On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing:

• Season Six In Review: interesting stats, regrets, and exciting upcoming content!

• 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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3:06 - Season Six In Review

The most downloaded episode of the season

4:05 - CR Season 6: Episode 25 w/Jamie Golden and Knox McCoy

5:42 - CR Season 6: Episode 22 - Our Favorite Books of 2023

5:58 - Minisode - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Books of 2023

Favorite individual episodes

7:03 - CR Season 6: Episode 12 - Recapping our European Travels (Kaytee)

7:38 - CR Season 6: Episode 35 - Wishes to the Book Fairy (Kaytee and Meredith)

9:34 - CR Season 6: Episode 2 - Boss Each Other’s TBR (Meredith)

9:50 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

9:53 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Books we brought that added to the experience by talking about them

12:49 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)

13:01 - Erasure by Percival Everett

13:34 - The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (Meredith)

14:30 - New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (Kaytee)

15:42 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine (Meredith and Kaytee)

16:30 - @ezeekat

17:27 - Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter (Meredith)

17:27 - Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Adam Foley #1, Meredith)

18:16 - The Exchange by John Grisham

18:44 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (Kaytee)

20:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)

20:24 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith)

20:46 - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

27:17 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Meredith)

21:20 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Meredith)

Regrets from season six?

22:14 - That my podcast listening was impacted by life changes (Kaytee)

26:04 - That I allowed criticism to drown out the positive sometimes (Meredith)

Is there anything new coming to Currently Reading?

32:48 - We are debuting Love and Chili Peppers the day after this episode airs! You can listen to the first episode in the main feed, and then the rest will be on Patreon!

35:28 - We will reintroduce our videos on Patreon

35:46 - Quarterly From The Editor’s Desk with Bunmi Ishola

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