Currently Reading (Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb)
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| 22 Nov 2021 | Season 4, Episode 17: Books of Big Feels + So Many Thoughts on Matrix | 01:03:29 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . 0:10 Bite Size Intro 2:06 - Matrix by Lauren Groff 2:11 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 2:21 Bookish Moment of the Week 3:38 - Fabled Bookshop 4:50 Current Reads: 5:18 - The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanaugh (Mindy) 9:53 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 13:25 - Lights Out in Lincolnwood by Geoff Rodkey (Meredith) 15:32 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 17:46 - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Mindy) 21:44 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith) 23:03 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard 23:04 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard 25:46 - A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza (Mindy) 26:02 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo 28:12 - Liz Hein on Instagram 29:09 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok 29:39 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune (Meredith) 29:43 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 34:08 - Deep Dive: Matrix by Lauren Groff 35:03 - Matrix by Lauren Groff 38:45 - Mindy on Instagram 45:55 - The Power by Naomi Alderman 45:59 - The End of Men by Cristina Sweeney-Baird 56:06 - Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 56:23 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Mindy) 59:16 - Jen on Bookstagram 1:00:02 - The Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg (Meredith) 1:01:21 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 1:01:27 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 1:02:03 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 03 Aug 2020 | Season 3, Episode 1: We’re back - with a new look! | 00:49:16 | |
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 18 Nov 2019 | Season 2, Episode 16: Reading Ahead of the Crowd + Guest Host Sarah Dickinson of Sarah's Bookshelves | 01:06:28 | |
Kaytee and Meredith are sharing a special guest with you this week, our dear friend and podcast pal, Sarah Dickinson of Sarah’s Bookshelves and Sarah’s Bookshelves Live. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a sanity saver behind the scenes, meeting a (kid’s) favorite author, and new reading acronyms. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re each sharing two reads this week and we’re all over the place with sequels and weird books, and amazing books, and STRONG opinions! We’re skipping slow but steady so we have more time to chat with Sarah. Stay tuned for an update on that next week. For our deep dive this week, we are picking Sarah’s brain about what it’s like to almost always be reading ahead of the charts. How she tracks her reading and whether she has goals for her yearly reading. It’s a great conversation with lots of food for thought. Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands. We’ve got a non-fiction pick that will tear your heart out, an oldie but a goodie, and a WWII fiction book one of us believes is “best in class.” 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!* . . . . . 4:06 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 4:15 - Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney 8:03 - Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey 8:27 - Big Nate by Lincoln Pearce 8:29 - Dog Man by Dav Pilkey 11:30 - After the Flood by Kassandra Montag 13:40 - The Innocents by Michael Crummy 15:25 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 15:50 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 16:18 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd 16:37 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 16:50 - Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton 17:41 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 18:13 - A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 19:36 - Minisode with Brigid Kemmerer 25:36 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman I managed to talk about this entire book without mentioning the title? How?? The Unbreakable Code by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 26:50 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 26:51 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 26:59 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 27:01 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas 27:30 - Our companion episode with Sara Hildreth 27:32 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live episode with Sara Hildreth 27:45 - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore 33:20 - The Need by Helen Phillips 33:45 - Ten Things To Tell You episode about books 38:39 - The Grace Year by Kim Liggett 38:50 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 39:00 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 40:18 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 55:14 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne 55:29 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff 55:50 - Sarah’s interview with Garrett M. Graff 1:00:09 - Episode 9 with Meg Tietz 1:00:22 - The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield 1:02:54 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 1:03:11 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 1:03:13 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 1:04:32 - Kaytee’s old (written) interview with Chris Cleave 1:05:20 - Connect with Sarah: @sarahsbookshelves on Instagram or her website sarahsbookshelves.com | |||
| 23 Oct 2023 | Season 6, Episode 12: Recapping Our European Travels | 00:55:29 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 1:24 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:52 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Episode 152 Feat. Liz Nugent 2:01 - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent 3:07 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan 3:19 - The Clanlands Almanac: Season Stories from Scotland by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish 4:45 - andythehighlander on Instagram 5:32 - Current Reads 5:53 - None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (Meredith) 11:03 - How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (Kaytee) 15:10 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (Meredith) 19:21 - Congratulations, The Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas (Kaytee) 19:35 - Here For It by R. Eric Thomas 23:19 - The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (Meredith) 27:01 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 27:14 - The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger (note: Meredith says “Hotchburger” in the episode. Apologies for the confusion!) 27:16 - Aurora by David Koepp 27:38 - Not Too Late by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua 28:39 - The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg (Kaytee) 32:35 - Deep Dive: Recapping Our European Vacations 34:00 - Blackwell’s UK 35:57 - Foyles 36:15 - Daunt Books 45:19 - Toppings and Company 45:45 - Word on the Water 47:29 - Currently Reading Patreon 47:58 - The Novel Neighbor 49:01 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:30 - If you want creepy and monsters in your reads, I wish you’d try Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Meredith) 49:57 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 50:47 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 52:05 - I wish book club stickers would be actual stickers. (Kaytee) 52:47 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 52:50 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 53:53 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 53:56 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Bookish Friends Receive:
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| 21 Jun 2021 | Season 3, Episode 45: Come Find Me in 30 Minutes + Improving Our Reading Lives | 00:44:44 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . Bookish Moment of the Week: 2:06 - Book Talk, Etc Podcast 2:12 - Tina’s Instagram @tbretc 2:14 - Renee’s Instagram @itsbooktalk 4:09 - Currently Reading Patreon Current Reads: 5:26 - Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc (Kaytee) 7:26 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 8:17 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon (Meredith) 11:21 - Winter People by Jennifer McMahon 11:32 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 11:33 - Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 12:30 - The Last Apothecary by Sarah Penner (Kaytee) 15:35 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Meredith) 17:18 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 18:00 - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin 18:45 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley (Kaytee) 20:57 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 21:46 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Meredith) 25:31 - Scribd Deep Dive - What Could Be Better About Your Reading Life? 29:37 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 30:22 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 34:10 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 34:20 - Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 39:05 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness (Kaytee) 40:11 - Jonathan Van Ness’s Instagram @jvn 40:49 - The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh (Meredith) 42:24 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke 43:27 - Kaytee was incorrect: Megan, in fact, did NOT find casting news for The Blinds. 😒 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 05 Mar 2020 | Minisode: An Interview with "The Girl with the Louding Voice" Author Abi Daré | 00:15:16 | |
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:
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 | |||
| 20 Sep 2021 | Season 4, Episode 8: A Broad Swath of Current Reads + Gentle Murder | 00:59:24 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . Bookish Moment of the Week: 2:35 - Zoom call with Catherine Ryan Howard 2:39 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard 2:40 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard 4:07 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 7:03 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili 7:40 - New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby 9:20 - Hawaii by James Michener Current Reads: 10:05 - Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly (Meredith) 13:19 - Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly 16:07 - The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (Kaytee) 16:19 - Good Talk by Mira Jacob 16:57 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 19:46 - Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (Meredith) 22:11 - Currently Reading Patreon 24:02 - How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes by Melinda Wenner Moyer (Kaytee) 25:33 - Expecting Better by Emily Oster 27:20 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 27:37 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Meredith) 35:33 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 35:47 - Refugee by Alan Gratz (Kaytee) Deep Dive - Gentle Mysteries and Thrillers 39:24 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 39:27 - Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews 39:41 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (the mermaid book) 39:58 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon 41:34 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 41:35 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup 41:36 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo 42:31 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 42:38 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson 42:54 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty 43:41 - No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole 43:58 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 44:11 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 47:23 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 47:26 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus 47:49 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 48:00 - My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 50:39 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 50:39 - Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz 51:06 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 52:19 - Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Elliot Arnold Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 53:22 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Meredith) 54:38 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 54:42 - The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett 55:55 - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Pre-order link) 56:18 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 10 Apr 2023 | Season 5, Episode 35: Mysteries and Romance + Books We Want to Own | 00:53:43 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:21 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:15 - Parnassus Books 3:34 - Currently Reading Patreon (supporters get access to the IPL each month) 4:16 - Fabled Bookshop 5:32 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (Publishes Sept 2023) 7:09 - Current Reads 7:23 - To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee) 7:32 - Rebel by Beverly Jenkins 11:30 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (Meredith) 16:46 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 18:11 - Beach Read by Emily Henry 18:54 - The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Davila Cardinal (Kaytee) 19:06 - Schuler Books 21:10 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 21:46 - The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow (Meredith) 23:28 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 25:08 - Diving In Podcast 25:37 - The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass (Kaytee) 25:43 - Changing Hands Bookstore 30:27 - The Future is Yours by Dan Frey (Meredith) 34:05 - How Books Make It To Our Forever Shelves 38:19 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher 38:20 - Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 38:22 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 38:25 - Search by Michelle Huneven 39:53 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 41:41 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield 42:46 - Still Life by Louise Penny 43:13 - Babel by RF Kuang 46:15 - Meet Us At The Fountain 46:42 - I wish everyone would read Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman in a Specific Way (Kaytee) 46:42 - Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman 47:01 - Fanny Hill by John Cleland 49:04 - Pango Books 49:14 - I wish I liked putting together Ikea furniture (Meredith) 49:24 - Ikea full size Billy Bookcase Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 19 Jan 2024 | Minisode: Our Show Regulars' Top 10 of 2023 | 00:59:52 | |
We know you’ll be thrilled to hear from Mary and Roxanna again this weekend as you’ve been asking for their top 10 lists, and we’ve got them for you! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:15 - 2023 Reading Review 3:02 - CR Season 6, Episode 22 (Meredith and Kaytee’s top 10) 5:26 - Currently Reading Patreon 8:30 - Our Top Ten Reads of 2023 8:43 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Roxanna) 10:05 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein (Mary) 12:35 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (Roxanna) 16:58 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (Roxanna) 20:49 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1) 21:22 - The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (Mary) 21:33 - @Maryreadsandsips on Instagram 23:32 - Small Change by Roan Parrish (Roxanna, Amazon link) 25:48 - Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder (Mary) 26:00 - Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder 27:17 - Malagash by Joey Comeau 28:27 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Roxanna) 30:42 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (Mary) 31:51 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 32:34 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Roxanna) 33:57 - The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (Mary) 34:03 - Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Junon Dawson 35:52 - CR Season 6, Episode 23 36:39 - Essentialism by Greg Mckeown (Roxanna) 39:03 - Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano (Mary) 40:50 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier 42:13 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (Roxanna #3, Daevabad Trilogy #1) 42:15 - Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty 42:17 - Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty 44:30 - Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston (Mary #3) 47:14 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Roxanna #2) 48:37 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (Mary #2) 48:45 - CR Season 6, Episode 19 (Kaytee’s Divine Rivals setup episode) 49:26 - Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross 50:49 - Search by Michelle Huneven (Roxanna #1) 53:38 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (Mary #1, audiobook is the only way to purchase!) 53:55 - CR Season 5, Episode 36 (Mary’s in depth discussion about After This)
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| 06 Apr 2020 | Season 2, Episode 35: Girl, Get You a Bookstagram | 00:47:40 | |
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 | |||
| 24 Jul 2023 | Season 5, Episode 50: A Look Back on Season 5 | 00:41:00 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . .
3:41 - A Look Back at Season 5 3:53 - CR Season 5: Episode 1 3:59 - CR Season 5: Episode 22 (Top 10 books of 2022) 4:18 - CR Season 5: Episode 48 (Listener Press) 4:59 - Etsy Shop for book spine art 5:56 - CR Season 5: Episode 21 (Look back at Best Of 2018) 6:28 - Our Favorite Episodes of Season 5 6:34 - CR Season 5: Episode 3 7:23 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert 10:44 - CR Season 5: Episode 5 11:30 - CR Season 5: Episode 34 13:39 - New and Different Things in Season 5 15:53 - CR Season 5: Episode 2 17:32 - CR Season 5: Episode 45 (w/Jason Headley) 17:33 - CR Season 5: Episode 40 (w/Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada) 18:58 - CR Season 5: Episode 37 19:58 - Our Favorite Books We Brought To Season 5 20:12 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert 20:25 - Search by Michelle Huneven 20:39 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley 20:55 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden 21:12 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 22:09 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 22:30 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 22:58 - An Immense World by Ed Yong 24:01 - Our Biggest Regrets of Season 5 24:06 - Not hearing about Fourth Wing before it got big. (Kaytee) 25:33 - We didn’t focus as much on growth this season. (Meredith) 31:26 - Zero Fail by Carol Leonnig 31:46 - What’s New to Come 33:23 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 35:20 - Currently Reading Patreon Connect With Us: *Please note the change in Meredith’s Instagram handle. This was recorded prior to the change. We apologize for any inconvenience.* Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 15 May 2023 | Season 5, Episode 40: ALA President Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada | 00:58:27 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee is chatting with a special guest. Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada, the president of the American Library Association is here to talk 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! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:20 - Lessa’s ALA President Page 3:47 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:13 - Lessa’s Good Morning America article 7:14 - Current Reads 7:30 - Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith (Lessa) 10:31 - Platonic by Marisa G. Franco 10:34 - The Life Council by Laura Tremaine 10:54 - Solomon’s Crown by Natasha Siegel (Kaytee) 14:36 - Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson (Lessa) 19:12 - Sea Change by Gina Chung (Kaytee) 22:45 - Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout (Lessa) 27:13 - The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea (Kaytee) 27:20 - Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea 27:33 - Santa Fe International Literary Festival 30:02 - Season 5: Episode 23 30:04 - Solito by Javier Zamora 31:46 - All Things American Library Association (ALA) 31:58 - The ALA Homepage 35:49 - Rainbow Round Table 52:11 - uniteagainstbookbans.org 54:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain 54:46 - I'm wishing for everyone to find that one book that changes their life and the way that they see the world. (Lessa) 55:11 - Libby 55:15 - Novelist 55:21 - I wish that publishers would help us get a book with different information on the Library of Congress page. (Kaytee) 55:28 - Library of Congress 57:14 - Lessa’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Website Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 27 Jun 2022 | Season 4, Episode 45: A Mish Mash of Books + Crafting a Great Review | 00:55:46 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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 Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 2:22 - The Happier Podcast w/ Gretchen Rubin 13:20 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:49 - When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough by Taylor S. Schumann 6:10 - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 8:06 - Current Reads 8:22 - A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (Kaytee) 8:40 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 11:38 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Meredith) 13:29 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 14:39 - The Change by Kirsten Miller 15:35 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 17:42 - Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman (Kaytee) 18:45 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 20:25 - Happy At Any Cost by Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre (Meredith) 21:15 - Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh 21:54 - The Gilmore Guide to Books 24:21 - Love That Story by Jonathan Van Ness (Kaytee) 24:39 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 27:13 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (Meredith) 27:40 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager 32:57 - Deep Dive: How We Craft a Review 41:56 - @lonestarwords on Instagram 43:17 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 43:19 - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 45:56 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill 46:05 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 46:38 - @katieladyreads on Instagram 46:43 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 47:25 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 49:06 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 49:31 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee) 51:45 - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan (Meredith) 53:20 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 20 May 2022 | Minisode: An Interview with "No Land to Light On" Author Yara Zgheib | 00:21:35 | |
Today’s spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Yara Zgheib. Yara is the author of No Land to Light On, a heartbreaking and heart-mending love story of immigration and parenthood and leaving your heart across the ocean. This book was an Indie Press List pick for March from An Unlikely Story. Tune into my conversation with Yara to hear about:
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! No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Connect with Brendan: on Instagram at @yarazgheibofficial, 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 | |||
| 22 Jan 2024 | Season 6, Episode 24: Read Alouds + The Evolution of Roxanna's Reading Life | 00:57:30 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:35 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 1:59 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo 4:16 - Lego Hotel (Lego Bookshop is sold out on their website) 6:39 - Our Current Reads 6:43 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Roxanna) 6:51 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister 10:32 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan 12:07 - The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella (Kaytee) 12:14 - The Poisoned Pen 12:42 - Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland by Lewis Caroll 14:10 - The Looking Glass Illusion by Sara Ella 16:36 - Small Change by Roan Parrish (Roxanna, Amazon Link) 17:54 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 21:53 - The Vacation by John Marrs (Kaytee) 27:20 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Roxanna) 27:26 - CR Season 2, Episode 8 30:38 - One Sunny Afternoon by Rowan Jette Knox (Kaytee) 31:15 - Love Lives Here by Rowan Jette Knox 32:56 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller 33:09 - Libro.fm 34:06 - Deep Dive: Roxanna’s Evolution As A Reader 34:15 - CR Season 3, Episode 5 (Roxanna’s first episode introduction) 34:54 - Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi 37:49 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 38:08 - Get Booked Podcast (no longer running but old episodes are available!) 39:02 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 41:11 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather 44:44 - A Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark 43:58 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 44:04 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 48:26 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 52:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain 52:45 - I wish people would lean into whatever season they are in with their reading lives .(Roxanna) 52:59 - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross 53:07 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski 53:13 - Wintering by Katherine May 53:21 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 53:23 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 53:53 - I wish to be read aloud to long after I age out of being read to. (Kaytee) 54:14 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
