Currently Reading Season 5, Episode 42: Book Recs from Friends + Gateway Books
On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: behind the scenes content and a literary festival
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
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Deep Dive: the best "gateway" books to get a new or struggling reader addicted
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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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1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week
1:54 - Sarah's Bookshelves Summer Reading GuideSarah's Patreon if you want access to Summer Shelves
2:17 - What Should I Read Next Episode 381
4:20 - Pango Books
6:42 - Current Reads
7:11 - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline (Meredith)
7:23 - Fabled Bookshop
11:30 - Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline
11:52 - We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
12:50 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (Kaytee)
13:02 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
13:06 - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
13:32 - CR Season 5: Episode 30
14:09 - Fable App
17:20 - The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Meredith)
17:25 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
20:24 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
21:24 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
22:13 - The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements (Kaytee)
22:19 - The Novel Neighbor
24:23 - Sarah's Bookshelves 2022 Summer Reading Guide
25:41 - Blue Monday by Nicci French (Meredith)
31:42 - My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson (Kaytee)
33:09 - Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
34:44 - Gateway Books
37:04 - What Should I Read Next
37:51 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
38:15 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
38:18 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
38:49 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
40:05 - Calypso by David Sedaris
40:13 - The Anthroprocene Reviewed by John Green
41:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
42:19 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
42:31 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
44:03 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
44:05 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle
44:37 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
45:12 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King
45:42 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
45:45 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
46:57 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
47:09 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
48:10 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
48:31 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
49:08 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
50:25 - Meet Us At The Fountain
51:39 - The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Whyss
52:46 - I wish someone would write a story about The Forbidden Island of Niihau (Meredith)
54:08 - I wish for a reading cafe. (Kaytee)
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