Currently Reading Podcast

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

• Bookish Moments: losing track of time reading and bookish vanity plates

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

• Deep Dive: books we think would make great book club picks

• 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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1:19 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:29 - Snap by Belinda Bauer

6:34 - Our Current Reads

6:48 - The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig (Meredith)

10:13 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

10:33 - It by Stephen King

11:59 - The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko (Kaytee)

12:03 - Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

14:24 - Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

15:13 - Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

16:06 - How to Be A Saint by Kate Sidley (Meredith)

21:45 - Of Time and Turtles by Sy Montgomery (Kaytee)

21:53 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

26:46 - The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (Meredith)

27:01 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

32:54 - State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton

34:20 - The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (Kaytee)

34:27 - The King’s English Bookshop

36:49 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman

38:36 - Our Book Club Recs

39:22 - Currently Reading Patreon

40:34 - The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

44:27 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

44:38 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie

46:04 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge

48:11 - The Push by Ashley Audrain

49:19 - The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

50:15 - One of the Boys by Jayne Cowie

51:24 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

51:25 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

51:27 - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

51:45 - Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

52:06 - CR Season 6: Episode 2

52:42 - Check out our Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast for our book club post!

52:54 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:02 - I wish that if you don’t already follow us on Instagram, to do so now. (Meredith)

53:07 - @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram

53:35 - I wish to reformat my bookish hard drive (Kaytee)

51:34 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

51:37 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

51:38 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November’s’s IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: a poem a day + excitement over release days

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

• Deep Dive: we discuss your top books from 2019-2024 and draw the giveaway winner

• 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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1:59 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:07 - The Poetry Foundation's Poem of the Day

2:27 - A Rebellion of Care by David Gate

3:55 - The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

4:34 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

6:02 - Our Current Reads

6:08 - The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (Kaytee)

8:21- A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

9:03 - The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman (Meredith)

10:11 - Words Matter Bookshop

10:40 - The Magic All Around by Jennifer Moorman

14:17 - The Bookshop by Evan Friss (Kaytee)

15:12 - Parnassus Books

17:29 - Exile in Bookville

17:58 - Books - A Manifesto: Or, How to Build A Library by Ian Patterson (Meredith, Goldsboro link)

20:16 - Goldsboro Books UK

24:16 - The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

26:03 - I Leave It Up To You by Jinwoo Chong (Kaytee)

29:05 - Flux by Jinwoo Chong (amazon link)

29:34 - The Wasp Trap by Michael Edwards (Meredith)

32:45 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

33:09 - Listeners' Top Ranked Books

35:11 - Giveaway Post to see other listeners' best books! (reminder - giveaway is CLOSED)

42:17 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

42:32 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

42:43 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

42:56 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

43:06 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

43:07 - Still Life by Louise Penny

43:59 - Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

44:03 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

44:08 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

44:16 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

44:18 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Giveaway Winner Christie's Reads

47:25 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen

47:27 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

47:30 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

47:33 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

47:35 - The Anxious Generation by Johnathan Haidt

47:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

48:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:22 - I wish to tell you about the gold star item I found for reading and sleep. (Kaytee)

48:32 - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

48:47 - Bloom

51:30 - I wish for you to try more specific ASMR rooms or listening to playlists for books. (Meredith)

51:34 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

51:37 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

51:38 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November's's IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: a poem a day + excitement over release days

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

• Deep Dive: we discuss your top books from 2019-2024 and draw the giveaway winner

• 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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1:59 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:07 - The Poetry Foundation’s Poem of the Day

2:27 - A Rebellion of Care by David Gate

3:55 - The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

4:34 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

6:02 - Our Current Reads

6:08 - The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (Kaytee)

8:21- A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

9:03 - The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman (Meredith)

10:11 - Words Matter Bookshop

10:40 - The Magic All Around by Jennifer Moorman

14:17 - The Bookshop by Evan Friss (Kaytee)

15:12 - Parnassus Books

17:29 - Exile in Bookville

17:58 - Books - A Manifesto: Or, How to Build A Library by Ian Patterson (Meredith, Goldsboro link) 

20:16 - Goldsboro Books UK

24:16 - The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler 

26:03 - I Leave It Up To You by Jinwoo Chong (Kaytee)

29:05 - Flux by Jinwoo Chong (amazon link)

29:34 - The Wasp Trap by Michael Edwards (Meredith)

32:45 - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

33:09 - Listeners’ Top Ranked Books

35:11 - Giveaway Post to see other listeners’ best books! (reminder - giveaway is CLOSED)

42:17 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

42:32 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

42:43 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

42:56 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

43:06 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

43:07 - Still Life by Louise Penny

43:59 - Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

44:03 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

44:08 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

44:16 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

44:18 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Giveaway Winner Christie’s Reads

47:25 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen

47:27 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

47:30 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

47:33 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

47:35 - The Anxious Generation by Johnathan Haidt

47:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

48:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:22 - I wish to tell you about the gold star item I found for reading and sleep. (Kaytee)

48:32 - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

48:47 - Bloom

51:30 - I wish for you to try more specific ASMR rooms or listening to playlists for books. (Meredith)

51:34 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

51:37 - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

51:38 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November’s’s IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you've read the book before listening to the episode.

