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Nov 2023
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Season 6, Episode 15: Creating Bookish C...

MEREDITH MONDAY SCHWARTZ AND KAYTEE COBB
About this episode

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

  • Bookish Moments: creating bookish community in a new place and being bossed to read books NOW

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

  • Deep Dive: how to have hobbies outside of reading

  • 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)

1:33 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:09 - Changing Hands Bookstore

2:15 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree

4:19 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

5:43 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

7:16 - Current Reads

7:24 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Kaytee)

12:38 - Creature Feature by Various Authors (Meredith, Audible Original link)

13:33 - Libro.fm

13:44 - In Bloom by Paul Tremblay

14:24 - Big Bad by Chandler Baker

14:26 - The Husbands by Chandler Baker

14:28 - Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker

15:03 - The Pram by Joe Hill

15:27 - It Waits in the Woods by Josh Malerman

16:27 - Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix

18:01 - Going Zero by Anthoney McCarten (Kaytee)

18:24 - Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

18:26 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

20:36 - @codyhill__ on Instagram

21:55 - Glossy by Marisa Meltzer (Meredith)

27:20 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

28:18 - It Was An Ugly Couch Anyway by Elizabeth Passarella (Kaytee)

30:29 - Good Apple by Elizabeth Passarella

30:35 - 10 Things To Tell You episode 178 w/Elizabeth Passarella

31:29 - Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (Meredith)

36:45 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

36:57 - Deep Dive: Having Hobbies Outside of Reading

37:05 - Currently Reading Patreon

47:42 - Meet Us At The Fountain

47:57 - I wish to mark the end of an era for the Sorta Awesome podcast. (Kaytee)

48:03 - Sorta Awesome podcast

50:35 - I wish books could be searched like playlists such as books with jump scares, books with full cast narration, etc. (Meredith)

51:23 - Libro.fm

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