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| 10 Oct 2022 | Season 5, Episode 11: The Magic of Bookish Friends + Reading with Guests Around | 01:02:12 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 2:04 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:38 - Mindy’s Instagram @gratefulforgrace 5:04 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman 5:16 - Bookshop.org 5:36 - The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander 5:53 - Booked by Kwame Alexander 5:54 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 6:36 - Current Reads 6:45 - Scribd 7:02 - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (Mindy) 7:31 - Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor 10:29 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor 10:35 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon 11:08 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 11:37 - Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Kaytee) 12:52 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 12:56 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 13:24 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 17:02 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman (Mindy) 17:11 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 18:19 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 23:35 - @kraysbookclub on Instagram 23:36 - @jordys.book.club on Instagram 24:57 - My Body is Not A Prayer Request by Amy Kenny (Kaytee) 29:49 - True Biz by Sarah Novic 30:03 - The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon 31:40 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 31:50 - The Sign for Home by Blair Fell (Mindy) 36:27 - Tumble by Celia C. Perez (Kaytee) 41:22 - Deep Dive: Reading when Guests are Visiting 43:12 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 47:39 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 54:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish book jacket copy and summaries would stop ruining the plot for all of us. (Mindy) I wish that I could put The Once and Future Witches on everyone’s Fall TBR. (Kaytee) 58:05 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 18 Jan 2021 | Season 3, Episode 23: Book Flights + Goals for Reading and Business | 00:48:05 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:56 - Lego Bookstore (looks to be out of stock lots of places but Lego is accepting backorders) 2:34 - Kaytee’s Instagram Lego Bookstore tour 3:56 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Winter Book Preview Current Reads: 6:03 - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Kaytee) 6:16 - Fiction Matters’ Patreon 7:18 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 9:07 - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Meredith) 12:44 - The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber 13:19 - Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn (Kaytee) 16:28 - The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke (Meredith) 16:36 - Diving In Podcast 19:34 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 20:08 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) 21:10 - Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride (Kaytee) 23:39 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Meredith) 25:48 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 26:07 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman Deep Dive - Reading Intentions and Business Goals: 33:56 - Are you following us on Instagram? Can you help us reach our goal? 36:50 - Are you a Patron/Bookish Friend? Would you consider becoming one? If you are, tell us what you love or what you’d like to see over there. If you are not, what would make it worth it to you? 40:30 - Are there guests you’d love to hear from on Currently Reading? Tell us about them! Email us or tag us on Instagram or tag them on Instagram in our posts to start the conversation! Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 43:17 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (Kaytee) 43:54 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 45:13 - What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam (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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 21 Mar 2022 | Season 4, Episode 32: Swallowing A Tapeworm + Mood Reading Vs. Planned Reading | 01:01:14 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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 Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:24 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:08 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live ep.104 w/Catherine Ryan Howard 2:11 - Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes 3:03 - Fabled Bookshop 3:10 - The Harbor by Katrine Engberg 7:37 - Current Reads 8:07 - The Guide by Peter Heller (Meredith) 8:13 - The River by Peter Heller 9:27 - A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean 13:56 - Lightseekers by Femi Kayode (Kaytee) 18:07 - Parasite by Mira Grant (Meredith) 18:11 - Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant 21:00 - Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton 24:00 - Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward (Kaytee) 25:06 - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 25:12 - Season 1: Episode 9 25:15 - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 27:47 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Meredith) 31:27 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 31:59 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino 32:04 - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 36:26 - Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black (Kaytee) 38:09 - Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby 38:14 - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 38:19 - Gilded by Marilynne Robinson 39:41 - Deep Dive: Mood Reading vs Planned Reading 41:46 - Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black 46:09 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 49:43 - The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements 349:46 - Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth 49:50 - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki 54:34 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 55:01 - The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones (Meredith) 57:45 - Vox by Christina Dalcher (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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 19 Apr 2021 | Season 3, Episode 36: Bookish Friendships + Books About Books and Bookstores | 00:44:30 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . 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 @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us atpatreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 18 Oct 2021 | Season 4, Episode 12: Book Gushing + Packing Your Non-Fiction November TBR | 00:54:31 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Mary and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . 1:26 Bookish Moment of the Week 1:43 - Boswell Books 3:30 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 3:33 - Garcia Street Books 5:18 Current Reads: 5:31 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Mary) 9:41 - The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman (Kaytee) 13:13 - Fat Chance Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado (Mary) 16:15 - Starfish by Lisa Fipps 16:38 - Redemption Point by Candice Fox (Kaytee) 19:56 - Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman (Mary) 20:04 - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 20:07 - The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman 22:14 - The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman 22:55 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Kaytee) 23:03 - Amy’s Instagram @amyseptemberreads 26:06 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 28:02 Deep Dive - Reads for Nonfiction November 31:01 - What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer 31:10 - I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer 32:02 - A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver 32:17 - Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother by Beth Ann Fennelly 33:04 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 33:07 - An Indigenious Peoples’ History of the United States (The Young Reader’s Version) by Debbie Reese 33:55 - An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Adult Version) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 35:04 - At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider 35:41 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly 36:11 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan 36:17 - Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan 36:40 - I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg 37:38 - All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love and Petty Theft by Geraldine DeRuiter 38:08 - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling 38:11 - Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling 38:44 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller 39:03 - Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox 39:21 - Heavy by Kiese Laymon 39:32 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 39:48 - Here for It by R. Eric Thomas 40:22 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 40:46 - Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes 41:06 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 41:23 - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 41:58 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 42:11 - Evicted by Matthew Desmond 42:28 - The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee 42:49 - A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett 44:18 - HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style by Elizabeth Holmes 44:52 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 45:20 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown 45:22 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi 45:24 - Atomic Habits by James Clear 46:25 - Designing Your Life by Bill B\urnett 46:49 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 46:51 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown 47:16 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski 47:39 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski 48:21 - The Road Back To You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile 48:32 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 48:57 - Reading People by Anne Bogel 49:33 - Megan notes that it was “only” 41 books. 49:47 Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 50:00 - My Life in France by Julia Child (Mary) 51:25 Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig (Kaytee) 51:33 - Season 3: Episode 15 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 24 Oct 2022 | Season 5, Episode 13: Reading Genes + Books That Should Blow Up Bookstagram | 01:01:12 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 2:12 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:18 - Current Reads 6:51 - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Kaytee) 7:34 - Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu 7:50 - The Sorta Awesome Podcast 10:14 - Read-Aloud Revival 11:07 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Meredith) 13:33 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 17:18 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Kaytee) 17:27 - CR Season 3: Episode 47 - The Listener Press 17:31 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter 21:25 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (Meredith) 25:55 - Matrix by Lauren Goff 30:20 - A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf (Kaytee) 33:17 - Daphne by Josh Malerman 34:33 - Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates (Meredith) 39:11 - From Below by Darcy Coates 39:54 - Deep Dive: Backlist Books The Would Go Viral Today 40:47 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 41:20 - The Selection by Kiera Cass 41:35 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 43:01 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram 43:04 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge 44:40 - The Last One by Alexandra Oliva 44:56 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 45:47 - Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman 46:48 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 48:12 - In the Woods by Tana French 48:58 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 49:45 - The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards 51:31 - The Villa by Nora Roberts 52:38 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 53:37 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 53:49 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 53:50 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell 54:31 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish every reader would keep a simple reading log. (Kaytee) I wish November and December could get here quicker for some highly anticipated releases. (Meredith) 57:18 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny 57:41 - Three Pines Series Trailer Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 15 Nov 2021 | Season 4, Episode 16: Listener Homework + Cinematic Books | 00:52:37 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . 0:10 Bite Size Intro 2:18 - Your homework: Record a voice memo on your phone. Make sure your voice memo includes: your name, your location, the name of the indie bookstore you are referencing with its location, a book that was hand sold to you (either by the seller or a shelf talker, etc.) with the title and author, and all the reasons why you love the book and the bookstore! 4:57 Bookish Moment of the Week 6:01 - Currently Reading Patreon 8:13 - The Worm bookstore in Sedona 11:52 Current Reads: 12:05 - Fabled Bookshop 12:18 - L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon (Meredith) 15:10 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 16:44 - Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell 17:18 - Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore (Kaytee) 17:37 - Season 3: Episode 33 of Currently Reading 22:02 - Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi (Meredith) 25:37 - Fast Pitch by Nic Stone (Kaytee) 26:52 - Clean Getaway by Nic Stone 28:25 - Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Meredith) 33:22 - No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez 33:23 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 33:33 - Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell (Kaytee) 33:57 - Feminist Book Club Subscription Box 37:41 Deep Dive - Cinematic Books We Want To See On the Screen 39:28 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant 40:24 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 40:54 - Lobizona by Romina Garber Russell 40:59 - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 41:06 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune 41:41 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 42:43 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 43:34 - The Troop by Nick Cutter 43:40 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 44:44 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven 44:21 - Devolution by Max Brooks 44:54 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 45:21 - The One by John Marrs 45:27 - The Passengers by John Marrs 45:40 - One Two Three by Laurie Frankel 45:45 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 46:28 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 46:32 - Falling by T.J. Newman 46:40 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 46:49 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 47:06 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 47:16 - Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 47:38 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Meredith) 49:37 - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Kaytee) 50:37 - Starstruck by Neil DeGrasse Tyson 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 03 Oct 2022 | Season 5, Episode 10: Repeat Authors, Good and Bad + Getting Into a Rut | 01:04:03 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:36 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:03 - Currently Reading Patreon 5:21 - Audible 6:04 - Libro.fm 6:44 - Fabled Bookshop 7:34 - Fairy Tale by Stephen King 10:10 - Current Reads 10:51 - The House Witch by Delemhach (Meredith) 12:57 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 17:15 - Year On Fire by Julie Buxbaum (Kaytee) 17:43 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 21:40 - Murder at Black Oaks by Phillip Margolin (Meredith) 12:21 - Gone But Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin 22:25 - The Associate by Phillip Margolin 22:26 - Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin 31:22 - The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle (Kaytee) (Blackwell’s link if you’d like to read it now. Does not publish in the U.S. until May 2023) 31:28 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 36:14 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Meredith) 41:48 - Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (Kaytee) 42:06 - The Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 45:28 - Deep Dive: Reading Ruts and Genre Ruts 52:02 - CAWPILE system explained by Book Riot 53:52 - Murder at Black Oaks by Phillip Margolin 55:35 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish people would read The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry (Meredith) 55:42 - The House Witch by Delemhach 56:11 - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry I wish that everybody had a local group of readers to get together with (Kaytee) 59:46 - Murder at Black Oaks by Phillip Margolin Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 05 Feb 2024 | Season 6, Episode 26: Patreon Free Trials + Bookish Friends’ Best and Worst Books of 2023 | 01:06:15 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 2:19 - Currently Reading Patreon (sign up for a 7 day free trial and check out all the goodness!) 7:42 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 10:57 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (pre-order, releases June 11, 2024) 11:01 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore 12:51 - Fabled Bookshop 14:29 - Our Current Reads 14:42 - The Elephants of Thula Thula by Francoise Malby-Anthony (Kaytee) 15:09 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence 18:04 - The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent (Meredith) 20:32 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 20:35 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 24:12 - Erasure by Percival Everett (Kaytee) 29:48 - The Trees by Percival Everett 30:42 - What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher (Meredith) 35:28 - The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein 36:51 - Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis (Kaytee) 36:56 - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 40:38 - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (Meredith) 45:31 - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger 46:11 - Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger 46:20 - Ordinary Grace by Willam Kent Krueger 46:42 - Deep Dive: Bookish Friends’ Best and Worst Reads of 2023 46:51 - Currently Reading Patreon 50:35 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (#1 best AND worst read) 51:25 - Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (#5 favorite) 51:28 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (#4 favorite) 51:32 - Hello Beautiful by Anne Napolitano (#3 favorite) 51:36 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (#2 favorite) 51:49 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer (#5 least favorite) 51:54 - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (tied #3 least favorite) 51:56 - Happy Place by Emily Henry (tied #3 least favorite) 51:59 - I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai (#2 least favorite) 52:23 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck 52:46 - Happiness Falls by Angie Kim 53:46 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 53:47 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 54:39 - Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld 54:46 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros 57:58 - The Whispers by Ashley Audrain 59:05 - The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin 59:17 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Interview with Lara Love Hardin 1:01:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:01:45 - I wish for more duologies in the bookish universe. (Kaytee) 1:02:12 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny 1:02:45 - I want those who love mysteries, thriller and horror to follow @mother.horror on Instagram (Meredith) 1:03:34 - Mother Horror Patreon 1:03:51 - Near the Bone by Christina Henry 1:04:09 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 06 Jul 2020 | Season 2, Episode 48: Special Episode - Listener Presses! | 00:51:35 | |
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 21 Feb 2025 | A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 8: The Beautiful Mystery | 01:21:42 | |
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode. As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. 2:00 - Putting the Book Into Context The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny Published Aug 28, 2012 by Minotaur Books 4.2 rating on Goodreads Seasonal setting - Autumn Book Awards: Agatha Award for best novel 2012, The Anthony Award for best novel 2013, The Macavity Award for Best Novel 2013, The Audie Award for Best Mystery Novel 201 Critic Reviews A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book 8:30 - The Setup 9:40 - A Deeper Exploration Setup and first paragraph The pacing of the novel Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Jean-Guy and Annie Themes: addiction, “descent” evil - through the lens of Francouer The ending The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins Canadian aspects 1:10:23 - Superlatives Favorite Scene Character MVP Biggest loser Best food description Is this book skippable? Favorite Quote No spoilers this episode! The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny The next book will be How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 19 Sep 2022 | Season 5, Episode 8: Unexpected Book Opinions + Fall Reading Ambience | 00:55:14 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:50 - Bookish Moment of the Week 5:58 - Back of Beyond Books 7:16 - All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury (Meredith’s short story reference) 9:58 - Current Reads 10:17 - The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo (Meredith) 111:46 - Cafe Con Libros 14:43 - We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen (Kaytee) 18:24 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune 18:26 - Hench by Natalize Zina Walschots 18:46 - The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab 19:03 - Tattered Cover Book Store 19:23 - Child Zero by Chris Holm (Meredith) 21:44 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter 23:01 - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Kaytee) 23:19 - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 23:22 - CR Season 4: Episode 27 23:29 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 28:06 - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (Meredith) 29:22 - Fabled Bookshop 30:27 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 32:37 - Native Son by Richard Wright (Kaytee) 35:34 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 35:53 - The Street by Ann Petry 37:11 - Deep Dive: Creating the Perfect Fall Reading Ambience 37:48 - Garnet Hill 38:03 - Barefoot Dreams throw blanket 40:54 - Hillhouse Naturals Harvest Candle 42:33 - List of ASMR rooms: 43:13 - RainRiderAmbience on Youtube 44:33 - Cackle by Rachel Harrison 46:04 - The Novel Neighbor 47:54 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish I realized sooner to slow but steady my audiobooks. (Meredith) 49:05 - A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris 50:09 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 50:26 - Theft by Finding by David Sedaris 51:24 - Libro.fm I wish you would follow SparkNotes on Instagram. (Kaytee) 51:57 - SparkNotes on Instagram Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 08 May 2023 | Season 5, Episode 39: Our Favorite Publishers and Imprints | 00:47:45 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:36 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:16 - Current Reads 6:20 - The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas (Kaytee) 6:25 - The Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 8:28 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 8:55 - Jaysen Headley aka EzeeKat on Instagram 10:12 - The Senator’s Wife by Liv Constantine (Meredith) 12:00 - The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 14:13 - Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro (Kaytee) 17:27 - The Twist of A Knife by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith) 18:33 - The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz 19:24 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 21:38 - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Kaytee) 22:55 - Garcia Street Books 23:15 - The Booker Prize 23:32 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 24:51 - The Original by Branden Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal (Meredith, audible link) 25:32 - Scribd 29:22 - Publishing Houses and Imprints 30:17 - Flatiron Books 30:18 - Riverhead Books 30:19 - Tor Books 30:20 - Atria Books 30:22 - Balzer + Bray on Instagram 30:44 - Penguin Random House 30:45 - MacMillan 30:46 - Hachette Book Group 32:29 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 32:25 - Minotaur Books 35:03 - Blackstone Publishing 35:36 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 36:16 - Simon & Schuster 36:19 - HarperCollins 37:21 - St. Martin’s Press 37:22 - Berkley Books 37:24 - Harlequin Books 39:18 - Legend and Lattes by Travis Baldree 40:16 - Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers 42:27 - Meet Us At The Fountain 42:35 - I wish for everyone to follow Jaysen Headley @ezeekat on socials and reach out to him about coming on the podcast! (Kaytee) 42:37 - Jaysen Headley aka EzeeKat on Instagram 44:10 - I wish everyone would read Bird Box, a great summer read by Josh Malerman (Meredith) 44:10 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 45:23 - Daphne by Josh Malerman Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 28 Apr 2023 | A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 1: Still Life | 01:31:42 | |
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Detective Armand Gamache. This limited-edition podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode. As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
