Season 3, Episode 20: Bookish Peer Pressure + Book Subscriptions for Gifting

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

• Bookish Moments: all the buddy reads. So many buddies. So much reading.

• Current Reads: wheelhouse books and trying new things

• Deep Dive: book subscriptions to give and receive

• Book Presses: a creepily atmospheric apocalypse and a self-serving press

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! 

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

*Please note that all book titles linked below 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 of the Week:

5:33 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

5:39 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

7:45 - An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

8:25 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

8:30 - The Muppet Christmas Carol - the best version

Current Reads:

9:38 - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

9:57 - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

10:16 - Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (Meredith)

14:23 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater (Kaytee)

14:30 - Listener Press episode

17:14 - Malamander by Thomas Taylor (Meredith)

17:38 - The Awesome Book Awards

19:16 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

22:03 - The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown (Kaytee)

24:34 - Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell

24:37 - Drama by Raina Telgemeier

25:23 - Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (Meredith)

25:38 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

28:52 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Kaytee)

30:43 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Deep Dive - Book Subscriptions to Give and Get:

32:29 - Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville (so many flavors, AND you can Treat Yo’ Shelf)

33:22 - Book of the Month (pick your book each month) Use code CURRENTLYREADING for $5 off your first month

35:13 - Feminist Book Club (themed, can swap out titles) Use code REFNK4C6J6PUR for $10 off your order of $40 or more

36:12 - Literati (for adults or kids)

38:18 - BookRoo (for kids)

39:04 - The Foxed Box (used books)

40:02 - The Reading Bug Box (for kids)

42:14 - Page One Books

43:15 - BlackLIT box (like FabFitFun but bookish and by Black authors)

43:17 - FabFitFun (not bookish, but we both think it’s fun!)

44:16 - The Book Hookup (quarterly, from The Strand Bookstore)

45:23 - Once Upon a Book Club (presents that match sticky notes)

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

47:18 - The Last by Hanna Jameson (Meredith)

49:42 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

50:06 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Kaytee)

Connect With Us:

Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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