Season 5, Episode 11: The Magic of Bookish Friends + Reading with Guests Around

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

• Bookish Moments: a bit of bookish magic and a pre-order wish fulfilled

• Current Reads: great books that we couldn’t wait to discuss with each other

• Deep Dive: how do we manage having guests and still making time to read?

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

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2:04 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:38 - Mindy’s Instagram @gratefulforgrace

5:04 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman

5:16 - Bookshop.org

5:36 - The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

5:53 - Booked by Kwame Alexander

5:54 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

6:36 - Current Reads

6:45 - Scribd

7:02 - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (Mindy)

7:31 - Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

10:29 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

10:35 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

11:08 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

11:37 - Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Kaytee)

12:52 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

12:56 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

13:24 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

17:02 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman (Mindy)

17:11 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

18:19 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

23:35 - @kraysbookclub on Instagram

23:36 - @jordys.book.club on Instagram

24:57 - My Body is Not A Prayer Request by Amy Kenny (Kaytee)

29:49 - True Biz by Sarah Novic

30:03 - The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon

31:40 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 

31:50 - The Sign for Home by Blair Fell (Mindy)

36:27 - Tumble by Celia C. Perez (Kaytee)

41:22 - Deep Dive: Reading when Guests are Visiting

43:12 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

47:39 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

54:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish book jacket copy and summaries would stop ruining the plot for all of us. (Mindy)

I wish that I could put The Once and Future Witches on everyone’s Fall TBR. (Kaytee)

58:05 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow 

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