On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: fall reading to the max and spooky season satisfaction
Current Reads: some wonderful picks for November and then a bunch of spooky witchy creepy stuff
Deep Dive: we are chatting about our favorite books under 200 pages that really blow your mind
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!
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1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week
7:51 - The Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White
8:06 - Current Reads
8:19 - This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan (Kaytee)
8:44 - Garcia Street Books
8:59 - The Sorta Awesome Podcast
11:25 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
15:05 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Meredith)
19:30 - Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh (Kaytee)
19:36 - Currently Reading Season 5: Episode 6
21:07 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (Misspoke in the episode saying Jonathan Lockwood. The series name is Lockwood & Co.)
21:35 - We Need Diverse Books
22:41 - The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant (Meredith)
30:38 - Witch Please by Ann Aguirre (Kaytee)
34:45 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
35:04 - Daphne by Josh Malerman (Meredith)
37:22 - An Unlikely Story
37:25 - @anunlikelystory on Instagram
41:39 - Deep Dive: Short Books that Pack a Punch
43:48 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay
45:06 - The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn (Amazon link, cannot locate on Bookshop.org)
45:13 - Book of the Month
45:20 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
46:17 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
46:19 - A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers
46:34 - All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells
47:01 - A Spindle Splintered by Alix Harrow
47:02 - A Mirror Mended by Alix Harrow
47:46 - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
48:22 - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
48:31 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
48:42 - 84, Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
48:53 - 1984 by George Orwell
48:54 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
49:23 - Passing by Nella Larsen
49:57 - The Governesses by Anne Serre
50:32 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
50:54 - Elevation by Stephen King
51:26 - The Stand by Stephen King
51:27 - Needful Things by Stephen King
51:41 - A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
52:28 - Meet Us At The Fountain
I wish for a buddy reading app that allows for staggered reading. (Kaytee)
52:50 - The StoryGraph
53:14 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
54:08 - Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
I wish that more caregivers could use books as physical objects and talking points with their littles. (Meredith)
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