Season 6, Episode 31: Puzzle Competitions + Kaytee and Meredith's Bookish Retreat
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
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
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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