3:50 - The Set Up Still Life by Louise Penny 4:40 - Putting the Book Into Context Louise Penny’s age at publication Publisher rejection Seasonal settings and Canadian Thanksgiving Book Awards: CNA New Blood Dagger Award, Arthur Ellis Award, Dilys Award, Anthony Award for Best First Novel The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny Glass Houses by Louise Penny How did it sell Meredith and Roxanna’s first encounters with the series No other titles for this volume (but many do have alternates!) 12:17 - A Deeper Exploration First few paragraphs Louise’s writing style and character introduction Our first meeting with Gamache Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Oddness Factor Diagnosing the end Exploration of human nature Overarching themes Still Life and Still Lives Pacing Is this is a cozy? 50:50 - What Do We Need to Know? Village of Three Pines Canadian History 59:28 - Superlatives Biggest flaw or disappointment Language around LGBT characters and large bodies Favorite scene Best food description Character MVP Biggest loser Favorite foods 1:12:23 - Within the Series Pivotal or skippable Favorite quote 1:16:03 - Stop to Avoid Spoilers for Other Books How it Fits within the series Recurring visuals Ruth’s poetry Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram - This is NOT what it says in the episode. She got locked out between recording and drop day! @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and | |||
| 21 Dec 2020 | Season 3, Episode 21: Our Last Episode of 2020 + Year-End Reading Reflections | 00:46:22 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 23 Feb 2024 | Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 5: The Color Purple | 01:07:17 | |
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading. . . . . The Color Purple by Alice Walker Content warning for listeners and young listeners for this episode! 1:28 - Here’s the Setup 3:41 - Previews Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Movie name and release date. Box office and awards. The Color Purple (1985) The Color Purple (2023) 7:34 - The Cutting Room Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen. Sisters being separated Celie first showing up at Mister’s house Setting up the story Anything left out that shouldn’t have been. African continent Celie and Shug’s relationship Shug’s life events Voiceover narration Setting on the coast of Georgia Celie’s discovery of herself Mister’s redemption arc Casting and mis-casting Directors Harpo Shug Mister Problematic elements. Continuity issues: dock and boat access to juke joint Sophia having a potential traumatic brain injury? Mailbox focus 42:52 - Award Season Worst and best parts of the adaptation. Mister’s redemption arc Shug’s redemption arc Shug singing down the choir Title line incorporation Shug singing at the juke joint The Fancy Pants song (“I’m so Pretty” from West Side Story) Worst and best actors. The Mailbox Squeak/H.E.R. Adult Nettie/Ciara Celie/Whoopie Sophia/Oprah Mister/Danny Glover Celie/Fantasia Barrino Sophia/Danielle Brooks Young Celie & Young Nettie Worst and best book characters. Ol’ Mister Mister Shug The Three Musketeers: Shug/Sophia/Nettie 56:40 - Book/Flick Energy Book scored on a 5 star scale. Movie scored on a 10 point scale. Movie on Rotten Tomatoes - 1985 Movie on Rotten Tomatoes - 2023 1:02:25 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel Which of the movies that we’ve already reviewed would you most like to see as a musical? Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton - Popcorn Episode The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Popcorn Episode Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - Popcorn Episode The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins If you were to cast yourself as one of these characters, which would you be? If you were sentenced to 12 years in prison, what would it be for? Murder Drinking and driving 1:05:46 - End Credits The Dry by Jane Harper Available for rent (we’re using the library!) Connect With Us Currently Reading | Kaytee | Meredith Shad is in the Bookish Friends FB Group (for our Patreon supporters) Support Us | |||
| 16 Oct 2023 | Season 6, Episode 11: Bookish Fussiness + Diving Into The Covenant of Water | 01:02:42 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 1:18 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 1:36 - Bookish Moments of the Week 2:06 - @Roxannathereader on Instagram 2:26 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister 2:38 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister 2:39 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister 5:51 - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker 6:27 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 7:56 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 8:53 - Penguins Classic version of Jane Eyre 10:32 - Current Reads 11:09 - Before He Finds Her by Michael Kardos (Meredith) 12:28 - @booktalketc on Instagram 12:29 - Book Talk, etc. Podcast 13:43 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 14:54 - Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan 16:24 - The Almost Widow by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Roxanna) 21:51 - Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 25:42 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister (Roxanna) 26:52 - Downton Shabby by Hopwood DePree 26:54 - The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews 28:52 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 28:53 - Search by Michelle Huneven 30:11 - The Exchange by John Grisham (Meredith) 30:35 - The Firm by John Grisham 34:44 - Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes 34:50 - Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes 36:53 - The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 36:57 - A Time to Kill by John Grisham 37:00 - The Brethren by John Grisham 37:53 - Deep Dive: A Discussion on The Covenant of Water 38:01 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Roxanna) 42:23 - The Gilmore Guide to Books 43:51 - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 48:51 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 49:59 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 52:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain 52:56 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 53:11 - I wish more book reviewers and podcasters would explain why Tom Lake may be a book for you or not for you. (Roxanna) 53:41 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 56:12 - These Precious Days by Ann Patchett 56:32 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 58:23 - I wish if you like documentaries you would watch Hello Bookstore. (Meredith) Hello Bookstore website and ways to watch Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Bookish Friends Receive:
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| 17 Jun 2019 | Episode 43: A Hopeful Android Story: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels with Guest Host Amanda Espinoza | 00:48:41 | |
Meredith and Kaytee had to call in the big guns this week, so they invited Amanda Espinosa to join them for this special episode of Currently Reading! Continuing Important announcement: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a perfectly bookish gift for a Labyrinth fan, a fun reading tracking idea, and a local bookstore visit. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We are each sharing two recent reads, and there are some really big opinions in this episode, so get ready! For our deep dive this week, Amanda has done some amazing prep work to fill up your Currently Reading Challenge worksheet in the Science Fiction and Fantasy slot. She’s created a number of book flights for each genre, and, in an unusual twist, there are even MORE titles in show notes than there are in the episode! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A magical realist novel, a humorous collection of stories centered on childhood, and a fantasy novel that will totally transport you and you might wish was real (with a TRIPLE COSIGN!) 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! . . . . . 2:24 - Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Novelization by A.C.H. Smith 2:38 - Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Coronation Vol. 1 by Simon Spurrier 3:24 - What Should I Read Next episode 187: Traveling the World Without Leaving Your Hometown 5:12 - Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM 6:51 - The Gown by Jennifer Robson 8:09 - Episode 32 with Mindy Brouse 9:11 - The Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia 11:00 - Books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 12:51 - Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka 14:30 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 15:44 - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 17:36 - Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy 18:28 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 19:05- Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 20:58 - The Girl in Red by Christina Henry 24:41 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge! 24:55 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 24:56 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 24:58 - The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer 24:59 - Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas 25:00 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 25:02 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 27:11 - Flight 1: Sci-Fi in Space 27:17 - (1) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 28:11 - (2) Redshirts by Jon Scalzi 28:52 - (3) Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey 30:04 - (4) Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card 30:12 - (5) The Martian by Andy Weir 30:47 - Flight 2: Sci-Fi on Earth 30:56 - (1) Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson 31:32 - Reamde by Neal Stephenson 31:47 - (2) Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Nueval 32:23 - (3) Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn 33:19 - (4) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick 33:32 - (5) 11/22/63 by Stephen King 33:55 - Flight 3: YA Sci-Fi 34:00 - (1) Red Rising by Pierce Brown 34:37 - (2) The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 35:46 - (3) The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (4) Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (5) An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 36:07 - Flight 4: Fantasy 36:11 - (1) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 36:16 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik 36:49 - (2) The Princess Bride by William Golding (3) A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (4) The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer (5) The Magicians by Lev Grossman Flight 5: Epic Fantasy 37:09 - (1) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 38:16 - (2) Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 38:42 - Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (3) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 40:40 - Caraval by Stephanie Garber 41:28 - (4) His Majesty’s Dragon by Noami Novik (5) Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Flight 6: YA Fantasy (1) Caraval by Stephanie Garber (2) Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (3) My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (4) Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland (5) The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen 42:23 - Sourdough by Robin Sloan 42:25 - Calypso by David Sedaris 43:34 - Naked by David Sedaris 43:35 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 43:49 - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 44:51 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 45:38- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 45:43 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman Find Amanda: Twitter: @AmandaEspi and @LoungeCuriosity Instagram: @LoungeCuriosity Website: https://curiositylounge.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/AmandaEspi *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!* | |||
| 28 Aug 2023 | Season 6, Episode 4: Nasal Adventures + Two Tropes Diverge in a Wood | 01:11:41 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 2:16 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 3:30 - Roxanna’s Substack The Purpose Project 3:36 - Roxannathereader on Instagram 8:31 - Current Reads 8:52 - Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes (Roxanna) 8:58 - Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes 12:44 - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb 15:06 - Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes 15:44 - Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou (Kaytee) 18:25 - Currently Reading Patreon 21:38 - The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi (Roxanna) 21:46 - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi 21:49 - The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi 27:08 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister 28:11 - I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (Kaytee) 32:13 - Open Book by Jessica Simpson (Roxanna) 38:47 - The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (Kaytee) 38:53 - Back of Beyond Books 41:02 - Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li 42:26 - Deep Dive: Two Tropes Diverge In A Wood 43:30 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 43:32 - Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes 43:33 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 44:07 - The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney 44:08 - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson 45:26 - Maame by Jessica George 45:54 - Sea Change by Gina Chung 47:16 - Notes From A Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwauchi 47:44 - Open Book by Jessica Simpson 51:44 - Search by Michelle Huneven 51:51 - House of Brede by Rumer Godden 53:25 - The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope 54:07 - The Mermaid, The Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 54:14 - Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong 56:25 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 58:00 - Nora Goes Off Script by Ananbel Monaghan 1:00:10 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 1:01:13 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel 1:01:25 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 1:03:21 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:03:53 - I wish everyone would check out the William Hannah Notebook (Roxanna) 1:03:54 - William Hannah Limited 1:07:14 - Filofax 1:08:06 - I wish I could give out staff picks like a bookstore employee (Kaytee) 1:09:07 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister 1:09:08 - The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand
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| 20 Feb 2023 | Season 5, Episode 29: Bookish Discoveries + Fictional Travel Destinations | 00:49:56 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:43 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:10 - Glocusent LED Neck Book Light 7:43 - Current Reads 6:32 - Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg (Kaytee) 11:23 - Zero Fail by Carol Leonnig (Meredith) 16:44 - My Darkest Prayer by SA Cosby (Kaytee) 17:04 - Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby 17:11 - Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby 19:44 - Adam Lazarre White 21:46 - The Never King by Nikki St Crow (Meredith) 22:40 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 23:52 - The Popcast: The Nos of Reading 24:20 - Currently Reading patron Facebook group 27:44 - Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee (Kaytee) 27:57 - stephanie.peters.bonin on IG 30:13 - Oregon Trail game 31:09 - The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (Meredith) 32:30 - The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth 32:39 - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth 32:40 - The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth 34:27 - Deep Dive: Fictional Travel Inspired by Books 34:34 - S5E28 Travel Inspired by Books 35:12 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 36:16 - (The Narnia Series) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis 36:22 - The Harry Potter Series 36:29 - The Nevermoor Series by Jessica Townsend 37:24 - A Court of Thorn and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas 38:04 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill 38:14 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldress 38:57 - Heidi by Johanna Spyri 39:48 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 39:51 - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano 40:24 - American Royals by Katharine McGee 41:11- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean 41:40 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 42:10 - The Tale of Hilltop Farm by Susan Wittig Albert 42:16 - Beatrix Potter series 42:42 - Shady Hollow by Juneau Black 42:41 - Circe by Madeline Miller 43:10 - Tilly and the Book Wanderers by Anna James 44:03 - Meet Us At The Fountain 44:10 I wish to make a wish for our Megan (Kaytee) 45:47 I wish for more of us to be prepared for storms by reading We are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilley. (Meredith) 48:19 - The Childrens’ Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin 48:29 - Elizabeth Robinson Barnhill on IG @wacoreads Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 08 Jul 2022 | Minisode: An Interview with "Legends and Lattes" Author Travis Baldree | 00:24:14 | |
Today’s spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Meredith and author Travis Baldree. Travis is the author of Legends and Lattes, which has gone gangbusters through the Currently Reading community. Tune into this conversation with Travis to hear about:
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! Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (pre-order at Bookshop, or buy it now at Amazon) Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher Connect with Travis: on Instagram at @travis_baldree, on Facebook, Twitter or at his website 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 | |||
| 25 Sep 2023 | Season 6, Episode 8: Getting Chatty + What Is Working In Our Reading Lives | 00:53:09 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:53 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 6:15 - Current Reads 6:46 - The Last One by Will Dean (Meredith) 9:41 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard 10:58 - To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Kaytee) 11:05 - Capital Books 11:08 - Parnassus Books 14:36 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novick (Meredith) 18:33 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 19:01 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee) 20:22 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 23:08 - Down the Hill by Susan Hendricks 23:24 - In Light of All Darkness by Kim Cross (Meredith) 24:45 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 28:51 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan (Kaytee) 30:16 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 33:59 - Deep Dive: What Is Working In Our Reading Lives Switching up the format of a book (Meredith) 36:26 - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Freedom of reading… within constraints (Kaytee) Going in blind to books (Meredith) Putting ebooks or audiobooks on hold via the library that I already physically own and limiting myself to one stack at a time (Kaytee) 42:18 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny Doing close reads of not just Three Pines, but any other book I feel the urge (Meredith) 43:01 - Ezeekat on Instagram 44:15 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Finding a new time to read (Kaytee) 46:35 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:02 - I wish more people would explore the works by Anne Perry, specifically the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series. (Meredith) 47:13 - The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry 48:18 - I wish to press The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 48:20 - The Anthroprocene Reviewed by John Green Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 13 Jan 2020 | Season 2, Episode 23: Our Best Books of 2019 | 00:48:24 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are back with the episode you’ve been waiting for. Our favorite books of 2019! Rather than spending time on all our regular segments, we are diving right into the good stuff. No Bookish Moments, no Current Reads, no Deep Dive, no Pressed books, just a reflection on our 2019 reading year and then the top 10 lists you’ve been waiting for! We are each sharing 10 books we LOVED this year (plus a couple bonus picks that we slide in under the radar). We do a lot of gushing, we have a lot of words, and we think this episode contains the real gems for us and readers like us. If you have books you think we’ll love based on these lists, put them in the comments! If you agree or disagree with a pick, put that in the comments as well! We love hearing from 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 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!* . . . . . Let’s Talk About Stats, Baby: 3:22 - Kaytee on Goodreads 3:23 - Kaytee’s spreadsheet (with excessive stats) comes from the BookRiot spreadsheet with some special modifications. You can grab a copy directly from BookRiot though! Patrons get my copy with all the bonus challenges and stats already included. 3:26 - 2020 Reading Journal Top 10 Lists: (Titles in Italics and parentheses are books we mentioned that are not part of the official top 10 list) 13:40 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 14:11 - (Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier) 15:02 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 15:41 - (Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson - book 2) 15:46 - (The Winterhouse Mysteries by Ben Guterson - book 3) 16:14 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski 16:28 - (Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski) 17:08 - A Better Man by Louise Penny 18:50 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow 19:56 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 20:00 - (Book of the Month subscription) 20:59 - The Passengers by John Marrs 21:11 - (The One by John Marrs) 22:02 - The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye 22:11 - Episode when listeners press books into OUR hands 23:23 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 25:08 - The Current by Tim Johnston 25:15 - (Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville) 27:31 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 29:28 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 31:28 - (Sarah’s Bookshelves Life interview with Garrett) 32:00 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter 33:20 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 35:13 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 37:06 - (Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry) 37:40 - (The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides) 37:44 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 39:41 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 39:57 - (Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead) 40:54 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 42:39 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall 44:47 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer | |||
| 09 Dec 2019 | Season 2, Episode 19: Some Good News + How To Raise Readers | 00:50:46 | |
| 01 Oct 2018 | Episode 6: Backlist Gems and How DOES Kaytee Read So Darn Much? | 00:55:44 | |
Kaytee and Meredith return this week to chat about books with you! How do you feel about the backlist? We’re going there. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: using books as a coping strategy and books that you’ve been meaning to read for more than decade… We dive in to discussing 3 books each. These mostly take a trip down backlist lane, because only one is brand new and the rest are back in the catalog. Next we get into every listener’s most-asked question: a brief overview of how in the /world/ Kaytee reads SO much while homeschooling all those children. We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands. We’ve got a book that will make your life better and a series that you have to push through the first book to get to the way better second and third books. 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! . . . . . 8:35 - Inspector Thanet Series by Dorothy Simpson 9:32 - Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward 12:01 - Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff 13:00 - All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison 13:14 - Setting Free the Kites by Alex George 13:18 - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 16:47 - The Uninvited Guests by Said Jones 19:51 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 20:25 - Middlemarch by George Eliot 20:46 - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 23:08 - The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman 24:05 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 27:34 - All Things Good and Wonderful, nope, just kidding, it’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood 29:22 - Florida by Lauren Groff 29:36 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 30:42 - What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell 36:52 - Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin 36:55 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 37:00 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 39:33 - Do Audiobooks Count?? For further reading: To Your Brain, Listening to a Book is Pretty Much the Same As Reading It 41:32 - Kindle Paperwhite love 44:47 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 45:36 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 48:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 49:04 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 49:08 - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas *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!* | |||
| 25 May 2020 | Season 2, Episode 42: Some Deeper Book Themes + When Characters Are Real | 00:39:37 | |
Today, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 06 Sep 2024 | A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 7: A Trick of the Light | 01:19:23 | |
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode. As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. 2:41 - Putting the Book Into Context A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny Published Aug 30, 2011 by Minotaur Books 4.32 rating on Goodreads Seasonal setting - Summer (but to Roxanna June is not very summery in Canada so it might be considered Spring to some) Book Awards: Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2012 Critic Reviews Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book 11:15 - The Setup 13:03 - A Deeper Exploration Setup and first paragraph The pacing of the novel Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Louise Penny as Clara Themes: “play between light and dark - chiaroscuro”, the topic of AA, “intimacy” Clara and Peter’s relationship A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny Back in Three Pines but doesn’t feel very cozy Jean-Guy’s addiction 58:40 - Superlatives Favorite Scene Character MVP Biggest loser Best food description Is this book skippable? Favorite Quote No spoilers this episode! The next book will be The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 17 Jul 2023 | Season 5, Episode 49: A Group Show - Would You Rather? | 00:59:53 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by Mary and Roxanna and are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . .
