Season 6, Episode 2: Circling Back on Direct Presses

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

Bookish Moments: comfort social accounts and mother daughter bonding
Current Reads: four regular reads and our two bossy presses
Deep Dive: how we felt about pressing books to each other and our experiences reading them
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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1:20 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

1:40 - @megs.tea.room on Instagram

1:40 - @megstearoom on Tiktok

2:01 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

3:56 - Book of the Month

6:21 - Current Reads

6:28 - Clean Air by Sarah Blake (Meredith)

8:40 - @fictionmatters on Instagram

10:30 - The Need by Helen Phillips

10:33 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

10:56 - The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger

10:57 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel