggest wins and our biggest regrets. We get a bit vulnerable, a bit silly, and a bit reflective. You’ll get some behind-the-scenes glimpses as well as some “looking to the future” previews. We are so grateful for the cadre of listeners that we have connected with over these two years, and we could never have imagined how much this podcast could have brought to our 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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Best of Season 2:

4:10 - Season 2, Episode 31: Spicy Takes: Books We Wanted to Throw Against the Wall

6:04 - Episode 27 of Season 1: Bookish Pet Peeves

6:57 - Season 2, Episode 22: Goodreads Choice Award Side-Eye

7:11 - Season 2, Episode 23: Our Best Books of 2019

8:23 - Golden Earbud Awards EPISODE and Instagram post

8:43 - Meredith visits Kaytee Instagram Post

9:48 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

10:04 - Ideal Bookshelf Puzzle

10:15 - A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota by Sun Yung Shin

10:40 - Apple Watch

10:55 - Bookshop.org

12:28 - Episode 36 of Season 2

12:33 - Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West

13:42 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

13:32 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

16:49 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

18:29 - Season 2, Episode 36 conversation about wild animal pets

20:29 - COVID(eo)s on Patreon - free for all!

22:02 - COVID(eo) with 5 of our kiddos!

28:29 - Patreon - the beginning of Bookish Friend(ship)s

39:31 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle

40:52 - Slay by Brittney Morris

40:54 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi

42:22 - Season 2, Episode 29 - Golden Earbud Awards

42:55 - Season 2, Episode 35 - Girl, Get You A Bookstagram

44:16 - Season 2, Episode 25 - Cozy Mystery Deep Dive

45:31 - Minisode with January LaVoy

45:53 - Minisode with Anna Hithersay

47:41 - Patreon

49:14 - REMINDER: Last episode of Season 2, but be sure to join us on Instagram next week for a giveaway!

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith, Kaytee, and Mindy are here with a special episode for you! We are answering YOUR questions about life and podcasting and reading and all the things! We hope you love learning a bit more about our lives behind the scenes and that you love getting to know Mindy a bit better. We loved how enthusiastic you all were about sending these questions, and of course there were so many questions we received that we couldn’t answer. Thanks for being the BEST listeners!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Ask Us Anything:

Questions are in italics in case it helps you find a title!

1:58 - Books that Get Better Upon A Re-read?

2:27 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

3:04 - Where do you read?

6:14 - Meredith’s twinkle lights by her bed!

7:04 - Kindle Paperwhite

9:07 - Character-driven versus plot-driven novels?

10:31 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

10:35 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

10:45 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

11:19 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

11:43 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

14:41 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

14:50 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

14:55 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

16:32 - The River by Peter Heller

17:03 - Personality-typing results?

17:22 - Myers-Briggs Test

17:30 - Hogwarts House Test

17:35 - Four Tendencies Quiz

17:56 - Astrological Sign Chart

17:03 - Enneagram Test

20:50 - What are you curious about?

20:07 - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

22:52 - Let’s Make Art box

23:00 - Kaytee uses Dropcloth embroidery samplers

27:24 - Little Old Plant Lady on Tik Tok

28:07 - Something you’ve learned about yourself because of the podcast?

32:55 - What are two things you’d buy if you won the lottery?

34:07 - What are your favorite wireless earbuds?

34:15 - SoundPeats True Wireless Earbuds

34:34 - Apple AirPods

35:00 - Favorite beverage and/or snack while reading?

36:55 - How does Kaytee listen to audiobooks with kids around?

40:08 - How did Mindy get started with hiking and does she love hiking-related books?

44:31 - Has Meredith used audiobooks to get through long runs?

47:32 - Sneak peak into Season 3 and Patreon!

48:38 - Join Currently Reading on Patreon!

49:44 - COVID(eo)s!!

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are here with a special episode for you! We are sharing 15 of the listener “presses” we received in our call to action! You’ll hear from each of those 15 listeners and then our commentary on each press, but none of our other regular segments. This was one of our most popular episodes of Season 1, so we hope you love it this year as well!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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BOTM Ad (these are Goodreads links so you can check out these books and decide if you want to grab them from BOTM or not!):

2:30 - The Shadows by Alex North

2:39 - The Whisper Man by Alex North

2:52 - Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

3:55 - The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper

4:09 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib

4:13 - Being Mortal by Atul Gwande

4:50 - Use our link and code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for $9.99

Listener Presses:

6:00 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Sarah)

6:03 - The Mothers by Brit Bennett

8:31 - A Burning by Megha Majumdar

8:37 - Passing by Nella Larsen

8:48 - Novel Pairings Podcast episode about Passing by Nella Larsen

9:06 - The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin (Nicole)

12:11 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (Lindsay)

14:03 - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

15:01 - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Jennifer)

17:06 - Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (Joy)

19:07 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman

19:40 - The Mother-in-Law Cure by Katherine Wilson (Alanna)

21:51 - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (Theresa)

27:01 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Nicole)

30:03 - Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (Whitney)

30:57 - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

31:49 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

31:50 - Naked by David Sedaris

31:58 - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

32:01 - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

32:28 - Theft by Finding by David Sedaris

32:59 - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwoood (Frances)

33:57 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

34:11 - The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

34:12 - MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood

34:24 - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

35:43 - The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Mary Rose Wood (Emily)

36:35 - Episode 42 of Season 1 with Heather Chollar

37:04 - Mary Poppins by PL Travers

37:54 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore (Amy)

39:57 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Morgan)

41:45 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

42:37 - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee)

46:16 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Holly)

47:35 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

47:36 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a zoom call and a buddy read

• Current Reads: apocalyptic, scary, ho-hum, heartwarming, icky, and revealing. We’ve got a bit of everything!

