Season 5, Episode 46: Reading in Perfect Time + Bookish Travel Agents

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

• Bookish Moments: reading on certain dates and galley homework

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: we are bookish travel agents, choosing books to match your travels

• 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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1:15 - Bookish Moment of the Week

1:24 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

2:05 - Fable App

4:31 - Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou (pre-order. Release date September 12, 2023)

6:16  - Current Reads

6:23 - Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfield (Mary)

10:24 - CR Season 5: Episode 33

10:44 - The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett (Kaytee)

11:19 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

12:54 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcet 

13:52 - Royal Blood by Aimee Carter (Mary)

15:04 - Storygraph

15:44 - American Royals by Katharine McGee

15:47 - The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

15:56 - Spare by Prince Harry

16:19 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

16:20 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

17:02 - A Beginner’s Guide to America by Roya Hakakian (Kaytee)

20:00 - What Looks Like Bravery by Laurel Braitman (Mary)

21:55 - Go As A River by Shelley Read (Kaytee)

25:39 - Deep Dive: Books To Take You Around the World

25:51 - CR Season 4: Episode 44

26:14 - CR Season 4: Episode 5

27:15 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

27:58 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

28:00 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed

28:43 - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke

29:46 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer

30:56 - How The Word is Passed by Clint Smith

31:57 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

32:50 - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

34:57 - Happy Place by Emily Henry

35:43 - The Cider House Rules by John Irving

35:46 - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

36:10 - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

36:29 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

37:20 - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

37:35 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

37:48 - Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

38:17 - Violeta by Isabel Allende

38:26 - Storygraph

39:07 - City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

39:32 - Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

39:44 - Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

39:45 - Love and Luck by Jenna Evans Welch

40:08 - The Dry by Jane Harper

40:31 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

40:57 - Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane

41:00 - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

42:00 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

42:01 - The Martian by Andy Weir

42:05 - An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

42:03 - ANY J. Ryan Stradal book 

42:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain

44:12 - I wish all libraries did adult summer reading programs. (Mary)

45:06 - I wish parents would buy their kids Kindle Fires and turn them into reading only machines. (Kaytee)

45:14 - Kindle Fire (but wait until Prime Day to get a discount!)

45:45 - Hoopla

45:56 - Libby

45:57 - Libro.fm

45:58 - Instructions to download Libro.FM (Libby should have no issues)

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