Season 5, Episode 13: Reading Genes + Books That Should Blow Up Bookstagram

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

• Bookish Moments: reading genetics and scary saturation

• Current Reads: backlist gems and TBR surprises and bookish serendipity

• Deep Dive: we visit The Wayback Machine to give you books we think would go viral on Bookstagram and BookTok if they came out today

• 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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2:12 - Bookish Moment of the Week

6:18 - Current Reads

6:51 - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Kaytee)

7:34 - Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu

7:50 - The Sorta Awesome Podcast

10:14 - Read-Aloud Revival

11:07 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer  (Meredith)

13:33 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

17:18 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Kaytee)

17:27 - CR Season 3: Episode 47 - The Listener Press

17:31 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter

21:25 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (Meredith)

25:55 - Matrix by Lauren Goff 

30:20 - A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf (Kaytee)

33:17 - Daphne by Josh Malerman 

34:33 - Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates (Meredith)

39:11 - From Below by Darcy Coates

39:54 - Deep Dive: Backlist Books The Would Go Viral Today

40:47 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

41:20 - The Selection by Kiera Cass

41:35 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

43:01 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram

43:04 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge

44:40 - The Last One by Alexandra Oliva 

44:56 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 

45:47 - Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman

46:48 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

48:12 - In the Woods by Tana French

48:58 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

49:45 - The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards 

51:31 - The Villa by Nora Roberts

52:38 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

53:37 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

53:49 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

53:50 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

54:31 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish every reader would keep a simple reading log. (Kaytee)

I wish November and December could get here quicker for some highly anticipated releases. (Meredith)

57:18 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

57:41 - Three Pines Series Trailer

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