2:16 - Would you rather read a really great, interesting page turning book that you've been waiting for, with your whole family in the same room at the same time? Or would you rather read a boring book that you're really not into, but you're alone in your room? 6:28 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 6:32 - Would you rather be allowed to only read mediocre ACOTAR fanfic within the fantasy genre or have to give up fantasy entirely? 6:36 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 8:20 - Would you rather have a super spicy romance with a cheesy cover sitting in your office where clients can see it, or have a super spicy audiobook go off while in a playgroup with Charlotte? 10:15 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert 11:01 - Would you rather you and I (Meredith and Roxanna) be able to continue to buddy read together for the rest of our lives until we're old and gray? Or would you rather us live down the street from each other, but we could never talk about books again. 12:22 - Would you rather have to listen to romance in your ears, all romance all the time in your ears. Or you have to play the most graphic scenes of your murdery books out loud through speakers in public while you walk around the neighborhood? 14:10 - Would you rather only listen to audiobooks at one speed for the rest of your life or never listen to audiobooks again? 16:08 - Would you rather your children, be entirely suggestible with regard to their reading or your reading partner Meredith, be entirely suggestible with regard to her reading? 18:11 - Would you rather never be allowed to keep a book on your shelves, Libraries are immediate read and pass on only or be allowed to keep whatever books you'd like on your shelves, but never be allowed to organize or categorize them in any way? 19:46 - Would you rather have to reread your least favorite book every month or never read your favorite book ever again? 20:29 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 20:40 - Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 20:41 - The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 20:43 - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 20:57 - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 21:23 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 21:48 - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 21:53 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 22:04 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 22:16 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager 22:59 - Would you rather never have to wait for the release of a book again or would you want to always have the opportunity to meet your favorite author in person and have a real conversation with them? 24:36 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 25:23 - State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny 27:19 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 27:19 - Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Pre-order link) 27:43 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 28:25 - Would you rather never get to read in the hammock again or never get to read in front of a crackling fire again? 30:28 - Would you rather be a writer who wrote an amazing debut, but then had a sophomore slump or would you rather be a writer who wrote a breakout first book, had an amazing follow up and every book has been better than the last… but each book features a mythical creature with two peens? 32:53 - Would you want to be an author that puts out one incredible book that wins all the prizes, but it's also a commercial success, or would you rather be an author that writes a very beloved and well selling series, but has a much smaller, beloved, but smaller audience? 37:43 - Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews 38:25 - Would you rather read in an isolated cabin with no fireplace? And it's very drafty and there might be spiders or would you rather read in a very noisy coffee shop with bad music and loud conversation? 39:51 - Would you rather for the rest of your life only do buddy reads or never get to buddy read again? 41:28 - Would you rather have no food sensitivities or no reading sensitivities? (i.e. no triggers) 43:15 - Would you rather have an author crush that writes a book you hate, and you have to interview that author for Currently Reading or would you rather have an author crush who writes a book you absolutely love, but when you interview them, they’re a total jerk? 46:26 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live w/John Marrs 46:36 - The Marriage Act by John Marrs 50:15 - Would you rather that reading always made you fall asleep or that you could never fall asleep while reading? 52:00 - Kindle Oasis 52:02 - Kindle Paperwhite 55:19 - Kindle Oasis CaseBot Case Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 20 May 2024 | Season 6, Episode 41: Bookish Mail + Unputdownable Books | 00:58:51 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 1:26 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:48 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 1:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 3:15 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy 6:35 - The Outsiders by S.E Hinton 8:44 - Our Current Reads 8:54 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare (Kaytee) 9:11 - Season 6, Episode 25 w/Knox and Jamie 14:07 - Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz (Meredith) 15:16 - Foyles UK 16:08 - The Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz 19:05 - Annie Bot by Sierra Greer (Kaytee) 19:18 - Libro.fm 21:57 - Article About AI Friends 25:10 - The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Meredith) 26:32 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 29:53 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch (Kaytee) 34:10 - Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews (Meredith) 35:55 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 36:25 - The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews 38:49 - The Most Unputdownable Books 42:03 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson 42:15 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 43:39 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 43:51 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley 44:17 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 45:35 - Confessions by Kenae Minato 45:48 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 45:50 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 45:56 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 46:17 - Cover Story by Susan Rigetti 47:18 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister 47:37 - Kaytee mentions Adenrele Ojo being a Recorded Books copyright narrator but it is actually Simon and Schuster! 48:06 - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf 48:34 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 48:51 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 49:27 - Drowning by T.J. Newman 49:28 - Falling by T.J. Newman 49:41 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 49:44 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 49:52 - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 50:31 - Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 51:49 - Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu 51:51 - Heartsopper by Alice Oseman 51:58 - March: Book One by John Lewis 53:00 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 54:16 - Meet Us At The Fountain 54:24 - I wish more people would give graphic novels a chance. (Kaytee) 55:35 - Currently Reading Patreon 56:28 - I wish I could collect Precious Moments dolls committing all kinds of murder. (Meredith) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 03 Apr 2023 | Season 5, Episode 34: Many Generations of Readers + No-Prep Current Reads | 01:06:45 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 2:37 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:52 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule 8:23 - New York Times article “Reading Around New York” 8:50 - Hot Dudes Reading on Instagram 9:03 - New York Times article “When Listening to a Book is Better than Reading It” 13:40 - Current Reads 13:49 - Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (Meredith) 16:05 - Fabled Bookshop 17:32 - Whistleblower by Susan Fowler (aka Susan Rigetti) 18:13 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett 19:35 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse (Kaytee) 26:27 - Venco by Cherie Dimaline (Meredith) 27:18 - libro.fm 30:17 - Aurora by David Koepp 34:57 - The Attic Child by Lola Jaye (Kaytee) 35:47 - Babel by RF Kuang 39:47 - Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Meredith) 39:52 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 45:24 - Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (Kaytee) 45:36 - Schuler Books 51:24 - Prepping For CR Episodes 52:50 - Venco by Cherie Dimaline 55:38 - Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente 58:06 - Meet Us At The Fountain 59:02 - I wish listeners would pick up a book, read the first paragraph, then say “And that’s when the murders started” and enjoy the giggles that ensue. (Meredith) 45:50 - I wish listeners would support the creators they love. (Kaytee) 1:00:44 - The Popcast with Knox and Jamie Patreon 1:00:48 - Laura Tremaine’s Patreon 1:00:57 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Patreon 1:01:00 - Sorta Awesome Patreon 1:03:46 - Mindy on Instagram Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 05 Jul 2024 | Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 7: The Umbrella Academy | 01:04:35 | |
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading. . . . . The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabrielle Ba 2:29 - Previews Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards. The Umbrella Academy - Vol 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards. The Umbrella Academy on Netflix
10:16 - The Cutting Room Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen Pregnancy/birth scenes Vanya turning into the White Violin Transition into superheroism Vanya getting upset enough to play with the orchestra
Changes from Book to Movie Time of birth of the kids Five’s disappearance and reappearance Fleshing out of characters Diversity of the cast Hazel and Cha-Cha are moved up from later volumes Saving of Earth at the end Left out of the adaptation Carnival Fire and Dr. Terminal Why Ben is dead Why Diego is called the Kraken Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Wolfsong by TJ Klune Added to the movie Hazel and Cha-Cha Detective Patch Leonard Peabody/Harold Jenkins The Handler The Day that Wasn’t/The Day that Was Klaus’ journey into the past (Vietnam) Suspicion around Hargreeves’ death The sibling relationship General Thoughts Cinematography Elliot Page being credited correctly Dr. Terminal and Eiffel Tower being included Bad guys can’t shoot good guys: Stormtrooper Effect Bowling alleys are slippery Actors can’t play violin Problematic elements Nothing of note Casting and mis-casting Visual representation of characters Reginald Hargreeves: Colm Feore → Jeff Goldblum Number 1/Luther: Tom Hopper → Alan Richson Number 2/Diego: David Cataneda → Josh Cigara Number 3/Allison: Emme Raver-Lampman → Zoe Kravitz Number 4/Klaus: Robert Sheehan → Nicholas Holt Number 5/Five: Aiden Gallagher → Mike from Stranger Things Number 6/Ben: Justin H Min → Simu Liu Number 7/Vanya: Elliot Page → Emme Rossum, but really no one Pogo: Adam Godley
44:06 - Award Season Worst and best parts of the adaptation. The adaptation is so dark in the filming of it All the things Soundtrack Sense of humor
Worst and best actors. Leonard Peabody Agnes, the Waitress Klaus
Worst and best book characters. Diego Hargreeves Vanya
53:33 - Book/Flick Energy Book scored on a 5 star scale. Series scored on a 10 point scale.
58:09 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel Would you use your superpowers on your kids? How do you think the world will end?
1:02:29 - End Credits Stardust by Neil Gaiman Available on Paramount +
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| 05 Jun 2023 | Season 5, Episode 43: Way Past a Book Hangover + All Things Fourth Wing | 01:05:06 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:28 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 2:12 - Currently Reading Patreon - Thank you for helping to keep us ad free! 3:04 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:15 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 3:37 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 9:18 - Current Reads 9:28 - The Thief Knot by Kate Milford (Roxanna) 9:34 - Greenglass House by Kate Milford 13:10 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (Meredith) 20:58 - Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey (Roxanna) 24:46 - My Life in France by Julia Child 24:48 - Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes 24:50 - Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell 25:46 - The Bookshop and the Barbarian by Morgan Stang (Meredith, Amazon link) 26:54 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 27:13 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram 27:50 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 30:17 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (Roxanna) 37:47 - The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Meredith) 40:32 - CAWPILE system 41:31 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager 43:21 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 44:31 - Deep Dive: All Things Fourth Wing 44:49 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 46:13 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 48:34 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 48:36 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 49:22 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman 49:32 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 59:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain 59:45 - I wish everyone would read Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center. (Roxanna) 59:45 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 1:00:16 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 1:00:42 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 1:02:10 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 1:02:23 - Read to make you happy, and don’t always follow the hype. (Meredith) 1:02:46 - In Memoriam by Alice Winn Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 08 Jul 2024 | Season 6, Episode 48: The Listener Press! | 01:04:56 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
. . . . . 2:19 - Your Listener Presses 3:48 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (pressed by Katie) 6:40 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 10:30- The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (pressed by Jessie) 12:38 - @thewilltoread on Instagram 12:41 - Reproduction by Louisa Hall (pressed by Bill) 13:32 - Chouette by Claire Oshetsky 13:33 - Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky 14:53 - The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard (pressed by Emer) 18:29 - The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin (pressed by Heather) 18:51 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 21:30 - Go As A River by Shelley Read 22:11 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt 22:49 - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (pressed by Mirabella) 24:54 - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 26:18 - Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Azemien (pressed by Matt) 28:05 - Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro (pressed by Ana) 31:08 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (pressed by Amy) 31:14 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 34:35 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lovato (pressed by Amanda) 35:48 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter 35:50 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch 36:45 - The Body in Question by Jill Ciment (pressed by Alana) 40:40 - The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin (pressed by Avery) 44:26 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 44:27 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 44:33 - The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher (pressed by Kristen) 45:36 - Roscoe Books 46:12 - Hearts and Daggers podcast 46:43 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram 46:45 - Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka (pressed by Holly) 49:02 - Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke (pressed by Aubrey) 50:33 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 51:46 - I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalize Sue (pressed by Hannah) 53:01 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 53:02 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 53:35 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 53:38 - The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel 55:08 - Country Dark by Chris Offutt (pressed by Cindy) 57:25 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (pressed by Jessica) 59:46 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (pressed by Abi) 1:01:17 - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe 1:02:03 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 03 Dec 2018 | Episode 15: Must-Read Novels + Books that Surprised Us | 00:45:22 | |
Episode number 15. Does it seem to anyone else like it’s getting crazy real? We are having such fun! Tune in this week to hear Meredith and Kaytee discuss three books each as well as something that we read that surprised us! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a family road trip listen and a perfect reading moment. Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, a smorgasbord of titles ranging from YA to fantasy to literary fiction to thrillers. We’ve got a bit of everything! Our mini deep dive this week is about the books that most recently surprised us. And you might be surprised as well by one of these titles! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands: a sci-fi thriller and a classic children’s series. 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! . . . . . 3:03 - The Wondering Years by Knox McCoy 3:11 - Episode Nine with Meg Teitz 5:59 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend 6:54 - South of Broad by Pat Conroy 8:52 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 10:50 - The Price of Tides by Pat Conroy 12:08 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 12:22 - He Read She Read Podcast 14:30 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 15:05 - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 16:15 - My Name is Venus Black by Heather Lloyd 16:34 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 20:05 - Ghost by Jason Reynolds 22:21 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 22:53 - Scythe by Neal Schusterman 23:35 - Thunderhead by Neal Schusterman 23:54 - They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera 26:43 - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith 26:49 - Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 29:16 - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith 30:18 - Louise Penny’s new book: Kingdom of the Blind 32:13 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 32:19 - Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne 35:08 - 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James 36:23 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 38:35 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 40:04 - Pines by Blake Crouch 41:19 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 41:55 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 42:11 - Boxcar Children Books 1-4 as Box Set 43:25 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley *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!* | |||
| 08 Feb 2021 | Season 3, Episode 26: I Live There Now + Books That Make Us LOL | 00:46:54 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . 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 @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 30 Jan 2023 | Season 5, Episode 26: Library Wins + Novels About Raging Feminism | 00:57:40 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:40 - Milwaukee Public Library on Instagram 4:21 - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann 5:07 - Current Reads 5:17 - Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley (Mary) 10:06 - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylen (Kaytee) 14:00 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 15:19 - Join the CR Patreon to hear Kaytee’s spoiler filled discussion on Mad Honey w/Sarah from Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 17:09 - Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Mary) 17:22 - Good Omens by Niel Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 21:35 - The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton (Kaytee) 22:48 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 24:46 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 25:43 - Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (Mary) 28:00 - Storygraph 31:44 - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (Kaytee) 32:02 - Fabled Bookshop 35:48 - Deep Dive: Books that Unleash our Feminist Rage 38:51 - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff 40:11 - Circe by Madeline Miller 40:36 - The Power by Naomi Alderman 40:40 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 41:52 - Vox by Christina Dalcher 42:04 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 42:09 - The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 42:10 - The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell 42:11 - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 42:27 - Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente 43:09 - Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson 43:35 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill 45:15 - The Change by Kirsten Miller 47:43 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski 48:36 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 49:26 - The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by BIanca Marais 52:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish publishers or creators would create specific ASMR rooms alongside the publishing of a new novel. (Mary) 53:05 - The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling I wish we could “gamify” our reading lives. (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 Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 22 Feb 2025 | Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 10: Erasure by Percival Everett | 01:01:22 | |
Welcome, readers. We are thrilled to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
Erasure by Percival Everett 1:44 - Setup Erasure by Percival Everett Release date. Sales info and awards. Movie name and release date. Box office and awards. American Fiction released Dec 2023 Won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2024 7:18 - The Cutting Room Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen The book within the book Lisa’s death Changes from Book to Movie Name changes Moving the setting from DC to Boston Timeline issues Van Go in the book within a book is arrested but in the movie adaptation he dies Left out of the adaptation Gretchen storyline Woodworking and fishing scenes Game show section My Pafology being explored Added to the movie Sintara added to a book panel at the end The ending Publisher Make Stagg a fugitive so he cannot go on tv Casting and alternates Monk: Jeffrey Wright → Geoffrey Owens, Andre Braugher Lisa: Tracee Ellis Ross → Regina King, Niecy Nash Agnes: Leslie Uggams → Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Cecily Tyson Clifford: Sterling K. Brown → Idris Elba Coraline: Erika Alexander → Kim Fields, Kim Coles Sintara: Issa Rae → Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson Problematic elements Because of all the satire, it may focus too much on the white experience and actually less on the Black 40:11 - Award Season Worst and best parts of the adaptation. Bill vs Cliff “airtime” Less tension around mother going to the assisted living home The moving of books from African American to Mythology Was very funny - zippy dialogue, continuing to move story forward Worst and best actors. Leslie Uggams - Agnes (mother) Erika Alexander - Coraline Adam Brody - Wiley Jeffrey Wright - Monk Worst and best book characters. Linda Mallory Van Go Jenkins Monk Yul 48:35 - Book/Flick Energy Book scored on a 5 star scale. Series scored on a 10 point scale. 53:23 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel Do you have any irrational fears? If you were on a Jerry Springer type show what is something weird that they may find out about you or your family? 59:30 - End Credits 59:55 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being A Wallflower is available to stream for free on some sites, but is available with an Amazon Prime membership Connect With Us: Currently Reading Podcast | Kaytee | Meredith Shad is in the Bookish Friends FB Group (for our Patreon supporters) Support Us: | |||
