Season 6, Episode 14: Our Bookish Impact + What Makes A Great Gift Book
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: work retreats and our bookish impact in a listener’s classroom
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: what makes a great gift book
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)
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1:43 - Currently Reading Patreon
4:01 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
9:14 - Current Reads
9:50 - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (Meredith)
15:28 - Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline (Kaytee)
18:18 - Venco by Cherie Dimaline
19:14 - At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha (Meredith)
24:05 - CR Season 5: Episode 48 Listener Press
24:18 - Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan (Kaytee)
28:34 - After the Crash by Michel Bussi (Meredith)
30:42 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier
34:18 - Fabled Bookshop
34:52 - Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou (Kaytee)
35:00 - Fairyloot
37:44 - Deep Dive: What Makes A Great Gift Book
38:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
38:18 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
38:23 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
39:56 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
39:59 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson (amazon link)
40:37 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
41:15 - Vuori Clothing
44:12 - Fairyloot
44:49 - Book of the Month
44:49 - Aardvark Book Club
45:52 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
46:37 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
46:45 - Currently Reading Patreon
48:08 - Meet Us At The Fountain
48:23 - I want to encourage everyone to read one classic book a year (Meredith)
48:37 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
48:50 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
48:51 - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
48:52 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
48:53 - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
48:54 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield
48:57 - The Borrowers by Mary Norton
49:22 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
49:23 - 1984 by George Orwell
49:55 - Persuasion by Jane Austen
50:16 - I wish for book recipes to guide my reading life (Kaytee)
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