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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: talking podcasting with young people and book to film buzz
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: All kinds of bookish overhype
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
1:36 - Currently Reading Patreon
3:48 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
6:42 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
7:17 - The Martian by Andy Weir
8:46 - Our Current Reads
8:53 - Olivetti by Allie Millington (Kaytee)
10:40 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
11:54 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt (Meredith)
13:07 - Storybound Subscription from Fabled Bookshop
14:31 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
15:42 - The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May (Kaytee)
16:12 - Wintering by Katherine May
19:31 - No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall (Meredith)
20:21 - What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
20:23 - Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
23:17 - James by Percival Everett (Kaytee)
23:36 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
27:01 - Erasure by Percival Everett
27:50 - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (Meredith)
31:12 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
31:47 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
32:18 - The Bookish Overhype
34:15 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
34:20 - Deacon King Kong by James McBride
34:42 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt
35:51 - James by Percival Everett
36:22 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
36:41 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides
37:28 - End of Story by A.J. Finn
39:11 - The Women by Kristin Hannah
39:21 - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
41:05 - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
43:25 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
43:38 - Funny Story by Emily Henry
43:40 - People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry
44:34 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
44:47 - Meet Us At The Fountain
44:51 - I wish that books that make you question yourself would give an assessment quiz at the end. (Kaytee)
45:03 - The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May
46:41 - I wish everyone would watch the episode of The Twilight Zone called “Time Enough At Last”. (Meredith)
47:08 - Twilight Zone Season 1: Episode 8 (This is Amazon Prime but you can watch on Paramount + as well!)
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All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
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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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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
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The Dry by Jane Harper
1:07 - Here’s the Setup
3:41 - Previews
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
The Dry by Jane Harper
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
The Exiles by Jane Harper
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
The Dry (2021)
Force of Nature (coming 2024)
6:57 - The Cutting Room
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen
Historical flashbacks
The actual dryness
Catching Scott Whitlam
Aaron Falk’s ostracization
Anything left out that shouldn’t have been
There are pieces of the movie that don’t make sense without the book
Clyde PD
Grant’s role in Ellie’s death
The note that implicates Aaron/his dad
Defacing Falk’s car
Love triangle/sexual tension
Luke’s death details and the bike tire marks
Added to the movie
Suspense building elements
Mushy middle
Weird product placements
Pub room versus big hotel
Casting and mis-casting
A few non-Australians were cast! But very few
Falk - Simon Baker, Ryan Kwanten
Gretchen - Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Margo Robbie, Toni Collette, Naomi Watts
Raco - just a Hemsworth
Whitlam - another Hemsworth, let’s go with Chris
Gerry - Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Mel Gibson
Problematic elements
Discussion of the “gay f-word”
44:06 - Award Season
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
The note that implicates Aaron
Mushy middle
Cinematography and score
The dryness, and the climax scene
Worst and best actors.
Young Luke
Raco, the actor
Eric Bana as Falk
Worst and best book characters.
Mal Deacon and Grant Dow
Luke Hadler
Raco
Karen Hadler
Aaron Falk
1:01:27 - Book/Flick Energy
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Book on Goodreads
Movie scored on a 10 point scale.
Movie on Rotten Tomatoes
1:05:07 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel
If you were to commit a murder, do you think you could get away with it?
And how would you do it?
What’s the scariest thing in Australia: the snakes, the spiders, the wildfires or the drought?