• Deep Dive: the anti-book twin or… the EVIL book twin!

• Book Presses: a historical fiction novel with broad appeal and a favorite mystery series

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

3:15 - Meeting 20 Patrons of the podcast (Bookish Friends) over Zoom!

4:24 - Buddy reading a book with mom

Current Reads:

5:16 - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Kaytee)

5:28 - Kindred by Octavia Butler

6:38 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

6:40 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

8:00 - Parable of the Talents (book #2) by Octavia Butler

8:38 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (Meredith)

11:48 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey (Kaytee)

11:59 - @booknerdnative on Instagram

13:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

14:06 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (Meredith)

14:16 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

18:45 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel (Kaytee)

20:40 - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

21:49 - The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by Andy Green (Meredith)

22:48 - Office Ladies Podcast

Deep Dive - Evil Book Twins:

27:14 - From the Front Porch Podcast

28:00 - What Should I Read Next Podcast

29:43 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Podcast

31:11 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

32:13 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

34:55 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Kaytee)

35:14 - Episode 33 of Season 1

36:34 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:

• An Introduction: Mary has been a guest twice before and we are excited to welcome her on more regularly as a co-host in rotation!

• Bookish Moments: baby milestones and the NYT Bestseller list

• Current Reads: some YA, some LGBT+ reads for Pride month, some mystery, and some family drama

• Deep Dive: SHOOK: The Books that Rocked Our World(views)

• Book Presses: some food for your soul and an eye-opening memoir

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:04 - Mary has joined us on two previous episodes: Episode 24 and Episode 36 of Season 1!

Bookish Moments:

3:30 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

4:06 - Moo Baa LaLaLa by Sandra Boynton

4:16 - No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli

4:24 - Will Sheep Sleep? by Hilary Leung

5:31 - The New York Time’s Bestseller List for this week

Current Reads:

6:55 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary)

7:15 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell series #1) by Deanna Reybourne

7:20 - A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock series #1) by Sherry Thomas

9:05 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

9:21 - The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (Kaytee)

9:30 - Audiobook SYNC program

12:18 - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (Mary)

15:19 - I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman (Kaytee)

15:27 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

18:14 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Mary)

18:24 - Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

20:40 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

22:13 - Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia (Kaytee)

24:40 - Currently Reading 2020 Reading Challenge

Deep Dive - SHOOK: Books that Rocked Our World(views):

27:08 - Kindred by Octavia Butler

30:51 - The Giver by Lois Lowry

31:02 - The Stacks Pod episode about The Giver

33:07 - It's. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokaris

35:59 - Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

36:07 - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

38:33 - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

39:45 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

41:45 - Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

42:23 - The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:38 - Gmorning, Gnight by Lin Manuel Miranda (Mary)

46:19 - The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner (Kaytee)

47:21 - The Polygamist’s Daughter by Anna LeBaron

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: white allyship minisode and stepping into hard places with reading

• Current Reads: Some strong opinions, some dissapointments, some heavy-handedness, and some glowing reviews

• Deep Dive: our favorite “beach reads”

• Book Presses: a book that should be read slow but steady, and an old favorite by a beloved author

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:25 - White allyship minisode

1:39 - January LaVoy Interview

We Sponsor Ourselves - Patreon “ad”:

7:19 - Join us as a Bookish Friend on Patreon!

Current Reads:

10:35 - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (Kaytee)

13:01 - All Adults Here by Emma Straub (Meredith)

16:15 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore (Kaytee)

20:11 - The Last Hours by Minette Walters (Meredith)

24:55 - The Stone Sky (Broken Earth series #3) by NK Jemison (Kaytee)

27:08 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

27:14 - @katieladyreads on Instagram

Deep Dive - Beach Books:

31:11 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

32:32 - Bad Blood by John Kerryrou

32:57 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle MacNamara

34:08 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

34:27 - The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand

35:13 - Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge

35:47 - A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

36:18 - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

36:30 - The Dry by Jane Harper

37:25 - The Villa by Nora Roberts

37:30 - Sidney Sheldon

37:31 - Danielle Steel

38:20 - Hideaway by Nora Roberts

38:33 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

39:09 - The Selection (series) by Kiera Cass

39:11 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

39:15 - Slay by Brittney Morris

39:17 - Dry by Neal Shusterman

39:46 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

40:09 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

40:30 Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

40:34 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

40:44 - The Firm or The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

41:30 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

41:42 - The Current by Tim Johnston

41:45 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke

41:50 - The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:49 - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Kaytee)

44:44 - The Last Hours by Minette Walters

45:00 - The Sculptress by Minette Walters (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: breaking the reading “rules” and unloading read books on others

• Current Reads: characters and plots and murders and poetry!