| 21 Apr 2025 | Season 7, Episode 37: Dumb Phones + Using AI To Enhance Our Reading Lives | 01:05:24 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:59 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 2:10 - @fictionmatters on Instagram 3:34 - Brick LLC 4:04 - Block It App 7:31 - Airpod Max Headphones 8:51 - Fabled Bookshop 9:12 - Currently Reading Patreon 13:34 - Our Current Reads 13:53 - Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera (Kaytee) 14:03 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 18:27 - The Other Side of the Wall by Andrea Mara (Meredith, Blackwell’s link) 19:45 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara 19:46 - Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara 21:58 - Kindred by Octavia Butler (Kaytee) 25:01 - CR Season 2: Episode 7 25:05 - CR Season 2: Episode 46 26:01 - Song of Spider-Man by Glen Berger (Meredith) 31:27 - Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor(Katee) 37:45 - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (Meredith) 41:57 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 42:06 - Using AI To Enhance Our Reading 42:35 - ChatGPT 42:36 - Claude.ai 44:30 - Currently Reading Patreon to access the reading tracker 45:46 - Question 1: What patterns do you see in my reading across formats and what might that reveal about my reading habits or preferences? 46:25 - The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World by Matt Kracht 46:32 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 49:45 - Question 2: What does my star rating distribution reveal about me as a reader and reviewer? 53:04 - Question 3: What types of books appear to be expanding my reading horizons versus providing comfort and what might that suggest about my reading values? 58:15 - Meet Us At The Fountain 58:26 - I wish for an app that would get rid of other apps. (Kaytee) 1:01:24 - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig 1:02:12 - readyourcolor.com 1:03:55 - I wish for you to take your reading color quiz if that sounds like fun to you and let us know what color you are. (Meredith)
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| 30 Jun 2023 | A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 2: A Fatal Grace | 01:28:32 | |
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode. As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
2:02 - The Set Up A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny 3:34 - Putting the Book Into Context Publication date (mentioned that it is the last book pre-iPhone which comes into play later) The rating is higher on Audible than Goodreads, speaking to the quality of narration. Seasonal setting - Winter Book Awards: Agatha Award for Best Novel in 2007 Critic Reviews Release date confusion Alternate Title: Dead Cold (Canadian title), TV Show on Amazon Prime titled this episode “Whiteout” Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book 9:37 - A Deeper Exploration First few paragraphs Still Life by Louise Penny Gamache is not introduced until chapter 8 Immediate body shaming of CC’s daughter by CC herself The Oddness Factor P.148 highlighting the oddness of the murder The Canadian Perspective Exploration of art used in A Fatal Grace The pacing of the novel The Villagers and the Village itself Themes: Three Pines as a place of respite, Introspection and the acceptance of oneself, Light and Dark The comparison of CC, Peter and Clara Morrow Vulnerability and authenticity at superpowers Lack of small children belonging to main characters The Fear Factor
46:57 - What Do We Need to Know? Village of Three Pines - The Bistro, The Hadley House How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny Enneagram Corner Introduction to Arnoult 1:00:22 - Superlatives Biggest flaw or disappointment Fat shaming and appearance shaming Favorite scene Character MVP Biggest loser Best food description Favorite quote 1:20:44 - Within the Series Setting the table Favorite quote Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny Next episode’s read: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny No Spoilers this episode! Connect With Us: Please note the change in Meredith’s Instagram handle. This was recorded prior to the change. Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 13 Dec 2021 | Season 4, Episode 20: An Indie Bookstore Road Trip | 00:42:23 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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 Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 0:10 - Bite Size Intro 2:18 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:54 - Fabled Bookshop 5:45 - Bookish Moment of the Week 7:58 - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas 8:34 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May 9:32 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 16:13 - Your Favorite Indie Bookstores and the Books They Sold You 16:22 - The Learned Owl Book Shop 16:33 - The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (Becky) 16:36 - The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt (Becky) 16:43 - The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt 17:26 - InkLink Books 18:09 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Katie) 18:40 - A Great Good Place for Books 18:53 - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker (Karen) 19:16 - Wild Geese Bookshop 19:41 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult TImes by Katherine May (Dana) 20:44 - Warwicks 20:49 - Chevalier’s 21:09 - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly 21:29 - IQ by Joe Ide (Susan) 22:16 - Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene 22:17 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 22:24 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha 23:13 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 23:53 - Fabled Bookshop 24:01 - Elizabeth Barnhill on Instagram 24:23 - Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick (Erin) 24:58 - Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddon Keefe 25:17 - Book’n It on Instagram 25:43 - Lemuria Books 27:07 - Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell (Kim) 27:18 - Parnassus Books 27:36 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Alex) 27:50 - Munro’s Books 27:55 - Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchett (Shannon) 28:34 - The Bookshop Nashville 28:37 - The Bookshop Nashville on Instagram 28:47 - Lit Clique (blind date with a book) at The Bookshop (Megan) 30:08 - Boswell Book Company 30:12 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary) 31:24 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) 31:43 - Page 1 Books 32:04 - Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox (Mindy) 32:09 - Hades by Candice Fox 32:39 - Deep Dive: Meredith and Kaytee’s Indie Presses 32:54 - Fabled Bookshop 33:26 - When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain 33:39 - Gallery Bookshop 34:22 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Meredith) 36:56 - Garcia Street Books 37:26 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling 37:30 - Dog Man by Dav Pilkey 37:35 - The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski (Kaytee) 40:01 - Bookshop.org 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 04 Oct 2021 | Season 4, Episode 10: It's Complicated + The Perfect Reading Nook | 00:53:28 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . Patreon Ad for Ourselves: 1:24 - Currently Reading Patreon Bookish Moment of the Week: 5:01 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live podcast 5:06 - Sarah’s Interview w/ Kimberly McCreight 5:15 - A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCrieght 6:22 - What Should I Read Next podcast 6:33 - WSIRN Episode 300 Current Reads: 8:41 - Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Meredith) 14:03 - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 15:13 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman (Kaytee) 15:45 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 18:35 - We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julie Heaberlin (Meredith) 21:36 - We Begin at the End by Christ Whitaker 23:00 - Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen (Kaytee) 26:51 - Cottage by the Sea by Debbie Macomber (Meredith) 32:06 - The Institute by Stephen King (Kaytee) Deep Dive - How to Create the Perfect Reading Nook 36:31 - Oversized Chair (honestly, why WOULDN’T I link a great oversized chair??) 37:03 - Gooseneck reading lamp 39:20 - Cozy chair with ottoman for Meredith (don’t @ me about these prices y’all) 40:10 - Meredith’s mug warmer 41:17 - Need a plant next to you like Meredith? Try a Rooted subscription! 42:27 - Book Darts 42:34 - Kaytee’s Zebra Midliner Highlighters 43:45 - ASMR ambiance room fall Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 45:50 - The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber (Meredith) 48:34 - On Writing by Stephen King (Kaytee) Bonus Easter Egg: 51:45 - Misery by Stephen King 51:52 - The Shining by Stephen King 52:01 - Pet Sematary by Stephen King 52:12 - Thinner by Stephen King 52:41 - Elevation 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 22 Dec 2023 | Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 4: A Christmas Carol | 01:06:45 | |
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading. . . . . A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 1:24 - Here’s the Setup 2:50 - Previews: Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Movie name and release date. Box office and awards. A Muppet Christmas Carol on Disney Plus Spoken Word Grammy Nomination! 7:35 - The Cutting Room: Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen. Hustle Bustle of the city Lines from the book Each of the three ghosts Final scene Anything left out that shouldn’t have been. Marley’s jaw Scrooge’s sister Belle’s life/missing song Ignorance and Want Dead man Alibaba during Scrooge’s childhood Scrooge’s lines quoted back to him Casting and mis-casting “Played by Kermit” Scrooge - Michael Caine Ian McClellan? Richard Harris? Swapping Muppet roles Two Marleys Problematic elements. Classism versus other isms Body commentary Topper’s treatment of the girl he’s crushing on 40:05 - Award Season: Worst and best parts of the adaptation. Bob Cratchit’s family Hillbilly horses Ghost of Christmas Past The giant raw turkey Musical numbers Fozziwig Worst and best actors. Tiny Tim Ghost of Christmas Past Michael Caine Waldorf and Statler Worst and best book characters. The Cratchit family Ebeneezer Scrooge Ghost of Christmas Present Fred 51:43 - Book/Flick Energy: Book scored on a 5 star scale. George C. Scott version from 1984 The Man Who Invented Christmas on Amazon Prime Movie scored on a 10 point scale. Jim Carrey - Christmas Carol on Netflix George C. Scott version from 1984 56:51 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel: What are your top 3 favorite Christmas carols? O, Holy Night Angels We Have Heard on High Strange Way to Save the World Carol of the Bells Do You Hear What I Hear - Whitney Houston Joy to the World - Mariah Carey If you had to pick a classic to adapt with muppets, which would you choose? Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee If you could travel in time, but only one direction, which would you choose? 11/22/63 by Stephen King 1:04:02 - End Credits The Color Purple by Alice Walker 1985 film version with Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey (can stream on Max and rent most places) Connect With Us: Currently Reading | Kaytee | Meredith Shad is in the Bookish Friends FB Group (for our Patreon supporters)
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| 01 Apr 2024 | Season 6, Episode 34: Comfort Listening + A No Prep Episode | 01:06:05 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . :10 Bite Size Intro 1:49 - Currently Reading Patreon 5:10 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 9:43 - Our Current Reads 12:19 - Cold by Drew Hayden Taylor (Meredith) 12:54 - From the Front Porch podcast 18:12 - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett 19:21 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee) 19:56 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 25:00 - One Two Three by Laurie Frankel 25:42 - Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf (Meredith) 27:15 - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf 30:53 - CR Season 4: Episode 30 (about one-night stand books) 31:29 - Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (Kaytee) 31:54 - Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid 35:13 - libro.fm 37:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Meredith) 44:02 - Evil Eye by Etaf Rum (Kaytee) 44:14 - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum 51:58 - Deep Dive: Talking Through Our Off The Cuff Episode 56:37 - Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf 56:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 59:15 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:01:26 - I wish everyone would try doing summarizing thoughts immediately after reading a book in some way shape or form. (Meredith) 1:01:58 - I wish for a book recommendation on call service. (Kaytee) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 26 May 2023 | Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 1: The Hunger Games | 01:08:10 | |
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to debut this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This limited-edition podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes. This episode series will introduce you to a new voice on the team, Shad CasConi. Shad is Kaytee’s childhood best friend, and the first show regular we’ve introduced with a Y chromosome. I think you’ll love him like I do! As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Kaytee and Shad will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We call these the bowling lane bumpers, and they’ll help guide the conversation and keep us from rabbit trails. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading. . . . . 3:26 - Previews: Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Ballad of Songbird and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (prequel) Buying Your Way onto the NYT Bestseller List Movie name and release date. Box office and awards. The Hunger Games (film) - currently on Hulu but this seems to be changing once a month Credit Song by Taylor Swift, Safe and Sound, with The Civil Wars 7:28 - The Cutting Room: Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen. Katniss’s mockingjay pin Tesserae, Avox, and Katniss’s anger Dehydration and the “boring” parts of the arena Anything left out that shouldn’t have been. Haymitch’s character development The finale in the arena How scary is this for kids? Were there changes made for the rating? Added to the movie for clarity. Interviews, the treaty, world-building. Seneca is pretty. Film to introduce the games. Naming and developing additional characters. Building the arena and behind-the-scenes footage of the capital. Casting and mis-casting Katniss Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart, Scarlett Johansen, Twilight, Saoirse Ronan, Haley Steinfeld, Chloe Grace Moretz, Emma Roberts, Shailene Woodley, Divergent, Isabel Ferman Peeta Josh Hutcherson, Evan Peters, Hunter Parrish, Alex Pettifer, Alexander Ludvig, Liam Hemsworth Gale Liam Hemsworth, Henry Cavill Cinna Lenny Kravitz, Billy Porter, Matthew Boehmer, Eric Bana, Jude Law, Cheyanne Jackson, Michale Urie, Shrinking (Apple TV+) Effie Elizabeth Banks, Amy Sedaris, Jennifer Coolidge, White Lotus (on HBO), Parker Posey, Judy Greer, Kristen Wiig Problematic elements. Hollywood so white. Kids as expendable. Dystopia come true The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 37:43 - Award Season: Worst and best parts of the adaptation. Anger and arena survival. Mockingjay pin Behind the scenes arena building Capital citizens World-building Worst and best actors. Haymitch/Woody Harrelson Katniss/Jennifer Lawrence Peeta/Josh Hutcherson Caesar Flickerman/Stanley Tucci Cinna/Lenny Kravitz Worst and best book characters. Katniss Effie Peeta Rue 56:10 - Book/Flick Energy: Book scored on a 5 star scale. Divergent by Veronica Roth Movie scored on a 10 point scale. 1:01:10 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel: Who is your favorite Beatle? Shining Time Station What would you eat as your last meal before entering the arena? 1:05:19 - Outro: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Jurassic Park (1993) film Connect With Us: Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Shad is in the Bookish Friends Facebook group (for Patrons only) @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and | |||
| 27 Apr 2020 | Season 2, Episode 38: Tackling Controversial Titles + How We Read Series Books | 00:52:34 | |
Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 28 Mar 2022 | Season 4, Episode 33: The Quickie Book + Reading Seasons | 00:53:58 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Meredith are discussing:
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 Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:36 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:45 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 3:42 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3:46 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 3:50 - @Meredith.reads on Instagram 6:37 - The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson 10:19 - Current Reads 10:30 - Rayne and Delilah’s Midnight Matinee by Jeff Zentner (Mindy) 10:38 - The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner 10:39 - In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner 13:28 - The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell (Meredith) 15:13 - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 15:14 - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell 15:15 - The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell 15:38 - Novel Memphis 19:26 - True Biz by Sara Novic (Mindy) 23:41 - Laundry Love: Finding Love in a Common Chore by Patrick Richardson (Meredith) 27:33 - Motorcycles and Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor (Mindy) 30:05 - The Husbands by Chandler Baker (Meredith) 32:14 - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin 34:34 - Deep Dive: Seasons of Reading 41:45 - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 47:09 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 47:20 - Season 2: Episode 19 47:26 - The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali (Mindy) 49:09 - The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah (Meredith) (amazon link) 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 31 Jan 2022 | Season 4, Episode 25: Fits and Starts + Remembering What We Read | 01:03:00 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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 Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . :30 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:55 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:17 - Instructions on how to remove ads from you Kindle HERE 7:55 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 8:10 - The Edgar Awards 8:37 - The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen 8:42 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 8:46 - Five Decembers by James Kestrel 8:57 - How Lucky by Will Leitch 9:00 - No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield 9:55 - Current Reads 10:04 - You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union (Kaytee) 13:57 - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers (Meredith) 19:54 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant 20:23 - The Circle by Dave Eggers 21:24 - A Swim in a Pond and the Rain by George Saunders (Kaytee) 21:40 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 25:36 - The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg (Meredith) 30:29 - Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan (Kaytee) 30:34 - Page and Palette 30:46 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 31:06 - Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patty Callahan 35:44 - Book darts 37:59 - Girl 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke (Meredith) 41:51 - Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hiller 42:05 - Deep Dive: How We Interact with Our Books 43:36 - Book darts 47:39 - Season 3: Episode 5 of Currently Reading w/Roxanna 48:33 - Filofax refillable notebook 52:58 - Erin Condren highlighter pack 54:12 - Currently Reading Patreon 54:38 - A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders 55:34 - Breath by James Nestor 56:25 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 56:37 - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Kaytee) 58:26 - The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (Meredith) 59:54 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 1:00:03 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 27 Jan 2025 | Season 7, Episode 25: Reading Resolutions + The Art Of The DNF | 01:04:30 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:59 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 2:43 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 2:59 - Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri 11:17 - Our Current Reads 11:23 - Letters From Cuba by Ruth Behar (Kaytee) 17:33 - Murder Road by Simone St. James (Meredith) 22:41 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 22:44 - The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James 22:47 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James 23:12 - The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley (Kaytee) 27:32 - A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush (Meredith) 27:58 - @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram 36:37 - Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Kaytee) 37:14 - @lizisreading_ on Instagram 38:01 - Packing for Mars by Mary Roach 39:41 - The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden 40:21 - Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (Meredith) 45:04 - His & Hers by Alice Feeney 45:06 - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 45:34 - Deep Dive: The Art Of The DNF 59:59 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:00:10 - I wish to hang out with you all at the Tucson Festival of Books in March. (Kaytee) 1:00:13 - Tucson Festival of Books *Send Kaytee and email at currentlyreadingpodcast @ gmail.com or directly message her person instagram @notesonbookmarks 1:01:39 - I wish to let you know about an app I found to track my Agatha Christie reading journey. (Meredith) 1:01:47 - Agatha Christie Reading List app Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 11 Sep 2023 | Season 6, Episode 6: Settling In + Houses As Characters | 00:50:49 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . :10 - Bite Size Intro 1:01 - The Popcast 2:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 2:36 - Holly @birdbrainbooks on Instagram 3:04 - Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey (Amazon Link) 7:12 - Current Reads 7:39 - Down the Hill by Susan Hendricks (Meredith) 10:02 - The Fact of A Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 13:36 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck (Kaytee) 14:56 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 15:22 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 18:12 - The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (Meredith) 20:29 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill 22:13 - The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser 22:23 - From the Front Porch Podcast 22:24 - What Should I Read Next Podcast 23:00 - Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (Kaytee) 23:14 - The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope 23:26 - Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley 26:21 - Kill Creek by Scott Thomas (Meredith) 27:42 - Currently Reading Patreon 29:08 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 29:46 - An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adrianna Herrera (Kaytee) 29:58 - A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adrianna Herrera 30:05 - Cafe Con Libros 32:58 - Deep Dive: Books With Houses As Characters 34:07 - The Swifts by Beth Lincoln 35:07 - How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix 35:16 - A Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 35:39 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas 35:45 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 37:22 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 37:34 - The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen-Loigman 38:04 - The Attic Child by Lola Jaye 38:42 - The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell 39:27 - Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George 40:15 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 40:52 - Keep It in the Family by John Marrs 41:36 - Downton Shabby by Hopwood Depree 42:00 - Kill Creek by Scott Thomas 42:02 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 42:13 - The Only One Left by Riley Sager 42:38 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 43:20 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny 45:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain 46:01 - Fabled Bookshop 46:06 - An Unlikely Story 50:22 - I wish you would plan your spooky fall reading and I wished for a longer segment with Book Boyfriend Bill (which came true!) (Meredith) 47:06 - I wish to express my gratitude to my village in my season of moving and settling into a new home. (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 08 Apr 2024 | Season 6, Episode 35: Book Subscriptions + Book Wishes To The Book Fairy | 00:54:05 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . **We are aware of a sound quality issue with Kaytee’s audio. We are in the works to hopefully get that fixed soon! Thanks for hanging with us through it! 1:35 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 1:51 - Satisfiction Book Subscription 2:18 - Fairyloot 2:19 - Illumicrate 2:20 - OwlCrate 3:00 - @Meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram 7:33 - Our Current Reads 7:42 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel (Kaytee) 7:48 - Booktenders 10:57 - @authortiffanymcdaniel on Instagram 12:02 - An Unlikely Story 12:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith) 17:58 - Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (Kaytee) 20:14 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt 20:49 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 21:49 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (young readers version) 22:21 - Rabbit by Patricia Williams 22:46 - The Gathering by C.J. Tudor (Meredith) 24:18 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor 24:20 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor 26:49 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Kaytee) 28:48 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune 28:52 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 28:54 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 31:35 - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland (Meredith) 36:14 - Deep Dive: Book Wishes To The Book Fairy 40:01 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 56:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 49:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:21 - I wish everyone would follow @weeklyhomecheck on Instagram. (Kaytee) 50:36 - I wish everyone would listen to the podcast The Canada Reads Podcast (Meredith) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 16 Mar 2020 | Season 2, Episode 32: Page-turning Current Reads + Our Favorite Bookish Podcasts | 00:45:26 | |
Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 | |||
| 29 Apr 2019 | Episode 36: Our Favorite Books for Babies + A Bookish Baby Shower for (Return) Guest Mary Heim | 00:59:42 | |
We’ve got another “first” for the podcast this week! We are talking to our first return guest! You met Mary Heim in Episode 24 when she recorded with Meredith. Now, she’s back to chat with both of us and we’re so excited. Again. ;-) You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: an upcoming bookish holiday (now just past), finishing the second book in a series, and an audiobook binge. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got two current reads from each host and Meredith and Mary seem to almost coordinate their picks (we never discuss beforehand, so this is all coincidental), while Kaytee takes each round off to left field. For our deep dive this week, we surprise Mary with a virtual bookish baby shower. This deep dive focuses in on the board books and other titles for ages 0-2 and is the first in a series. We’ll do subsequent chats about favorite books for 2-4 year olds and 5-8 year olds as well. So many great titles in this section! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week Meredith and Kaytee are pressing more picture books, while Mary chooses a lovely essay collection she goes back to again and again. 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! . . . . . 3:17 - Still Life by Louise Penny 4:29 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 9:42 - Great With Child by Beth Ann Fennelly 9:48 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly 13:08 - I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 16:09 - Morgan Tallman on Episode 22 of Currently Reading 16:20 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 20:48 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (releases June 4th!) 20:58 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman 21:00 - Tana French books 23:37 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 24:22 - The Club by Takis Wurger 24:32 - Shelf Subscription from The Bookshelf Thomasville 25:34 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 28:29 - Swearing is Good For You by Emma Byrne 36:25 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle 36:51 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 36:55 - Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown 37:00 - Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 37:08 - No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli 37:11 - Big Little by Leslie Patricelli 37:37 - Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? by Karen Katz 37:46 - Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill 37:57 - Bright Baby books by Priddy Books 38:12 - Colors, ABC, Numbers by Bright Baby 39:06 - First 100 Words by Bright Baby 39:24 - Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 39:43 - Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Suess 39:50 - That’s Not My… series by Usborne 39:56 - That’s Not My Hat by John Klassen 40:44 - My Backpack by SkipHop 41:16 - Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers 41:49 - Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle 42:12 - Lil’ Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:12 - Lil’ Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:13 - Li'l’ Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:16 - Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 42:39 - The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton 42:46 - The Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton 42:55 - Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton 43:05 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 43:16 - Tuck Me In by Dean Hacohen 43:51 - A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na 44:10 - Time for Bed by Mem Fox 44:35 - The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood 45:13 - Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:20 - Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night? by Brianna Kaplan Sawyer 45:31 - Dinosaur’s Binkit by Sandra Boynton 45:45 - No Matter What by Debi Gliori 45:49 - I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 46:33 - Goodnight, Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown 46:35 - Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown 47:02 - Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 49:42 - BabyLit Series by Jennifer Adams and Allison Oliver 51:21 - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 51:53 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 54:49 - A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts 56:47 - Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg *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!* | |||
| 13 Nov 2020 | Minisode: An Interview with "My Storied Year" Author Katie Proctor | 00:18:41 | |
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:
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 | |||
| 19 Jun 2023 | Season 5, Episode 45: Special Guest Jaysen Headley @Ezeekat | 01:06:40 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by special guest Jaysen Headley, and are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . It’s time to send in your listener presses! Make a voice memo on your phone. Tell us your name, where you’re from and the title and author of the book you’d like to press. Use the phrase “Here’s the setup” and tell us why you love it! Please keep it under 3 minutes. Email us your voice memo at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Press” as the subject. DEADLINE JUNE 22 1:48 - Jaysen Headley (Ezeekat) on Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, Twitter and Twitch 3:24 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:08 - The Spells We Cast by Jason June (Pre-order amazon link) 7:43 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 8:44 - Current Reads 9:04 - Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulson (Kaytee) 11:05 - Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulson 12:00 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Jaysen) 15:56 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 18:14 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 19:57 - The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (Meredith) 20:04 - The Push by Ashley Audrain 22:03 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 23:58 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty 24:57 - The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (Kaytee) 28:26 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 28:55 - Ander & Santi Were Here by Johnny Garza Villa (Jaysen) 29:16 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 32:52 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 33:28 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 35:14 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (Meredith) 35:36 - Fabled Bookshop 35:42 - Sarah’s Bookshelves 38:49 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 39:56 - Deep Dive: All Things Jason Headly AKA Ezeekat 43:02 - Jaysen on BookTok 43:03 - Jaysen on Instagram 43:35 - Jaysen on Twitch 46:15 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 46:16 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters 46:20 - Ander & Santi Were Here by Johnny Garza Villa 46:46 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 47:34 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 47:35 - Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn 49:41 - Still Life (Three Pines #1) by Louise Penny 55:33 - Jaysen on Patreon 56:57 - My Shelfie game 57:11 - Ex Libris game 57:23 - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective 58:06 - Artisans of Splendent Vale game 58:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain 59:12 - I wish everyone would read A Psalm for the Wild Built (Kaytee) 59:12 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers 59:23 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 1:00:24 - A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers 1:00:51 - I wish Booknet Fest is successful and all goes well! (Jaysen) 1:02:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 102:38 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 1:02:40 - The Toll by Neal Shusterman 1:02:46 - Gleaning by Neal Shusterman 1:03:57 - Fairyloot 1:04:25 - My wish is that you follow Jaysen everywhere! (Meredith) Jaysen Headley (Ezeekat) on Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, Twitter and Twitch 1:04:52 - CR Season 5: Episode 39 Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 08 Jun 2020 | Season 2, Episode 44: Maybe the Grossest Book Ever + Homework for Listeners | 00:39:36 | |
Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 16 Dec 2019 | Season 2, Episode 20: Post-surgery Silliness + What Makes Us Skip or DNF a Book | 00:52:01 | |
Kaytee and Meredith are back and chatting about all the books this week. We’ve got surgery updates and silliness and everything in between. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host. We’re virtually joining in on a trip to a local booklover’s heaven, and sitting on the couch binging books together. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. Romance, and mystery, non-fiction, and YA. We’re chatting about all that we’ve been reading lately, even if it doesn’t jive with previous opinions on the show! Our Slow But Steady check in is going to move to every once in a while instead of every week. You can still check in on Instagram or Facebook, but this is an “off” week for this segment. For our deep dive this week, we are excited to talk about what makes us skip or DNF (do not finish) a book. Some of these might be obvious to long-time listeners of the show, but some surprised us as well as each other, so let us know what you think and what you discover about your OWN reading tendencies here. We are SO interested to hear it! Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: first, a small “bonus press” to add some hilarity to your December, and then a tribute to a recently deceased author, and something to press into the young adults’ hands in your 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!* . . . . . Bookish Moments: 2:03 - BookPeople in Austin, TX Current Reads: 8:54 - A Knife at the Opera by Susannah Stacey 10:15 - Agatha Christie books 11:01 - Dorothy Simpson books 11:32 - Episode 8 of Season 2 with Anne Bogel 11:34 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams 15:34 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 15:58 - Do You Mind if I Cancel? by Gary Janetti 17:27 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 19:12 - Fair Play by Eve Rodsky 19:20 - Episode 14 of Season 2 with Lori Lynn Tucker 23:12 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 29:08 - Underground Airlines by Ben Winters 29:43 - Dear Martin by Nic Stone 30:49 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Deep Dive: 35:24 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 35:29 - Doris Kearns Goodwin books 42:52 - Episode 7 of Season 1 with Jessica Turner 42:57 - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown Presses: 45:20 - Santaland Diaries Audio from NPR 46:24 - Lunch Money by Andrew Clements 48:15 - Frindle by Andrew Clements 48:16 - Troublemaker by Andrew Clements 48:58 - I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi | |||
| 20 May 2019 | Episode 39: Spicy Opinions + Best Gifts for Bookworms | 00:47:53 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are happily chatting this week about the books we’ve been reading and the bookish gifts we have been buying or want to buy! Important announcement this week: we have a great discount code to share with you from The Bookshelf Thomasville! Now through June 30th, you can get anything on their website for 10% off using the code CURRENTLYREADING (wow!!!) This would be a great time to pick up a Shelf Subscription for yourself or others! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a “there’s a book for every reader” realization and a well-curated bookish shopping trip. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. There are some seriously strong opinions about the books we’ve been reading lately. Lots of punching, for some reason! For our deep dive this week, we are shopping for the book lovers in our lives and have each decided to tackle different types of readers. We are hopeful that this will help you in your own gift-giving endeavors! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week we are talking about a YA novel full of sweetness and fun emails, and a regency mystery series that ended too soon. 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! . . . . . 3:12 - Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman 3:25 - Orange is the New Black Cookbook by Jenji Kohan 4:22 - Breakfast Sandwich Maker Cookbook by Jennifer Williams 6:53 - Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman 7:05 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 7:08 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 7:09 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 9:09 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 11:17 - The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile 11:24 - The Enneagram Journey podcast with Suzanne Stabile 11:29 - The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Morgan Cron 13:27 - The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick 15:51 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 15:58 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 15:59 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 16:07 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick 18:05 - Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister 21:06 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 21:43 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
25:58 - The Coffee- or Tea-Lover 26:17 - Old Barrell Tea Company 26:25 - Atlas Coffee Club 26:26 - Book Lovers Coffee 26:34 - inginuiTEA loose leaf tea maker 26:36 - French press coffee maker 27:08 - a great bookish mug 27:22 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 27:25 - I Let You Go by Claire Mackintosh
28:05 - The Cozy/Hygge Bookworm 28:50 - Aunt Dimity Series 28:53 - Agatha Raisin Series 28:55 - Goldy Bear series 28:59 - Ellery Adams books 29:10 - Agatha Christie books 29:18 - a great throw 29:19 - a lovely candle
29:33 - The Foodie 29:46 - a cookbook holder (for books OR cookbooks!) 30:26 - my favorite earbuds -OR- Apple AirPods 30:47 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 31:08 - Every Day is Saturday by Sarah Copeland
32:15 - A Dad 32:26 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 32:32 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 32:44 - Dollar Shave Club starter kit 32:57 - his favorite beverage
33:23 - The Adventurer 33:33 - a Kindle paperwhite 33:57 - a great totebag (one from Out of Print and the new one from Book of the Month) 34:20 - again with the earbuds or AirPods 34:32 - Audible subscription 34:33 - Libro.fm subscription 35:01 - At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider 35:09 - I’m A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson 35:11 - Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
35:35 - The Lovestruck Teenage Girl 35:42 - To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han 35:48 - bath bombs from Lush Cosmetics 36:14 - The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 36:34 - a notebook from Erin Condren
37:10 - The Book Devourer 37:40 - shirts, blankets or scarves from Out of Print or Litographs.com 38:09 - a gift card to Thriftbooks.com or your local indie or amazon.com 38:19 - a subscription to Book of the Month 38:25 - a shelf subscription to Bookshelf Thomasville (use code CURRENTLYREADING for 10% off!) 38:35 - Bibliophile by Jane Mount
39:07 - The Hamilton Fan 39:19 - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda 39:29 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 39:42 - My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray 39:45 - The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs 39:57 - the Hamilton Broadway store 41:06 - A Million Books I Haven’t Read t-shirt
41:51 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 43:16 - What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum 44:21 - Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross (the Julian Kestrel series) *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!* | |||
| 04 Nov 2024 | Season 7, Episode 14: Bookish Lego + Boss My TBR | 00:56:00 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:24 - Ad For Ourselves 1:37 - Currently Reading Patreon 5:02 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 5:44 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram 9:40 - Books Are My Passion Lego 12:23 - Our Current Reads 12:39 - The Hollow by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 16:41 - Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie 16:43 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 17:26 - A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (Kaytee) 18:52 - Can’t Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne 20:15 - @megs.tea.room on Instagram 20:21 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 21:09 - Daily Rituals by Mason Currey (Meredith) 26:27 - On Writing by Stephen King 27:07 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Kaytee) 27:14 - CR Season 7: Episode 7 31:40 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare (Meredith) 36:53 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Kaytee) 40:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram 41:40 - Boss My TBR From Morgan N. 42:35 - The Art Thief by Michael Finkle 42:37 - Hyde by Craig Russell 42:39 - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne 42:41 - The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman 42:43 - Slewfoot by Brom 42:50 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 42:52 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett From Katie P. 46:42- Making It So by Patrick Stewart 46:50 - The Dry by Jane Harper 46:52 - Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (amazon link) 47:02 - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal 47:06 - The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn 47:24 - This Motherless Land by Nikki May 47:27 - Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London 50:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain 51:30 - I wish books would have shorter chapters. (Meredith) 51:03 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 51:11 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 53:13 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram (Meredith’s wish #2 is to follow us!!) 53:24 - I wish to press Taste by Stanley Tucci into everybody’s hands. (Kaytee) 53:24 - Taste by Stanley Tucci Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 24 Sep 2018 | Episode 5: Big Book Opinions: Novels to Tear Your Heart Out or Scare the Pee Pee Out of You | 00:38:23 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds for a show that required us to put up our dukes to fight with technology in more ways than one. Give us grace on the audio foibles this week, and blame Skype, m’kay? You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: happy podcast vibes and bookish t-shirts. We dive in to discussing 3 books each. Two we really enjoyed and one… not so much. Watch out for those strong opinions in this segment this week! Then we spend a little time talking about Anne Bogel’s new book, I’d Rather Be Reading, and the pieces that resonated with both of us! You’ll also hear our first non-sponsor sponsor segment. Obviously we’re a bit unclear what “sponsorship” means at this point! We finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to put into every reader’s hands, and this week’s picks will either tear out your heart or scare the pee-waddle out of you (Meredith’s phrasing. LOL). 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! . . . . . 2:38 - Meredith’s Book Nerd t-shirt from outofprint.com, purveyors of so many fun, bookish tees 4:15 - Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart 4:42 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 7:47 - Mom Advice Book Club on Facebook 8:19 - Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 9:35 - Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith 11:30 - The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Sequel to The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 12:13 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio 13:53 - All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage 16:01 - The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield 18:56 - The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon 19:01 - Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell 19:06 - Just Open the Door by Jen Schmidt 21:05 - The Gatekeepers: How White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple 23:17 - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 23:55 - I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel 27:59 - The Bookshelf, Thomasville, Georgia 28:43 - Shelf Subscription 29:35 - From the Front Porch podcast 29:54 - @bookshelftville bookstagram account 31:29 - Far From the Tree by Robin Benway 33:32 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
*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!* | |||
| 01 Jan 2024 | Season 6, Episode 21: A Look Back - Our Favorite Books of 2019 | 00:40:54 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are taking a look back at their favorite reads of 2019. These stood the test of time better than our 2018 reads, and most of these books should be available for you to grab if any interest you after hearing us rave about them four years ago! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 4:30 - Our Top 10 Reads of 2019 5:07 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier (Kaytee) 5:35 - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier 6:23 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (Meredith) 7:31 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Kaytee) 7:45 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski 8:23 - A Better Man by Louise Penny (Meredith) 10:00 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Kaytee) 11:00 - The Whisper Man by Alex North (Meredith) 11:03 - Book of the Month 11:56 - The Passengers by John Marrs (Kaytee) 12:08 - The One by John Marrs 12:58 - The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye (Meredith) 14:15 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (Kaytee) 15:56 - The Current by Tim Johnston (Meredith) 16:05 - Descent by Tim Johnston 18:04 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (Kaytee) 19:47 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff (Meredith) 21:48 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live w/Garrett Graff 22:09 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (Kaytee) 23:26 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Meredith) 25:15 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (Kaytee) 27:04 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 27:36 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth (Meredith) 29:21 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee’s #2 book) 29:37 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 30:32 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (Meredith’s #2 book) 32:10 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (Kaytee’s #1 book) 33:53 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith’s #1 book) 35:19 - Deep Dive: Discussion on our Top Books of 2019 35:49 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 36:03 - White Women by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao 36:13 - Sweep by Jonathan Auxier 36:14 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 37:10 - American Royals by Katharine McGee 37:31 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 37:33 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 38:25 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 38:40 - The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 10 Feb 2020 | Season 2, Episode 27: Meredith Reads a Second Book in a Series (Gasp!) + How to Read More | 00:50:08 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are chatting about current reads and how to squeeze more satisfaction out of your reading life today! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: a big change in the reader status of a family member, and a new bookish podcast you’ll love. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re chatting about books from writing teams, and sequels and classics that go down easy. For our deep dive this week, we are talking about making 2020 your best reading year yet. Does that mean more books? Maybe. But perhaps it means better books and more time to read them. What are your favorite tips for reading more or better? Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’ve got a young adult selection perfect for February in more ways than one and a murder-y book that is cold as well as bone-chilling. 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!* . . . . . Bookish Moments: 4:24 - Diving In Podcast Current Reads: 6:10 - Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell 9:33 - Book Drop Book subscription box 9:51 - The Network by LC Shaw 10:01 - Liv Constantine’s books 10:26 - The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 10:27 - The Firm by John Grisham 12:54 - You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 13:04 - Book of the Month 16:04 - An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 16:07 - The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 17:23 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 17:32 - Bonus episode for Patrons 17:43 - Relish by Lucy Knisley 19:09 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 25:46 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 25:53 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 28:28 - The Toll by Neal Shusterman Deep Dive - How to Read More: 31:46 - Episode 6 of Currently Reading 33:55 - Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Trebole and Elyse Recsh 37:53 - Libby app through your local library 39:21 - Audible - try it for free 39:29 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 40:58 - My favorite earbuds by SoundPeats Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 45:04 - The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon 46:03 - (her other one) Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 46:53 - Episode 5 of Currently Reading 47:03 - All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage 48:10 - The Current by Tim Johnston 48:15 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | |||
