On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: shifts in our reading and brain farts
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: reading Canadian elbows up style
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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1:55 - Ad For Ourselves
2:01 - Currently Reading Patreon
7:03 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
7:25 - CR Season 7: Episode 24
12:21 - CR Season 7: Episode 36
12:26 - Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
12:51 - Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope
14:18 - Our Current Reads
14:24 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Roxanna)
18:57 - Coven by Soman Chainani (Kaytee)
19:10 - The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
23:32 - The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (Roxanna)
28:55 - The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight (Kaytee)
29:17 - Fabled Bookshop
33:28 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
34:03 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain (Roxanna)
38:26 - Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell (Kayee)
38:40 - Schuler Books
44:56 - Reading Canadian
48:48 - Canada Reads
48:51 - The Giller Prize
49:21 - The Push by Ashley Audrain
50:06 - Room by Emma Donoghue
50:18 - The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
50:29 - The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue
52:01 - The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester
53:18 - Women Talking by Miriam Toews
55:00 - Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
55:08 - Finding Me by Viola Davis
55:57 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
56:49 - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
56:53 - Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley
57:02 - Much Ado About Nada Uzma Jalaluddin
57:32 - Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
1:02:20 - The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
1:03:40 - Lucky by Marissa Stapley
1:06:24 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:07:05 - I wish there was an easier way to export and download kindle notes and highlights. (Roxanna)
1:08:57 - I wish to press Happy Place by Emily Henry. (Kaytee)
1:09:00 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
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