• Deep Dive: we need your voices! And your questions! Listen up for “listener contributions”

• Book Presses: some large books that will keep you in great reading for a long summer week

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Current Reads:

5:44 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh (Meredith)

6:03 - The Holdout by Graham Moore

8:10 - Good Talk by Mira Jacob (Kaytee)

8:17 - Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM

10:17 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Meredith)

12:02 - FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

14:54 - From the Front Porch Episode casting this book as a movie

15:48 - The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy (Kaytee)

15:51 - Novel Pairings Episode about poetry

18:25 - The End of October by Lawrence Wright (Meredith)

21:10 - Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

21:23 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (Kaytee)

Deep Dive - Upcoming Listener Contributions:

26:15 - Episode 46 of Season 1 - Listener Presses

28:39 - Episode 47 of Season 1 - Ask Us Anything

30:58 - Email us at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com with your presses and questions BY JUNE 15th!

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

32:09 - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Meredith)

34:45 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee is chatting with online friend Anna Hithersay. Kaytee and Anna both got started on the road to racial justice multiple years ago, but we do not claim to be experts. We do have a few years of reading and listening under our belts and want to point you toward the resources we have found and the places we have learned. This episode is meant to point OUTWARD, to give our white listeners the starting places, the books, podcasts, and accounts, and the conversations to get started.

Tune in to hear about:

• How we each got started on the road to racial justice

• Anna’s “Do Better” book club and embracing the awkward

• Questions and Answers from our Currently Reading Bookish Friends

• A list of books and resources to get you started on your own journey

• And, of course, a book she wants to press into your hands.

Connect with Anna on Instagram: @ahithersay and @comehither_andstay

Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but this episode includes a huge list of resources. Here’s a comprehensive list of the books we mentioned (and the ones we skipped for time), the lists of Black bookstores and Black bookstagrammers you might want to start following, the podcasts and articles we talked about, and anything else I can link to that we mentioned. These show notes are meant to be a starting place, to hold information that you can come back to in order to continue this journey and find additional resources from our Black brothers and sisters who are lifting their voices. The work will not end anytime soon. Prepare for a long haul.

Primer Books

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison (Christian)

Memoir

You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Men We Reaped by Jesamyn Ward
Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

Fiction Starter Pack

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (YA)
Roots by Alex Haley
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Underground Railroad or The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Romance Authors of Color: Kennedy Ryan, Jasmine Guillory, Alisha Rai, Rebecca Weatherspoon, Talia Hibbert, Naleni Singh, Jackie Lao, Sonali Dev, Mariana Sabada
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson (YA)
Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Kindred by Octavia Butler

Deeper Topics

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (mass incarceration)
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele (Black Lives Matter)
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Death Penalty and Mass Incarceration)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (history)
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (history)
How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (action steps)
We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates (history and personal essay)
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Shalom Sistas by Osheta Moore (Christian)

Anti-Racist Kids

Middle Grade
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Ghost Boys (upper middle grade) by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Ghost (Track Series) by Jason Reynolds
Blended by Sharon M Draper
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

Young Adult
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (fantasy)
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Emily Segal
Slay by Brittney Morris
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

Picture Books
Hair Love by Matthew A Cherry
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
The Skin You Live In by Michael Taylor and David Lee Csicsko
People by Peter Spier
Kadir Nelson's picture books
Ezra Jack Keats' picture books

Podcasts

Episodes on race from The Liturgists: Racism in America, Anti-Racism
1619 Podcast
Code Switch from NPR
Yo, Is This Racist?
Pod Save the People
Sounds of Justice podcast (Christian)
Seeing White
On Ramp: Two Christians Talk About Race
Ibram X Kendi with Brene Brown on Unlocking Us

Places that You Might Donate

NAACP
ACLU
Black Lives Matter
National Bailout Fund

Other Resources

Sign Petitions
Black Bookstagrammers - I shared a roundup, saved in my Anti-Racism story highlight
Mockingbird history lessons on Patreon
A list of Black-owned bookstores
Anti-Racism Resources for White People
Scraping Raisins: 70+ Race Resources for White People and 80+ MORE
A Conversation with Ibram X Kendi about talking to Kids about race
Be the Bridge courses - Whiteness 101, Talking to Kids about Race and Racism, Whiteness Intensive
The 2020 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books from Here Wee Read
The Conscious Kid on Instagram
Medium’s List of Anti-Racism Resources
Common Sense Media - using media to raise anti-racist kids
Vox’s List of Streaming Movies that are Anti-Racist

Today, Kaytee is chatting with audiobook narrator January LaVoy, who has narrated over 200 (credited) audiobooks! We’re chatting about her newest release, Nora Roberts’ Hideaway, plus a whole host of other topics. It’s a fantastic episode, so I hope you tune in and love it.

Tune in to hear about:

• How she got started in audiobook narration

• Her preparation process

• Reading crying scenes and the power of the voice

• Pseudonyms to narrate erotica

• How essential audiobooks are

• And, of course, a book she wants to press into your hands!

Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse.

Hideaway by Nora Roberts

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Connect with January: via her website januarylavoy.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a giant buddy read discussion and an author chiming into the chat about his book

• Current Reads: wheelhouse books and being surprised by some titles

• Deep Dive: “murderful” - books that aren’t for the faint of heart

• Book Presses: some of our favorite murderful titles

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month Ad:

(These are Goodreads links, since we hope you’ll use our Book Of The Month link to sign up if you’re interested!)

2:22 - A Burning by Megha Mjumdar

2:59 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

3:14 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

3:45 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet

3:54 - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

4:35 - Use our Link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99!

Bookish Moments:

5:40 - Episode 41 of Season 2 - discussion of FantasticLand starts at 29:40

5:44 - FantasticLand by Mike Backoven

6:02 - Patreon Bookish Friends

6:04 - Scribd - free 60 day trial!

