On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: back to buddy reading and book bundles
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: books that surprised you all the way through
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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1:46 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:55 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
2:19 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
2:41 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
6:38 - Our Current Reads
9:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower (Roxanna)
9:04 - Libby
9:29 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
14:15 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
14:41 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer (Kaytee)
17:19 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
19:37 - Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Roxanna)
25:00 - Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend
27:41 - Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong (Kaytee)
31:09 - The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman (Roxanna)
33:05 - Type Books Canada
34:45 - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
33:47 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
36:19 - Audre & Bash are Just Friends by Tia Williams (Kaytee)
36:30 - Libro.fm
36:38 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
39:24 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
40:52 - Books that Zigged When You Thought They’d Zag
41:45 - The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman
45:03 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark
45:19 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
46:02 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore
46:43 - Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross
46:47 - Fabled Bookshop
48:05 - Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
49:15 - I Keep My Worries In My Teeth by Anna Cox
49:23 - Commonplace Books
50:51 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
50:53 - Parnassus Books
50:55 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
50:58 - The Novel Neighbor
51:00 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
51:03 - An Unlikely Story
51:07 - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
51:33 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain
52:10 - Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley
53:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain
53:45 - I wish to press The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt. (Roxanna)
53:54 - The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt
56:06 - I wish Libby would bring back “Deliver Later”. (Kaytee)
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