Season 4, Episode 29: Discussions with Fellow Readers + Beloved Curmudgeons
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: live tweets from a friend and a spicy conversation behind the scenes
Current Reads: some romance, some disagreement, and some under-the-radar gems
Deep Dive: Mindy and Kaytee bring all the curmudgeons and disagree about them!
Book Presses: a great series, and a short but powerful 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!
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:30 - Currently Reading Patreon
1:29 - Bookish Moment of the Week
1:38 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
4:05 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
4:19 - Current Reads
4:52 - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (Mindy)
7:48 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
8:32 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
9:08 - The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang (Kaytee)
9:12 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
9:54 - Libro.fm
13:13 - What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris (Mindy)
14:45 - Matrix by Lauren Goff
15:43 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
15:44 - Honor by Thirty Umrigar
16:39 - Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
19:26 - Fabled Bookshop
20:18 - The Hidden by Melanie Golding (Kaytee)
23:42 - Julie’s Instagram @jns.reads
23:54 - Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (Mindy)
27:11 - Fifty-Fifty by Steve Cavanaugh
27:13 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh
29:03 - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah Jones (Kaytee)
29:18 - Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
30:37 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
30:40 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
30:42 - Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams
33:51 - Deep Dive: Our Favorite Curmudgeons
39:34 - Then Tweets My Soul: The Best of the Church Curmudgeon by David Reigier
41:23 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
42:20 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle
42:35 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
42:58 - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: Eighty-Three and a Quarter Years Old by Hendrik Groen
43:08 - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
43:26 - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
43:29 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
44:29 - The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
44:52 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey
45:16 - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
46:25 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
46:53 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
48:17 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen
48:56 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
49:37 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
49:39 - The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (amazon link)
51:44 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
51:47 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
52:39 - Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
53:04 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands
53:28 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy)
54:06 - Season 3: Episode 7
54:47 - Circe by Madeline Miller
54:48 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
55:21 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1)
55:56 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee)
56:36 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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