On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book buying sprees and being book pushers
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: how to and how not to raise readers
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
2:04 - Thriftbooks
2:09 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
2:15 - Bookshop.org
5:57 - Our Current Reads
6:09 - Us by Sara Soler (Kaytee)
8:51 - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
9:47 - Foe by Iain Reid (Meredith)
11:43 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
14:40 - The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (Kaytee)
16:26 - Hatchet by Gary Paulson
16:45 - CR Season 2: Episode 21
18:13 - Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson (Meredith)
21:24 - Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
22:38 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
23:06 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes (Kaytee)
23:15 - CR Season 5: Episode 31
25:07 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
25:17 - The Children of Jacosta by Natalie Haynes
26:46 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (Meredith)
30:38 - State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton
37:45 - Raising Readers
40:55 - CR Season 1: Episode 28 w/ Jackson and Micah
45:40 - Dungeons and Drama by Kirsty Boyce 46:29 - The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (Land of Stories #1) 50:26 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
53:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain
53:29 - I wish for someone to pick your next read. (Kaytee)
55:57 - I wish to recommend the book The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Meredith)
55:57 - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
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