Currently Reading – Details, episodes & analysis

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

• Bookish Moments: talking books with fictional characters and kindle pillows

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

• Deep Dive: we are bossing the TBR of two. more bookish friends

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)

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:10 - Ad for Ourselves

1:05 - Currently Reading Patreon 

3:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:58 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

4:52 - Viozon tablet stand pillow

6:27 - Our Current Reads

6:32 - Baby X by Kira Peikoff (Kaytee)

10:45 - A Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes (Meredith)

14:36 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

16:00 - All in Her Head by Elizabeth Comen (Kaytee)

19:56 - The Owl Always Hunts at Night by Samuel Bjork (Meredith)

20:53 - I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork

23:58 - A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir (Kaytee, #4 in the Ember in the Ashes series. Kaytee is recommending all of them as a whole!)

28:39 - Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (Meredith)

30:13 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live

31:48 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

31:51 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

32:06 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

32:30 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR

From Beth K.

32:58 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

33:01 - Jackal by Erin E. Adams

33:04 - Sign Here by Claudia Lux

33:06 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

33:09 - All Hallows by Christopher Golden

From Samantha T.

36:57 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

37:01 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

37:05 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

37:08 - Emily Wilde’s Encylopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

37:12 - The After Party by Anton Disclafani

42:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain

43:13 - I wish all vacation rentals came with a comfy cozy space with good lighting. (Kaytee)

45:54 - If you love with great smart crimes and sexy detectives, read the Jackson Brody series by Kate Atkinson. (Meredith)

46:01 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

46:13 - Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

*Help us to grow our listenership by sharing a link to the podcast with at least one readerly friend (or maybe a non-readerly friend who WANTS to get into books but doesn’t know where to start). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-reading/id1435363675

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August’s IPL comes to us from The King’s English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

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

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: reading routines and meeting local authors

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

• Deep Dive: the journey from season one to season seven of Currently Reading

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)

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1:27 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:49 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman

6:17 - Changing Hands bookshop

6:18 - Poison Pen bookshop

9:58 - Our Current Reads

10:11 - Five Strangers by E.V. Adamson (Meredith)

11:55 - Novel Memphis

15:56 - Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg (Kaytee)

16:03 - Libro.fm

18:13 - Finding Me by Viola Davis

19:56 - The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller (Meredith)

28:42 - Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce (Kaytee)

33:46 - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

38:18 - The Silence of Bones by June Hur (Kaytee)

39:53 - Garcia Street Books

41:13 - The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

41:58 - Deep Dive: The Journey of Currently Reading

46:40 - Currently Reading Patreon 

56:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:06 - We wish to grow the listenership of the Big Show with YOUR help! (Meredith AND Kaytee)

*Help us to grow our listenership by sharing a link to the podcast with at least one readerly friend (or maybe a non-readerly friend who WANTS to get into books but doesn’t know where to start). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/currently-reading/id1435363675

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August’s IPL comes to us from The King’s English Bookshop in Utah!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

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!

*Please note that Kaytee was out of her regular recording space this week and it affected her audio. It’s not you, it’s us. Back to normal next week!*

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

• Bookish Moments: binging a great series and re-introducing morning reading

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

• Deep Dive: you get to boss our summer TBRs!

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)

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1:29 - Ad for Ourselves

3:42 - Join us for $5 a month! patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

3:59 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:37 - Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir

5:20 - Morning Reads

6:55 - Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

7:50 - Our Current Reads

7:59 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Kaytee)
9:32 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

12:18 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Meredith)

13:30 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore

16:19 - Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anapara (Kaytee)

20:01 - The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry (Meredith)

21:00 - Beacon Hill Books, Boston

25:31 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley (Kaytee)

26:02 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

29:12 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

29:23 - The Stand by Stephen King (Meredith)

32:56 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

39:01 - Boss Our Summer TBRs!

Vote on Meredith and Kaytee’s Boss My TBR!