Current Reads:

9:50 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Kaytee)

12:36 - The Tenant by Katrine Ingburgh (Meredith)

14:30 - The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (Kaytee)

15:19 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

15:20 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

17:38 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty (Meredith)

23:08 - Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo- Anstine (Kaytee)

26:12 - Hunted by Meagan Spooner (Meredith)

27:09 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

27:20 - Beauty by Robin McKinley

Deep Dive - Murderful - Books that Aren’t for the Faint of Heart:

29:32 - Nancy Drew books by

30:42 - RL Stine Goosebumps Books

31:00 - Intensity by Dean Koontz

31:26 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

35:05 - FantasticLand by Mike Backoven

35:08 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

34:40 - Pines by Blake Crouch

35:00 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

35:19 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

35:39 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

36:10 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

36:40 - The Need by Helen Phillips

37:17 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

37:20 - The Whisper Man by Alex North

37:21 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sviestrup

38:09 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (not Phillips, doh)

38:12 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

38:18 - All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison

39:04 - Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

40:00 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

40:01 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

40:03 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

40:52 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

41:03 - The Chain by Adrian McKinty

41:13 - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

41:42 - In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:28 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

44:00 - Post Mortem (Kay Scarpetta #1) by Patricia Cornwell

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: reading around the house, inside and outside, and a bookish article that brings vindication for a strong opinion

• Current Reads: books that give us the chance to think a new way

• Deep Dive: when book characters are real to you: crushes, friends, enemies, and family

• Book Presses: fiction novels that spark conversation and/or break your heart

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:34 - Lord of the Flies article

1:49 - Season 2, Episode 31

2:45 - Zero Gravity Chairs (this is the “budget” version I got. There’s also a more expensive version, and I’m sure they’re better, but I’m not sure if they are twice as good…)

Current Reads:

3:34 - Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston (Mindy)

6:47 - The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Kaytee)

9:14 - Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar

9:18 - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (Mindy)

12:36 - Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim (Kaytee)

15:17 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

15:22 - The Girl in Red, Lost Boy, Alice by Christina Henry

15:56 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Mindy)

19:04 - Recursion by Blake Crouch (Kaytee)

19:07 - Season 1, Episode 45

19:22 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Deep Dive - When Book Characters are Real: Enemies, Family Members, Friends, and Crushes:

23:35 - Delores Umbridge from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

23:40 - Jonathan Randall from Outlander by Diana Gabladon

24:47 - Brad from A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

25:07 - Old Nick from Room by Emma Donoghue

25:46 - Bella Swan from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

26:28 - Jupiter North from Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

27:25 - Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

27:42 - Kira from Beartown and Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

29:00 - Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

29:22 - Nymphadora Tonks from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

30:26 - Edith from The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

30:57 - Diana from The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

32:20 - Jamie from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

32:44 - John Guy from Still Life by Louise Penny

34:01 - Rhysand from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

35:46 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen (Mindy)

36:09 - Season 2, Episode 21

37:16 - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: the fifth COVID(eo) episode and a new look

• Current Reads: books that other people made us read, and another (shocking) second in a series

• Deep Dive: our processes for reading non-fiction by genre and format

• Book Presses: some non-fiction to round out your reading life

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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“Patreon Ad” - We Sponsor Ourselves:

2:19 - Currently Reading on Patreon - join us!

3:05 - Patrons get: bonus episodes, book club live discussions, giveaways, spreadsheets, the reading journal, AND access to the Bookish Friends Facebook group, which is the best place on the internet.

Bookish Moments:

6:16 - COVID(eo) episode #5 - Off the Rails

7:44 - Absolute Jem

Current Reads:

8:58 - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (Kaytee)

9:06 - American Royals by Katherine McGee

9:34 - @booknerdnative on Instagram

12:37 - On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (Meredith)

15:55 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

17:12 - Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese (Kaytee)

17:20 - @lovelibooks on Instagram

19:59 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

22:04 - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (Three Pines #2) (Meredith)

22:20 - Still Life by Louise Penny (and accompanying book club discussion for patrons)

26:23 - Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (Kaytee)

26:40 - @melizreads18 on Instagram

29:29 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live, episode with @jordys.book.club

29:40 - FantasticLand by Mike Backovan (Meredith)

32:21 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

32:23 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

35:31 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

35:45 - The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

35:56 - Sadie by Courtney Summers

Deep Dive - The Ways We Read Non-Fiction:

38:31 - Educated by Tara Westover

39:24 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

39:32 - Stretched Too Thin by Jessica Turner

42:21 - Bad Blood by Jon Kerryrou

42:23 - She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

42:26 - Disney Wars by James Stewart

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

44;48 - How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (Kaytee)

48:08 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown (Meredith)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: seasonal reading vibes and buddy reads during quarantine

• Current Reads: bookish serendipity books and books from repeat authors (that we’ve read before)

• Deep Dive: how to respond to the “I don’t have time to read” comments

• Book Presses: one of few authors that gets a second book on the press list and a contemporary WWII classic. Ha!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

4:41 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Current Reads:

7:05 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

7:42 - The Hotel Neversink by Adam O’Fallon Price (Meredith)

8:11 - The Shining by Stephen King

8:15 - The Body by Richard Backman

10:38 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

11:32 - What Lies Between Us by John Marrs (Kaytee)

