Season 4, Episode 20: An Indie Bookstore Road Trip

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

  • Bookish Moments: rethinking the book slump and nerdy book stats

  • Today, for the meat of our episode we are hearing directly from you, the listeners! We’re visiting your favorite indie bookstores and hearing about the books they pressed into your hands.

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!

*Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*  

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0:10 - Bite Size Intro

2:18 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:54 - Fabled Bookshop

5:45 - Bookish Moment of the Week

7:58 - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

8:34 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

9:32 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

16:13 - Your Favorite Indie Bookstores and the Books They Sold You

16:22 - The Learned Owl Book Shop

16:33 - The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (Becky)

16:36 - The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt (Becky)

16:43 - The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt 

17:26 - InkLink Books 

18:09 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Katie)

18:40 - A Great Good Place for Books 

18:53 - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker (Karen)

19:16 - Wild Geese Bookshop

19:41 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult TImes by Katherine May (Dana)

20:44 - Warwicks 

20:49 - Chevalier’s 

21:09 - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

21:29 - IQ by Joe Ide (Susan)

22:16 - Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene 

22:17 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

22:24 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

23:13 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

23:53 - Fabled Bookshop

24:01 - Elizabeth Barnhill on Instagram

24:23 - Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick (Erin)

24:58 - Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddon Keefe

25:17 - Book’n It on Instagram

25:43 - Lemuria Books

27:07 - Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell (Kim)

27:18 - Parnassus Books

27:36 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Alex)

27:50 - Munro’s Books

27:55 - Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchett (Shannon)

28:34 - The Bookshop Nashville

28:37 - The Bookshop Nashville on Instagram

28:47 - Lit Clique (blind date with a book) at The Bookshop (Megan)

30:08 - Boswell Book Company

30:12 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary)

31:24 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1)

31:43 - Page 1 Books 

32:04 - Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox (Mindy)

32:09 - Hades by Candice Fox

32:39 - Deep Dive: Meredith and Kaytee’s Indie Presses

32:54 - Fabled Bookshop

33:26 - When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

33:39 - Gallery Bookshop

34:22 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Meredith)

36:56 - Garcia Street Books

37:26 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling

37:30 - Dog Man by Dav Pilkey 

37:35 - The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski (Kaytee)

40:01 - Bookshop.org

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