Season 6, Episode 19: Book Subscriptions + Books That Kept Us Up At Night
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book subscriptions and bookish advents
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: the types of and specific books that kept us up at night
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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2:01 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
5:40- OwlCrate
6:24 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
7:36 - Fairyloot
8:11 - Current Reads
8:28 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (Kaytee)
12:46 - The Cook’s Book by Bri McKoy (Meredith)
14:07 - Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
15:48 - The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi
18:26 - Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd (Kaytee)
21:43 - The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale (Meredith)
23:12 - The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
23:33 - Waterstones UK
24:55 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Kaytee)
31:51 - One of the Boys by Jayne Cowie (Meredith)
36:58 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie
37:29 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
38:36 - Deep Dive: Books That Kept Us Up At Night
41:24 - The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien
41:52 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
42:27 - The Whisper Man by Alex North
42:25 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
43:12 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
44:06 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
44:28 - The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
44:46 - An Immense World by Ed Yong
44:55 - Falling by T.J. Newman
44:56 - Drowning by T.J. Newman
46:19 - The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
46:33 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
47:13 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
47:18 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
47:22 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
50:20 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
50:42 - Meet Us At The Fountain
50:56 - I wish to completely abandon Goodreads for StoryGraph in 2024. (Kaytee)
50:59 - StoryGraph
52:41 - libro.fm
52:42 - bookshop.org
53:38 - I wish, if you like Christmas reading, for you to read The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (Meredith)
58:39 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
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