Season 8, Episode 31: Book Festivals + Revisiting The Currently Reading Press List
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: Book festivals and new book podcast episodes
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: Revisiting the Currently Reading Press List
Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and something Kaytee is curious about
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
2:01 - Currently Reading Press List
3:00 - Bookish Moments of the Week
3:23 - Tucson Festival of Books
3:54 - If you will be at TFOB, email Kaytee at kaytee @ currentlyreadingpodcast . com
5:17 - The Diving In podcast
6:28 - Current Reads
6:36 - Wreck by Catherine Newman (Kaytee)
6:49 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman
9:50 - Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton (Meredith, Blackwell’s link)
12:58 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
15:06 - The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande (Kaytee)
15:14 - Kaytee’s Instagram @notesonbookmarks
19:09 - Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by C.M. Nascosta (Meredith)
19:18 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta
25:21 - Love and Fury by Samantha Silva (Kaytee)
25:26 - The Novel Neighbor
26:32 - Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
26:35 - CR Season 1: Episode 18
27:36 - You’re Dead To Me podcast
28:46 - The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty (Meredith)
30:16 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
32:39 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
32:40 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
34:41 - Revisiting The Currently Reading Press List
34:58 - Currently Reading Press List
38:53 - The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
39:00 - Pansuit Politics podcast
42:06 - Matilda by Roald Dahl
42:52 - Death at Bishop’s Keep by Robin Paige
43:21 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
43:33 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse
43:48 - Disney War by James B. Stewart
43:52 - The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
44:08 - Shogun by James Clavell
44:28 - Dataclysm by Christian Rudder
44:39 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
44:51 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
45:11 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
45:20 - The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene
45:29 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
45:30 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
45:36 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
46:03 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
46:04 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
46:09 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
46:11 - The Paper Magician by Charlie Homberg
46:25 - The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
47:15 - Expecting Better by Emily Oster
47:26 - Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman
50:14 - Before We Go
Meredith highlights a bookish friend post
50:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Brower
Kaytee brings something she’s curious about
53:00 - Laura Tremaine’s Substack
53:15 - 10 Things To Tell You podcast
55:13 - Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
55:29 - Kin by Tayari Jones
55:37 - Whistler by Ann Patchett
55:51 - Land by Maggie O’Farrell
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