Season 5, Episode 28: Lighting Up Our Reading Lives + Travel Inspired by Books

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

Bookish Moments: a wonderful reading gift and an upcoming literary festival
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: today we are making a travel list based on the (real) places we’ve traveled in books
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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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1:30 - Bookish Moment of the Week

2:04 - Anwick Book Lamp

4:14 - Santa Fe International Literary Festival

6:18 - Current Reads

6:32 - Silent Voices by Ann Cleaves (Meredith)

6:51 - BritBox

11:10 - The Long Call by Ann Cleaves

11:29 - The Crow Trap by Ann Cleaves

11:42 - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano (Kaytee)

18:32 - Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan (Meredith)

23:50 - How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price (Kaytee)

27:34 - The Daily Stoic

27:36 - The Painted Porch Bookshop

29:04 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (Meredith)

33:35 - Hench by Natalize Zina Walschots

33:36 - The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

35:12 - We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds (Kaytee)

35:18 - Libro.fm

37:17 - Fabled Bookshop

37:18 - Times Undoing by Cheryl A. Head

38:08 - Deep Dive: Travel Inspired by Books

40:22 - The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker

41:03 - Violeta by Isabel Allende

41:49 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

42:17 - Shogun by James Clavell (y’all! I said China. Shogun takes place in Japan. Sentiment still applies, but thanks to listener Erin for pointing out my mis-speak)

43:06 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

43:53 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

44:19 - How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

44:50 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

45:11 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

45:15 - A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adrianna Herrera

45:34 - BookPeople

46:57 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle Mcnamara

47:41 - A City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

49:24 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish mediocre books would be saved by turning them into amazing shows. (Meredith)

50:34 - Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber (Amazon link)