Season 4, Episode 23: Front and Backlist Beauties + Factors That Affect Our Star Ratings

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

Bookish Moments: traveling through the mail and anew book light
Current Reads: some backlist books and some new releases, some of which really surprised us!
Deep Dive: factors that make us add and remove stars
Book Presses: redemptive drama and a true-to-life-novel

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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:28 - Currently Reading Patreon

:59 - All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells

2:00 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:04 - Mindy’s Instagram @gratefulforgrace

5:35 - The Lamborghini of Book Lights

5:47 - Current Reads

6:22 - Dear Bob and Sue by Matt and Karen Smith (Mindy)

8:28 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

9:32 - CeCeRios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera (Kaytee)

9:40 - Currently Reading on Mighty Networks

10:59 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

11:51 - The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody