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🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: disappointing kindles and random things as wrappers
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: letting you know the bookish people, places, and podcasts we love
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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1:50 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
2:07 - Kindle Colorsoft
5:16 - Kindle Paperwhite
10:16 - Our Current Reads
10:27 - The Killing Season by Mason Cross (Meredith)
12:46 - The Book Drop
15:25 - The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood (Kaytee)
17:19 - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
19:00 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
19:47 - The Grip of It by Jack Jemc (Meredith)
22:43 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
23:35 - House of Leaves by Mark DanielewskiÂ
23:36 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
24:59 - Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide (Kaytee)
26:46 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
26:48 - One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
27:24 - Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
28:22 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara (Meredith)
32:35 - Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper (Kaytee)
34:50 - Content Bookstore
35:40 - Spreading Bookish Love
35:53 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
37:33 - @wacoreads on Instagram
37:38 - @anunlikelystory on Instagram
37:46 - @mother.horror on Instagram
37:54 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram
38:12 - @lizisreading_ on Instagram
38:36 - @jessielynnweaver on Instagram
38:38 - @joyinabook on Instagram
38:56 - @fictionmatters on Instagram
39:22 - @parnassusbooks on Instagram
39:34 - @barbarakingsolver on Instagram
39:49 - @novelneighbor on Instagram
39:54 - @fabledbookshop on InstagramÂ
40:16 - @kingsenglishbookshop on Instagram
40:17 - @charterbooks on InstagramÂ
40:22 - @schulerbooks on Instagram Â
40:30 - @brightsidebookshop on Instagram
40:38 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live podcast
40:39 - Hearts and Daggers Podcast
40:42 - Diving In Podcast
40:53 - @ezeekat on Instagram
41:23 - @monsieurmarple on Instagram
41:38 - @megs.tea.room on Instagram
41:45 - @bookhuddle on Instagram
41:56 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
42:06 - @tbretc on Instagram
42:06 - Book Talk, Etc. Podcast
42:16 - TBR, etc. Youtube
42:24 - @suonnahbooks on Instagram
44:03 - @thisone0verhere on InstagramÂ
44:15 - @davidgatepoet on Instagram
44:37 - @novelvisits on Instagram
45:42 - @readlexyread on Instagram
47:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain
47:23 - I wish for you to listen to Ep. 243 of Laura Tremaine’s 10 Things To Tell You Podcast. (Meredith)
48:24 - Ep. 239 w/Meredith on Laura Tremaine’s 10 Things To Tell You podcast
48:45 - I wish for everyone to plan their holiday reading. (Kaytee)
49:15 - Christmas in Rose Bend by Naima Simone
49:21 - Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
49:26 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
49:29 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith
49:30 - Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
49:32 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
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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. |
0:19.0 | And as you know, we won't shy away |
0:21.7 | from having strong opinions, so get ready. |
0:24.3 | We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always |
0:28.7 | be spoiler-free. |
0:30.3 | Today we'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive, and then we'll visit The Fountain. |
0:34.7 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas. |
0:39.7 | And once again, Jeff Bezos disappoints. |
0:43.8 | Oh, no. |
0:45.2 | I was hoping we'd talk about this. |
0:47.0 | I am Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in Arizona. |
0:50.8 | And this week, I've recognized my inner animal. |
0:53.7 | This is episode number 16 of season |
0:55.9 | seven, and we are so glad you're here. All right, Katie, well, it has definitely been a week. |
1:01.1 | We will tell everybody we are recording today on Saturday, November 9th, just to kind of orient |
1:07.5 | people to where we are in the world, on the calendar. And we have, you know, there's just |
1:14.0 | been a week, but this is our little bookish area of comfort and joy. We're creating this safe |
1:19.0 | space to talk about books and joy and normalcy, and we love it. Yes, definitely. In fact, |
1:27.0 | this week, we are going to deep dive on |
1:29.8 | the goodness that you can find on the bookish internet. Bookstagram, great people to follow, |
1:37.3 | amazing bookstores that have amazing social media presence, just like shouting out and spreading |
1:42.1 | some love because that feels lovely. |
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