Season 8, Episode 26: The End Of An Era + Why We Re-Read

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

• Bookish Moments: stickers on books and book metaphors

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

• Deep Dive: if we re-read and why

• 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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3:06 - Ad For Ourselves

3:49 - NYT Article about book podcasts “Seven Podcasts for Bookworms”

6:16 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

6:22 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 

7:32 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

14:14 - Our Current Reads

14:25 - The Q by Beth Brower (Roxanna)

14:30 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

18:22 - For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn

20:18 - Lock In by John Scalzi (Meredith)

23:30 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

26:41 - The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine (Roxanna)

29:53 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

32:46 - The Governess and the Rogue by Mimi Matthews (Meredith)

35:26 - The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews

35:28 - Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews

38:25 - A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (Roxanna)

43:00 - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Meredith)

47:44 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

52:34 - Deep Dive: Why We Re-Read

56:59 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

57:42 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower 

1:00:02 - Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

1:01:11 - Getting Things Done by David Allen

1:01:15 - Essentialism by Greg McKeown

1:01:21 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

1:01:36 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

1:02:09 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

1:02:22 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

1:02:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain

1:04:18 - I wish to bring back the Currently Reading literary society. (Roxanna)

1:05:03 - @roxannathereader on Instagram

1:06:00 - I want to highlight the show Bookish on PBS. (Meredith)

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