Season 6, Episode 47: Morning Reads + Boss Our Summer TBRs!
*Please note that Kaytee was out of her regular recording space this week and it affected her audio. It’s not you, it’s us. Back to normal next week!*
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
Bookish Moments: binging a great series and re-introducing morning reading
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: you get to boss our summer TBRs!
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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1:29 - Ad for Ourselves
3:42 - Join us for $5 a month! patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast
3:59 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:37 - Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
5:20 - Morning Reads
6:55 - Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
7:50 - Our Current Reads
7:59 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Kaytee)
9:32 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
12:18 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Meredith)
13:30 - Long Bright River by Liz Moore
16:19 - Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anapara (Kaytee)
20:01 - The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry (Meredith)
21:00 - Beacon Hill Books, Boston
25:31 - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley (Kaytee)
26:02 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley
29:12 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
29:23 - The Stand by Stephen King (Meredith)
32:56 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King
39:01 - Boss Our Summer TBRs!
Vote on Meredith and Kaytee’s Boss My TBR!
42:45 - Faebound by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee Option #1)
43:50 - Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee Option #2)
44:45 - The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory (Kaytee Option #3)
44:51 - Season 1 Listener Press Episode
46:18 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Meredith Option #1)
46:21 - Circe by Madeline Miller
46:37 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Meredith Option #2)
46:51 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Meredith Option #3)
49:44 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:47 - I Wish You the Best Summer Reading Available to You (Kaytee)
49:49 - Pantsuit Politics Podcast
50:56 - I wish that People Would Stop Being Afraid of Reading Big Books (Meredith)
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