11:57 - Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

14:01 - The One by John Marrs

14:02 - The Passengers by John Marrs

17:32 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (Meredith)

21:02 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

21:05 - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

21:28 - Book of the Month

21:34 - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (Kaytee)

23:58 - One Day in December by Josie Silver

24:38 - The Whispered Word (Secret Book and Scone Society #2) by Ellery Adams (Meredith)

25:35 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

26:42 - The Book of Candlelight (Secret Book and Scone #3) by Ellery Adams

27:07 - Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Kaytee)

28:24 - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle

Deep Dive -I Don’t Have Time to Read:

39:42 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

40:04 - 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam

43:08 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:23 - David Sedaris Books: Calypso and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

43:29 - Liane Moriarty Books: What Alice Forgot and Big Little Lies

43:42 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

44:08 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

44:17 - The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

47:53 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Kaytee)

50:13 - The movie (that I haven’t watched yet) on Netflix

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Meredith and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: the Patreon book club discussion and embracing the year of the re-read

• Current Reads: each host shares three books they’ve read recently and they are varied in level, theme, and setting

• Deep Dive: gems from the 70s, 80s, and 90s

• Book Presses: A few more “don’t call me a classic” backlist titles

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month Ad:

(These are Goodreads links, since we hope you’ll use our Book Of The Month link to sign up if you’re interested!)

1:18 - A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

1:45 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

1:55 - Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin

2:54 - Use our Link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99!

Bookish Moments:

3:58 - Bookish Friends Still Life Book Club on Patreon

5:40 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Current Reads:

7:41 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher (Mindy)

7:44 - Wolfmuller’s Books in Kerrville, TX

7:47 - COVID(eo) number 4

10:05 - Damsel by Elana K. Arnold (Meredith)

13:25 - Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (Mindy)

15:53 - You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe (Meredith)

18:29 - The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Mindy)

21:13 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen

22:34 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (Meredith)

Deep Dive - Books from the 70s, 80s, and 90s:

Gems from the 1970s

30:53 - Judy Blume books - Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Freckle Juice, Blubber, Starring Sally J Friedman As Herself

32:21 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

32:55 - Shogun by James Clavell

32:57 - Roots by Alex Haley

33:02 - Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi

33:14 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

33:33 - Stephen King Books - The Shining, The Stand

33:46 - Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice

Gems from the 1980s

34:37 - Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

35:14 - James Herriot books - All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful

35:37 - Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

36:48 - The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

37:05 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

37:17 - Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

37:28 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

37:34 - Patriot Games by Tom Clancy

37:53 - Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

38:09 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

38:44 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

39:24 - Redwall by Bryan Jacques

39:43 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

Gems from the 1990s

40:41 - John Grisham books - Rainmaker, Pelican Brief, The Firm

41:07 - Nelson DeMille books - The General’s Daughter

42:25 - Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, Timeline

43:58 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

44:29 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

44:39 - Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones #1) by George R.R. Martin

45:03 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler

45:35 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

46:02 - Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Felding

46:48 - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

47:09 - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

48:20 - Watership Down by Richard Adams (Mindy)

51:02 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Meredith)

51:23 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

52:43 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: our bookish friends buddy read of Still Life by Louise Penny with the Patrons of Currently Reading

• Current Reads: we each have three books to share, but we’re messing with the format a bit this week as the discussion needs some nuance.

• Deep Dive: reading books in a series and what we do when “the next one” releases

• Book Presses: a few of our favorite series choices to round out the deep dive

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:23 - The Bookish Friends Buddy Read discussion on Patreon

1:31 - Still Life by Louise Penny

3:05 - Our previous COVID(eo)s are all available to watch for free on Patreon as well!

Current Reads:

5:10 - The House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (Meredith)

9:24 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister (Kaytee)

11:59 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

14:46 - Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson (Meredith)

17:33 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Kaytee)

21:40 - Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester (Kaytee)

26:24 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith)

28:37 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

28:39 - The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak

29:03 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

Deep Dive - Reading Books in Series:

33:20 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

34:02 - Three Pines series by Louise Penny

37:02 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

37:25 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

38:25 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

39:05 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:54 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

44:03 - The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (Meredith)

46:04 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Kaytee)

49:00 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com

Today, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: the COVID(eo) with kids recording and podcast messages during the coronavirus “situation”

• Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately and there’s a bit of sass in here about the buddy read we recently did together

• Deep Dive: Books to movies… the good, the bad, and the ugly.

• Book Presses: we’ve got a favorite author who has been reading his books aloud on Facebook, as well as a bonus book to movie pick!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:56 - Our third COVID(eo) with our kids!

Current Reads:

5:08 - Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

10:40 - White Bird by R.J. Palacio

10:46 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio

12:30 - A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

15:39 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

15:57 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

22:28 - The World’s Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key

23:29 - Congratulations, Who Are You Again? by Harrison Scott Key

26:27 - Love and Luck (Love and Gelato #2) by Jenna Evans Welch

27:59 - Love and Gelato (Love and Gelato #1) by Jenna Evans Welch

Deep Dive - Books to Movies:

29:08 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (TV Series)

29:27 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (movie)

31:03 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (movie)

32:22 - The Godfather by Mario Puzo (movie)

35:02 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (2019 version) (the one I watched as a kid) (the one Meredith loves)

37:27 - Lemony Snickett’s Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler (Netflix series)

39:31 - Matilda by Roald Dahl (movie)

42:11 - Holes by Louis Sachar (movie)

43:47 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman (movie)

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

48:20 - On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson

50:48 - Night one of his readaloud on Facebook

51:26 - The Martian by Andy Weir

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a COVID(eo) recording with our kids and a Bookish Scavenger Hunt

• Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately including two strong opinions about galleys we received.