As you've come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes.

Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode.

3:15 - Putting the Book Into Context

The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

Published Aug 26, 2014 by Minotaur Books

4.07 rating on Goodreads

Seasonal setting - Summer

Book Awards: Finalist for the Agatha Award for best novel, but did not win, nor win any other awards.

Critic Reviews

Meredith's and Roxanna's encounters with the book

13:17 - The Setup

11:21 - A Deeper Exploration

First paragraph

The pacing of the novel

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Unlikeable main AND side characters

No actual murder mystery to solve

Prose and plot do not compliment one another. Prose is beautiful.

P.92 quote

Is there a villain?

P.138 quote

Portrayal of Ruth

P.362 quote

Themes: redemption, Clara's arc to confidence, the long way home

Canadian elements

1:03:18 - Superlatives

Favorite Scenes

Character MVP

Biggest loser

Best food description

Is this book skippable?

No spoilers this episode!

The next book will be The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November's's IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode.

As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes. 

Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode.

3:15 - Putting the Book Into Context

The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

Published Aug 26, 2014 by Minotaur Books

4.07 rating on Goodreads

Seasonal setting - Summer

Book Awards: Finalist for the Agatha Award for best novel, but did not win, nor win any other awards.

Critic Reviews

Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book

13:17 - The Setup

11:21 - A Deeper Exploration

First paragraph

The pacing of the novel

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

Unlikeable main AND side characters

No actual murder mystery to solve

Prose and plot do not compliment one another. Prose is beautiful.

P.92 quote

Is there a villain?

P.138 quote

Portrayal of Ruth

P.362 quote

Themes: redemption, Clara’s arc to confidence, the long way home

Canadian elements

1:03:18 - Superlatives

Favorite Scenes

Character MVP

Biggest loser

Best food description

Is this book skippable?

No spoilers this episode! 

The next book will be The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November’s’s IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: audiobook samples and author shoutouts

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

• Deep Dive: books we’ve recently set aside 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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1:26 - Ad For Ourselves

4:27 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

6:09 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

9:50 - Our Current Reads

10:22 - Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins (Meredith)

13:50 - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

13:54 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare

14:36 - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Kaytee)

14:45 - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

14:51 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

18:04 - What the Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller  (Meredith)

18:54 - The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

23:07 - Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (Kaytee)

23:26 - Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

26:15 - Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

26:54 - The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury (Meredith, amazon link)

30:37 - The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

31:52 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Kaytee)

32:13 - Waterstones

32:14 - Blackwell’s

34:16 - The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell

38:20 - Books We Recently DNF’d

40:47 - Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (Meredith NRN)

43:30 - All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman (Kaytee DNF)

45:16 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Meredith DNF with prejudice)

47:47 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

48:11 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

49:50 - We Are the Light by Matthew Quick (Kaytee DNF with prejudice)

51:58 - The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

52:30 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Meredith - not sure!)

53:42 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

53:49 - A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

55:01 - Fire by John Boyne (Kaytee DNF)

55:14 - Water by John Boyne

55:15 - Earth by John Boyne

55:16 - Air by John Boyne

55:18 - The Elements by John Boyne (all 4 novellas combined)

55:27 - Blackwell’s

56:45 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

57:46 -  Sarah’s Bookshelves Live - The Elements by John Boyne discussion (only for patreon subscribers)

58:34 - Meet Us At The Fountain

59:14 - I wish for author Cameos. (Meredith)

59:17 - Cameo

1:01:17 - I wish for a reading merit badge. (Kaytee)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November’s’s IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: audiobook samples and author shoutouts

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

• Deep Dive: books we've recently set aside 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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1:26 - Ad For Ourselves

4:27 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

6:09 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

9:50 - Our Current Reads

10:22 - Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins (Meredith)

13:50 - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

13:54 - 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare

14:36 - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Kaytee)

14:45 - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

14:51 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

18:04 - What the Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (Meredith)

18:54 - The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

23:07 - Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (Kaytee)

23:26 - Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

26:15 - Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

26:54 - The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury (Meredith, amazon link)

30:37 - The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

31:52 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Kaytee)

32:13 - Waterstones

32:14 - Blackwell's

34:16 - The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell

38:20 - Books We Recently DNF'd

40:47 - Buckeye by Patrick Ryan (Meredith NRN)

43:30 - All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman (Kaytee DNF)

45:16 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Meredith DNF with prejudice)

47:47 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

48:11 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

49:50 - We Are the Light by Matthew Quick (Kaytee DNF with prejudice)

51:58 - The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

52:30 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Meredith - not sure!)

