Season 6, Episode 44: Book Recommendations + Books We Wish We Read Sooner
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: book recommendations and…. book recommendations!
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: books we wish we read sooner
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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:10 - Bite Size Intro
1:44 - Send us your listener presses! Here’s what we need: A voice memo with - Your name, location, book title and author, “Here’s the setup”, and why you love it. Three minutes or less please!! Email those to currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com
4:36 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
8:10 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
8:53 - Our Current Reads
9:09 - A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson (Meredith)
11:05 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
12:38 - The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy (Kaytee)
15:52 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
16:30 - 2034 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis (Meredith)
20:54 - 2054 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis
21:50 - New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (Kaytee, audio only)
22:05 - @clarabelletoks on Instagram
22:37 - libro.fm
26:51 - A Better World by Sarah Langan (Meredith)
29:34 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
31:19 - High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)
31:39 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
34:55 - Deep Dive: Books We Wish We Read Sooner
35:44 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
36:34 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagahira
37:33 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
37:50 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
38:55 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
39:32 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
40:27 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
40:29 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
40:51 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
40:52 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
40:58 - The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
41:09 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
41:47 - Roots by Alex Haley
42:01 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King
42:05 - On Writing by Stephen King
43:20 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
43:50 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
44:05 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
44:11 - Circe by Madeline Miller
46:21 - Meet Us At The Fountain
47:09 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
50:06 - I wish more people would read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. (Meredith)
50:47 - I wish books would tell us if they are right for us when we pick them up. (Kaytee)
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