Season 5, Episode 6: A Shot of Joy + Seasoned Protagonists
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: a new reading habit and protecting a reading life
Current Reads: books that are joyful (one of us really needed it) and a strange twin theme!
Deep Dive: seasoned protagonists, who are they are which are our favorites
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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1:46 - Currently Reading Patreon
4:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week
5:54 - Pangobooks
13:28 - Current Reads
13:50 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter (Meredith)
18:13 - Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
18:15 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
19:11 - Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola (Kaytee)
19:21 - Love in Color by Bolu Babalola
10:36 - The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
21:35 - Libro.fm
22:34 - Little Darlings by Melanie Golding (Meredith)
22:40 - The Hidden by Melanie Golding
28:57 - Hoopla
29:28 - In Her Boots by KJ Dell’antoia (Kaytee)
32:48 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Meredith)
33:27 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
36:59 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
41:04 - The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain (Kaytee)
42:19 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
42:21 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
42:23 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
42:43 - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
43:58 - Deep Dive: Seasoned Protagonists in our Reading
48:27 - The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo
49:10 - Cafe Con Libros
49:28 - An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten
50:18 - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
50:39 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
50:49 - The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
53:39 - Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (#1 in the series) by M.C. Beaton
54:00 - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (#1 in the series) by Dorothy Gilman
54:48 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
54:49 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
54:50 - The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
55:08 - The Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
55:21 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
55:26 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
55:43 - The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg
56:42 - Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
57:35 - The Son by Philipp Meyer
57:51 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher
58:53 - Meet Us At The Fountain
I wish that everyone would read Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard. (Meredith)
59:23 - Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard
59:33 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
59:42 - Fabled Bookshop
1:00:54 - Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
I wish that if a book is part of a series, the number is always on the spine or cover. (Kaytee)
1:01:29 - Spirit Hunters: The Island of Monsters by Ellen Oh
1:02:04 - Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
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