Season 7, Episode 20: Book Superlatives + Fitting In Reading Around The Holidays
Currently ReadingOn this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: mistletoe horror and book to screen adaptations
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: how to fit in reading during the holidays
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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4:03 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
4:21 - 25 Days by Per Jacobson
8:50 - Wicked by Gregory McGuire
9:23 - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
9:37 - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
9:39 - Landlines by Raynor Winn
9:49 - Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
10:43 - Our Current Reads
10:56 - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty (Meredith)
16:15 - The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (Kaytee)
16:24 - Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
16:37 - Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
16:38 - Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
16:48 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
21:00 - Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth (Meredith, amazon link)
25:29 - Many Things Under a Rock by David Scheel (Kaytee)
28:01 - Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
28:03 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
29:05 - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
33:23 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Kaytee)
35:39 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
35:54 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
35:55 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
36:56 - Fitting In Reading Around The Holidays
48:27 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)
51:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain
52:32 - I wish we would take the time to rate our books by superlatives. (Meredith)
54:00 - I wish to have a holiday book exchange instead of a cookie exchange. (Kaytee)
55:46 - Currently Reading Patreon
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