| 02 Sep 2019 | Season 2, Episode 5: A Case of the Giggles + Books We’re Embarrassed We Haven’t Read Yet | 00:45:51 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are here, with a case of the giggles and a case of “why can’t I talk correctly?” We’re having more fun than you can shake a stick at. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: an overflow of TBR riches, and a lovely book-screen adaptation. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. Non-fiction and thrillers is the name of the game, and we’ve got both of them in SPADES. We’ve got an update for you on our Slow But Steady reads as well, what progress looks like for us. We are loving having you chime in for what you’re reading for this challenge. It’s been great to see what actually piques your interest here, readers. For our deep dive, we are discussing the books we are “embarrassed” that we haven’t read yet. But mostly we’re having a conversation about why people let embarrassment even effect their reading lives. And it’s a good one! Finally, this week, we finish the episode by Pressing Books Into Your Hands. We’re both pressing books by male authors this week and they are a couple decades old, at least. Definitely outside the norm, but the strangest part is that we didn’t discuss beforehand! 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! . . . . . 3:26 - Still Life by Louise Penny 3:29 - Still Life made-for-TV adaptation 5:31 - Episode 46 of Currently Reading 5:33 - Instructions for a Heat Wave by Maggie O’Farrell 5:42 - I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell 9:24 - Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski 9:32 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski 11:43 - The Goop Podcast episode with Emily Nagoski 12:46 - Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck 15:27 - #IMomSoHard by Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley 16:08 - #IMomSoHard Live Prime Comedy Special 18:28 - The Passengers by John Marrs 21:26 - The One by John Marrs 23:00 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 27:29 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Barry 28:07 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 28:20 - On Writing by Stephen King 29:12 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 29:38 - Game of Thrones by George RR Martin 29:45 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 29:59 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 30: 25 - Episode 22 with Morgan Tallman 30:30 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Mongomery 30:34 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 32:38 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 33:14 - Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 33:50 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 33:53 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 34:14 - SSR Podcast 34:49 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 35:03 - Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein 35:44 - The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein 36:15 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Mongomery 36:31 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery 36:35 - Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery 36:36 - Jane of Lantern Hill by LM Montgomery 37:09 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 37:37 - 50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James 38:18 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 39:54 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 41:46 - Episode 19 of Currently Reading 42:27 - Straight by Dick Francis *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!* | |||
| 10 Aug 2020 | Season 3, Episode 2: Our (Very Ordinary) 100th Episode | 00:42:44 | |
Today, Kaytee and Meredith are sharing our 100th episode and discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram | |||
| 23 Nov 2020 | Season 3, Episode 17: Strong Opinions About a Big Buzz Book + Award Winners | 00:50:34 | |
Today, Meredith and Mindy are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 20 Mar 2023 | Season 5, Episode 32: Five Stars and Big Whomps + Historical Fiction Tête-à-tête | 00:51:48 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:22 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:48 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery 5:26 - Sour Cream Apology Cake Recipe 7:39 - Current Reads 7:49 - The Local: A Legal Thriller by Joey Hartstone (Meredith) 10:49 - The Thirteenth Juror by John Lescroart 13:06 - Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (Kaytee) 16:27 - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (Meredith) 21:21 - Maame by Jessica George (Kaytee) 26:28 - Search by Michelle Huneven (Meredith) 28:10 - From the Front Porch with Annie B. Jones 32:55 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Kaytee) 33:16 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 33:21 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 33:27 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse 39:12 - What Counts as Historical Fiction? 39:23 - The Indie Press List (patron content) 40:53 - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 41:49 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 42:47 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 44:27 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 44:49 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 44:51 - Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd 44:55 - The Red Tent by Anita Diamante 44:56 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 45:05 - Roots by Alex Haley 45:17 - Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia 45:51 - The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani 46:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain 46:57 - I wish British mystery lovers would get a subscription to BritBox (Meredith) 48:43 - I wish for more books with behind the scenes glimpses into the writing process for that novel (Kaytee) Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 20 Nov 2023 | Season 6, Episode 16: 2024 Spreadsheets + Foodie Books to Create Your Thanksgiving Plate | 00:56:13 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 2:19 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 2:01 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros 2:46 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 10:52 - Currently Reading Patreon 11:08 - Current Reads 11:41 - Slewfoot by Brom (Meredith) 14:50 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 13:52 - The Novel Neighbor 16:44 - Krampus by Brom 17:14 - Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab (Kaytee) 17:29 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab 19:53 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier 19:54 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud 19:55 - 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson 20:17 - Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab 21:16 - Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks (Meredith) 23:22 - Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis 25:32 - The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger 27:30 - The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende (Kaytee) 31:19 - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker (Meredith) 34:32 - Article about racial bias media coverage 35:46 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven 35:50 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 35:59 - Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 36:08 - Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton (Kaytee) 36:25 - Foyles UK 39:59 - Deep Dive: Foodie Books to Create Your Thanksgiving Plate 41:20 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 43:26 - Taste by Stanley Tucci 43:44 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Mananasala 44:33 - Notes From A Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwauchi 45:42 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 46:39 - A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller 47:39 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 48:49 - Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander 49:22 - La Cucina by Lily Prior 49:32 - Chocolat by Joanne Harris 49:33 - Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel 50:09 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 50:37 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree 50:53 - The House Witch by Delemhach 51:34 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 51:55 - Still Life by Louise Penny 52:34 - The Novel Neighbor on Instagram 53:06 - Meet Us At The Fountain 53:14 - I wish to convey my most heartfelt thankfulness to our listeners and to Kaytee herself for a wonderful bookish partnership. (Meredith) 54:00 - I wish for listeners to let me know about their favorite Indie bookstores. (Kaytee) 54:19 - Indie bookstore SURVEY Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 26 Nov 2018 | Episode 14 - In Which Amy Allen Clark is a Guest Co-Host | 00:56:32 | |
You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a surprise book present, an accessory to make binge-reading the next big thing, and choosing books for a trip. Next, we tackle what we are currently reading, just two titles from each of the three of us because that still gives you a whole stack to check out. Our deep-dive this week delves deep into the ins and outs of running a book club. And this episode is for you whether you have a group of friends that meet at a coffee shop each month or you are looking for a group of bookish friends on the internet so you can “book club” in your PJs! We even toss around some ideas for those of us (like Meredith and Kaytee) who are “book-club challenged” in that our inner rebel shows up whenever someone says we have to read a certain title. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week we have some classic dude-friendly literature, a lovely little fun romp, and a sweeping American and African family story. 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! . . . . . 0:45 - MomAdvice.com 0:58 - The MomAdvice Book Club on Facebook 2:59 - idealbookshelf.com 3:40 - Ideal Bookshelf on Instagram: @idealbookshelf 4:21 -LEVO G2 Tablet Clamp Stand 9:13 - Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss 9:31 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 12:46 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 12:53 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck 13:28 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 14:14 - Serial Reader App 14:35 - Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 15:39 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh 15:49 - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 19:00 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 19:18 - The Selection (Series) by Kiera Cass 19:44 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 21:24 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 21:38 - Wundersmith (Second book in Nevermoor series) by Jessica Townsend 22:34 - Elevation by Stephen King 25:42 - River Of Stars by Vanessa Hua 28:39 - Ghosted by Rosie Walsh 31:29 - Liane Moriarty books (specifically: Nine Perfect Strangers and Truly Madly Guilty) 32:50 - Seven Tips for Hosting a Successful Book Club article on MomAdvice.com 37:07 - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran 39:11 - meetup.com - LOL it still exists!! 40:14 - The Lazy Genius Podcast episode #72: The Lazy Genius Hosts a Book Swap 45:40 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - and Amy’s interview with Anthony 46:18 - MomAdvice Book Club on Facebook 48:00 - Shogun by James Clavell 50:54 - The Book of Polly by Kathy Hepinstall 52:42 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 55:13 - Amy on Instagram: @momadvice *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!* | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Season 2, Episode 11: What It's Like to have 70K Followers on Bookstagram :: Special Guest Host Sara Hildreth of @fictionmatters | 01:03:23 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are recording with a special guest this week, Sara Hildreth of @fictionmatters on Instagram. We’ll chat with her about building a 70K follower account and how that affects her reading life. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a long-awaited pre-order arrives, a forthcoming release that we’re excited to read, and exploring a new literary scene. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We are each sharing two books that we’ve read recently. We’ve got some differing opinions about books we’ve all read, which is my FAVORITE thing. We’ll move on to a short Slow But Steady update from each of us, with more observations about what Slow But Steady can be and doesn’t have to be. For our deep dive this week, we are going deep into the backside of #bookstagram, asking Sara about her history on the platform, how she keeps her reading life in balance, and her favorite and least favorite parts of being a BIG bookstagrammer. Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books Into Your Hands. Each of us is sharing a book that we can’t wait for you to read. 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!* . . . . . 1:13 - @fictionmatters on Instagram 2:12 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling, Illustration Edition 3:35 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 3:47 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 6:46 - The Familiars by Stacy Halls 7:09 -The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 10:37 - Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins 13:15 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 16:36 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 16:37 - Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 17:11 - She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey 19:25 - Bad Blood by John Kerryrou 21:42 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 21:57 - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 22:15 - The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton 22:19 - Episode 11 of Season 1 25:13 - The House at Riverton by Kate Morton 26:51 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 26:57 - Mary Heim in Episode 36 of Season 1 28:15 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 30:43 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 30:57 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 31:05 - On Writing by Stephen King 31:24 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 31:32 - Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery 32:28 - The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #5) 32:43 - How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 52:52 - Possession by A.S. Byatt 57:22 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 59:33 - I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam 1:01:31 - Connect with Sara: @fictionmatters on Instagram, fictionmattersbooks.com | |||
| 17 Feb 2020 | Season 2, Episode 28: Don’t Read This Book on a Plane + How to Get Books for Review | 00:46:03 | |
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!* . . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:26 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 4:20 - Cross Stitch Bookmark Kits (this is the one I bought and modified to make this, but this storefront has lots of great designs available!) Current Reads: 5:32 - The Piper’s Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson 5:39 - Rump: The Fairly True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Leisl Shurtliff 8:02 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 8:36 - Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper 10:55 - The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare 11:12 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare 14:47 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 15:06 - The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren 18:53 - A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson 20:57 - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 23:55 - Jason Reynolds 24:37 - Jacqueline Woodson 24:42 - Kwame Alexander 24:47 - Caroline Starr Rose Slow But Steady: 25:54 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 26:32 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 26:35 - Roots by Alex Haley 27:15 - Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough 27:17 - Shogun by James Clavell 39:24 - Laura Tremaine on Ten Things to Tell You Deep Dive - How to Get Free Books for Review: 28:59 - NetGalley.com 31:52 - Edelweiss.plus 32:11 - A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 40:32 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire 42:19 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 42:50 - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 42:53 - This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankl | |||
| 06 Jan 2020 | Season 2, Episode 22: A Record Number of Five-Star Books + "Goodreads, You're Fired" | 00:54:09 | |
Kaytee and Meredith are excited for a new year and some new bookish recommendations! As always, we start out with a “bookish moment of the week” from each host. Some fame-treatment and bonus reading time. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got five-star books and strong opinions and all the things you love in this segment this week, so it’s a fun one! We are skipping our Slow But Steady check-in this week, but be sure to chime in with your picks on Instagram or Facebook for this challenge! For our deep dive, we are throwing some serious side-eye at the Goodreads Best Books of 2019 lists and the ways these collections are put together. We have STRONG opinions about the winners for a number of these categories, but it’s not all negative. We’ll also share our picks for “best lists that actually reflect good 2019 reading” with you. Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’re trying something a little different with a “guest press” this week, and including a category of book that has never shown up on the press list before. 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!* . . . . . Current Reads: 6:52 - Bookshelf Thomasville Shelf Subscriptions 7:01 - The Last by Hannah Jameson 9:37 - Stephen King’s books 9:38 - Agatha Christie’s books 9:56 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 11:10 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 11:20 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 11:21 - Run by Ann Patchett 11:22 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 11:23 - This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett 11:27 - The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett 11:32 - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett 18:18 - The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson 18:30 - Read Aloud Revival 20:05 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 21:19 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 21:22 - Naturally Tan by Tan France 24:57 - @girlaboutlibrary on Instagram 25:04 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 26:46 - Furious Hours by Casey Cep 30:05 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat 30:13 - Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines Deep Dive: 34:35 - Goodreads Best of 2019 List: 35:18 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 36:10 - Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 36:18 - Audible’s Best of 2019 List 37:08 - Recursion by Blake Crouch 37:31 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 37:49 - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 38:40 - The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan 39:43 - Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis 40:07 - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 40:20 - Book of the Month (DJ&TS is their Book of the Year) 40:38 - The Five by Hallie Rubenhold 40:45 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 41:11 - Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis 41:13 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 41:25 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 43:14 - New York Times Best of 2019 List 43:16 - NPR’s Best of 2019 List 43:24 - Libraryreads.org Best of 2019 List 44:03 - Lithub.com best of best of lists 44:33 - Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 44:34 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 44:36 - Normal People by Sally Rooney 45:00 - Amy Allen Clark at Momadvice.com best of 2019 List Presses: 47:37 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 50:14 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell | |||
