Season 8, Episode 7: Small-Town Escapes + Reading - Why So Serious?
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: a budding book collector + a favorite book wins the Hugo Award
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: reading — why so serious?
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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1:12 - Still Life by Louise Penny (20th Anniversary Edition) [releases September 30]
2:13 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
2:25 - Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
3:34 - The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborty
4:19 - The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper [releases September 16]
4:53 - The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean
5:04 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
6:19 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
7:54 - Our Current Reads
8:03 - Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (Kaytee)
11:35 - Ghost Business by Jen DeLuca
13:30 - Rites of Extinction by Matt Serafini (Meredith)
18:39 - The Unveiling by Quan Berry [releases October 14]
19:17 - The Need by Helen Phillips
20:02 - Let Them Stare by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy (Kaytee)
22:19 - Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
23:59 - Jobs to Be Done by Stephen Wunker, Jessica Wattman, and David Farber (Meredith)
28:36 - Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (Kaytee)
28:45 - The Change by Kirsten Miller
28:50 - Schuler Books in Michigan
31:45 - Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea (Meredith)
35:01 - Guess Again by Charlie Donlea
36:36 - Reading — Why So Serious?
43:40 - Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
51:03 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:24 - I wish there was a show about readers, in the spirit of The Great British Bake Off. (Kaytee)
54:46 - An update on last week’s wish: I wish my iPhone would make automated actions easier for handling my screenshots. (Meredith)
56:40 - Step-by-Step: Build a “Send Screenshot” Shortcut on iPhone PDF
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