53:42 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

53:49 - A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

55:01 - Fire by John Boyne (Kaytee DNF)

55:14 - Water by John Boyne

55:15 - Earth by John Boyne

55:16 - Air by John Boyne

55:18 - The Elements by John Boyne (all 4 novellas combined)

55:27 - Blackwell's

56:45 - The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

57:46 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live - The Elements by John Boyne discussion (only for patreon subscribers)

58:34 - Meet Us At The Fountain

59:14 - I wish for author Cameos. (Meredith)

59:17 - Cameo

1:01:17 - I wish for a reading merit badge. (Kaytee)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. November's's IPL is brought to us from Content Bookstore in Northfield, Minnesota.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: 3D bookish printing and reading too many books at once

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

• Deep Dive: taking our top reads from each year 2019-2024 and ranking them

• 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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1:58 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:09 - Book bone

4:33 - 3D Printer

7:49 - Our Current Reads

7:55 - How to Survive A Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans (Kaytee)

12:17 - Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh (Meredith)

13:41 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

15:34 - Fabled Bookshop

17:05 - A Rebellion of Care by David Gate (Kaytee)

17:24 - @davidgatepoet on Instagram

21:15 - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

24:51 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

24:53 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

25:46 - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Kaytee)

25:56 - The Novel Neighbor

27:25 - The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams

27:27 - The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

28:49 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

29:39 - The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths (Meredith)

34:39 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

35:16 - Ranking Our Favorites From Years Past

Meredith's Top Books 2019-2024

36:36 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (5)

36:41 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (6)

36:46 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2)

36:53 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow (3)

36:58 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (4)

37:05 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (1)

Kaytee's Top Books 2019-2024

37:50 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (3)

37:54 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (4)

38:00 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (1)

38:13 - Babel by RF Kuang (2)

38:16 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (6)

38:18 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (5)

42:19 - The Count of Monte Cristo be Alexandre Dumas

50:57 - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

51:57 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:04 - I wish that I would better prepare for downtime or planned reading. (Kaytee)

54:32 - I wish you would make a top 10 reads every year from now on. (Meredith)

Support Us:

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October's IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: 3D bookish printing and reading too many books at once

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

• Deep Dive: taking our top reads from each year 2019-2024 and ranking them

• 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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1:58 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:09 - Book bone

4:33 - 3D Printer

7:49 - Our Current Reads

7:55 - How to Survive A Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans (Kaytee)

12:17 - Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh (Meredith)

13:41 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

15:34 - Fabled Bookshop

17:05 - A Rebellion of Care by David Gate (Kaytee)

17:24 - @davidgatepoet on Instagram

21:15 - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

24:51 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

24:53 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

25:46 - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Kaytee)

25:56 - The Novel Neighbor

27:25 - The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams

27:27 - The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

28:49 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

29:39 - The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths (Meredith)

34:39 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

35:16 - Ranking Our Favorites From Years Past

Meredith’s Top Books 2019-2024

36:36 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (5)

36:41 - Greenwood by Michael Christie (6)

36:46 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2)

36:53 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow (3)

36:58 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (4) 

37:05 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (1)

Kaytee’s Top Books 2019-2024

37:50 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall (3)

37:54 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi (4)

38:00 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (1)

38:13 - Babel by RF Kuang (2)

38:16 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (6)

38:18 - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (5)

42:19 - The Count of Monte Cristo be Alexandre Dumas

50:57 - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

51:57 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:04 - I wish that I would better prepare for downtime or planned reading. (Kaytee)

54:32 - I wish you would make a top 10 reads every year from now on. (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: accidental reads and jumbled audiobooks

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

• Deep Dive: the way we buy books while traveling

• 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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. 1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:56 - Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen

2:58 - Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton

4:16 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

7:44 - Our Current Reads

7:54 - A Lady's Formula for Love by Elizabeth Everett (Kaytee)

8:04 - The Novel Neighbor

10:47 - Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel by Elizabeth Everett

11:29 - The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline (Meredith)

13:33 - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

17:07 - Raceless by Georgina Lawton (Kaytee)

19:58 - The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron (Meredith)

29:03 - The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (Kaytee)

31:56 - Royal Gambit by Daniel O'Malley (Meredith)

