Season 5, Episode 19: Happy Surprises + Bookish Vacations

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

• Bookish Moments: a bookish car surprise and a triumphal return

• Current Reads: all the great stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: the deets on reading vacations!

• 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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1:53 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:26 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:57 - Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

8:11 - Current Reads

8:17 - Scribd

8:29 - What Can Be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwartz (Mindy)

12:41 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (Meredith)

14:50 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

16:24 - The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Mindy)

19:13 - Garden of Lamentations by Deborah Crombie (Meredith)

23:22 - A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

24:02 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Mindy)

24:13 - Denisereads75 on Instagram

24:17 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 

26:02 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

26:51 - Gilded by Marissa Meyer (Meredith)

28:22 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

30:17 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

30:46 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

31:27 - Cursed by Marissa Meyer

32:37 - Deep Dive: The Ins and Outs of Bookish Vacations

32:49 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

33:41 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman

40:34 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

49:46 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish I could find a series that combined police procedural and courtroom drama like Law and Order. (Mindy)

50:49 - Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

50:52 - The Defense by Steve Cavanagh (Eddie Flynn #1)

50:58 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

I wish that small, concentrated book retreats happen in 2023. (Meredith)

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