1:09:49 - End Credits
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way
Available on Netflix - Season 1
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:
Bookish Moments: fun new hobbies and maybe not having a bookish moment
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: our love for all things memoir
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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1:39 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
8:06 - Our Current Reads
8:14 - Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Mary)
10:29 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune
11:58 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine
12:29 - Renegades by Marissa Meyer (Kaytee)
12:40 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
15:47 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
16:47 - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Mary)
19:55 - An Inconvenient Cop by Edwin Raymond (Kaytee)
20:03 - Booktenders
24:51 - A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall (Mary)
28:26 - @ginnyreadsandwrites on Instagram
28:44 - Fairyloot
29:07 - Pango Books
30:16 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
30:34 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
31:53 - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Kaytee)
32:10 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
35:29 - Deep Dive: Our Love For Memoirs
36:10 - Sarah’s Bookshelves
39:49 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
41:43 - My Life in France by Julia Child
42:30 - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
42:32 - Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
42:46 - Bossypants by Tina Fey
42:51 - Spare by Prince Harry
43:12 - Becoming by Michelle Obama
43:42 - Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
43:47 - I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg
44:04 - I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg (young readers’ edition)
44:59 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan
45:31 - Finding Me by Viola Davis
46:20 - As You Wish by Cary Elwes
46:58 - Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
47:50 - Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother by Beth Ann Fennelly
47:55 - Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly
48:06 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
48:10 - These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
49:04 - Soil by Camille T. Dungy
49:15 - An Exact Replica of A Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
50:29 - Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
50:37 - What Looks Like Bravery by Laurel Braitman
50:43 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (amazon link)
50:58 - Tragedy Plus Time by Adam Cayton-Holland
51:15 - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottleib
51:30 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
51:53 - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
52:02 - At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider
52:52 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
53:05 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
53:12 - A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
53:43 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
53:45 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
53:48 - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
54:03 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
54:15 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt
55:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain
55:21 - I wish to press the Ember Quartet series, starting with Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. (Mary)
55:30 - Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
56:52 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
56:53 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
57:22 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
58:38 - My wish is for more bookish board games. (Kaytee)
58:47 - By the Book game
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April’s IPL comes to us from A Room Of One’s Own in Madison Wisconsin!
Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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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
Support Us:
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April’s IPL comes to us from A Room Of One’s Own in Madison Wisconsin!
Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: changing up book subscriptions and implementing new technology into our reading
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: what would we ask the book fairy to change in our books
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!
1:35 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:51 - Satisfiction Book Subscription
2:18 - Fairyloot
2:19 - Illumicrate
2:20 - OwlCrate
3:00 - @Meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram
7:33 - Our Current Reads
7:42 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel (Kaytee)
7:48 - Booktenders
10:57 - @authortiffanymcdaniel on Instagram
12:02 - An Unlikely Story
12:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)
17:58 - Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (Kaytee)
20:14 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt
20:49 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
21:49 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (young readers version)
22:21 - Rabbit by Patricia Williams
22:46 - The Gathering by C.J. Tudor (Meredith)
24:18 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
24:20 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor
26:49 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Kaytee)
28:48 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
28:52 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
28:54 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
31:35 - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland (Meredith)
36:14 - Deep Dive: Book Wishes To The Book Fairy
40:01 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
56:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
49:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:21 - I wish everyone would follow @weeklyhomecheck on Instagram. (Kaytee)
50:36 - I wish everyone would listen to the podcast The Canada Reads Podcast (Meredith)
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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: more efficient book signings and reading when we need to recharge
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: an unofficial deep dive into no prep episodes
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
1:49 - Currently Reading Patreon
5:10 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
9:43 - Our Current Reads
12:19 - Cold by Drew Hayden Taylor (Meredith)
12:54 - From the Front Porch podcast
18:12 - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
19:21 - Family Family by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee)
19:56 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
25:00 - One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
25:42 - Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf (Meredith)
27:15 - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
30:53 - CR Season 4: Episode 30 (about one-night stand books)
31:29 - Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (Kaytee)
31:54 - Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
35:13 - libro.fm
37:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Meredith)
44:02 - Evil Eye by Etaf Rum (Kaytee)
44:14 - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
51:58 - Deep Dive: Talking Through Our Off The Cuff Episode
56:37 - Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf
56:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
59:15 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:01:26 - I wish everyone would try doing summarizing thoughts immediately after reading a book in some way shape or form. (Meredith)
1:01:58 - I wish for a book recommendation on call service. (Kaytee)
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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: pastries while reading and huge bookish hangovers
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: the ways our reading lives and changed and expanded over time
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
3:11 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
4:45 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Releases June 25, 2024)
7:30 - Our Current Reads
7:36 - The Night Raven by Johan Rundberg (Roxanna)
14:09 - The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson (Meredith)
18:09 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandra Marzano-Lesnevich
21:54 - Burning Roses by S.L. Huang (Roxanna)
22:51 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
26:06 - Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber (Meredith)
27:14 - Caraval by Stephanie Garber
31:22 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado (Roxanna)
31:51 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
31:54 - Finding Me by Viola Davis
36:23 - Better the Blood by Michael Bennett (Meredith)
41:24 - Deep Dive: Changes In Our Reading Lives Over Time
47:27 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
48:07 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
49:55 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
50:39 - 10 Things To Tell You podcast w/ Sara Hildreth
50:42 - @fictionmatters on Instagram
53:36 - Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
53:45 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
55:48 - Burning Roses by S.L. Huang
58:55 - A Dead Djinn In Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
1:00:32 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:00:45- I wish everyone knows about shepherd.com (Roxanna)
1:00:52 - Strong Sense of Place podcast
1:01:17 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
1:03:19 - Shogun by James Clavell
1:03:28 - CR Season 1: Episode 14
1:04:45 - I wish more people would read Shogun. (Meredith)
1:05:18 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Support Us:
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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode.