34:07 - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

34:11 - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

34:41 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

37:33 - Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) by Ben Aaronovitch

38:37 - Travel and Book Buying

41:33 - Waterstones

49:26 - The Foldie

51:33 - North Woods by Daniel Mason (UK version)

51:39 - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (UK version)

53:33 - Bookshop

55:56 - Topping & Company

57:50 - Fabled Bookshop

59:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain

59:27 - I wish for a real life excuse note due to reading weather. (Kaytee)

1:00:31 - I wish you would prioritize visiting that local bookstore you've been meaning to visit. (Meredith)

1:01:11 - The Painted Porch Bookshop

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October's IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: accidental reads and jumbled audiobooks

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

• Deep Dive: the way we buy books while traveling

• 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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. 1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

2:56 - Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen

2:58 - Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton

4:16 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

7:44 - Our Current Reads

7:54 - A Lady’s Formula for Love by Elizabeth Everett (Kaytee)

8:04 - The Novel Neighbor 

10:47 - Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel by Elizabeth Everett

11:29 - The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline (Meredith)

13:33 - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline 

17:07 - Raceless by Georgina Lawton (Kaytee)

19:58 - The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron (Meredith)

29:03 - The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (Kaytee)

31:56 - Royal Gambit by Daniel O’Malley (Meredith)

34:07 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

34:11 - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley

34:41 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

37:33 - Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) by Ben Aaronovitch

38:37 - Travel and Book Buying

41:33 - Waterstones

49:26 - The Foldie

51:33 - North Woods by Daniel Mason (UK version)

51:39 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (UK version)

53:33 - Bookshop

55:56 - Topping & Company

57:50 - Fabled Bookshop

59:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain

59:27 - I wish for a real life excuse note due to reading weather. (Kaytee)

1:00:31 - I wish you would prioritize visiting that local bookstore you’ve been meaning to visit. (Meredith)

1:01:11 - The Painted Porch Bookshop

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: back to buddy reading and book bundles

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

• Deep Dive: books that surprised you all the way through

• 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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1:46 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:55 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

2:19 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

2:41 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

6:38 - Our Current Reads

9:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower (Roxanna)

9:04 - Libby

9:29 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

14:15 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery

14:41 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer (Kaytee)

17:19 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

19:37 - Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Roxanna)

25:00 - Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend

27:41 - Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong (Kaytee)

31:09 - The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman (Roxanna)

33:05 - Type Books Canada

34:45 - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

33:47 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

36:19 - Audre & Bash are Just Friends by Tia Williams (Kaytee)

36:30 - Libro.fm

36:38 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

39:24 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

40:52 - Books that Zigged When You Thought They'd Zag

41:45 - The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

45:03 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark

45:19 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

46:02 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore

46:43 - Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross

46:47 - Fabled Bookshop

48:05 - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

49:15 - I Keep My Worries In My Teeth by Anna Cox

49:23 - Commonplace Books

50:51 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

50:53 - Parnassus Books

50:55 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

50:58 - The Novel Neighbor

51:00 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

51:03 - An Unlikely Story

51:07 - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

51:33 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain

52:10 - Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley

53:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:45 - I wish to press The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt. (Roxanna)

53:54 - The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt

56:06 - I wish Libby would bring back "Deliver Later". (Kaytee)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October's IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: back to buddy reading and book bundles

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

• Deep Dive: books that surprised you all the way through

• 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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1:46 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:55 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

2:19 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

2:41 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

6:38 - Our Current Reads

9:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower (Roxanna)

9:04 - Libby

9:29 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

14:15 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery

14:41 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer (Kaytee)

17:19 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

19:37 - Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Roxanna)

25:00 - Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend

27:41 - Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong (Kaytee)

31:09 - The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman (Roxanna)

33:05 - Type Books Canada

34:45 - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

33:47 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

36:19 - Audre & Bash are Just Friends by Tia Williams (Kaytee)

36:30 - Libro.fm 

36:38 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

39:24 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

40:52 - Books that Zigged When You Thought They’d Zag

41:45 - The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

45:03 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark

45:19 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

46:02 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore

46:43 - Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross

46:47 - Fabled Bookshop

48:05 - Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

49:15 - I Keep My Worries In My Teeth by Anna Cox

49:23 - Commonplace Books

50:51 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

50:53 - Parnassus Books

50:55 - Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

50:58 - The Novel Neighbor

51:00 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

51:03 - An Unlikely Story

51:07 - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

51:33 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain

52:10 - Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley

53:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:45 - I wish to press The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt. (Roxanna)

53:54 - The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt

56:06 - I wish Libby would bring back “Deliver Later”. (Kaytee)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: bookish wishes coming true and picture books we love

