Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: even more adaptations and reading hangovers
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: Kaytee and Meredith do a mid year reading check-in
Before We Go: our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and Kaytee brings something she is currently 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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1:45 - Bookish Moments of the Week
1:54: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
4:14 - Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
5:34 - Books & Books
6:42 - Current Reads
6:49 - Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee)
9:10 - Book Talk, Etc
9:14 - Thoughts From A Page
10:28 - The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (Meredith)
10:46 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
12:45 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
15:21 - Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz (Kaytee)
15:34 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
19:10 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn (Meredith)
21:00 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live
23:56 - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Kaytee)
27:25 - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
29:08 - Dissolution by Nicholas Binge (Meredith)
30:23 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge
30:54 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
31:04 - Recursion by Blake Crouch
34:42 - Deep Dive: Mid-Year Reading Check-In
37:07 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower
40:57 - The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty
41:55 - The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
42:16 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare
43:57 - The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
44:01 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
44:53 - Book Talk, Etc
47:03 - Vigil by George Saunders
47:18 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
50:31 - Before We Go
Meredith highlights a bookish friend post
Kaytee brings something she’s curious about
54:31 - The Land and Its People by David Sedaris
55:57 - Caleb Bouchard on Instagram
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