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

• Bookish Moments: bookish festival meetups and poop books for potty training

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

• Deep Dive: answering questions about our thoughts on bookish villains

• 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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2:56 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:13 - The Tucson Festival of Books

Please RSVP to [email protected] if you’re going to come Saturday, March 9!

5:52 - Everybody Poops by Justine Avery

5:58 - Potty by Leslie Patricelli

6:17 - Poopasaurus by Plum Coconut (Amazon link)

6:18 - Dino Potty by Sara Conway

6:33 - P is for Potty by Naomi Kleinberg

6:35 - The New Potty by Mercer Mayer (Amazon link)

6:58 - It Hurts When I Poop! by Howard J. Bennett

7:05 - Bunny’s Big Problem by Simone Majetich (Amazon link)

7:37 - Poop There It Is by Little Hippo Books (Amazon link)

10:08 - Our Current Reads

10:22 - Something Close to Magic by Emma Mills (Kaytee)

10:29 - The Novel Neighbor

10:42 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

13:18 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Meredith)

15:25 - The Nowhere Bookshop

17:34 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

16:36 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

19:05 - Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz

20:25 - My Friend the Octopus by Lindsay Galvin (Kaytee, Blackwell’s UK link)

23:23 - The Magic All Around by Jennifer Moorman (Meredith)

29:24 - Libro.fm

30:17 - Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina (Kaytee)

30:24 - Capital Books on K

32:02 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson

32:32 - Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina

33:19 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara (Meredith)

34:43 - Currently Reading Patreon

34:50 - Fabled Bookshop

36:55 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

36:57 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

37:23 - All Things Bookish Villains

40:25 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara

42:02 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

42:56 - The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

43:42 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

44:31 - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

45:06 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

45:08 - The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

45:24 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

48:12 - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

48:58 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

50:21 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

51:00 - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

51:38 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

53:11 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

54:12 - Meet Us At The Fountain

54:20 - I wish to press How the Word Is Passed by Cint Smith into listeners’ hands. (Kaytee)

54:21 - How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith

56:03 - I wish listeners would stop using the Patreon app to listen to our content and add patreon to wherever they listen to other podcasts. (Meredith)

57:02 - Check our Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast for the video instructions to add Patreon to your podcast feed.

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