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Season 7, Episode 46: Witchy Names + All About Morning Reading

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Release Date: 06/23/2025

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

  • Bookish Moments: reading at the beach and sisterly bookish tattoos

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

  • Deep Dive: all the ins and outs of morning reading

  • 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)

4:12 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

4:35 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore

5:23 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

6:31 - Literally A Bookshop

1:37 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

7:02 - Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

9:45 - Our Current Reads

10:03 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge (Meredith)

13:55 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

13:56 - Recursion by Blake Crouch

14:06 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier

15:20 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

15:38 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Kaytee)

17:44 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

17:48 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 

19:49 - Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGregor (Meredith)

20:59 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

26:11 - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (Kaytee)

26:14 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

26:17 - CR Season 7: Episode 40

31:40 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Meredith)

37:20 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston (Kaytee)

41:58 - All About Morning Reading

43:25 - The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

50:48 - Jobs to be Done by David Farber

50:59 - The Six Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

55:30 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:38 - If you are interested in adding to your bookish life, do it in the form of a book club. (Meredith)

59:34 - I co-sign Meredith’s wish this week! (Kaytee)

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