Season 8, Episode 38: A Revisit to Episode 8 - Getting Through A Reading Slump
Release Date: 04/27/2026
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On this episode of Currently Reading, we are revisiting an episode from season 1! On episode 8, Meredith and Kaytee discussed reading slumps and how to get through them. Kaytee is bopping around the world, so we hope you enjoy this blast to the past. (head on over to the original show notes to see the photos Meredith references in her bookish moment) Bookish Moments: lovely neighbors and bucket list trips with friends Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: reading slumps, how we deal with them, and some book recs to help get...
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info_outlineOn this episode of Currently Reading, we are revisiting an episode from season 1! On episode 8, Meredith and Kaytee discussed reading slumps and how to get through them. Kaytee is bopping around the world, so we hope you enjoy this blast to the past. (head on over to the original show notes HERE to see the photos Meredith references in her bookish moment)
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Bookish Moments: lovely neighbors and bucket list trips with friends
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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: reading slumps, how we deal with them, and some book recs to help get you through them
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Books We Want To Press Into Your Hands: each host brings a book they want everyone to read
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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5:12 - Moonlight in Vermont AirBnB in Stowe, VT
6:54 - Bear Pond Books in Stowe, Vermont
7:45 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (Kaytee)
7:58 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
10:22 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Meredith)
10:30 - Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
13:00 - Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (Kaytee)
13:25 - How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
13:30 - How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
15:51 - Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
17:24 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (Meredith)
20:12 - A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult (Kaytee)
21:40 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
25:36 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (Meredith)
27:13 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
28:00 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
28:42 - The Vanderbeeker’s of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
33:28 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
34:11 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
39:40 - Calypso by David Sedaris
40:39 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
41:13 - Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris
43:47 -Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz
43:53 - Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz
46:15 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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