Season 5, Episode 13: Reading Genes + Books That Should Blow Up Bookstagram
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: reading genetics and scary saturation
Current Reads: backlist gems and TBR surprises and bookish serendipity
Deep Dive: we visit The Wayback Machine to give you books we think would go viral on Bookstagram and BookTok if they came out today
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!
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2:12 - Bookish Moment of the Week
6:18 - Current Reads
6:51 - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Kaytee)
7:34 - Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu
7:50 - The Sorta Awesome Podcast
10:14 - Read-Aloud Revival
11:07 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Meredith)
13:33 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
17:18 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Kaytee)
17:27 - CR Season 3: Episode 47 - The Listener Press
17:31 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter
21:25 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (Meredith)
25:55 - Matrix by Lauren Goff
30:20 - A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf (Kaytee)
33:17 - Daphne by Josh Malerman
34:33 - Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates (Meredith)
39:11 - From Below by Darcy Coates
39:54 - Deep Dive: Backlist Books The Would Go Viral Today
40:47 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
41:20 - The Selection by Kiera Cass
41:35 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
43:01 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram
43:04 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
44:40 - The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
44:56 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
45:47 - Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
46:48 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
48:12 - In the Woods by Tana French
48:58 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
49:45 - The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
51:31 - The Villa by Nora Roberts
52:38 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
53:37 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
53:49 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
53:50 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
54:31 - Meet Us At The Fountain
I wish every reader would keep a simple reading log. (Kaytee)
I wish November and December could get here quicker for some highly anticipated releases. (Meredith)
57:18 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
57:41 - Three Pines Series Trailer
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