Season 5, Episode 45: Special Guest Jaysen Headley @Ezeekat
Currently Reading
Meredith Schwartz
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by special guest Jaysen Headley, and are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: sick reading, a surprise book from an author, and breaking other people’s reading
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
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Deep Dive: we talk all things Ezeekat and get to know the man behind the accounts
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The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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1:48 - Jaysen Headley (Ezeekat) on Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, Twitter and Twitch
3:24 - Bookish Moment of the Week
6:08 - The Spells We Cast by Jason June (Pre-order amazon link)
7:43 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
8:44 - Current Reads
9:04 - Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulson (Kaytee)
11:05 - Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulson
12:00 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Jaysen)
15:56 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
18:14 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
19:57 - The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (Meredith)
20:04 - The Push by Ashley Audrain
22:03 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
23:58 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
24:57 - The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (Kaytee)
28:26 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
28:55 - Ander & Santi Were Here by Johnny Garza Villa (Jaysen)
29:16 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
32:52 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
33:28 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
35:14 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (Meredith)
35:36 - Fabled Bookshop
35:42 - Sarah’s Bookshelves
38:49 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
39:56 - Deep Dive: All Things Jason Headly AKA Ezeekat
43:02 - Jaysen on BookTok
43:03 - Jaysen on Instagram
43:35 - Jaysen on Twitch
46:15 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
46:16 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
46:20 - Ander & Santi Were Here by Johnny Garza Villa
46:46 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
47:34 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
47:35 - Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
49:41 - Still Life (Three Pines #1) by Louise Penny
55:33 - Jaysen on Patreon
56:57 - My Shelfie game
57:11 - Ex Libris game
57:23 - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
58:06 - Artisans of Splendent Vale game
58:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain
59:12 - I wish everyone would read A Psalm for the Wild Built (Kaytee)
59:12 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
59:23 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
1:00:24 - A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers
1:00:51 - I wish Booknet Fest is successful and all goes well! (Jaysen)
1:02:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
102:38 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
1:02:40 - The Toll by Neal Shusterman
1:02:46 - Gleaning by Neal Shusterman
1:03:57 - Fairyloot
1:04:25 - My wish is that you follow Jaysen everywhere! (Meredith)
Jaysen Headley (Ezeekat) on Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, Twitter and Twitch
1:04:52 - CR Season 5: Episode 39
Connect With Us:
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Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've |
| 0:17.8 | read recently and as you know we won't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. |
| 0:24.1 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk and our descriptions will always |
| 0:27.5 | be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.8 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll visit the fountain. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm Meredith Munde Schwartz, a mom of four and full time CEO living in Austin, Texas and |
| 0:38.4 | making new bookish friends makes me so happy. |
| 0:41.8 | And I'm Katie Com. |
| 0:42.8 | A homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico and I love when social media peer pressure |
| 0:47.5 | is a good thing. |
| 0:48.9 | This is episode number 45 of season five and we are so glad you're here. |
| 0:53.1 | Oh my gosh, we are so incredibly glad to have you here because you guys, we have a |
| 0:58.4 | very special guest joining us on the show and I feel like we need to thank so many of |
| 1:03.2 | you that we have this special guest joining us today is the book talker and YouTuber |
| 1:10.6 | and bookstagrammer Easy Cat otherwise known as Jason, headly. |
| 1:15.7 | We are so glad to have you with us today Jason. |
| 1:18.9 | Oh, thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:20.8 | I'm really glad to be here. |
| 1:21.8 | Yeah, one day all of a sudden there are a whole bunch of people that were your fans in |
| 1:26.9 | my comments. |
| 1:27.9 | They're like, you have to go on the show and I'm like, what has happened? |
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