Season 4, Episode 23: Front and Backlist Beauties + Factors That Affect Our Star Ratings

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

• Bookish Moments: traveling through the mail and anew book light

• Current Reads: some backlist books and some new releases, some of which really surprised us!

• Deep Dive: factors that make us add and remove stars

• Book Presses: redemptive drama and a true-to-life-novel

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 (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

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:28 - Currently Reading Patreon

:59 - All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells 

2:00 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:04 - Mindy’s Instagram @gratefulforgrace

5:35 - The Lamborghini of Book Lights

5:47 - Current Reads

6:22 - Dear Bob and Sue by Matt and Karen Smith (Mindy)

8:28 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

9:32 - CeCeRios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera (Kaytee)

9:40 - Currently Reading on Mighty Networks

10:59 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

11:51 - The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody

12:46 - Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mindy)

16:12 - We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez 

16:51 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

18:01 - Lost and Found by Kathryn Schulz (Kaytee)

18:05 - Fabled Bookshop

18:30 - Furious Hours by Casey Cep

21:26 - In The Wild Night by Jeff Zentner

21:37 - The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (Mindy)

24:48 - Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (Kaytee)

29:31 - Deep Dive: The Things that Affect our Star Ratings

29:37 - @Katie.lovesbooks on Instagram

30:02 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

33:43 - Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

34:26 - Frankie and Bug by Gayle Foreman 

34:51 - These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

36:06 - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

38:33 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

40:35 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

40:49 - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

42:07 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

45:37 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

45:42 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Mindy)

46:22 - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

47:35 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (Kaytee)

47:42 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Episode 1 w/Georgia Hunter

49:18 - Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

49:21 - The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

49:46 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

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