42:45 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee Option #1)

43:50 - Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee Option #2)

44:45 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory (Kaytee Option #3)

44:51 - Season 1 Listener Press Episode

46:18 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Meredith Option #1)

46:21 - Circe by Madeline Miller

46:37 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Meredith Option #2)

46:51 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Meredith Option #3)

49:44 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:47 - I Wish You the Best Summer Reading Available to You (Kaytee)

49:49 - Pantsuit Politics Podcast

50:56 - I wish that People Would Stop Being Afraid of Reading Big Books (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. July’s IPL comes to us from Booktenders in West Virginia!

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

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

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are sharing our top ten reads of 2022! Can you guess where we overlap? This is a GREAT stack of books and we are so thrilled to share it with 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! 

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!*  

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2:31 - Currently Reading Patreon

6:41 - Send your questions for Meredith and Roxanna to [email protected] by JANUARY 4

7:09 - Our 2022 Reading Recap

13:00 - CR Season 5: Episode 20

18:11 - NetGalley

25:23 - Kindle Oasis

27:25 - Book Darts

29:02 - Murder at Black Oaks by Philip Margolin (Meredith’s lowest rated read)

29:13 - The Harbor by Katrina Engberg (Meredith’s 2nd lowest rated read)

29:58 - Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein (Kaytee’s lowest rated read)

30:05 - PangoBooks

30:36 - The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye (Kaytee’s 2nd lowest rated read)

33:50 - Our Top Ten Ranked Reads of 2022

33:58 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert (Meredith)

35:04 - Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (Kaytee)

35:21 - Circe by Madeline Miller

35:22 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

35:23 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

36:11 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Meredith)

37:21 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Kaytee)

38:37 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett (Meredith)

40:59 - Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester (Kaytee)

41:04 - CR Season 5: Episode 14

42:41 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher (Meredith)

46:14 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Kaytee)

48:09 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier (Meredith)

48:17 - The Popcast

51:11 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (Kaytee) 

52:57 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (Meredith)

55:58 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt (Kaytee)

57:32 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (Meredith)

1:00:06 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay 

1:00:07 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers 

1:00:08 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

1:00:13 - Downton Shabby by Hopwood DePree

1:01:15 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Kaytee)

1:02:10 - An Unlikely Story

1:03:05 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Meredith)

1:04:53 - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb (Kaytee)

1:07:20 - Babel by RF Kuang (Meredith #2, Kaytee #1)

1:14:32 - An Immense World by Ed Yong (Kaytee #2)

1:16:13 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Meredith #1)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are revisiting the very first Top 10 episode we ever aired. We’ve grown a lot as podcasters since then and our tastes have changed some, so it was a fun trip down memory lane. We hope this episode stocks your TBRs with books that are ALL backlist now, and easy to grab from the library!

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!*  

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3:10 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:12 - Deep Dive: Our Best Books of 2018

5:33 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

7:03 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

8:56 - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

9:39 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown

10:50 -  The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah MacKenzie

11:36 -  The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast

11:47 - CR Season 1: Episode 7

11:53 - American Marriage by Tayari Jones

13:02 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

14:04 - Educated by Tara Westover

14:58 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

17:05 - Circe by Madeline Miller

18:02 - CR Season 1: Episode 10

18:52 - Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle

19:59 - Calypso by David Sedaris

21:26 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

21:31 - CR Season 1: Episode 3

22:04 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

23:07 - The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

24:20 - CR Season 1: Episode 18

24:22 - Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

26:11 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

26:19 - Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend

29:04 - The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

31:15 - Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

31:20 - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

32:12 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

32:16 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

32:24 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

35:07 - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

35:08 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman

40:58 - CR Season 1: Episode 17

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: a big milestone and small business Saturday

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

• Deep Dive: we go down the rabbit hole of book tracking

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:58 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:15 - Garcia Street Books

5:11 - Fabled Bookshop

5:53 - Current Reads

6:17 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

6:27 - Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

12:20 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition) by Anton Treuer (Kaytee)

12:52 - The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

17:05 - The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier (Meredith)

23:02 - A Lady for A Duke by Alexis Hall (Kaytee)

23:13 - Bookmarks

23:27 - libro.fm

24:50 - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

27:20 - Rizzio by Denise Mina (Meredith)

28:26 - Conviction by Denise Mina

28:33 - Blackwell’s UK

30:24 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

31:48 - An Immense World by Ed Yong (Kaytee)

32:25 - I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong

34:49 - Fable App

6:45 - Deep Dive: All Things Reading Trackers

42:58 - Currently Reading Patreon

48:26 - CAWPILE Rating System

49:16 - A Lady for A Duke by Alexis Hall

54:58 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish that Three Pines the show doesn’t disappoint me. (Meredith)

55:38 - Still Life by Louise Penny (Three Pines #1)

56:00 - The Hangman by Louise Penny

56:32 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

56:49 - WSIRN Episode 357 w/Louise Penny

I wish to institute Jolabokaflod in my home this year. (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.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: a bookish car surprise and a triumphal return

• Current Reads: all the great stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: the deets on reading vacations!

