Season 4, Episode 29: Discussions with Fellow Readers + Beloved Curmudgeons

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

• Bookish Moments: live tweets from a friend and a spicy conversation behind the scenes

• Current Reads: some romance, some disagreement, and some under-the-radar gems

• Deep Dive: Mindy and Kaytee bring all the curmudgeons and disagree about them!

• Book Presses: a great series, and a short but powerful 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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:30 - Currently Reading Patreon

1:29 - Bookish Moment of the Week

1:38 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

4:05 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

4:19 - Current Reads

4:52 - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (Mindy)

7:48 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

8:32 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

9:08 - The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang (Kaytee)

9:12 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

9:54 - Libro.fm

13:13 - What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris (Mindy)

14:45 - Matrix by Lauren Goff

15:43 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

15:44 - Honor by Thirty Umrigar

16:39 - Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

19:26 - Fabled Bookshop

20:18 - The Hidden by Melanie Golding (Kaytee)

23:42 - Julie’s Instagram @jns.reads

23:54 - Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (Mindy)

27:11 - Fifty-FIfty by Steve Cavanaugh

27:13 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh

29:03 - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah Jones (Kaytee)

29:18 - Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

30:37 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

30:40 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

30:42 - Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams

33:51 - Deep Dive: Our Favorite Curmudgeons

39:34 - Then Tweets My Soul: The Best of the Church Curmudgeon by David Reigier 

41:23 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

42:20 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle

42:35 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

42:58 - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: Eighty-Three and a Quarter Years Old by Hendrik Groen

43:08 - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior

43:26 - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

43:29 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

44:29 - The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons

44:52 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey

45:16 - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

46:25 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

46:53 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

48:17 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen

48:56 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

49:37 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

49:39 - The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (amazon link)

51:44 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

51:47 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

52:39 - Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

53:04  - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

53:28 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy)

54:06 - Season 3: Episode 7

54:47 - Circe by Madeline Miller

54:48 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

55:21 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1)

55:56 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee)

54:36 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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