On this episode of Currently Reading, Roxanna and Mary are discussing:
Bookish Moments: teaching littles to read and a book press
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: tropes Roxanna and Mary want to see MORE of in their 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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2:09 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:25 - Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann
4:02 - The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou (Blackwell’s hardcover link, releases in paperback in the US October 8, 2024. If you want to wait for the paperback you can pre-order HERE)
5:51 - Our Current Reads
5:56 - Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Mary)
6:08 - Waterstone’s
10:14 - The Undertaking of Heart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (Roxanna)
11:02 - Under The Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
14:12 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter (Mary)
17:46 - Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (Roxanna)
17:54 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
21:20 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
21:30 - How To Walk Away by Katherine Center
23:16 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
24:30 - @katherinecenter on Instagram
24:36 - The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow (Mary, Amazon link)
27:46 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein (Roxanna)
27:57 - Mary and Roxanna’s Top Ten Reads of 2023 episode
33:52 - Deep Dive: Bookish Tropes We Want More Of
36:30 - Small Change by Roan Parrish
36:41 - Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
38:03 - Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh
38:16 - Mary’s Instagram (Holiday Romance is under her “Books Vol. 6” highlight)
39:54 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
40:25 - Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
42:58 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
43:05 - Hench by Natalize Zina Walschots
43:13 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
44:17 - The Change by Kirsten Miller
46:01 - The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
47:01 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (Sinister Summer #1)
47:07 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
49:31 - Happily Ever Ninja by Penny Reid
50:54 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
51:35 - Search by Michelle Huneven
51:43 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
52:36 - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
52:38 - Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
54:54 - The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
55:30 - Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
57:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:12 - I wish to motivate listeners to spend time with their physical TBR and plan reads or cull books. (Mary)
59:35 - I wish to press Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. (Roxanna)
59:46 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
1:02:18 - Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
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