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:53 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:57 - Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

8:11 - Current Reads

8:17 - Scribd

8:29 - What Can Be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwartz (Mindy)

12:41 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (Meredith)

14:50 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

16:24 - The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Mindy)

19:13 - Garden of Lamentations by Deborah Crombie (Meredith)

23:22 - A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

24:02 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Mindy)

24:13 - Denisereads75 on Instagram

24:17 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 

26:02 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

26:51 - Gilded by Marissa Meyer (Meredith)

28:22 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

30:17 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

30:46 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

31:27 - Cursed by Marissa Meyer

32:37 - Deep Dive: The Ins and Outs of Bookish Vacations

32:49 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

33:41 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman

40:34 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

49:46 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish I could find a series that combined police procedural and courtroom drama like Law and Order. (Mindy)

50:49 - Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

50:52 - The Defense by Steve Cavanagh (Eddie Flynn #1)

50:58 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

I wish that small, concentrated book retreats happen in 2023. (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

Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram

currentlyreadingpodcast.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: pet conspiracy against Meredith + airport friendships

• Current Reads: A whole slew of books that might be hard to listen to us talk about for various reasons

• Deep Dive: the goodies to buy for the bookworm that doesn’t need books

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*  

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1:25 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:12 - HH Holmes Murder Castle Puzzle

8:13 - An Immense World by Ed Yong 

10:13 - Current Reads

10:28 - Glass Houses by Louise Penny (Meredith)

11:10 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

16:53 - Still Life by Louise Penny 

18:45 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick (Kaytee)

21:30 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Episode 123 w/ Nikki Erlick

23:03 - The Duke Alone by Christi Caldwell (Meredith)

29:22 - The Kraken’s Sacrifice by Katee Robert (Kaytee)

29:52 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert

29:54 - CR Season 5: Episode 3

SKIP TO 35:11 IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT KRAKEN SEX!!!

35:27 - The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch (Meredith)

37:28 - Fabled Bookshop

42:56 - Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton (Kaytee)

SKIP TO 46:37 IF SEXUAL ASSAULT IS YOUR TRIGGER

45:01 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller 

45:03 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 

46:37 - Bookish Gifts We Want to Give and Receive

48:19 - Mug Warmer

49:09 - Book Darts

49:40 - Pilot FriXion Pens

49:55 - Pilot FriXion Highlighters

50:52 - Sharpie Pen

51:43 - Libro.fm

51:53 - Scribd

51:44 - Bookshop.org

52:10 - Thriftbooks

52:35 - Fabled Story Bound Subscription

53:29 - Currently Reading Patreon

53:37 - Fabled Bookshop

54:24 - Currently Reading Tote

54:51 - Currently Reading Zazzle store

55:17 - Lego Bookstore

55:59 - Galison Puzzles

56:01 - White Mountain Puzzles 

56:27 - Barefoot Dreams throw blanket

56:54 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish, if you are looking for cozy holiday reading, that you read the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton. (Meredith)

57:32 - Aunt Dimity’s Death by Nancy Atherton (#1 in series)

I wish that book festivals and author events get as much hype as Taylor Swift tickets. (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.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

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

• Bookish Moments: travel reading and two great bookish podcast episodes

• Current Reads: buzzy books, sci-fi, and plenty of murder

• Deep Dive: book covers that enhanced our reading experience

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*  

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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 [email protected] 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

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

• Bookish Moments: snow day reading + scheduled reading time

• Current Reads: books that blew us away

• Deep Dive: finding your nonfiction fit

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

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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.com

@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

[email protected]

Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand
www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading