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Season 6, Episode 24: Read Alouds + The Evolution of Roxanna's Reading Life

Currently Reading

Meredith Schwartz

Allthebooks, Books, Read, Arts, Bookpodcast, Reading, Whatshouldireadnext, Society & Culture

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

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

  • Bookish Moments: reading aloud to our kiddos and bookish Legos

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

  • Deep Dive: How Roxanna has evolved to read more sci-fi, fantasy and romance

  • 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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:35 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

1:59 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo

4:16 - Lego Hotel (Lego Bookshop is sold out on their website)

6:39 - Our Current Reads

6:43 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Roxanna)

6:51 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister

10:32 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan

12:07 - The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella (Kaytee)

12:14 - The Poisoned Pen

12:42 - Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland by Lewis Caroll

14:10 - The Looking Glass Illusion by Sara Ella

16:36 - Small Change by Roan Parrish (Roxanna, Amazon Link)

17:54 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

21:53 - The Vacation by John Marrs (Kaytee)

27:20 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Roxanna)

27:26 - CR Season 2, Episode 8

30:38 - One Sunny Afternoon by Rowan Jette Knox (Kaytee)

31:15 - Love Lives Here by Rowan Jette Knox

32:56 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller

33:09 - Libro.fm

34:06 - Deep Dive: Roxanna’s Evolution As A Reader

34:15 - CR Season 3, Episode 5 (Roxanna’s first episode introduction)

34:54 - Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

37:49 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

38:08 - Get Booked Podcast (no longer running but old episodes are available!)

39:02 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

41:11 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

44:44 - A Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark

43:58 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

44:04 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

48:26 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

52:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:45 - I wish people would lean into whatever season they are in with their reading lives .(Roxanna)

52:59 - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

53:07 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski

53:13 - Wintering by Katherine May

53:21 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

53:23 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

53:53 - I wish to be read aloud to long after I age out of being read to. (Kaytee)

54:14 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey readers, welcome to the currently reading podcast. We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've read recently.

0:18.0

And as you already know, we don't shy away from having strong opinions, so be ready.

0:23.2

We're light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk,

0:26.1

and our descriptions will always be spoiler free.

0:29.0

Today, we'll discuss our current reads,

0:31.0

a bookish deep dive, and then we'll visit the fountain.

0:33.4

I'm Katie Kopp, a homeschooling mom of four living in Arizona, and I am lighting up my reading life

0:39.7

in more ways than one.

0:41.4

And I'm Roxanna Casam Kara, a mom, a marketer, and a mood reader living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

0:47.8

And this January, I'm all about amping up the delight.

0:51.1

This is episode number 24 of season 6, and we're so glad you're here.

0:54.8

Amping up delight.

0:56.2

We've got light and delight in our bright side pictures.

0:59.8

I'm excited.

1:01.2

All right, Roxanna, I'm excited to record with you today. I'm going to let everyone

1:04.4

know here at the top of the show that we're going to do a small little peak behind the

1:09.3

curtain at your breeding life today for our deep dive we're going to talk about embracing your

1:14.3

sci-fi fantasy era because everybody's talking eras right now so I'm calling this your

1:19.4

sci-fian-fansi era but before we do that we'll get started the way we always do with our bookish moments of the week. What is yours, my friend?

1:26.4

Well, I talked about delight in my bite size intro, and my bookish moment is actually one of the things that is bringing me delight.

1:33.1

So this week I am reading Ann Gables with my nine-year-old daughter Kiran and it is so delightful.

1:40.7

I can't even tell you.

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