Season 4, Episode 34: Forever Favorites + Books That Live in our Heads, Rent-Free

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

• Bookish Moments: the change of the seasons and a young fan

• Current Reads: a few books that will stay with us forever, and some that… won’t

• Deep Dive: the books that live rent-free in our heads

• Book Presses: a fairy tale retelling and a beloved brick

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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1:20 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week

6:01 - Current Reads

6:21 - Fabled Bookshop

6:42 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh (Meredith)

13:53 - The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (Kaytee) 

16:55 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow (Meredith)

18:40 - book darts for your own books!

20:09 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

22:45 - When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten (Kaytee)

24:45 - Bookshelf Thomasville subscriptions

25:19 - Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane (Meredith)

29:15 - How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon (Kaytee)

30:15 - Heavy by Kiese Laymon

30:19 - Season 3: Ep. 34

32:27 - Garcia Street Books

32:59 - Deep Dive: Books that Live Rent Free In Our Heads

34:15 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

35:49 - So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

36:49 - Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer

37:55 - A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

37:59 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

38:37 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

39:30 - Murmur of Bees by Sophia Segovia

39:49 - Violeta by Isabel Allende

40:30 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

40:37 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

40:38 - The One by John Marrs

40:44 - Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton

40:46 - Parasite by Mira Grant

40:57 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kenda Adachi

41:50 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

42:13 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

44:41  - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

45:02 - All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller (Meredith)

46:58 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire

47:52 - Roots by Alex Haley (Kaytee)

49:16 - The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers 

49:21 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

49:38 - Shogun by James Clavell

49:39 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

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