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)
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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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