Season 5, Episode 30: TBR Adding Spree + Winter Reading Doldrums
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: a joyful poem and bookshelf chats
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: ways to bring joy to winter doldrums through reading
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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1:50 - Bookish Moment of the Week
1:52 - a poem that brings joy
2:56 - If I Had a Name Like Rosie Fernandez by Wendy Morton
4:06 - Mindy’s Meno Party and book shelf viewing
6:18 - Midlife with Mindy and Meg on Sorta Awesome
8:36 - Current Reads
8:45 - Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown (Roxanna)
10:19 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
11:15 - Pirates of the Caribbean
11:17 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
12:28 - Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabaneli (Kaytee)
12:38 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live podcast
16:23 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell (Roxanna)
16:38 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
22:09 - The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (Kaytee)
26:09 - Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver by Jill Heinerth (Roxanna)
29:15 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
29:55 - Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot (Kaytee)
30:16 - CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocate
32:32 - A Place Called Home by David Ambroz
33:53 - Deep Dive: Bookish Help for the Winter Doldrums
35:40 - Light in our spaces (Kaytee)
39:49 - Anwick Book Lamp
35:56 - Glocusent LED Neck Reading Light
36:00 - LED Taper Candles
36:58 - Romp Reading (Roxanna)
37:11 - The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
37:21 - The Appeal by Janice Hallett
37:41 - Reading snacks (Kaytee)
37:47 - Acai Dark Chocolate Blueberries by Brookside
39:24 - Lots of color in our spaces (Roxanna)
40:04 - Fantasy reading in familiar worlds (Roxanna)
40:24 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
41:03 - A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
41:12 - S4E41 Tandem Watch + All Things Roxanna
41:13 - A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
43:14 - Delight reading (Roxanna)
43:27 - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
45:15 - Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
45:37 - Small doses of reading joy (Kaytee)
45:39 - G’morning, G’night: Little Pep Talks for Me and You by Lin Manuel Miranda
45:46 - The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha
45:47 - Our Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha
46:06 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
47:03 - Winter Hours by Mary Oliver
47:58 - Rereading (Roxanna)
48:11 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
48:17 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
48:25 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher
49:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:14 - I wish for a service to send me lines from my favorite book daily (Roxanna)
50:25 - I wish for a book tasting experience for all readers (Kaytee)
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