• Deep Dive: Why would an adult read a YA or Middle Grade book?

• Book Presses: we’re adding more “middle grade reads that adults will love” to your TBR stacks!

• Bonus: we go on a ridiculous tangent about the wild animals we would like to own as pets and a certain literary villain that Meredith has identified with since she was a child. It’s after the presses, so you’re welcome to tune out of the “chit chat” that we always promise to avoid, but we think it’ll make you laugh!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

3:09 - Our third COVID(eo) with our kids!

4:16 - Bookish Scavenger hunt on ActionBound - download the iOS or Android app to play!

Current Reads:

6:09 - The Holdout by Graham Moore

6:45 - The Firm by John Grisham

10:00 - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

10:18 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

13:04 - Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West

13:14 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

18:34 - Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

22:55 - Episode 25 of Season 2 about Cozy Mysteries

23:18 - Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower

27:12 - Episode 16 of Season 2 with Sarah Dickinson

27:16 - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

Deep Dive - Why Adults Would Read YA and MG:

32:04 - Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

35:05 - The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson

35:17 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

36:42 - Our Books We Press List

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

37:35 - Furthermore by Taherah Mafi

40:08 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

41:04 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

43:35 - (stick around for the most ridiculous tangent into wild animals that we wish we could own as pets and find out which literary villain Meredith identifies with!)

Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a puzzle from Ideal Bookshelf and comfort reading in the time of COVID19

• Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately.

• Deep Dive: Girl, Get You a Bookstagram

• Book Presses: some big magic for your creative pursuits and a book that your newest readers (and their parents) will all enjoy

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month Ad:

(These are Goodreads links, since we hope you’ll use our Book Of The Month link to sign up if you’re interested!)

1:24 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

1:28 - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

2:28 - Beach Read by Emily Henry

3:42 - Use our Link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99!

Bookish Moments:

4:47 - Ideal Bookshelf Puzzle

6:50 - Still Life by Louise Penny

6:58 - Currently Reading on Patreon

7:12 - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

Current Reads:

7:50 - Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

9:15 - Libro FM - Audiobooks that benefit your local bookstore

10:51 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup

13:30 - Opposite of Always by Justin Reynolds

17:20 - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton

19:30 - Episode 20 of Currently Reading

19:42 - Sadie by Courtney Summers

22:29 - The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

22:40 - Read Aloud Revival interview with Jeannie Birdsall

24:22 - Little Women by Lousia May Alcott

25:37 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Deep Dive - Girl, Get You A Bookstagram:

28:00 - @currentlyreadingpodcast and @meredith.reads and @notesonbookmarks and @gratefulforgrace

36:33 - @sixwordbookreview

36:38 - @plantladyreader

36:40 - @pieladybooks

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:18 - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

41:24 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

43:02 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

44:14 - Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger and Cece Bell

44:25 - El Deafo by Cece Bell

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: local indie bookstore support and the first video episode of Currently Reading

• Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately.

• Deep Dive: books that are about pandemic and epidemic situations. You do you, reader.

• Book Presses: two books (one giant, one little) that will transport you to a different place and time

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

5:35 - Patreon!

5:49 - Our Patreon video, free to everyone, Currently Reading COVID 19 edition!

Current Reads:

8:06 - The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg

10:56 - A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

13:37 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

16:25 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

19:14 - Rebound by Kwame Alexander

19:19 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

21:02 - Buried Deep by Margot Hunt - An Audible Original

23:45 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson

24:09 - Episode 46 of Season 1 when listeners press books into our hands

24:23 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Deep Dive - Books About Pandemics:

29:02 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

30:14 - The Stand by Stephen King

30:44 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

31:46 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

32:52 - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner

33:15 - Get Well Soon by Jennifer Schmidt… nope. Jennifer Wright. Bad notes!

34:05 - Blindness by Jose Saramago

34:48 - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

35:08 - The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

35:33 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

35:59 - The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

36:24 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

36:45 - The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

36:53 - Interview with Alexandra

37:52 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

38:37 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

38:56 - Dry by Neal and Jerrod Shusterman

39:00 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

39:39 - Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

40:56 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:06 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

43:49 - It’s a TRILOGY - World Without End (#2) and Column of Fire (#3)

44:29 - News of the World by Paulette Giles

Today, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: books as anti-depressants, and meeting an internet friend in real life

• Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately.

• Deep Dive: The books that made us sob on the floor!

• Book Presses: a middle grade and a WWII sob fest, to keep you going with your cathartic cries!

