Season 5, Episode 13: Reading Genes + Books That Should Blow Up Bookstagram

Oct 24, 2022

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

Bookish Moments: reading genetics and scary saturation
Current Reads: backlist gems and TBR surprises and bookish serendipity
Deep Dive: we visit The Wayback Machine to give you books we think would go viral on Bookstagram and BookTok if they came out today
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!

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2:12 - Bookish Moment of the Week

6:18 - Current Reads

6:51 - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Kaytee)

7:34 - Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu

7:50 - The Sorta Awesome Podcast

10:14 - Read-Aloud Revival

11:07 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Meredith)

13:33 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

17:18 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Kaytee)

17:27 - CR Season 3: Episode 47 - The Listener Press

17:31 - The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter

21:25 - In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden (Meredith)