Currently Reading Episode 26: Stroooong Bookish Opinions + Classics That Go Down Easy
Kaytee and Meredith are so excited to get back into our discussion this week that we have a hard time keeping our bookish opinions to ourselves.
You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each of the hosts: getting sucked in by a book to the detriment of…. the rest of your life, and fun book mail deliveries.
Next, we discuss our current reads. We have some very seriously large opinions about our books this week. If you've ever wondered what it's like for Meredith to get spicy, you're in luck!
Our deep dive this week centers on the Currently Reading Challenge! If you've been wondering about some of our favorite classics for that second category on your challenge sheet, you are in luck! We've got 20 titles for you for this category alone!
As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands: two more classics are on our lists this week. They're both lovely and SO vital to the reading cannon.
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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4:18 - Episode 7 with Jessica Turner
4:32 - When I Pray for You by Matthew Paul Turner (one day left for that awesome pre-order bonus!) Get that here: http://matthewpaulturner.com/books/when-i-pray-for-you/
6:18 - The Au Pair by Emma Rous
6:30 - The Book Drop subscription
10:08 - Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
10:10 - Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
10:11 - The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
10:41 - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
10:47 - The Witch Elm by Tana French
11:25 - The Lost Man by Jane Harper
11:46 - The Dry by Jane Harper
11:47 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper
13:53 - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
16:05 - Mac Undercover (Mac B., Kid Spy #1) by Mac Barnett
16:17 - The Impossible Crime (Mac B., Kid Spy #2) by Mac Barnett
21:51 - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin Manuel Miranda
21:58 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
24:54 - PBS Hamilton Documentary
25:48 - Class Mom by Lori Gelman
26:04 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
28:24 - Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
29:42 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
32:37 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live Podcast
33:48 - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
35:50 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
37:05 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
38:53 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
39:34 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
41:05 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
42:43 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
42:45 - The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
43:18 - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
43:46 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44:21 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
44:57 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
45:46 - Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
45:55 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
46:04 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
46:15 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
46:16 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
46:35 - 1984 by George Orwell
46:46 - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
46:56 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
47:32 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
47:57 - Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
50:31 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
51:16 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
51:46 - Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
52:46 - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
52:48 - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Steve Hockensmith
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