Season 4, Episode 15: Long-Term Buddy Reading + Picking a Book Club Book

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

  • Bookish Moments: bookstore friends and holiday reading plans

  • Current Reads: a broad swath of diverse reads!

  • Deep Dive: book club books - finding a great one

  • Book Presses: two more extremely discussable books

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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1:27 Bookish Moment of the Week

1:46 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent 

1:52 - Bookends bookshop in Pagosa Springs Colorado

2:46 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

4:05 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

4:42 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton

4:43 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton

4:57 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

5:19 - Marley by Jon Clinch

6:06 Current Reads:

6:12 - God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney (Kaytee)

6:32 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live

9:43 - A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley (Meredith)

9:52 - Book Drop subscription

13:32 - Let’s Tell This Story Properly by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Kaytee) Note: in the UK, this collection is published as Manchester Happened.

14:23 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

16:10 - Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (Meredith)

16:23 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

16:36 - Novel Neighbor bookshop

22:03 - Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Kaytee)

23:23 - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

24:22 - Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (Meredith)

25:55 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

25:56 - The Selection by Kiera Cass

25:58 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand

28:24 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 

30:32 Deep Dive - What Makes a Good Book Club Book?

33:58 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

34:42 - Bookend Homeschoolers Season 2: Episode 13

36:20 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

36:50 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

38:12 - How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

39:02 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

40:49 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

41:45 - The Push by Ashley Audrain

41:48 - The Need by Helen Phillips

42:53 - Roar by Cecelia Ahern

43:15 - The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

43:45 - You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

44:43 - Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

45:05 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Kaytee)

47:26 - The Power by Naomi Alderman (Meredith)

49:20 - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

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