Season 6, Episode 39: Teaching Future Generations + The Bookish Overhype

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

Bookish Moments: talking podcasting with young people and book to film buzz

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

Deep Dive: All kinds of bookish overhype

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 - Bite Size Intro

1:36 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:48 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

6:42 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

7:17 - The Martian by Andy Weir

8:46 - Our Current Reads

8:53 - Olivetti by Allie Millington (Kaytee)

10:40 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

11:54 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt (Meredith)

13:07 - Storybound Subscription from Fabled Bookshop

14:31 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

15:42 - The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May (Kaytee)

16:12 - Wintering by Katherine May

19:31 - No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall (Meredith)

20:21 - What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

20:23 - Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

23:17 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)

23:36 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

27:01 - Erasure by Percival Everett

27:50 - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (Meredith)

31:12 - @thewilltoread on Instagram

31:47 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

32:18 - The Bookish Overhype

34:15 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

34:20 - Deacon King Kong by James McBride

34:42 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt

35:51 - James by Percival Everett

36:22 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

36:41 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides

37:28 - End of Story by A.J. Finn

39:11 - The Women by Kristin Hannah

39:21 - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

41:05 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

43:25 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 

43:38 - Funny Story by Emily Henry

43:40 - People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

44:34 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

44:47 - Meet Us At The Fountain

44:51 - I wish that books that make you question yourself would give an assessment quiz at the end. (Kaytee)

45:03 - The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May

46:41 - I wish everyone would watch the episode of The Twilight Zone called “Time Enough At Last”. (Meredith)

47:08 - Twilight Zone Season 1: Episode 8 (This is Amazon Prime but you can watch on Paramount + as well!)

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