Season 8, Episode 6: Octogenarians in the Spotlight + Diving into Reading Deeply

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

• Bookish Moments: being told what to read by our past selves + insomnia reading on my kindle

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

• Deep Dive: how to read deeply

• 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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1:30 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

2:01 - The September House by Carissa Orlando

5:26 - Our Current Reads

5:33 - The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi (Meredith) [releases September 30]

8:16 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 

10:49 - Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun (Kaytee)

14:23 - The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

14:28 - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

14:50 - We Spread by Iain Reid (Meredith) 

16:39 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

16:42 - Foe by Iain Reid

20:41 - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei (Kaytee) 

23:07 - Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

23:18 - The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborty

24:21 - Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (Meredith)

28:47 - Stuart Little by E. B. White 

29:58 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

31:32 - This Is Happiness by Niall Williams (Kaytee)

36:24 - Time of the Child by Niall Williams

36:54 - Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar

37:11 - How and When to Read Deeply

37:45 - Currently Reading: A Journey to Three Pines series

40:33 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

43:31 - Babel by R. F. Kuang

50:33 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 

55:31 - Still Life by Louise Penny

58:06 - Meet Us At The Fountain

58:12 - I wish my iPhone would make automated actions easier for handling my screenshots. (Meredith)

1:02:28 - I wish that we would all come up with our list of Slam Dunks. (Kaytee)

1:05:42 - Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin

1:06:47 - Chrissie on Instagram and at Sarah’s Bookshelves

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