Season 3, Episode 40: Friendly Get-Togethers + The Tropes We Love
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: A joint bookish moment of gatherings of Bookish Friends
Current Reads: some YA fantasy, some murder, some short stories, some family drama. We’ve got it all.
Deep Dive: the tropes we love - what is a trope and which ones draw us in?
Book Presses: two books that we hugged at the end
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!
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1:18 - Currently Reading Patreon
Bookish Moments:
3:38 - Fabled Bookshop
Current Reads:
6:52 - 10 Things to Tell You Episode 108 with Kaytee and Meredith.
6:55 - Lobizona by Romina Garber (Meredith)
8:46 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
9:55 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
10:00 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10:47 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Kaytee)
13:40 - A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell (Meredith)
14:01 - From Doon with Death by Ruth Rendell (#1 in the Wexford series)
17:42 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
19:50 - The Arsonist’ City by Hala Alyan (Kaytee)
19:58 - Sarah’s Instagram bookedinadvance
21:17 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
21:36 - Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
23:15 - The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett (Meredith)
23:24 - Kerry’s instagram @linesiunderline
26:01 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
26:33 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet
27:02 - Night at the Fiestas by Kirsten Valdez Quade (Kaytee)
27:49 - What ARE biscochitos?
Deep Dive - Tropes: Love ‘Em or Leave ‘Em
34:20 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
35:01 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
36:50 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
37:10 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
37:51 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes
37:54 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
37:56 - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
39:46 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
39:59 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
40:27 - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
43:09 - To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Meredith)
47:49 - Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah (Kaytee)
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