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

• Deep Dive: Kaytee gets silly about how reading can be dangerous

• 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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1:34 - Ad For Ourselves

4:33 - Currently Reading Patreon

5:02 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:50 - The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

7:08 - Novel Neighbor

8:09 - Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson

8:17 - Dog Eared Books

9:34 - Our Current Reads

9:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower (Meredith)

10:00 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Brower

16:03 - A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh (Kaytee)

16:11 - An Unlikely Story

20:09 - 44 Poems on Being with Each Other by Padraig O Tuama (Meredith)

20:18 - Poetry Unbound podcast

24:24 - In the Shelter by Padraig O Tuama

24:40 - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

25:37 - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (Kaytee)

26:27 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

32:45 - Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand (Meredith)

34:18 - Feral and Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann

37:41 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

38:11 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

38:40 - Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi (Kaytee)

42:16 - Deep Dive: When Reading Gets Dangerous

46:08 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

51:05 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:07 - I wish that more books came in volumes. (Meredith)

51:18 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower

53:10 - I wish to press an Immense World by Ed Yong. (Kaytee)

53:11 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

53:15 - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

54:15 - An Immense World by Ed Yong (young reader's edition)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October's IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: bookish wishes coming true and picture books we love

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

• Deep Dive: Kaytee gets silly about how reading can be dangerous

• 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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1:34 - Ad For Ourselves

4:33 - Currently Reading Patreon

5:02 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:50 - The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

7:08 - Novel Neighbor

8:09 - Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson

8:17 - Dog Eared Books

9:34 - Our Current Reads

9:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower (Meredith)

10:00 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Brower

16:03 - A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh (Kaytee)

16:11 - An Unlikely Story

20:09 - 44 Poems on Being with Each Other by Padraig O Tuama (Meredith)

20:18 - Poetry Unbound podcast

24:24 - In the Shelter by Padraig O Tuama

24:40 - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

25:37 - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (Kaytee)

26:27 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

32:45 - Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand (Meredith)

34:18 - Feral and Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann

37:41 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

38:11 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

38:40 - Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi (Kaytee)

42:16 - Deep Dive: When Reading Gets Dangerous

46:08 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

51:05 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:07 - I wish that more books came in volumes. (Meredith)

51:18 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol.1 by Beth Brower

53:10 - I wish to press an Immense World by Ed Yong. (Kaytee)

53:11 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

53:15 - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

54:15 - An Immense World by Ed Yong (young reader’s edition)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. October’s IPL takes us back to one of our anchor stores, The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: car picnics and even more bookshelves!

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

• Deep Dive: all about narrative POVs - do they matter? do we like one more than the other?

• 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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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:04 - Awake by Jen Hatmaker

4:44 - BookPeople

9:45 - Our Current Reads

9:53 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Kaytee)

13:22 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

13:26 - Currently Reading Patreon to access Popcorn in the Pages

14:03 - Majesty by Katharine McGee

14:53 - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (Meredith)

18:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

18:06 - The Spellshop by Sara Beth Durst

18:16 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

19:24 - House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

19:41 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

20:08 - These Truths by Jill Lepore (Kaytee)

20:32 - libro.fm

22:04 - The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

25:07 - The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis (Meredith)

26:03 - Fabled Bookshop

29:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

32:04 - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

34:15 - The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan (Meredith)

40:05 - Deep Dive: Narrative POVs

45:38 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

45:43 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

45:59 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

46:32 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

48:28 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live

49:55 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

52:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

52:42 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

52:47 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

53:05 - We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

53:09 - Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

53:30 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

53:32 - Everyone In My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

53:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:55 - I wish to press Starling House into everybody's hands. (Kaytee)

54:00 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

54:08 - The Novel Neighbor

56:10 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

56:29 - I wish everyone would try a book flight. (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL is brought to us from Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: car picnics and even more bookshelves!

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

• Deep Dive: all about narrative POVs - do they matter? do we like one more than the other?

• 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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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:04 - Awake by Jen Hatmaker

4:44 - BookPeople

9:45 - Our Current Reads

9:53 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Kaytee)

13:22 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

13:26 - Currently Reading Patreon to access Popcorn in the Pages

14:03 - Majesty by Katharine McGee

14:53 - A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (Meredith)

18:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 

18:06 - The Spellshop by Sara Beth Durst

18:16 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

19:24 - House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

19:41 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

20:08 - These Truths by Jill Lepore (Kaytee)

20:32 - libro.fm

22:04 - The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

25:07 - The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis (Meredith)

26:03 - Fabled Bookshop

29:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

32:04 - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

34:15 - The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan (Meredith)

