On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: meeting bookish friends and "salt" books
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: difficulty in starting new books
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
2:14 - Currently Reading Patreon
5:50 - PLEASE send us your Ask Us Anything questions to currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com
6:43 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
11:13 - The Stand by Stephen King
12:17 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
14:50 - Our Current Reads
14:58 - Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah (Roxanna)
15:02 - Canada Reads
16:56 - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
19:38 - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (Meredith)
21:35 - @mother.horror on Instagram
24:10 - The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt (Roxanna)
29:21 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides (Meredith)
34:15 - Funny Story by Emily Henry (Roxanna)
38:02 - Small Change by Roan Parrish
43:43 - The Mars House by Natasha Pulley (Meredith - Meredith mistakenly said Mars Room initially. Sorry for the confusion!)
45:03 - Charter Books
45:42 - The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
49:51 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
49:56 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
52:16 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
53:40 - The Difficulty Of Starting A New Book
57:54 - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
1:01:19 - The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
1:02:07 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
1:02:12 - The One by John Marrs
1:02:21 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
1:04:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:04:11 - I wish everyone would watch Butterfly in the Sky on Netflix. (Roxanna)
1:04:14 - Butterfly in the Sky on Netflix
1:06:37 - Hello Bookstore
1:07:11 - I wish everyone would reflect on how summer reading affects your reading life. (Meredith)
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