Season 4, Episode 27: Happy Sighs + An On-Ramp to Romance

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

  • Bookish Moments: a fabulous buddy read and a young reader milestone

  • Current Reads: this week we have a lot of books we really loved. There may be gushing.

  • Deep Dive: an on-ramp to romance, from fade to black to spicy fun

  • Book Presses: a perfectly midwestern story and a short story collection

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

1:53 - Bookish Moment of the Week

2:12 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

3:37 - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann

4:57 - Current Reads

5:13 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (Mary)

7:40 - Erdrich’s Bookshop Birchbark Books

9:12 - The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony (Kaytee)

11:52 - To Sir With Love by Lauren Layne (Mary)

14:23 - Dear White Peacemakers by Osheta Moore (Kaytee)

14:45 - Shalom Sistas by Osheta Moore 

14:46 - Season 4: Episode 14

16:57 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (Mary)

17:13 - Cackle by Rachel Harrison 

20:01 - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (Kaytee)

20:29 - Dumplin by Julie Murphy

22:10 - By the Book by Jasmine Guillory 

22:48 - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

23:03 - Deep Dive: Our Romance On Ramp

26:20 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

26:22 - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

26:24 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

27:01 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

27:10 - Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

27:33 - Fat Chance Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

27:48 - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

28:24 - To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

29:03 - A Pho Love Story by Loan Le 

29:05 - Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

29:09 - To Sir With Love by Lauren Layne

29:35 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

29:36 - Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott

30:09 - The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding

30:23 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

31:15 - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #1)

31:55 - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

32:27 - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

32:28 - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

32:29 - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

32:47 - The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

32:48 - Beach Read by Emily Henry

32:54 - The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary 

33:36 - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

33:40 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

34:15 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

34:18 - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

34:19 - After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

35:28 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

35:29 - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

36:11 - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

36:16 - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

36:57 - Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller

36:58 - The Brightest Star in Paris by Diana Biller

37:32 - The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

37:53 - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

38:22 - Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory 

39:32 - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

42:50 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

43:06 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (Mary)

44:54 - Minisode w/ J. Ryan Stradal

45:21- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Kaytee)

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