Season 6, Episode 38: Talking to Authors + Boss My TBR

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

• Bookish Moments: our children reading to the elderly and finally talking to authors

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

• Deep Dive: Boss My TBR for two bookish friends

• 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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1:42 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:47 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

5:30 - What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher

6:09 - An Unlikely Story

8:34 - Currently Reading Patreon

9:01 - Our Current Reads

9:06 - Right at Home by Bobby Berk (Kaytee)

12:10 - Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)

16:54 - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (Kaytee)

20:13 - That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming 

21:03 - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Meredith)

26:01 - Game Changer by Neal Shusterman (Kaytee)

26:05 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

28:45 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

28:49 - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle

32:12 - Reef Road by Deborah Goodrich Royce (Meredith)

34:15 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

37:12 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR

From Becca K.

39:18 - Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (Arc of a Scythe #2)

39:24 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #2)

39:30 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #2)

39:36 - Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #2)

39:43 - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (The Royal We #2)

39:57 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

39:58 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

39:59 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

40:00 - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

40:37 - The Winners by Fredrick Backman

From Rachel M.

43:45 - Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher

43:49 - Look Closer by David Ellis

43:52 - The7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

43:57 - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

44:01 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

48:23 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:30 - I wish to press The Guncle into your hands. (Kaytee)

48:45 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

48:50 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

51:12 - I wish when I am reading a book with a good “house” sense of place, I could go to that place and see, smell, touch, and hear all about it. (Meredith)

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