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

2:32 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

2:33 - Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

3:53 - Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM

Current Reads:

4:59 - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

9:13 - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

11:03 - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

11:10 - The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

12:03 - Changeling by Molly Harper

15:14 - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

15:43 - Notes From A Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwauchi

16:28 - Currently Reading 2020 Challenge

18:23 - Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes) by Lorna Landvik

22:15 - Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Deep Dive - the Books that Will Make You Weep:

25:52 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

25:55 - Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

25:59 - This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

26:02 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

26:15 - Us Against You and Beartown by Fredrick Backman

26:25 - Castle of Water by Dane Hucklebridge

27:04 - Shogun by James Clavell

27:52 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

28:44 - My Sister’s Keeper and Change of Heart by Jodi Piccoult

29:02 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

29:52 - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

30:59 - Charlotte’s Web by EB White

31:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

31:16 - Marley and Me by John Grogan

31:18 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

31:20 - Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

31:21 - The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlins

32:04 - The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong

33:48 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

34:14 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

34:16 - Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippencott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis

34:26 - Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

35:08 - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

37:08 - When I’m Gone by Emily Bleeker

37:40 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

38:41 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok

38:50 - A Single Shard by Lin Sue Park

39:23 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:55 - Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff

43:22 - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: he enthusiasm that only comes from scoring a great book, and a new bookstore and “fan in the wild” moment

• Current Reads: we’ve got three books a piece, and they are all over the place. Be sure to pop over to Instagram to enter our giveaway!

• Deep Dive: Our favorite bookish podcasts!

• Book Presses: a real page turner and apocalypse fiction

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

3:30 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

4:40 - Title Wave Books, Revised in Albuquerque, NM

5:09 - 50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James

5:11 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Current Reads:

6:00 - The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

8:16 - @bookworm_365 on Instagram

8:49 - Roots by Alex Haley

10:12 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

10:14 - Shogun by James Clavell

10:15 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

10:24 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

10:29 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts

12:09 - The Literary Enneagram by Judith Searle

13:20 - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

14:06 - Don’t Overthink It by Anne Bogel

15:47 - Instagram Giveaway!

16:11 - Greenglass House by Kate Midford

19:50 - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

Deep Dive - The Bookish Podcasts in our Queues

22:39 - Novel Pairings @novelpairingspod with @chelseyreads and @fictionmatters

24:08 - He Read She Read @hereadsheread with @chelseyreads and @curtisreads

24:45 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

25:46 - All the Books Podcast with @franzencomesalive

27:37 - What Should I Read Next @whatshouldireadnext with @annebogel

27:42 - One Great Book with @annebogel

28:59 - Episode 11 of WSIRN with Meredith!

29:16 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

30:00 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

30:21 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live with @sarahsbookshelves

32:23 - SBSL Episode with @jordys.book.club

32:38 - SBSL Episode with Siobhan Jones of BOTM

33:12 - Episode 16 with Meredith and Kaytee

33:21 - From the Front Porch @bookshelftville with @anniebjones

33:40 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

34:09 - Bonus episodes for Patrons: Kaytee Reads Too Much!

35:07 - Shelf Subscription

35:39 - Diving In @diving_in_podcast with @virginia_reads and @lousie_cooks_and_reads

37:18 - Sorta Awesome @sortaawesomeshow with @sortaawesomemeg

37:27 - 10 Things to Tell You @10thingstotellyou with @laura.tremaine

37:35 - The Popcast @thepopcast with @knoxmccoy and @jamiebgolden

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

39:13 - What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan

41:08 - Kaytee's (written) author interview with Gilly Macmillan

41:39 - Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

41:45 - Episode 1 of Currently Reading!

43:10 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

43:12 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

43:32 - Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

Spicy take warning! Strong opinions abound in this episode.

Meredith, Kaytee, and Mindy are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a bookish moment of accountability, technology disasters, and a librarian friend

• Current Reads: two books each with lots of happy reading

• Deep Dive: Books that we RIATIATW (Read It And Threw It Against The Wall)

• Book Presses: a graphic novel for adults lands and as classic middle grade pick

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

2:18 - Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

3:40 - Season 2, Episode 30 was a disaster

Current Reads:

7:13 - A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner

7:18 - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner

7:32 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

9:43 - The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

9:48 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

10:08 - Vageode Cake

12:19 - Currently Reading Illustrated Reading Journal (Free for Patrons!)

12:36 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

12:43 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

13:40 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

14:57 - Winterhouse Mysteries by Ben Guterson

13:50 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh

16:15 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

16:19 - The Firm by John Grisham

17:27 - The Holdout by Graham Moore

18:00 - Slay by Brittney Morris

18:04 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

20:36 - The Selection by Kiera Cass

20:50 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Deep Dive - Books We Read and Threw Against the Wall:

23:23 - What Should I Read Next with Anne Bogel

23:36 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

24:52 - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

26:22 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

26:55 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

29:45 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

33:49 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

34:53 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

35:33 - Patron Buddy Read!

38:20 - Mac B Kid Spy, Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett

39:02 - Mac B Kid Spy, The Impossible Crime by Mac Barnett

42:40 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

44:41 - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

45:46 - Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

47:01 - May B by Caroline Starr Rose

47:32 - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

48:18 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

48:40 - The Secrets of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

Today’s spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Abi Daré. Abi is the author of The Girl with the Louding Voice, her debut novel, which was chosen as a Book of the Month pick and Read with Jenna pick! Tune in to hear about:

• What she wants her readers to know about Nigeria

• Who she’d be comfortable handing her book to

• The conversation with her daughter that inspired the novel

• Writing in non-standard English with multiple advanced degrees under her belt

• The Book she wants to Press into your hands

Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse.

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

Book of the Month - use our link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Connect with Abi: on Instagram at @abidare_author

Ready for your newly slimmed down show notes? (Don’t worry, the timestamps and links are STILL HERE):

Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: a digital library challenge and an audiobook realization

• Current Reads: five-star books by black authors, suspense and MG winners

• Deep Dive: Buddy Reading

• Book Presses: a graphic novel for adults lands and as classic middle grade pick

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Book of the Month:

(These are Goodreads links, since we hope you’ll use our BOTM link to sign up if you’re interested!)

