Season 3, Episode 23: Book Flights + Goals for Reading and Business

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

Bookish Moments: a Christmas gift and a reading shift
Current Reads: we’ve got a few unintentional book flights in this set of six and we love that!
Deep Dive: we are pulling back the curtain with reading goals for 2021 and business goals for 2021, and letting you know how you can help!
Book Presses: a crowd-pleaser and productivity to start the year off right

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. 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:

1:56 - Lego Bookstore (looks to be out of stock lots of places but Lego is accepting backorders)

2:34 - Kaytee’s Instagram Lego Bookstore tour

3:56 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Winter Book Preview

Current Reads:

6:03 - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Kaytee)

6:16 - Fiction Matters’ Patreon

7:18 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

9:07 - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Meredith)

12:44 - The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber

13:19 - Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn (Kaytee)

16:28 - The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke (Meredith)

16:36 - Diving In Podcast

19:34 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

20:08 - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)

21:10 - Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride (Kaytee)

23:39 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Meredith)

25:48 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

26:07 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

Deep Dive - Reading Intentions and Business Goals:

33:56 - Are you following us on Instagram? Can you help us reach our goal?

36:50 - Are you a Patron/Bookish Friend? Would you consider becoming one? If you are, tell us what you love or what you’d like to see over there. If you are not, what would make it worth it to you?

40:30 - Are there guests you’d love to hear from on Currently Reading? Tell us about them! Email us or tag us on Instagram or tag them on Instagram in our posts to start the conversation!

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

43:17 - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (Kaytee)

43:54 - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

45:13 - What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam (Meredith)

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Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram

Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram

Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram

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