Season 7, Episode 41: Poolside Reading + Bookish Friends' Best Books Of 2024
Release Date: 05/19/2025
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing: Unique or Shared!: We give you a statement that may make us either unique or shared, and discuss! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 2:52 - Unique Or Shared 3:22 - I am the worst library user ever. (Roxanna) 5:21 - by Jessica Townsend 12:37 - I love a buzzy book moment. (Mary) 14:23 - by Taylor Jenkins Reid 14:46 - by Rebecca Yarros 14:47...
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Season 7, Episode 47: Reading Life Temp Check + Pressing Books Into Each Other's Hands
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: readerly badges and DNFing books Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: we check in on our reading lives and press book into the other’s hands 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 of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 2:19 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 8:02 -...
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Season 7, Episode 46: Witchy Names + All About Morning Reading
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Season 7, Episode 45: Send Your Listener Press + Summer Is For The Youths
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Season 7, Episode 44: Sick Reading + To Skim Or Not To Skim
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Season 7, Episode 43: Bookish Get Togethers + Virtual Reading Retreats
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: bookish get togethers and bookish connection events Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: the ins and outs of a virtual reading retreat 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 of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:32 - Ad For Ourselves 1:45 - 3:41 - Our Bookish Moments...
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Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 11: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Season 7, Episode 42: Replant Your Reading + How To Talk About Books In The Wild
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading slumps and how to replant your reading life Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: how to talk about books “in the wild” 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 of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:21 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 7:18 - Our Current...
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Season 7, Episode 41: Poolside Reading + Bookish Friends' Best Books Of 2024
Currently Reading
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: poolside reading and friends who know your reading tastes Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: it’s finally time to let you know the bookish friends’ best books of 2024! 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 of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 2:30 - Our...
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Season 7, Episode 40: Bookish Friends Step Up + Boss My TBR
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: shifting our perspectives and bookish friends stepping up Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: we are bossing some more TBRs 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 of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 1:23 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 5:36 - Our Current Reads...
info_outlineOn this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: poolside reading and friends who know your reading tastes
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
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Deep Dive: it’s finally time to let you know the bookish friends’ best books of 2024!
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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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2:30 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
6:42 - Our Current Reads
6:47 - Tempest by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee)
10:31 - Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Meredith)
19:41 - The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb (Kaytee)
19:56 - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
21:40 - Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
24:19 - Campfires & Corpses by Nikki Weber (Meredith)
28:10 - Woodworking by Emily St. James (Kaytee)
28:45 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
31:59 - This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead (Meredith)
37:33 - Bookish Friends’ Best Books of 2024
40:11 - The Women by Kristen Hannah (#4)
40:13 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (#4)
40:17 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare (#4)
40:40 - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (#3)
40:45 - Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (#1)
40:47 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (#1)
43:36 - James by Percival Everett
43:37 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
43:38 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach
44:35 - In An Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
44:57 - The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
45:13 - All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
45:30 - You Are Here by David Nicholls
45:31 - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
45:47 - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner
46:23 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (#1 disliked)
46:26 - The Fury by Alex Michalides (#2 disliked)
46:30 - Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (#3 disliked)
46:33 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (#3 disliked)
46:47 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
46:48 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
46:56 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
47:05 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
47:13 - The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
47:15 - All This and More by Peng Shepherd
47:30 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
49:18 - What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan
50:13 - Meet Us At The Fountain
50:17 - I wish to press This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan. (Kaytee)
50:19 - This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan
52:38 - Shawnathemom on Instagram
54:31 - I wish book slumps weren’t a thing. (Meredith)
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