Season 6, Episode 31: Puzzle Competitions + Kaytee and Meredith's Bookish Retreat

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

• Bookish Moments: puzzle competitions and a new to Meredith podcast

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

• Deep Dive: a recap of Kaytee and Meredith’s annual CR get together

• 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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:10 Bite Size Intro

2:33 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:09 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:02 - Puzzle Board (Amazon link for something similar, the Aldi one does not have an online link)

6:19 - Talking Scared podcast

7:23 - Talking Scared Ep. 176

8:43 - Our Current Reads

8:53 - Love in Color by Bolu Babalola (Kaytee)

10:35 - Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola

12:19 - No Way Out by Cara Hunter (Meredith, DI Adam Foley #3)

13:50 - Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Blackwell’s link)

16:59 - Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Kaytee)

19:51 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

22:00 - A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke (Meredith)

23:51 - The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

23:56 - The Nesting by C.J. Cooke

24:06 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

24:08 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

27:16 - I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (Kaytee)

27:26 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

27:55 - Let Kaytee know if you have a copy of It’s Not Exactly Rocket Science by Ed Yong! 

33:28 - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett (Meredith)

35:08 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett

41:17 - Deep Dive: Kaytee and Meredith’s Bookish Retreat

46:12 - The King’s English Bookshop

48:12 - Brady @booksbybrady on Instagram

49:00 - Currently Reading Patreon

53:08 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:14 - I wish that we could visit every Indie Press List bookstore in person, or even every potential IPL bookstore. (Kaytee)

54:53 - I co-sign a bookish friend’s wish for a movie theater, but make it silent reading with snacks. (Meredith, thanks Julie Myers for the wish!)

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