40:05 - Deep Dive: Narrative POVs

45:38 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

45:43 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

45:59 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

46:32 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

48:28 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live

49:55 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

52:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

52:42 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

52:47 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

53:05 - We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

53:09 - Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

53:30 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

53:32 - Everyone In My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

53:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:55 - I wish to press Starling House into everybody’s hands. (Kaytee)

54:00 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

54:08 - The Novel Neighbor

56:10 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

56:29 - I wish everyone would try a book flight. (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL is brought to us from Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: movie adaptations and wordy card games

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

• Deep Dive: answering a listener question about all things pre-orders

• 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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1:16 - Our Current Reads

1:35 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

6:43 - You Can't Say Umm card game

7:34 - Quiddler game

9:06 - Our Current Reads

9:24 - The Killer Question by Janice Hallett (Meredith)

10:37 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett

10:38 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

10:42 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett

16:45 - The Crescent Monon Tea Room by Stacy Sivinski (Kaytee)

20:34 - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Meredith)

22:23 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

26:00 - Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad (Kaytee)

27:14 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

29:39 - Inheritance by Nora Roberts (Meredith)

33:52 - The Search by Nora Roberts

36:43 - Tilt by Emma Pattee (Kaytee)

40:58 - Deep Dive: All Things Pre-Orders

41:47 - @hollyslitmagic on Instagram

43:55 - Fabled Bookshop

47:07 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (pre-order, releases Oct 28, 2025)

47:12 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (UK edition, pre-order releases Oct 30, 2025)

48:32 - Bergman Brothers full box set is no longer available through Illumicrate

50:21 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

51:22 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:10 - Sorta Awesome

52:21 - @metaphysicalmeg on Instagram

52:26 - Meg's offerings for readings

53:59 - My wish is that you know yourself as a reader but also your whole self. (Meredith)

55:00 - I wish to encourage the nostalgia reading experience. (Kaytee)

55:09 - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

55:59 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

56:54 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

58:33 - Origin by Dan Brown

58:34 - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

58:36 - Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL is brought to us from Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: movie adaptations and wordy card games

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

• Deep Dive: answering a listener question about all things pre-orders

• 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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1:16 - Our Current Reads

1:35 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

6:43 - You Can’t Say Umm card game

7:34 - Quiddler game

9:06 - Our Current Reads

9:24 - The Killer Question by Janice Hallett (Meredith)

10:37 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett

10:38 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

10:42 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett

16:45 - The Crescent Monon Tea Room by Stacy Sivinski (Kaytee)

20:34 - The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Meredith)

22:23 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

26:00 - Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad (Kaytee)

27:14 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

29:39 - Inheritance by Nora Roberts (Meredith)

33:52 - The Search by Nora Roberts

36:43 - Tilt by Emma Pattee (Kaytee)

40:58 - Deep Dive: All Things Pre-Orders

41:47 - @hollyslitmagic on Instagram

43:55 - Fabled Bookshop

47:07 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (pre-order, releases Oct 28, 2025)

47:12 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (UK edition, pre-order releases Oct 30, 2025)

48:32 - Bergman Brothers full box set is no longer available through Illumicrate

50:21 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

51:22 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:10 - Sorta Awesome

52:21 - @metaphysicalmeg on Instagram

52:26 - Meg’s offerings for readings

53:59 - My wish is that you know yourself as a reader but also your whole self. (Meredith)

55:00 - I wish to encourage the nostalgia reading experience. (Kaytee)

55:09 - The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

55:59 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

56:54 - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

58:33 - Origin by Dan Brown

58:34 - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

58:36 - Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL is brought to us from Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: a budding book collector + a favorite book wins the Hugo Award

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

• Deep Dive: reading — why so serious?

• 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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1:12 - Still Life by Louise Penny (20th Anniversary Edition) [releases September 30]

2:13 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

2:25 - Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

3:34 - The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborty

4:19 - The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper [releases September 16]

4:53 - The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

5:04 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

6:19 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

7:54 - Our Current Reads

8:03 - Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (Kaytee)

11:35 - Ghost Business by Jen DeLuca

13:30 - Rites of Extinction by Matt Serafini (Meredith)

18:39 - The Unveiling by Quan Berry [releases October 14]

19:17 - The Need by Helen Phillips

20:02 - Let Them Stare by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy (Kaytee)

22:19 - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

23:59 - Jobs to Be Done by Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman, and David Farber (Meredith)

28:36 - Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (Kaytee)

28:45 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

28:50 - Schuler Books in Michigan

31:45 - Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea (Meredith)

35:01 - Guess Again by Charlie Donlea

36:36 - Reading — Why So Serious?

