Season 6, Episode 36: New Kinds of Books + Managing Our Massive TBRs

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

• Bookish Moments: learning of new kinds of books and creating outdoor reading spaces

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

• Deep Dive: how we manage our massive TBRs and how we choose our next read

• 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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**We are aware of a sound quality issue with Kaytee’s audio. We are in the works to hopefully get that fixed soon! Thanks for hanging with us through it!

2:55 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

5:56 - Breathless by Amy McCulloch

7:54 - Our Current Reads

8:18 - Confessions by Kanae Minato (Meredith)

11:21 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram

11:22 - @readlexyread on Instagram

11:36 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

12:34 - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum (Kaytee)

14:57 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

15:48 - There’s Something I Have To Tell You by Michelle McDonagh (Meredith)

18:25 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

19:40 - Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin (Kaytee)

20:08 - The Happier Podcast

23:48 - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

27:55 - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (Kaytee)

28:10 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

32:01 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

32:29 - Deep Dive: Managing Our Massive TBRs

33:09 - Hearts and Daggers Pod

33:43 - Currently Reading Patreon

44:00 - 3 tier rolling cart on Amazon

47:16 - NetGalley

47:51 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager 

50:53 - Half Price Books

51:55 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:14 - I wish people would read The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. (Meredith)

54:31 - My wish is to share a collaboration between Mychal Threets and PBS. (Kaytee)

55:00 - Mychal Threets on Instagram

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