Season 7, Episode 19: New Book Subscriptions + Wishes To The Holiday Book Fairy

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

Bookish Moments: new book subscriptions and audiobooks coming in clutch

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

Deep Dive: we make wishes to the holiday book fairy

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

1:01 - Book of the Month

1:36 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

1:46 - Aardvark Book Club

4:07 - Book of the Month

6:28 - The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

7:58 - AirPods 4

9:34 - Our Current Reads

9:37 - Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin (Kaytee)

11:33 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

13:48 - The Echo Man by Sam Holland (Meredith)

18:08 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup

18:24 - We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado (Kaytee)

24:47 - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (Meredith)

24:55 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

27:24 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

29:24 - The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher (Kaytee)

31:35 - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

31:39 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

32:07 - Roscoe’s Books

32:21 - CR Season 6: Episode 48

33:39 - A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews (Meredith)

39:50 - Wishes To The Holiday Book Fairy

50:29 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:44 - I wish to press The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede. (Kaytee)

50:45 - The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

52:47 - I wish to remind you about Christmas ASMR rooms. (Meredith)

53:08 - Old Library Christmas ASMR Room

53:19 - Winter Morning ASMR Room

53:36 - Christmas Fireplace ASMR Room

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