43:40 - Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

51:03 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:24 - I wish there was a show about readers, in the spirit of The Great British Bake Off. (Kaytee)

54:46 - An update on last week's wish: I wish my iPhone would make automated actions easier for handling my screenshots. (Meredith)

56:40 - Step-by-Step: Build a "Send Screenshot" Shortcut on iPhone PDF

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: a budding book collector + a favorite book wins the Hugo Award

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

• Deep Dive: reading — why so serious?

• 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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1:12 - Still Life by Louise Penny (20th Anniversary Edition) [releases September 30]

2:13 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

2:25 - Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

3:34 - The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborty

4:19 - The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper [releases September 16]

4:53 - The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

5:04 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

6:19 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

7:54 - Our Current Reads

8:03 - Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (Kaytee)

11:35 - Ghost Business by Jen DeLuca

13:30 - Rites of Extinction by Matt Serafini (Meredith)

18:39 - The Unveiling by Quan Berry [releases October 14]

19:17 - The Need by Helen Phillips

20:02 - Let Them Stare by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy (Kaytee)

22:19 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

23:59 - Jobs to Be Done by Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman, and David Farber (Meredith)

28:36 - Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (Kaytee)

28:45 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

28:50 -  Schuler Books in Michigan

31:45 - Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea (Meredith)

35:01 - Guess Again by Charlie Donlea

36:36 - Reading — Why So Serious?

43:40 - Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

51:03 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:24 - I wish there was a show about readers, in the spirit of The Great British Bake Off. (Kaytee)

54:46 - An update on last week’s wish: I wish my iPhone would make automated actions easier for handling my screenshots. (Meredith)

56:40 - Step-by-Step: Build a “Send Screenshot” Shortcut on iPhone PDF

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: overflowing bookshelves + a fun way to count your finished reads

• 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 transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).

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2:29 - Ad For Ourselves

6:45 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

9:55 - Meredith's Floor Lamp

10:46 - "The Number of Books I've Read This Year" desktop counter from Etsy

13:06 - Our Current Reads

13:32 - A Duke Never Tells by Suzanne Enoch (Kaytee)

16:18 - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

17:16 - The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North (Meredith)

18:32 - The Whisper Man by Alex North

22:05 - Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones (Kaytee)

24:48 - Annie B. Jones on Instagram

25:25 - The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys, 2) by St. Crow (Meredith)

26:13 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

26:36 - The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys, 1) by Nikki St. Crow

30:07 - Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Kaytee)

34:19 - Withered Hill by David Barnett (Meredith)

37:28 - Slewfoot by Brom

38:28 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

38:34 - Boss My TBR

From Catherine Bridgewater

40:19 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

40:21 - North Woods by Daniel Mason

40:24 - After the Crash by Michel Bussi

40:27 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

40:29 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher

40:42 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

40:43 - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

From Lisa Stone

44:05 - Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

44:08 - My Friends by Fredrik Backman

44:10 - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

44:13 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaughy

44:17 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore

44:25 - Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed

44:37 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

49:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:40 - I wish to become (or really, have already been) a correspondent. (Kaytee)

49:52 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

51:56 - I wish that for every book it had a perfume-type scent to transport you back to that particular experience of reading it. (Meredith)

52:06 - Ffern | Organic Eau de Parfum

53:40 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister

56:35 - Chrissie on Instagram and at Sarah's Bookshelves

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

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Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: overflowing bookshelves + a fun way to count your finished reads

• 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 transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).

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2:29 - Ad For Ourselves

6:45 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

9:55 - Meredith’s Floor Lamp

10:46 - “The Number of Books I’ve Read This Year” desktop counter from Etsy

13:06 - Our Current Reads

13:32 - A Duke Never Tells by Suzanne Enoch (Kaytee)

16:18 - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

17:16 - The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North (Meredith) 

18:32 - The Whisper Man by Alex North

22:05 - Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones (Kaytee)

24:48 - Annie B. Jones on Instagram

25:25 - The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys, 2) by St. Crow (Meredith) 

26:13 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

26:36 - The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys, 1) by Nikki St. Crow

30:07 - Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Kaytee)

34:19 - Withered Hill by David Barnett (Meredith)

37:28 - Slewfoot by Brom

38:28 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

38:34 - Boss My TBR

From Catherine Bridgewater

40:19 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie

40:21 - North Woods by Daniel Mason

40:24 - After the Crash by Michel Bussi

40:27 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

40:29 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher

40:42 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

40:43 - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

From Lisa Stone

44:05 - Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

44:08 - My Friends by Fredrik Backman 

44:10 - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

44:13 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaughy

44:17 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore

44:25 - Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed

44:37 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

49:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:40 - I wish to become (or really, have already been) a correspondent. (Kaytee)

49:52 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

51:56 - I wish that for every book it had a perfume-type scent to transport you back to that particular experience of reading it. (Meredith)

52:06 - Ffern | Organic Eau de Parfum

53:40 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister

56:35 - Chrissie on Instagram and at Sarah’s Bookshelves

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September’s IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ.

