Season 4, Episode 37: Direct Recommendations + Bookish Confessions

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

• Bookish Moments: new merch and a comfort read

• Current Reads: some books that were directly recommended by readers and ended up being big hits

• Deep Dive: our bookish confessions, in which we essentially play strip poker with opinions

• Book Presses: a book that is singular in its execution and an old school favorite

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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1:40 - Currently Reading Patreon

2:20 - Currently Reading Mighty Networks

4:35 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:48 - Currently Reading Zazzle Store

5:48 - Meredith’s “Scary Books are my Jam” mug

8:09 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

8:40 - Current Reads

8:45 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Kaytee)

13:39 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

14:00 - The Son by Philipp Meyer (Meredith)

17:03 - Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

18:06 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

18:08 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty

18:55 - Frankie and Bug by Gayle Foreman (Kaytee)

19:24 - If I Stay by Gayle Foreman

19:25 - Where She Went by Gayle Foreman

22:30 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

22:40 - These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant 

23:17 - NurtureShock by Po Bronson (Meredith)

27:00 - Black Birds in the Sky by Brandi Colbert (Kaytee)

28:11 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

30:25 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay (Meredith)

32:07 - Storybound Subscription from Fabled 

35:53 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff

36:32 - Deep Dive: Our Bookish Confessions

55:37 - Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray

57:29  - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

57:55 - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Kaytee)

58:03 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

58:23 - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 

59:47 - Blackwell’s UK

1:00:53 - What Should I Do With My Life by Po Bronson (Meredith)

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