As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We love staying focused on the book, rather than conversational rabbit holes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped except for broad sections, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode.
3:45 - Putting the Book Into Context
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Published Sept. 29, 2009 by Minotaur Books
4.20 rating on Goodreads
Seasonal setting - Autum
Book Awards: Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2010
Critic Reviews
Meredith’s and Roxanna’s encounters with the book
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
10:50 - The Setup
16:22 - A Deeper Exploration
Setup and first paragraph
First paragraph hooks the reader so completely
Reminds Meredith of the Vera series by Ann Cleeves
The pacing of the novel
The deliberate pulling away from the “quaint village mystery”
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Quality of writing itself - if it could be written as a whole series in today’s publishing
Themes: human behavior, conscience, Thoreau’s Walden, contentment, fathers
p.172 quote about conscience
p. 298 quote about happiness
p.175 quote about Walden
P. 495 quote about fear and contentment
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
Side plot with Jean-Guy and the notes left by Ruth Zardo
The Oddness Factor (is usually in superlatives but gets talked about early in this episode!)
The Ending
1:15:31 - Superlatives
Biggest Flaw
Character MVP
p. 403
Favorite Character
Biggest loser
Best food description
Fear Factor
1:29:47 - Within the Series
Is this book skippable?
Favorite Quote (gets asked after the skippable portion so I added it here for time stamp sake)
1:34:08 - SPOILERS AHEAD HERE
Next episode’s read: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book signings and reading retreats
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: revisiting what is working and what isn’t working in our current reading lives
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:45 - CR Season 5: Episode 37
4:17 - An Unlikely Story bookshop
4:45 - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
6:20 - Our Current Reads
6:51 - One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall (Meredith)
12:21 - My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson (Kaytee)
12:26 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson (amazon link)
15:23 - Blackwell’s
16:33 - The Golden Gate by Amy Chua (Meredith)
18:15 - The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (Penguin Random House link)
21:42 - @pieladybooks on Instagram
22:43 - A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow (Kaytee)
25:48 - The Deep by River Solomon
25:51 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
25:53 - Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton
27:17 - Near the Bone by Christina Henry (Meredith)
28:54 - @mother.horror on Instagram
32:10 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Kaytee)
35:50 - Deep Dive: Revisiting What Is Working and Not Working In Our Reading Lives
44:06 - Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan
44:18 - @thewilltoread on Instagram
57:14 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:27 - I wish if you buddy read, find a reader who reads in different genres than you do. (Meredith)
59:32 - I wish to implement SSR in my home. (Kaytee)
1:00:05 - @books.are.word.tacos on Instagram
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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
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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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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
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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
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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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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: bookish festival meetups and poop books for potty training
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: answering questions about our thoughts on bookish villains
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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2:56 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:13 - The Tucson Festival of Books
Please RSVP to [email protected] if you’re going to come Saturday, March 9!
5:52 - Everybody Poops by Justine Avery
5:58 - Potty by Leslie Patricelli
6:17 - Poopasaurus by Plum Coconut (Amazon link)
6:18 - Dino Potty by Sara Conway
6:33 - P is for Potty by Naomi Kleinberg
6:35 - The New Potty by Mercer Mayer (Amazon link)
6:58 - It Hurts When I Poop! by Howard J. Bennett
7:05 - Bunny’s Big Problem by Simone Majetich (Amazon link)
7:37 - Poop There It Is by Little Hippo Books (Amazon link)
10:08 - Our Current Reads
10:22 - Something Close to Magic by Emma Mills (Kaytee)
10:29 - The Novel Neighbor
10:42 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
13:18 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Meredith)
15:25 - The Nowhere Bookshop
17:34 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
16:36 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
19:05 - Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz
20:25 - My Friend the Octopus by Lindsay Galvin (Kaytee, Blackwell’s UK link)
23:23 - The Magic All Around by Jennifer Moorman (Meredith)
29:24 - Libro.fm
30:17 - Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina (Kaytee)
30:24 - Capital Books on K
32:02 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson
32:32 - Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina
33:19 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara (Meredith)
34:43 - Currently Reading Patreon
34:50 - Fabled Bookshop
36:55 - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
36:57 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
37:23 - All Things Bookish Villains
40:25 - All Her Fault by Andrea Mara
42:02 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
42:56 - The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
43:42 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
44:31 - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
45:06 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
45:08 - The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
45:24 - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
48:12 - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
48:58 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
50:21 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
51:00 - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
51:38 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
53:11 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
54:12 - Meet Us At The Fountain
54:20 - I wish to press How the Word Is Passed by Cint Smith into listeners’ hands. (Kaytee)
54:21 - How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
56:03 - I wish listeners would stop using the Patreon app to listen to our content and add patreon to wherever they listen to other podcasts. (Meredith)
57:02 - Check our Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast for the video instructions to add Patreon to your podcast feed.
