The Importance of Setting the Bait on the Hook

It's very dicey especially for those of us who are in the business of talking about books publicly we really want to set the bait properly. We don't want you to be disappointed about a book that we really liked or but it is sometimes it's difficult to do. Sometimes those good surprises where you're like hmm i thought i was getting this but i got this and it was a great surprise sometimes that can really shoot a rating up into the five-star range, he says.

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On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

Bookish Moments: reading addiction and revisiting a favorite book rec source
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: the bookish bait & switch - sometimes it's great, sometimes… not so much
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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1:24 - Bookish Moment of the Week

4:22 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

5:20 - All the Books podcast

8:19 - Current Reads

8:44 - Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson (Kaytee)

11:49 - The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett (Meredith)

12:09 - The Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett

14:21 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

16:38 - The Aquanauts by Dan Santat (Kaytee)

20:21 - Kell Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show by Dan Santat

20:40 - McNalley's Puzzle by Lawrence Sanders (Meredith)

24:57 - Dean Koontz books