Season 8, Episode 30: Weekly Buddy Reading + Organizing Our Bookshelves
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing:
Bookish Moments: A new bookish metaphor and book moms in the wild
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: Organizing Our Bookshelves
Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit you should read.
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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1:18 - Ad For Ourselves
2:03 - Currently Reading Patreon
2:55 - Bookish Moments of the Week
3:19 - A Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
7:44 - @meg.al.reads on Instagram
9:19 - Current Reads
9:26 - Agnes Aubert’s Magical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (Mary)
9:54 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
13:34 - Mate by Ali Hazelwood (Kaytee)
13:38 - Bride by Ali Hazelwood
MARYS NEXT BOOK BEGINS AT 17:43 IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR MATE’S SETUP
16:31 - romance.io
17:48 - Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen (Mary)
19:50 - The Arc by Tory Henwood Hoen
19:52 - CR Season 4: Episode 38 w/Mary’s setup of The Arc
21:07 - One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Kaytee)
23:39 - American War by Omar El Akkad
26:02 - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Mary)
28:19 - This Is How You Win the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
29:57 - Honey by Imani Thompson (pre-order, releases May 5, 2026) (Kaytee)
32:10 - They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
34:36 - Organizing Our Bookshelves
36:51 - Ikea Kallax Bookshelf
37:47 - Ikea Billy Bookcase
42:40 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
48:50 - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
49:47 - Currently Reading Substack
53:51 - Before We Go
Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post
54:38 - Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
54:40 - The Wife, The Mistress and the Maid by Ariel Lawhon
54:42 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
54:44 - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
54:47 - The Antidote by Karen Russell
54:52 - The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kawali
Mary brings a sleeper hit, with a twist:
57:02 - Looking At Picture Books w/Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
58:51 - Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
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