Season 5, Episode 49: A Group Show - Would You Rather?

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

Would You Rather: it’s a game. it’s bookish. it’s fun!

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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2:16 - Would you rather read a really great, interesting page turning book that you've been waiting for, with your whole family in the same room at the same time? Or would you rather read a boring book that you're really not into, but you're alone in your room?

6:28 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

6:32 - Would you rather be allowed to only read mediocre ACOTAR fanfic within the fantasy genre or have to give up fantasy entirely?

6:36 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

8:20 - Would you rather have a super spicy romance with a cheesy cover sitting in your office where clients can see it, or have a super spicy audiobook go off while in a playgroup with Charlotte?

10:15 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert

11:01 - Would you rather you and I (Meredith and Roxanna) be able to continue to buddy read together for the rest of our lives until we're old and gray? Or would you rather us live down the street from each other, but we could never talk about books again.

12:22 - Would you rather have to listen to romance in your ears, all romance all the time in your ears. Or you have to play the most graphic scenes of your murdery books out loud through speakers in public while you walk around the neighborhood?

14:10 - Would you rather only listen to audiobooks at one speed for the rest of your life or never listen to audiobooks again?

16:08 - Would you rather your children, be entirely suggestible with regard to their reading or your reading partner Meredith, be entirely suggestible with regard to her reading?

18:11 - Would you rather never be allowed to keep a book on your shelves, Libraries are immediate read and pass on only or be allowed to keep whatever books you'd like on your shelves, but never be allowed to organize or categorize them in any way?

19:46 - Would you rather have to reread your least favorite book every month or never read your favorite book ever again?

20:29 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

20:40 - Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

20:41 - The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

20:43 - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

20:57 - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

21:23 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

21:48 - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

21:53 - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

22:04 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

22:16 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager

22:59 - Would you rather never have to wait for the release of a book again or would you want to always have the opportunity to meet your favorite author in person and have a real conversation with them?

24:36 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

25:23 - State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny

27:19 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

27:19 - Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Pre-order link)

27:43 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

28:25 - Would you rather never get to read in the hammock again or never get to read in front of a crackling fire again?

30:28 - Would you rather be a writer who wrote an amazing debut, but then had a sophomore slump or would you rather be a writer who wrote a breakout first book, had an amazing follow up and every book has been better than the last… but each book features a mythical creature with two peens?

32:53 - Would you want to be an author that puts out one incredible book that wins all the prizes, but it's also a commercial success, or would you rather be an author that writes a very beloved and well selling series, but has a much smaller, beloved, but smaller audience?

37:43 - Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews

38:25 - Would you rather read in an isolated cabin with no fireplace? And it's very drafty and there might be spiders or would you rather read in a very noisy coffee shop with bad music and loud conversation?

39:51 - Would you rather for the rest of your life only do buddy reads or never get to buddy read again?

41:28 - Would you rather have no food sensitivities or no reading sensitivities? (i.e. no triggers)

43:15 - Would you rather have an author crush that writes a book you hate, and you have to interview that author for Currently Reading or would you rather have an author crush who writes a book you absolutely love, but when you interview them, they’re a total jerk?

46:26 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live w/John Marrs

46:36 - The Marriage Act by John Marrs

50:15 - Would you rather that reading always made you fall asleep or that you could never fall asleep while reading?

52:00 - Kindle Oasis

52:02 - Kindle Paperwhite

55:19 - Kindle Oasis CaseBot Case

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