Season 4, Episode 40: So Many Murder Books + Disaster Books

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

• Bookish Moments: derailed reading and theater nerdery

• Current Reads: We are exceptionally murdery today. Sorry, not sorry.

• Deep Dive: books about all kinds of disasters

• Book Presses: a cozy series we love and a parenting book of joy

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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2:27 - Bookish Moment of the Week

2:40 - Novel Memphis

4:51 - The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

4:56 - Season 4: Episode 14

6:00 - Current Reads

6:14 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett (Meredith)

11:09 - Blackwell’s UK

11:53 - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Kaytee)

15:07 - Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule (Meredith)

15:12 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule 

16:58 - Half Price Books

18:53 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse

18:55 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

19:07 - Shelf Subscription Bookshelf Thomasville

19:19 - Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez (Kaytee)

23:31 - The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch (Meredith)

24:59 - Holly @birdbrainbooks on Instagram

25:02 - Hearts and Daggers Podcast on Instagram

26:51 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

27:32 - The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks Sarah Pekkanen (Kaytee)

27:44 - The Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks Sarah Pekkanen

27:45 - The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks Sarah Pekkanen

27:46 - You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks Sarah Pekkanen

30:53 - Deep Dive: Disaster Books We Love

33:34 - Ordeal by Hunger by George Stuart (Amazon link)

34:03 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

35:44 - The Fifth Season by N.K Jemison 

35:59 - The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner

37:00 - A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner

37:05 - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner

37:53 - The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin

38:35 - We Are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly

39:35 - After the Flood by Kassandra Montag 

39:51 - Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

40:02 - Seven Years of Darkness by You-Jeong Jeong

40:43 - Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

41:25 - Salvage the Bones by Jessamyn Ward

42:20 - Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson

44:36 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

45:10 - Into the Drowning Deep by Jennifer McMahon

45:13 - Devolution by Max Brooks

45:35 - Parasite by Mira Grant

45:58  - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

46:26 - The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams (Meredith)

49:17 - How to Be A Happier Parent by Kj Dell’antonia (Kaytee)

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