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Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading.
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Content warning for listeners and young listeners for this episode!
1:28 - Here’s the Setup
3:41 - Previews
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (2023)
7:34 - The Cutting Room
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen.
Sisters being separated
Celie first showing up at Mister’s house
Setting up the story
Anything left out that shouldn’t have been.
African continent
Celie and Shug’s relationship
Shug’s life events
Voiceover narration
Setting on the coast of Georgia
Celie’s discovery of herself
Mister’s redemption arc
Casting and mis-casting
Directors
Harpo
Shug
Mister
Problematic elements.
Continuity issues: dock and boat access to juke joint
Sophia having a potential traumatic brain injury?
Mailbox focus
42:52 - Award Season
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
Mister’s redemption arc
Shug’s redemption arc
Shug singing down the choir
Title line incorporation
Shug singing at the juke joint
The Fancy Pants song (“I’m so Pretty” from West Side Story)
Worst and best actors.
The Mailbox
Squeak/H.E.R.
Adult Nettie/Ciara
Celie/Whoopie
Sophia/Oprah
Mister/Danny Glover
Celie/Fantasia Barrino
Sophia/Danielle Brooks
Young Celie & Young Nettie
Worst and best book characters.
Ol’ Mister
Mister
Shug
The Three Musketeers: Shug/Sophia/Nettie
56:40 - Book/Flick Energy
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Book on Goodreads
Movie scored on a 10 point scale.
Movie on Rotten Tomatoes - 1985
Movie on Rotten Tomatoes - 2023
1:02:25 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel
Which of the movies that we’ve already reviewed would you most like to see as a musical?
Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton - Popcorn Episode
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Popcorn Episode
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - Popcorn Episode
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
If you were to cast yourself as one of these characters, which would you be?
If you were sentenced to 12 years in prison, what would it be for?
Murder
Drinking and driving
1:05:46 - End Credits
The Dry by Jane Harper
Available for rent (we’re using the library!)
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: bossing our friends' TBRs an exciting look at a book to film preview
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: bossing two listeners’ TBRs
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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1:35 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:07 - The Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
5:42 - Our Current Reads
6:01 - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (Meredith)
10:53 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (Kaytee)
SKIP TO 16:30 IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS SETUP
13:52 - Storygraph
13:54 - Reel by Ezeekat about trigger warnings of Butcher & Blackbird
16:48 - Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton (Meredith)
21:26 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
22:25 - Landlines by Raynor Winn (Kaytee, Blackwell’s UK link)
22:30 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
23:42 - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
27:00 - Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford (Meredith)
28:18 - Fabled Bookshop
28:20 - @wacoreads on Instagram
29:04 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
31:19 - All About Love by Bell Hooks (Kaytee)
33:48 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBR
From Wendy T.
34:25 - The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
34:28 - The City We Became by N.K. Jemison
34:31 - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
34:34 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
34:37 - House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
37:10 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram
37:18 - The Hearts and Daggers Pod on Instagram
From Sarah O.
41:03 - Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro
41:06 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
41:08 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
41:11 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert
41:14 - Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
43:31 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
46:47 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman (a follow up from a previous Boss My TBR they loved!)
47:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain
47:26 - Cabin in the Woods by Sarah Alderson
48:26 - I wish to see more blurbs from Netgalley readers on books instead of author blurbs. (Meredith)
50:18 - I wish it were easier to find fandom recommended reading order for authors with series that are within the same universe. (Kaytee)
52:44 - @birdbrainbooks on Instagram
53:08 - The Hearts and Daggers Pod on Instagram
53:27 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
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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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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: bookish pre-orders and picking the right books for ourselves
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: Bookish Friends’ best and worst books of 2023, with interesting overlaps!