1:29 - Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk

2:28 - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

2:32 - One Day in December by Josie Silver

2:42 - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

2:47 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Use our Link and the code CURRENTLYREADING to get your first book for just $9.99!

Bookish Moments:

6:10 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

6:22 - Amazon Echo Dot (or Echo) to access Alexa for listening to audiobooks at home

7:05 - Audible try it out for free!

Current Reads:

7:46 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

11:11 - Mr. Gedrick and Me by Patrick Carman

11:18 - Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

13:45 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi

13:48 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

16:20 - The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh

17:55 - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

18:54 - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

21:11 - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Deep Dive - Buddy Reading:

27:28 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

28:23 - We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates

30:48 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

32:25 - The Stand by Stephen King

32:36 - The Outsider by Stephen King

35:27 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

36:08 - Still Life by Louise Penny

37:55 - Patreon will get you into our Buddy Read discussion on 4/19!

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

39:05 - March by John Lewis

40:50 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

50:53 - Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

42:31 - The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield

42:57 - The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

43:04 - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Kaytee and Mindy are ready for a Currently Reading first: award season!

You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a buddy read with a daughter and thrifting for books

Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. This week’s books are full of big sighs in ways both good and bad, and sweet stories that will stick with you.

For our deep dive this week, we are giving out our first Golden Earbud Awards. During award season, we’re evaluating red carpet looks and the best stories to consume on audio and you won’t want to miss our categories!

Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’ve got a book that’s perfect for anyone who works with or love a young adult, and a memoir that is unforgettable.

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

1:50 - Book of the Month

1:53 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

Current Reads:

4:40 - Love from A to Z by SK Ali

7:03 - The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

7:15 - To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

7:46 - Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

8:26 - Patreon (We do Patron buddy reads)

8:40 - Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

11:52 - Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi

15:16 - Dataclysm by Christian Rudder

15:22 - Episode 19 of Season 1 with Scott Monday

20:04 - Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland

21:13 - Patreon (Patrons get bonus episodes)

20:32 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

20:33 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

20:39 - Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

25:55 - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni

Deep Dive - Golden Earbud Awards:

Narrators are all linked to the audiobook. New members to Audible get a free audiobook on us!

If It Weren’t Audio, I Would Have Skipped It:

30:47 - Shogun by James Clavell (narrated by Ralph Lister)

30:49 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel (narrated by David Colacci)

30:53 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (narrated by Lee Horsley)

31:03 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King (narrated by Craig Wasson)

Required to Listen:

32:47 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (narrated by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, and a full cast)

32:50 - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (narrated by the author)

32:53 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (narrated by Frazer Douglas)

33:01 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (narrated by the author)

Best Series on Audio:

34:13 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling (narrated by Jim Dale)

34:15 - The Passage by Justin Cronin (narrated by Scott Brick, Adenrele Ojo and Abby Craden)

34:19 - The Selection by Kiera Cass (narrated by Amy Rubinate)

34:24 - The Three Pines Series (staring with Still Life) by Louise Penny (narrated by Ralph Cosham [books 1-10] and Robert Bathurst [books 11+])

For Adult Ears Only:

36:29 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (narrated by Katie Schorr)

36:31 - A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole (narrated by Karen Chilton)

36:34 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (narrated by Carly Robbins)

36:47 - Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski (narrated by the author)

Who Knew?

38:41 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (narrated by Nick Offerman)

38:48 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (narrated by Rachel McAdams)

38:54 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal)

39:05 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (narrated by Tim Curry)

Best True Story

40:07 - Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski (narrated by the author)

40:11 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (narrated by Bryan Stevenson)

40:14 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (narrated by Amy Landon)

40:24 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott (narrated by the author)

Best Read by the Author:

41:33 - Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe (narrated by the author)

41:45 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (narrated by the author)

41:48 - Becoming by Michelle Obama (narrated by the author)

42:38 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan (narrated by the author)

Best Narrator:

44:36 - Guy Lockard

44:37 - Julia Whelan

44:39 - Jim Dale

44:55 - Bahni Turpin

Best Full Cast:

46:23 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (narrated by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Lena Dunham and a full cast)

46:26 - As You Wish by Carey Elwes (narrated by Carey Elwes and cast)

46:30 - Emma by Jane Austen (narrated by Emma Thompson & cast)

46:51 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (narrated by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt & a full cast)

Best Overall:

48:02 - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (narrated by the author)

48:08 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman (narrated by Marin Ireland)

48:13 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King (narrated by Craig Wasson)

48:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (narrated by J.K. Simmons)

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

50:19 - Doing Life with Your Adult Children by Jim Burns

53:13 - Becoming by Michelle Obama (narrated by the author)

Kaytee and Meredith have lots to share with you today, Bookworms! We hope you love this episode!

You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a bookish realization, and a crafty bookish gift.

Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got some romance and some thriller and some non-fiction and some middle grade. Our reading lives are all over the place!

For our deep dive this week, we are talking getting free books for review. Kaytee has been getting her hands on Advance Review Copies (ARCs) for years now, and she’s sharing her wisdom about how to get signed up and ingratiate yourself with publishers.

Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’ve got a retelling that’s fairy tale adjacent, and one that’s not for reading on the plane.

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! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments: