Season 7, Episode 1: Reading What We Want + What We Did Over Summer Break
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
Bookish Moments: reading about new hobbies and talking about books to everyone IRL
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: recapping our summer vacation
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 Ad For Ourselves
1:35 - Currently Reading Patreon
4:03 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
4:37 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
4:40 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
4:44 - Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
7:00 - Our Current Reads
7:05 - Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks (Kaytee)
10:48 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (Meredith)
12:51 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
14:35 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nacosta (Kaytee)
18:11 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine
18:16 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert
19:44 - Day One by Abigail Dean (Meredith)
21:39 - Girl A by Abigail Dean
23:29 - The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill (Kaytee)
23:38 - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
28:08 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman (Meredith)
29:23 - Falling by T.J. Newman
29:25 - Drowning by T.J. Newman
39:01 - Deep Dive: What We Did On Our Summer Break
35:03 - The Boulder Bookstore
35:10 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
38:49 - Half Price Books
49:43 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:57 - I wish for us all to vote in any upcoming election you may have. (Kaytee)
52:18 - I wish that every July Texas would be cloudy and rainy because it does wonders for my reading life. (Meredith)
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