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Dec 2024
57m 23s

Season 7, Episode 20: Book Superlatives ...

MEREDITH MONDAY SCHWARTZ AND KAYTEE COBB
About this episode

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

  • Bookish Moments: mistletoe horror and book to screen adaptations

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

  • Deep Dive: how to fit in reading during the holidays

  • 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)

4:03 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

4:21 - 25 Days by Per Jacobson

8:50 - Wicked by Gregory McGuire

9:23 - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

9:37 - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

9:39 - Landlines by Raynor Winn

9:49 - Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

10:43 - Our Current Reads

10:56 - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty (Meredith)

16:15 - The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (Kaytee)

16:24 - Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

16:37 - Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

16:38 - Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

16:48 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

21:00 - Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth (Meredith, amazon link)

25:29 - Many Things Under a Rock by David Scheel (Kaytee)

28:01 - Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery

28:03 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

29:05 - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

33:23 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Kaytee)

35:39 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35:54 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

35:55 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree

36:56 - Fitting In Reading Around The Holidays

48:27 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)

51:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:32 - I wish we would take the time to rate our books by superlatives. (Meredith)

54:00 - I wish to have a holiday book exchange instead of a cookie exchange. (Kaytee)

55:46 - Currently Reading Patreon

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