On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: Kindle samples and getting new indie bookstores
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: six star books to which we will take no criticism from anyone
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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1:01 - Ad For Ourselves
1:18 - Currently Reading Patreon
1:34 - An Unlikely Story
2:35 - @anunlikelystory on Instagram
3:37 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
6:48 - Literally, A Bookshop
7:54 - @Literallybookshop on Instagram
8:52 - Our Current Reads
9:23 - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley (Meredith)
16:32 - All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim (Kaytee)
16:40 - Tucson Festival of Books 2025
19:52 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manasala
20:13 - This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (Meredith)
21:47 - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
23:20 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
23:49 - They Came for the Schools by Mike Hixenbaugh (Kaytee)
24:11 - Southlake Podcast
27:46 - Past Crimes by Jason Pinter (Meredith)
29:44 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
31:06 - Recursion by Blake Crouch
31:40 - The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues by Beth Lincoln (Kaytee)
31:49 - The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
35:11 - Our Six Star Reads
36:08 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
37:29 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
37:33 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
40:17 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
42:32 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
42:37 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
42:38 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
42:41 - The Stand by Stephen King
42:43 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
42:44 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
44:44 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
45:00 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
45:09 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
45:13 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
45:14 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
45:17 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
45:38 - Lobizona by Romina Garber Russell
45:43 - Cazadora by Romina Garber Russell
49:14 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
49:49 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
51:22 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:43 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live
51:53 - I want everyone to listen to episode 188 of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live if you enjoy fantasy reading. (Meredith)
51:54 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live episode 188
53:09 - I wish for a book aggregator that would house all book covers of all books so we could compare easily and find the ones we want to purchase quickly without having to browse multiple sites. (Kaytee)
54:09 - Greenwood by Michael Christie
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