Season 7, Episode 33: The Perfect Reading Ambiance + Finding Hidden Gems
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:
Bookish Moments: the perfect reading experience and hearing others talk about books
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: how we find those hidden gem books
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 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week
3:24 - The Talking Scared Podcast
3:44 - Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
3:57 - Talking Scared Podcast episode 226
5:38 - Our Current Reads
5:52 - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Roxanna)
15:06 - Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette (Meredith)
20:02 - Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
20:29 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
22:29 - Ruin Road by Lamar Giles (Roxanna)
25:49 - The Getaway by Lamar Giles
26:32 - When The Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi (Meredith)
26:37 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
26:44 - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
32:45 - The Baddest B*tch in the Room by Sophia Chang (Roxanna)
36:47 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore (Meredith)
37:45 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore
44:38 - Finding Hidden Gems
44:56 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore
46:56 - Get Booked Podcast
47:07 - Currently Reading website
47:27 - From the Front Porch podcast
48:08 - Canada Reads
48:12 - Australian Fiction Prize
48:14 - Nebula Awards
48:15 - Hugo Awards
48:34 - Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction
50:03 - Ruin Road by Lamar Giles
52:40 - KJ Charles on Goodreads
55:26 - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
57:31 - Meet Us At The Fountain
57:40 - I wish there was a site that categorized books by places around the world. (Roxanna)
58:08 - Tripfiction.com
58:18 - Around the World in 80 books group on Goodreads
58:32 - Strong Sense of Place podcast
58:49 - Shepherd.com
59:40 - If you haven’t yet, read God of the Woods by Liz Moore. (Meredith)
59:43 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore
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