Season 6: Episode 17: Bookish Intel + When Goodreads Ratings Don't Match Your Own
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: spoiling bookish gifts and needing book intel before continuing
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: when Goodreads ratings don’t match your own
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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1:24 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
2:10 - Book Embosser
2:28 - The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
4:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
4:15 - Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
6:43 - Current Reads
6:50 - The Novel Neighbor
6:55 - The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane (Kaytee)
8:57 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
8:59 - Beauty by Robin McKinley
9:51 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Meredith)
13:07 - Good Inside by Becky Kennedy (Kaytee)
17:03 - With A Kiss We Die by L.R. Dorn (Meredith)
21:45 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Kaytee)
22:23 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
24:53 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
27:25 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine (Meredith, Amazon link)
27:40 - CONTENT WARNING HERE FOR SEXY TIME TALK. SKIP TO 35:46 FOR THE DEEP DIVE
29:44 - ezeekat on Instagram
31:18 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert
35:46 - Deep Dive: When Goodreads Ratings Don’t Match Your Own
36:06 - @thelinenfox on Instagram
39:33 - Search by Michelle Huneven
40:29 - Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker
42:02 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
42:17 - The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane
43:21 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
46:12 - The Exchange by John Grishom
46:57 - Clean Air by Sarah Blake
47:36 - Fiction Matters on Instagram
48:12 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
48:38 - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
52:04 - StoryGraph
55:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain
55:24 - My wish was granted about stickers to cover up book club stickers on book covers. (Kaytee)
55:28 - Bookish-blends.com
56:38 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
56:41 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
57:07 - I wish to give extra encouragement to Bookish_Blends for finding a hole in the market and filling it! (Meredith)
57:08 - Bookish__blends on Instagram
57:25 - Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
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