Season 5, Episode 6: A Shot of Joy + Seasoned Protagonists

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

• Bookish Moments: a new reading habit and protecting a reading life

• Current Reads: books that are joyful (one of us really needed it) and a strange twin theme!

• Deep Dive: seasoned protagonists, who are they are which are our favorites

• 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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1:46 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week

5:54 - Pangobooks

13:28 - Current Reads

13:50 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter (Meredith)

18:13 - Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi 

18:15 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

19:11 - Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola (Kaytee)

19:21 - Love in Color by Bolu Babalola

10:36 - The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

21:35 - Libro.fm

22:34 - Little Darlings by Melanie Golding (Meredith)

22:40 - The Hidden by Melanie Golding

28:57 - Hoopla

29:28 - In Her Boots by KJ Dell’antoia (Kaytee)

32:48 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Meredith)

33:27 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

36:59 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

41:04 - The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain (Kaytee)

42:19 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

42:21 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

42:23 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 

42:43 - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

43:58 - Deep Dive: Seasoned Protagonists in our Reading

48:27 - The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo

49:10 - Cafe Con Libros

49:28 - An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten

50:18 - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

50:39 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

50:49 - The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman

53:39 - Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (#1 in the series) by M.C. Beaton

54:00 - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (#1 in the series) by Dorothy Gilman

54:48 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

54:49 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

54:50 - The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

55:08 - The Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

55:21 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

55:26 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

55:43 - The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg

56:42 - Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

57:35 - The Son by Philipp Meyer

57:51 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher

58:53 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish that everyone would read Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard. (Meredith)

59:23 - Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard

59:33 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

59:42 - Fabled Bookshop

1:00:54 - Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard

I wish that if a book is part of a series, the number is always on the spine or cover. (Kaytee)

1:01:29 - Spirit Hunters: The Island of Monsters by Ellen Oh

1:02:04 - Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

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