Season 2, Episode 34: When Life Hands You Lemons... You Maybe Read a Bunch of Pandemic Books

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: local indie bookstore support and the first video episode of Currently Reading

• Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately.

• Deep Dive: books that are about pandemic and epidemic situations. You do you, reader.

• Book Presses: two books (one giant, one little) that will transport you to a different place and time

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

*Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

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Bookish Moments:

5:35 - Patreon!

5:49 - Our Patreon video, free to everyone, Currently Reading COVID 19 edition!

Current Reads:

8:06 - The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg

10:56 - A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

13:37 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

16:25 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

19:14 - Rebound by Kwame Alexander

19:19 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

21:02 - Buried Deep by Margot Hunt - An Audible Original

23:45 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson

24:09 - Episode 46 of Season 1 when listeners press books into our hands

24:23 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Deep Dive - Books About Pandemics:

29:02 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

30:14 - The Stand by Stephen King

30:44 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

31:46 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

32:52 - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner

33:15 - Get Well Soon by Jennifer Schmidt… nope. Jennifer Wright. Bad notes!

34:05 - Blindness by Jose Saramago

34:48 - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

35:08 - The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

35:33 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

35:59 - The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

36:24 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

36:45 - The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

36:53 - Interview with Alexandra

37:52 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

38:37 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

38:56 - Dry by Neal and Jerrod Shusterman

39:00 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

39:39 - Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

40:56 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

42:06 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

43:49 - It’s a TRILOGY - World Without End (#2) and Column of Fire (#3)

44:29 - News of the World by Paulette Giles