Season 6, Episode 27: Meredith Meeting Authors + Tropes We Are Tired Of Reading

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

• Bookish Moments: even more bookshelves and Meredith potentially meeting authors

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

• Deep Dive: tropes we are tired of reading

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)

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1:32 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

3:46 - Laundry Love by Patrick Richardson

4:11 - Ikea Ivar System (Kaytee mixed and matched as needed/wanted)

5:09 - Hamptons Whodunit

8:25  - Our Current Reads

8:36 - The Kingdom Over the Sea by Zohra Nabi (Kaytee)

8:42 - Foyles UK

10:02 - The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty

10:05 - The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

10:07 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

11:15 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

11:46 - The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews (Meredith)

15:59 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

16:37 - The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker (Kaytee)

16:49 - Libro.fm

20:01 - While Idaho Slept by J. Reuben Appelman (Meredith)

26:14 - Soil by Camille T. Dungy (Kaytee)

29:35 - The Cabin in the Woods by Sarah Alderson (Meredith)

33:29 - Deep Dive: Tropes We Are Tired Of Reading

34:23 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

49:14 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:20 - I wish to give all our listeners a heads up about Booktenders, the indie bookstore. (Kaytee)

49:20 - @Booktenderswv on Instagram

51:26 - I wish we would get more content around books besides JUST a blurb and a tour - for example, a book trailer. (Meredith)

52:31 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram 

52:38 - @heartsanddaggerspod on Instagram

54:04 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

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