Season 7, Episode 34: Reading What We Want + Our Reading Life Temp Checks

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

• Bookish Moments: reading what we want and bookish get togethers

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

• Deep Dive: we check in on our reading lives

• 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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1:40 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

2:17 - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

4:19 - Warwick’s

5:29 - Our Current Reads

8:03 - The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda (Meredith)

13:37 - Confessions by Kanae Minato

14:25 - Mrs. Death Misses Death by Salenda Godden (Kaytee)

15:05 - Foyles Bookstore

19:52 - The Joy of Watercolor by Emma Block (Meredith)

21:43 - The Big Book of Watercolor by Mallery Jane

22:27 - Keeping a Creative Sketchbook by Emma Block

28:36 - House of Frank by Kay Synclaire (Kaytee)

28:48 - Ezeekat on Instagram

28:57 - Ezeekat Press

34:14 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

34:18 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

34:49 - Burn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard (Meredith)

36:40 - Blackwell’s UK

38:46 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

38:48 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

38:52 - Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard

40:21 - The Resurrectionist by A. Raye Dunlap (Kaytee)

40:38 - Fabled Bookshop

40:43 - Aardvark books

46:04 - James by Percival Everett

47:04 - Our Reading Life Temp Checks

58:54 - Meet Us At The Fountain

59:19 - I wish there was a “previously in” page for series books. (Meredith)

1:00:49 - I wish for a reading repair manual. (Kaytee)

1:02:13 - Safe and Sound by Mercury Stardust

1:02:25 - The Pool Care Handbook by Swim University

 

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