On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: car picnics and even more bookshelves!
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: all about narrative POVs - do they matter? do we like one more than the other?
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
4:04 - Awake by Jen Hatmaker
4:44 - BookPeople
9:45 - Our Current Reads
9:53 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Kaytee)
13:22 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
13:26 - Currently Reading Patreon to access Popcorn in the Pages
14:03 - Majesty by Katharine McGee
14:53 - A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (Meredith)
18:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
18:06 - The Spellshop by Sara Beth Durst
18:16 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
19:24 - House of Frank by Kay Synclaire
19:41 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
20:08 - These Truths by Jill Lepore (Kaytee)
20:32 - libro.fm
22:04 - The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon
25:07 - The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis (Meredith)
26:03 - Fabled Bookshop
29:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)
32:04 - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
34:15 - The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan (Meredith)
40:05 - Deep Dive: Narrative POVs
45:38 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
45:43 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
45:59 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler
46:32 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
48:28 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live
49:55 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
52:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
52:42 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
52:47 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
53:05 - We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
53:09 - Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin
53:30 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
53:32 - Everyone In My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
53:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain
53:55 - I wish to press Starling House into everybody’s hands. (Kaytee)
54:00 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
54:08 - The Novel Neighbor
56:10 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
56:29 - I wish everyone would try a book flight. (Meredith)
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