Season 5, Episode 12: Spooky Spectacular + Short Books That Pack a Punch

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

  • Bookish Moments: fall reading to the max and spooky season satisfaction

  • Current Reads: some wonderful picks for November and then a bunch of spooky witchy creepy stuff

  • Deep Dive: we are chatting about our favorite books under 200 pages that really blow your mind

  • 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! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

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1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week

7:51 - The Vampiric Vacation by Kiersten White

8:06 - Current Reads

8:19 - This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan (Kaytee)

8:44 - Garcia Street Books

8:59 - The Sorta Awesome Podcast

11:25 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

15:05 - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Meredith)

19:30 - Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh (Kaytee)

19:36 - Currently Reading Season 5: Episode 6

21:07 - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (Misspoke in the episode saying Jonathan Lockwood. The series name is Lockwood & Co.)

21:35 - We Need Diverse Books

22:41 - The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant (Meredith)

30:38 - Witch Please by Ann Aguirre (Kaytee)

34:45 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

35:04 - Daphne by Josh Malerman (Meredith)

37:22 - An Unlikely Story

37:25 - @anunlikelystory on Instagram

41:39 - Deep Dive: Short Books that Pack a Punch

43:48 - Love and Saffron by Kim Fay

45:06 - The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn (Amazon link, cannot locate on Bookshop.org)

45:13 - Book of the Month

45:20 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

46:17 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

46:19 - A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers 

46:34 - All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells 

47:01 - A Spindle Splintered by Alix Harrow

47:02 - A Mirror Mended by Alix Harrow

47:46 - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

48:22 - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

48:31 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

48:42 - 84, Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff

48:53 - 1984 by George Orwell

48:54 - Animal Farm by George Orwell

49:23 - Passing by Nella Larsen

49:57 - The Governesses by Anne Serre

50:32 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

50:54 - Elevation by Stephen King

51:26 - The Stand by Stephen King

51:27 - Needful Things by Stephen King

51:41 - A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark

52:28 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish for a buddy reading app that allows for staggered reading. (Kaytee)

52:50 - The StoryGraph

53:14 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

54:08 - Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

I wish that more caregivers could use books as physical objects and talking points with their littles. (Meredith)

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