Season 3, Episode 38: Eating Humble Pie + IRL and Bookish Friendships

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing:

Bookish Moments: A sisterly conversation and a masking win
Current Reads: books we are so glad we read, from beginning to end
Deep Dive: how to make your IRL friendship bookish and how to make your bookish friendship IRL
Book Presses: a YA book that seems to be universally beloved and a way to make friends in your neighborhood

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

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Bookish Moments:

2:06 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

3:40 - BlackLIT box

Current Reads:

4:59 - Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Mindy)

9:26 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

10:14 - Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh (Kaytee)

13:15 - The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai (Mindy)

13:21 - Page1 Box

13:27 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

15:44 - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

16:43 - Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams (Kaytee)