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

Bookish Moments: utilizing AI and getting back into the library swing of things
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: our most huggable 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)

1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:01 - Lake Travis Community Library

5:52 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

7:01 - Our Current Reads

7:22 - The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao (Kaytee)

7:35 - The King's English Bookshop

9:28 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

10:21 - The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao

11:15 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith)

13:00 - @thewilltoread on Instagram

15:54 - The Stand by Stephen King

17:13 - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Kaytee)

19:14 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukamatathil

21:25 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (Meredith)

22:35 - Final Girls by Riley Sager

24:37 - Currently Reading Patreon

25:22 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee)

25:32 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory

29:16 - Fairyloot

31:26 - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (Meredith)

35:31 - @booktalketc on Instagram

35:32 - Book Talk, Etc podcast

37:32 - Deep Dive: Our Most Huggable Books

38:28 - All The Only People by Mike Gayle

38:29 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

38:30 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

39:12 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booey

39:25 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

39:51 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

40:05 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

40:36 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

40:38 - Charlotte's Web by E.B White

41:18 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

41:28 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili

41:53 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

42:35 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

42:29 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

42:56 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

43:28 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

43:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

44:14 - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

45:06 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

45:19 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

45:46 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

46:03 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

46:29 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

46:32 - Matrix by Lauren Groff

48:48 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:55 - I wish that we always live in a world where women are celebrated (Kaytee)

56:37 - I wish everyone would try a book flight (Meredith)

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