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Feb 2025
57m 18s

Season 7, Episode 29: Series Completist ...

MEREDITH MONDAY SCHWARTZ AND KAYTEE COBB
About this episode

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

  • Bookish Moments: book sets and learning new things

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

  • Deep Dive: things we find tragic in our reading lives that may not actually be tragedies

  • 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)

1:18 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

1:33 - Ember in the Ashes complete set (purchase at your own risk!) 

5:38 - A Year of Living Curiously by Elizabeth Foley

7:39 - Mug Warmer

7:39 - Our Current Reads

8:28 - Earth by John Boyne (Kaytee, Blackwell’s link)

8:35 - Water by John Boyne (Blackwell’s link)

8:37 - CR Season 7: Episode 2

13:02 - Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli (Meredith)

15:16 - The Collective by Alison Gaylin

15:22 - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

16:45 - Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage (Kaytee)

17:28 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

21:19 - Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage (pre-order releases April 15)

22:13 - The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory by Tim Alberta (Meredith)

22:56 - The Popcast

26:08 - The Many Assassinations of Samir by Daniel Nayeri (Kaytee)

26:16 - Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

29:20 - A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos (Meredith)

31:11 - Book, Talk, Etc

35:32 - Non-Tragic Bookish Tragedies

37:10 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

37:47 - Still Life by Louise Penny (special edition w/sprayed edges, releases Sep. 30, 2025)

49:12 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:22 - I wish to always speak to indie bookstore owners. (Kaytee)

52:08 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live

52:14 - I wish to know if it seems like we are getting more reissued pretty versions of books from publishers today. (Meredith)

53:07 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

53:35 - The Hunger Games box set by Suzanne Collins (Special edition)

53:37 - 37:47 - Still Life by Louise Penny (special edition w/sprayed edges, releases Sep. 30, 2025)

53:50 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire (special edition)

54:03 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (special annotated edition)

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Bookish Friends Receive:

  • The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. February’s IPL comes to you from Fables and Fairy Tales in Marinsville, Indiana!

  • Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

  • All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

  • From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

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