On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: meeting bookish friends IRL and getting fun bookish mail
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: fall books that aren’t spooky, scary or academia
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)
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1:57 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:25 - Queen Books
7:21 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston
7:26 - Blackwell’s UK
7:46 - The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln
7:50 - The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
8:04 - Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
8:21 - Heir by Sabaa Tahir
8:26 - Libro.fm
8:33 - Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
9:06 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
10:00 - Our Current Reads
10:12 - Fellowship Point by Alice Eliott Dark (Roxanna)
15:07 - Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney
16:11 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Kaytee)
21:14 - The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman (Roxanna)
22:49 - Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple
24:42 - The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean (Kaytee)
24:50 - Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
27:47 - Cold Blood Liar by Karen Rose
29:25 - Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis (Roxanna)
31:02 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
31:03 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
34:14 - A Short Walk Through A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke (Kaytee)
34:20 - Commonplace Books
36:09 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
36:49 - Currently Reading Patreon
38:55 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
40:17 - Fall Books That Are Not Spooky
41:24 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
42:58 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
43:28 - September by Rosamunde Pilcher
44:10 - Still Life by Louise Penny
44:54 - First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen (Amazon link)
45:08 - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
45:38 - Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
46:06 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
46:08 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
46:12 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
46:30 - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
47:22 - The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
48:03 - The Song Collector by Natasha Solomons (Amazon link)
48:31 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
49:07 - Search by Michelle Huneven
49:45 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
50:19 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
50:33 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
50:40 - Go as a River by Shelley Read
50:56 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
51:02 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
51:57 - Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
52:05 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
52:31 - The Guide by Peter Heller
52:41 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
53:20 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
53:36 - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein
54:14 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
55:41 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:15 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
57:22 - I wish you would consider re-reading books that bring you joy. (Roxanna)
58:03 - I wish to always have an “in case of emergency” book. (Kaytee)
58:17 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
58:57 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
58:58 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
59:00 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
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