Season 8, Episode 9: Car-cuteries + Narrative POVs

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

• Bookish Moments: car picnics and even more bookshelves!

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately

• Deep Dive: all about narrative POVs - do they matter? do we like one more than the other?

• 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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1:29 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:04 - Awake by Jen Hatmaker

4:44 - BookPeople

9:45 - Our Current Reads

9:53 - American Royals by Katharine McGee (Kaytee)

13:22 - Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

13:26 - Currently Reading Patreon to access Popcorn in the Pages

14:03 - Majesty by Katharine McGee

14:53 - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (Meredith)

18:05 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

18:06 - The Spellshop by Sara Beth Durst

18:16 - A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

19:24 - House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

19:41 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

20:08 - These Truths by Jill Lepore (Kaytee)

20:32 - libro.fm

22:04 - The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

25:07 - The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis (Meredith)

26:03 - Fabled Bookshop

29:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

32:04 - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

34:15 - The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan (Meredith)

40:05 - Deep Dive: Narrative POVs

45:38 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

45:43 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

45:59 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler

46:32 - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

48:28 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live

49:55 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

52:39 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

52:42 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

52:47 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

53:05 - We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

53:09 - Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

53:30 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

53:32 - Everyone In My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

53:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain

53:55 - I wish to press Starling House into everybody's hands. (Kaytee)

54:00 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

54:08 - The Novel Neighbor

56:10 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

56:29 - I wish everyone would try a book flight. (Meredith)

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