| 14 Jun 2021 | Season 3, Episode 44: Middle Grade and Mysteries + Book Polygamy | 00:47:06 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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!* . . . . 1:34 - Currently Reading Patreon Bookish Moment of the Week: 4:51 - Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance 4:58 - Super Burp! (George Brown Class Clown #1) by Nancy Krulik 5:02 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Current Reads: 10:30 - Kerry’s Instagram @linesiunderline 10:37 - Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu (Meredith) 13:53 - Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland (Kaytee) 14:17 - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland 14:18 - Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland 16:41 - The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan (Meredith) 18:18 - In The Woods by Tana French (Dublin Murders #1) 21:11 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Kaytee) 21:54 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 21:55 - Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman 21:56 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 22:11 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Meredith) 22:17 - Book of the Month 24:47 - One Two Three by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee) 25:07 - This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel Deep Dive - How We Read: Monogamous or Polygomous 32:29 - Kaytee’s SoundPeats headphones 36:18 - Meredith’s Kindle Oasis 36:30 - Kindle Paperwhite 37:10 - Kindle Oasis CaseBot case Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 40:13 - Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Meredith) 43:59 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Kaytee) 44:46 - Circe by Madeline Miller 44:47 - Lovely War by Julie Berry 44:48 - Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann 45:02 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 25 Apr 2022 | Season 4, Episode 36: Who is Driving? + Bookstagram Pet Peeves | 00:59:10 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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 Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:30 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:45 - Laundry Love by Patrick Richardson 1:50 - Season 4: Episode 33 3:21 - From the Front Porch podcast 6:16 - Roar by Cecilia Ahern 9:24 - Current Reads 9:35 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (Meredith) 9:45 - An Unlikely Story 9:51 - Currently Reading Patreon 16:06 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Katyee) 21:53 - Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson (Meredith) 25:12 - The Between by Tananarive Due (Kaytee) 25:48 - Levar Burton Reads episode “The Wishing Pool” 25:52 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon 29:05 - The Anomaly by Here Le Tellier (Meredith) 31:14 - Falling by T.J. Newman 32:21 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 35:16 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 36:31 - From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Kaytee) 36:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 40:51 - Deep Dive: Our Highs and Lows with Bookstagram 46:14 - @Lonestarreads on Instagram 47:10 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram 53:48 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands 54:06 - The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne (Meredith) 55:30 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 55:33 - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 56:02 - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (Kaytee) 56:16 - Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi 56:17 - Stamped (for young adults) by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 25 Mar 2024 | Season 6, Episode 33: Crumble and Chronicles + Changes In Our Reading Lives Over Time | 01:06:55 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 1:32 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 3:11 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots 4:45 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Releases June 25, 2024) 7:30 - Our Current Reads 7:36 - The Night Raven by Johan Rundberg (Roxanna) 14:09 - The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson (Meredith) 18:09 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandra Marzano-Lesnevich 21:54 - Burning Roses by S.L. Huang (Roxanna) 22:51 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 26:06 - Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber (Meredith) 27:14 - Caraval by Stephanie Garber 31:22 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado (Roxanna) 31:51 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 31:54 - Finding Me by Viola Davis 36:23 - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett (Meredith) 41:24 - Deep Dive: Changes In Our Reading Lives Over Time 47:27 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 48:07 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 49:55 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino 50:39 - 10 Things To Tell You podcast w/ Sara Hildreth 50:42 - @fictionmatters on Instagram 53:36 - Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 53:45 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 55:48 - Burning Roses by S.L. Huang 58:55 - A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P. Djeli Clark 1:00:32 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:00:45- I wish everyone knows about shepherd.com (Roxanna) 1:00:52 - Strong Sense of Place podcast 1:01:17 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 1:03:19 - Shogun by James Clavell 1:03:28 - CR Season 1: Episode 14 1:04:45 - I wish more people would read Shogun. (Meredith) 1:05:18 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 21 Nov 2022 | Season 5, Episode 17: Book Gushing + Great Covers That Made the Book Better | 00:50:28 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Season 5, Episode 17 1:34 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:57 - Kaytee’s noise canceling headphones 4:32 - Episode 126 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 5:26 - Planet Money: The E-Book Wars 6:52 - Current Reads 7:17 - A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga (Kaytee) 8:21 - The Martian by Andy Weir 8:25 - The Martian; Classroom Edition by Andy Weir 9:15 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1) 10:25 - Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 15:55 - The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull (Kaytee) 17:48 - Brilliant Books 18:26 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 18:57 - The Harbor by Katrine Engberg (Meredith) 20:11 - The Tenant by Katrine Engberg 20:12 - The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg 22:36 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen 23:38 - Thank You for LIstening by Julia Whelan (Kaytee) 26:53 - Episode 81 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live w/Julia Whelan 26:53 - Episode 340 of What Should I Read Next w/Julia Whelan 27:17 - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Meredith) 29:19 - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 30:00 - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny (Three Pines #4) 31:32 - The Nest by Cynthis D’aprix Sweeney 31:33 - The Heirs by Susan Reiger 32:20 - Book Covers that Enhanced Our Reading Experience 32:59 - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman 34:40 - Winterhouse by Ben Guterson 36:09 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 37:18 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson 39:02 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 39:22 - Matrix by Lauren Groff 40:47 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 41:54 - Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Elliott Arnold 42:54 - An Immense World by Ed Yong 43:53 - Blackwell’s UK 44:39 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish for suggestions on perfect holiday romance reading. (Kaytee) Email Kaytee at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com or DM her at @notesonbookmarks with your holiday romances! I wish those who enjoy it would sink into puzzles and audiobooks this season. (Meredith) 47:00 - HH Holmes Murde Castle Puzzle 47:06 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading | |||
| 25 Mar 2019 | Episode 31: Book Talk with Special Guest Co-Host Laura Tremaine! | 01:03:56 | |
Meredith and Kaytee are joined by a special guest co-host this week, Laura Tremaine. Laura is well-known across social media, and we think you’ll love hearing from her. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a great book club chat, a new reading experience, and an unexpected bookish connection with a group of kids. Next, we discuss our current reads. Since there are three of us, we kept it to two titles each, but they are two great book s from each host that are sure to have big opinions from the interwebs. For our deep dive, we’re talking to Laura about her “social media journey” and her vision behind her newest podcast, 10 Things to Tell You. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include a non-fiction book about eating, a historical fiction family saga, and a thriller that will chill 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! . . . . . 5:52 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 8:03 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 8:20 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 8:49 - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid 15:17 - Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly 17:08 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 18:00 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 21:01 - This Will Only Hurt A Little by Busy Philipps 21:15 - Rob Lowe’s books 21:21 - Bossypants by Tina Fey 27:28 - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 28:35 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne 31:31 - Juliet’s School of Possibilities by Laura Vanderkam 34:00 - 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam 34:08 -Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam 35:40 - The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann 42:17 - Bias Series on the Smartest Person in the Room podcast 51:48 - Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Trebole 56:22 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 59:02 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Laura’s Website and Laura’s Instagram 10 Things To Tell You podcast and Instagram *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!* | |||
| 02 Aug 2021 | Season 4, Episode 1: Unexpected Emotions + How We Spent Our Break | 00:49:22 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . Bookish Moments of the Week: 3:05 - Harriet’s Bookshop 4:38 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles 5:24 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager Current Reads: 6:38 - The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Delila Harris (Kaytee) 7:04 - Libro.Fm 10:10 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Meredith) 13:12 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 13:14 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 14:30 - Book Talk, Etc. podcast 14:37 - Velocity by Dean Koontz (Kaytee) 16:28 - The Chain by Adrian Mckinty 16:51 - Fabled Bookshop 16:54 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand (Meredith) 21:09 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 22:05 - Unclaimed by Courtney Milan (Kaytee) 22:38 - Season 3: Episode 39 w/Jamie Golden 25:15 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Meredith) 26:44 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratisschvili 29:34 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 31:57 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Pre-order link) Deep Dive - How We Spent Our Summer Break 37:07 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 38:35 - Currently Reading Patreon Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 41:53 - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Kaytee) 43:56 - Kiley Reid’s Interview w/ Trevor Noah 44:30 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 12 Aug 2024 | Season 7, Episode 2: Library Love + Boss Our Summer TBR Update | 01:00:15 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 1:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 3:54 - Artful Agenda 8:05 - Our Current Reads 8:24 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Meredith, pre-order, releases Sept. 10, 2024) 10:07 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett 13:15 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett (Blackwell’s link, pre-order, releases Aug. 29, 2024) 14:15 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett 14:16 - The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett 14:50 - Search by Michelle Huneven 15:41 - Water by John Boyne (Kaytee, amazon link) 16:06 - Earth by John Boyne (amazon link) 16:08 - Fire by John Boyne (Blackwell’s link - preorder releases Nov 7 2024) 17:57 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne 19:12 - A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver (Meredith) 23:46 - The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rosen (Kaytee - “It was not obvious to me at the time from looking at the cover that this was actually only two authors, one with four names. Any inaccuracies are my own, but the opinions on the book stand!”) 23:56 - libro.fm 27:21 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Meredith, boss my TBR update) 28:06 - Circe by Madeline Miller 31:43 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 31:44 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati 33:33 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory (Kaytee, boss my TBR update) 40:00 - Deep Dive: Our Experiences with Boss OUR TBR 41:29 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 41:30 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 41:31 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 51:21 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi 52:41 - Currently Reading Patreon 53:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain 53:22 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher 53:32 - I wish that everyone would read The Home Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Meredith) 56:37 - I wish for reading recs that pair well with the show Our Flag Means Death (Kaytee)
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| 12 Oct 2020 | Season 3, Episode 11: The Book Covers + Title Words that Draw Us In | 00:48:14 | |
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 on Instagram | |||
| 03 Mar 2025 | Season 7, Episode 30: New Indie Bookstores + Our Six Star Reads | 00:57:08 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:01 - Ad For Ourselves 1:18 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:34 - An Unlikely Story 2:35 - @anunlikelystory on Instagram 3:37 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 6:48 - Literally, A Bookshop 7:54 - @Literallybookshop on Instagram 8:52 - Our Current Reads 9:23 - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley (Meredith) 16:32 - All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim (Kaytee) 16:40 - Tucson Festival of Books 2025 19:52 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manasala 20:13 - This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (Meredith) 21:47 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 23:20 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 23:49 - They Came for the Schools by Mike Hixenbaugh (Kaytee) 24:11 - Southlake Podcast 27:46 - Past Crimes by Jason Pinter (Meredith) 29:44 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 31:06 - Recursion by Blake Crouch 31:40 - The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln (Kaytee) 31:49 - The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln 35:11 - Our Six Star Reads 36:08 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 37:29 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 37:33 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 40:17 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 42:32 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher 42:37 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 42:38 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden 42:41 - The Stand by Stephen King 42:43 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 42:44 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 44:44 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle 45:00 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 45:09 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge 45:13 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 45:14 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 45:17 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 45:38 - Lobizona by Romina Garber Russell 45:43 - Cazadora by Romina Garber Russell 49:14 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 49:49 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 51:22 - Meet Us At The Fountain 51:43 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live 51:53 - I want everyone to listen to episode 188 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live if you enjoy fantasy reading. (Meredith) 51:54 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live episode 188 53:09 - I wish for a book aggregator that would house all book covers of all books so we could compare easily and find the ones we want to purchase quickly without having to browse multiple sites. (Kaytee) 54:09 - Greenwood by Michael Christie Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
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| 07 May 2021 | Minisode: A Taste of the Indie Press List! | 00:26:10 | |
Today, we are sharing our new baby with you. The Indie Press List is doing BIG things and we are thrilled to give you a taste of this goodness. If you’d like to get future episodes (including two more from Fabled in April and May 2021), we’d love for you to join us on Patreon. To shop: we would love for you to go directly to the page that Fabled has set up for us for you to make your purchases. It includes each of the little blurbs that we read aloud on this episode. And, of course, you've got all our thoughts here in the audio! Here's a brief list of each of the five selections, but again, we'd love for you to go directly over to the website above - so there are no affiliate links here! Please put "Currently Reading Podcast" in the "information" part of your order so they know we sent you! Minisode show notes are not time stamped. They are also not transcribed. But each of the titles we mention (the five from the list plus any others we threw out there) is below for your enjoyment. . . . . Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
The Paris Library by Janet Charles Four Hundred Souls compiled by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain We Begin At the End by Chris Whitaker
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 on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast | |||
| 07 Oct 2024 | Season 7, Episode 10: Readers In The Wild + Authors We Would Mourn Over | 00:57:06 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:24 - Ad For Ourselves 1:28 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:59 - The Novel Neighbor 4:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 4:38 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 4:44 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara 6:50 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 8:14 - Our Current Reads 8:29 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith) 8:33 - CR Season 6: Episode 48 10:19 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 14:19 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (Kaytee) 14:25 - A Room of One’s Own bookshop 17:12 - Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin 17:16 - An Unlikely Story 17:41 - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley (Meredith) 17:52 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley 24:57 - Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura (Kaytee) 28:15 - Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent (Meredith) 29:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent 33:08 - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Kaytee) 36:58 - Authors We Would Mourn Over 46:03 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 50:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain 50:09 - I wish I could sometimes read like my husband does. (Meredith) 51:33 - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller 53:36 - I wish to press This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee) 53:37 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 53:57 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 18 Dec 2023 | Season 6, Episode 20: Acts of Service + Themed Reading Months | 00:54:56 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 3:00 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 3:18 - Krampus by Brom 3:39 - Slewfoot by Brom 7:09 - Cozy by Jan Brett 7:16 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand 8:08 - Current Reads 8:42 - Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (Meredith) 10:06 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 14:20 - The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern 14:45 - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (Kaytee) 20:00 - Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Meredith) 21:07 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 24:45 - Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (Kaytee) 28:25 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith (Meredith) 29:31 - From the Front Porch podcast 32:53 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 34:10 - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach (Kaytee) 37:05 - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach 37:21 - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 37:49 - Deep Dive: Themed Reading Months 47:39 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill 48:09 - Frindle by Andrew Clements 48:28 - The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz 48:51 - Our Zazzle storefront for all things CR merch 49:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:54 - I wish everybody would compile a list of their favorite books of the year. (Meredith) 52:08 - I wish to press Marley by Jon Clinch this holiday season. (Kaytee) 52:14 - Marley by Jon Clinch Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support! | |||
| 14 Nov 2022 | Season 5, Episode 16: Mind-Blowing Books + Finding Your Nonfiction Fit | 00:53:44 | |
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:32 - Bookish Moment of the Week 6:09 - Current Reads 6:16 - A Place Called Home by David Ambroz (Kaytee) 11:20 - Death and Croissants by Ian Moore (Meredith) 12:36 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 15:04 - Blackwell’s UK 15:29 - Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth (Kaytee) 15:37 - The Novel Neighbor 16:45 - Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard 19:19 - My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Meredith) 22:58 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill (Kaytee) 23:14 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 23:20 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill 27:24 - Bookmarks 27:47 - Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente (Meredith) 30:45 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 31:05 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 32:44 - Fable App 34:54 - Finding Your Nonfiction Niche 36:59 - CR Season 4: Episode 24 38:32 - A Place Called Home by David Ambroz 38:49 - Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 38:56 - Down and Out in Paradise by Charles Leerhsen 39:16 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 39:24 - You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe 40:13 - Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig 40:33 - The Palace Papers by Tina Brown 41:12 - Happy At Any Cost by Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre 44:13 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 44:25 - The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell 45:04 - Julie and Julia by Julie Powell 46:00 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay 46:12 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 46:16 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 46:19 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss 46:37 - The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 47:39 - Meet Us At The Fountain I wish to let everyone know about Everyday Reading. (Kaytee) 47:55 - Everyday Reading blog 48:09 - Everyday Reading Instagram 48:22 - Everyday Reading Christmas Reading Advent Calendar I wish everyone would jump on the ASMR bandwagon. (Meredith) 0:33 - The Vault of Ambience on Youtube Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand | |||
| 04 Mar 2024 | Season 6, Episode 30: Roxanna and Mary Take Over + Tropes They Want To See More Of | 01:03:45 | |
On this episode of Currently Reading, Roxanna and Mary are discussing:
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 2:09 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 2:25 - Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann 4:02 - The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou (Blackwell’s hardcover link, releases in paperback in the US October 8, 2024. If you want to wait for the paperback you can pre-order HERE) 5:51 - Our Current Reads 5:56 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Mary) 6:08 - Waterstone’s 10:14 - The Undertaking of Heart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (Roxanna) 11:02 - Under The Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 14:12 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter (Mary) 17:46 - Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (Roxanna) 17:54 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 21:20 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 21:30 - How To Walk Away by Katherine Center 23:16 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 24:30 - @katherinecenter on Instagram 24:36 - The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow (Mary, Amazon link) 27:46 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein (Roxanna) 27:57 - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Ten Reads of 2023 episode 33:52 - Deep Dive: Bookish Tropes We Want More Of 36:30 - Small Change by Roan Parrish 36:41 - Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes 38:03 - Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh 38:16 - Mary’s Instagram (Holiday Romance is under her “Books Vol. 6” highlight) 39:54 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams 40:25 - Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan 42:58 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 43:05 - Hench by Natalize Zina Walschots 43:13 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 44:17 - The Change by Kirsten Miller 46:01 - The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty 47:01 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (Sinister Summer #1) 47:07 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier 49:31 - Happily Ever Ninja by Penny Reid 50:54 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather 51:35 - Search by Michelle Huneven 51:43 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden 52:36 - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson 52:38 - Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson 54:54 - The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso 55:30 - Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark 57:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain 57:12 - I wish to motivate listeners to spend time with their physical TBR and plan reads or cull books. (Mary) 59:35 - I wish to press Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. (Roxanna) 59:46 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski 1:02:18 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive:
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| 09 Mar 2020 | Season 2, Episode 31: Spicy Takes - Books We Wanted to Throw Against the Wall | 00:50:54 | |
Spicy take warning! Strong opinions abound in this episode. Meredith, Kaytee, and Mindy are discussing:
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!* . . . . . 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 | |||