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
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2:19 - Currently Reading Patreon (sign up for a 7 day free trial and check out all the goodness!)
7:42 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
10:57 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (pre-order, releases June 11, 2024)
11:01 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore
12:51 - Fabled Bookshop
14:29 - Our Current Reads
14:42 - The Elephants of Thula Thula by Francoise Malby-Anthony (Kaytee)
15:09 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
18:04 - The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent (Meredith)
20:32 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
20:35 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
24:12 - Erasure by Percival Everett (Kaytee)
29:48 - The Trees by Percival Everett
30:42 - What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher (Meredith)
35:28 - The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
36:51 - Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis (Kaytee)
36:56 - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
40:38 - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (Meredith)
45:31 - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
46:11 - Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
46:20 - Ordinary Grace by Willam Kent Krueger
46:42 - Deep Dive: Bookish Friends’ Best and Worst Reads of 2023
46:51 - Currently Reading Patreon
50:35 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (#1 best AND worst read)
51:25 - Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (#5 favorite)
51:28 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (#4 favorite)
51:32 - Hello Beautiful by Anne Napolitano (#3 favorite)
51:36 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (#2 favorite)
51:49 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer (#5 least favorite)
51:54 - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (tied #3 least favorite)
51:56 - Happy Place by Emily Henry (tied #3 least favorite)
51:59 - I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai (#2 least favorite)
52:23 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
52:46 - Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
53:46 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
53:47 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
54:39 - Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
54:46 - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
57:58 - The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
59:05 - The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
59:17 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Interview with Lara Love Hardin
1:01:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:01:45 - I wish for more duologies in the bookish universe. (Kaytee)
1:02:12 - The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
1:02:45 - I want those who love mysteries, thriller and horror to follow @mother.horror on Instagram (Meredith)
1:03:34 - Mother Horror Patreon
1:03:51 - Near the Bone by Christina Henry
1:04:09 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee may have died and come back to life after recording this week. They are joined by none other than Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden of the Popcast! They are discussing:
Bookish Moments: reading clickers and reading to our kiddos
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: Knox and Jamie’s top 5 books of 2023, plus each guest brought their favorite reading experience
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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1:11 - The Popcast
3:21 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:39 - Tiktok scrolling ring
4:05 - Kindle remote clicker
7:53 - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
9:32 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine
10:20 - Fabled Bookshop
10:26 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith
11:56 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
13:35 - Persuasion by Jane Austen
13:44 - Our Current Reads
14:07 - Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (Jamie)
14:15 - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
16:11 - Slow Horses by Mick Herron
16:47 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Knox)
19:19 - Warcross by Marie Lu (Kaytee)
19:31 - What Should I Read Next Podcast
20:13 - Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
20:15 - Slay by Brittney Morris
20:16 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
21:50 - Wildcard by Marie Lu
22:34 - The Future by Naomi Alderman (Meredith)
23:53 - The Power by Naomi Alderman
27:52 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier
28:11 - Deep Dive: Knox and Jamie’s Top 5 Books of 2023
28:42 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
28:44 - Congratulations! The Best is Over by R. Eric Thomas
28:49 - The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
28:56 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
29:38 - The Road of Bones by Demi Winters (Jamie #5)
32:23 - Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati (Knox #5)
32:41- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
34:16 - All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore (Jamie #4)
37:39 - The Fish That Ate the Whale by Rich Cohen (Knox #4)
39:48 - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
40:16 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare (Jamie #3)
42:14 - Archive of Our Own
42:16 - Fanfiction.net
43:29 - All The Young Dudes by MsKingBean89
44:43 - Traffic by Ben Smith (Knox #3)
46:24 - Drowning by T.J. Newman (Jamie #2)
46:35 - Falling by T.J. Newman
49:04 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Knox #2)
52:07 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (Jamie #1)
56:14 - Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan (Knox #1)
59:16 - Knox and Jamie’s Favorite Reading Experiences of 2023
1:00:43 - Hot and Bothered by Jancee Dunn (Jamie)
1:04:37 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Knox)
1:06:00 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
1:06:22 - Meet Us At The Fountain
1:07:08 - I wish more of us would print our book covers to keep in a book to reflect on. (Jamie)
1:07:10 - Canon Ivy 2 Mini Photo Printer
1:09:46 - Mother Horror on Instagram