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: introducing book club friends to niche romance + romance-related jewelry

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

• Deep Dive: using AI as your bookish sidekick to improve your reading life

• 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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01:31 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

2:11 - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

3:20 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine [Amazon link]

3:30 - Spooned by Ruth Cardello [Amazon link]

3:37 - Forked by Ruth Cardello [Amazon link]

5:11 - Book earrings from Etsy

07:33 - Our Current Reads

07:53 - These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean (Roxanna)

13:09 - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Kaytee)

18:37 - Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin (Roxanna)

19:11 - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

19:42 - Peek Freans [Wikipedia link]

26:31 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

26:32 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

26:54 - Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley

28:04 - Ghost Music by An Yu (Kaytee)

32:45 - The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman

32:42 - The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (Roxanna)

39:56 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, 1) by Deanna Raybourn

40:15 - Currently Reading: Season 3, Episode 12

42:23 - Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar (Kaytee)

50:55 - Deep Dive: Three tips from Roxanna on using AI to be your bookish sidekick and improve your reading life

51:15 - Currently Reading: Season 7, Episode 37

56:23 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

58:14 - Good Talk by Mira Jacob

1:07:40 - Meet Us At The Fountain

1:07:47 - I wish listeners would think about some friction that you're facing in your reading life and see what tips and tricks you can find to smooth it out a bit. (Roxanna)

1:10:51 - I wish Kindle settings would have the option to toggle on the option to begin our Kindle books at the cover. (Kaytee)

1:12:02 - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from our founding Indie Press List store: Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: introducing book club friends to niche romance + romance-related jewelry

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

• Deep Dive: using AI as your bookish sidekick to improve your reading life

• 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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01:31 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

2:11 - Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

3:20 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine [Amazon link] 

3:30 - Spooned by Ruth Cardello [Amazon link]

3:37 - Forked by Ruth Cardello [Amazon link]

5:11 - Book earrings from Etsy

07:33 - Our Current Reads

07:53 - These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean (Roxanna)

13:09 - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Kaytee)

18:37 - Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin (Roxanna)

19:11 - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 

19:42 - Peek Freans [Wikipedia link]

26:31 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 

26:32 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 

26:54 - Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley

28:04 - Ghost Music by An Yu (Kaytee)

32:45 - The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman

32:42 - The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (Roxanna)

39:56 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, 1) by Deanna Raybourn

40:15 - Currently Reading: Season 3, Episode 12

42:23 - Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar (Kaytee)

50:55 - Deep Dive: Three tips from Roxanna on using AI to be your bookish sidekick and improve your reading life

51:15 - Currently Reading: Season 7, Episode 37

56:23 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

58:14 - Good Talk by Mira Jacob

1:07:40 - Meet Us At The Fountain

1:07:47 - I wish listeners would think about some friction that you’re facing in your reading life and see what tips and tricks you can find to smooth it out a bit. (Roxanna)

1:10:51 - I wish Kindle settings would have the option to toggle on the option to begin our Kindle books at the cover. (Kaytee)

1:12:02 - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August’s IPL comes to us from our founding Indie Press List store: Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. 

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor’s Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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

• Bookish Moments: bookstore romance day + let there be a reading light

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

• Deep Dive: advice on avoiding bookish amnesia

• 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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01:55 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

04:56 - The Currently Reading Library Tote (CR Merch)

05:42 - May Your Coffee Be Hot Mug (CR Merch)

09:14 - Our Current Reads

09:27 - Louder Than Hunger by John Schu (Kaytee)

13:24 - Deenie by Judy Blume

15:31 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume

15:34 - Forever by Judy Blume

17:20 - Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Meredith)

18:57 - The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger

19:07 - The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger

21:56 - In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn

22:22 - Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory (Kaytee)

25:44 - The Six Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni (Meredith)

31:30 - Weyward by Emilia Hart (Kaytee)

34:31 - The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (Meredith)

36:36 - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

38:26 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

39:15 - Quicksilver by Callie Hart

40:22 - Deep Dive: Answering a listener question and giving advice on avoiding bookish amnesia

49:15 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:22 - I wish more readers would pick up Go As a River by Shelley Read (Kaytee)

50:00 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

51:21 - I wish you would consider experimenting with a new pen: like this "cheater" fountain pen, Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain (Meredith)

Support Us:

Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch

Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon

Bookish Friends Receive:

• The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from our founding Indie Press List store: Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX!

• Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.

• All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

• From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

• The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:

The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads

The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna

Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans

Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!