1:10:32 - I want to press two books into the hands of listeners (Knox)
1:11:08 - We Are the Light by Matthew Quick (specifically for dudes, touches on masculinity without being bro-ish)
1:11:32 - Open Throat by Henry Hoke (specifically for writers)
1:13:35 - I would like to read the same book, but with a different take - with more humor and snark (Kaytee)
1:13:38 - Monsters by Claire Dederer
1:16:49 - I wish everyone would listen to the Popcast (Meredith)
1:16:56 - The Popcast
1:17:28 - The Popcast on Instagram
1:18:34 - The Popcast Patreon
1:20:46 - @KnoxMccoy on Instagram
1:20:48 - @Jamiebgolden on Instagram
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Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: reading aloud to our kiddos and bookish Legos
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: How Roxanna has evolved to read more sci-fi, fantasy and romance
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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:35 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
1:59 - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
4:16 - Lego Hotel (Lego Bookshop is sold out on their website)
6:39 - Our Current Reads
6:43 - No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Roxanna)
6:51 - House Lessons by Erica Bauermeister
10:32 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
12:07 - The Wonderland Trials by Sara Ella (Kaytee)
12:14 - The Poisoned Pen
12:42 - Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
14:10 - The Looking Glass Illusion by Sara Ella
16:36 - Small Change by Roan Parrish (Roxanna, Amazon Link)
17:54 - Happy Place by Emily Henry
21:53 - The Vacation by John Marrs (Kaytee)
27:20 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Roxanna)
27:26 - CR Season 2, Episode 8
30:38 - One Sunny Afternoon by Rowan Jette Knox (Kaytee)
31:15 - Love Lives Here by Rowan Jette Knox
32:56 - Know My Name by Chanel Miller
33:09 - Libro.fm
34:06 - Deep Dive: Roxanna’s Evolution As A Reader
34:15 - CR Season 3, Episode 5 (Roxanna’s first episode introduction)
34:54 - Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
37:49 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
38:08 - Get Booked Podcast (no longer running but old episodes are available!)
39:02 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
41:11 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
44:44 - A Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
43:58 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
44:04 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
48:26 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
52:26 - Meet Us At The Fountain
52:45 - I wish people would lean into whatever season they are in with their reading lives .(Roxanna)
52:59 - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
53:07 - Burnout by Emily Nagoski
53:13 - Wintering by Katherine May
53:21 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
53:23 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
53:53 - I wish to be read aloud to long after I age out of being read to. (Kaytee)
54:14 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
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The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. January’s IPL is brought to you by our anchor store, Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX.
Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
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We know you’ll be thrilled to hear from Mary and Roxanna again this weekend as you’ve been asking for their top 10 lists, and we’ve got them for you!
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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1:15 - 2023 Reading Review
3:02 - CR Season 6, Episode 22 (Meredith and Kaytee’s top 10)
5:26 - Currently Reading Patreon
8:30 - Our Top Ten Reads of 2023
8:43 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Roxanna)
10:05 - It’s Easier Than You Think by Sylvia Boorstein (Mary)
12:35 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (Roxanna)
14:45 - Happy Place by Emily Henry (Mary)16:58 - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (Roxanna)
20:49 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1)
21:22 - The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (Mary)
21:33 - @Maryreadsandsips on Instagram
23:32 - Small Change by Roan Parrish (Roxanna, Amazon link)
25:48 - Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder (Mary)
26:00 - Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder
27:17 - Malagash by Joey Comeau
28:27 - The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Roxanna)
30:42 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (Mary)
31:51 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
32:34 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Roxanna)
33:57 - The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (Mary)
34:03 - Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Junon Dawson
35:52 - CR Season 6, Episode 23
36:39 - Essentialism by Greg Mckeown (Roxanna)
39:03 - Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano (Mary)
40:50 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
42:13 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (Roxanna #3, Daevabad Trilogy #1)
42:15 - Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
42:17 - Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty
44:30 - Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston (Mary #3)
47:14 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Roxanna #2)
48:37 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (Mary #2)
48:45 - CR Season 6, Episode 19 (Kaytee’s Divine Rivals setup episode)
49:26 - Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
50:49 - Search by Michelle Huneven (Roxanna #1)
53:38 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (Mary #1, audiobook is the only way to purchase!)
53:55 - CR Season 5, Episode 36 (Mary’s in depth discussion about After This)
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. January’s IPL comes to us from our anchor store, Fabled Bookshop.
Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry
All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller
The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts
Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
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