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On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee is thrilled to be chatting with Traci Thomas! We are discussing: Bookish Moments: "my whole life is bookish" and a mother-daughter buddy read Current Reads: an unexpected mix of fiction and non-fiction this week turns things on their head Deep Dive: we have a long chat about Traci's reading life, her Shakespeare challenge, the podcast, and all the snacks Book Presses: a few non-fiction presses that readers will love. 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Intro: :46 - The Stacks Podcast 1:00 - The Stacks Instagram 1:05 - shereads.com Bookish Moment of the Week: 2:55 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 3:30 - The Giver by Lois Lowry 3:34 - The Stacks Ep. 110 (Traci and her mother Sue Thomas) Current Reads: 3:52 - Long Division by Kiese Laymon (Traci) 4:55 - Starfish by Lisa Fipps (Kaytee) 5:54 - Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh 5:55 - The Stacks Book Club 7:16 - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (Traci) 9:24 - Traci's final review of Seven Days In June via Instagram 9:34 - Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham (Kaytee) 9:49 - Choose Your Own Adventure Books 1-4 by R. A. Montgomery 10:02 - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson 11:15 - The Stacks Ep. 146 (w/Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham) 11:40 - Still Processing Podcast w/Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris 12:32 - Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare 12:41 - Cymbeline by William Shakespeare (Traci) 13:27 - The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 13:28 - The Tempest by William Shakespeare 13:29 - King Henry the Eighth by William Shakespeare 14:17 - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar (Kaytee) 15:04 - Libro.fm 15:54 - It's Been a Minute episode w/Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar Deep Dive - Traci's Reading Life 17:21 - Othello by William Shakespeare 17:25 - New Boy: William Shakespeare's Othello Retold by Tracy Chevalier 17:33 - Vinegar Girl: William's Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Retold by Anne Tyler 17:38 - The Stacks Ep. 10 w/ Vella Lovell 18:23 - Open Source Shakespeare 18:48 - Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare 18:52 - The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare 19:04 - Hamlet by William Shakespeare 19:23 - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 19:29 - Macbeth by William Shakespeare 19:34 - Richard II by William Shakespeare 19:36 - Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare 20:01 - Lend Me Your Ears podcast 20:19 - The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois 28:11 - Columbine by Dave Cullen 28:14 - Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson 28:18 - Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddon Keefe 28:57 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 29:14 - Darryl's Instagram @dsweet_library 34:43 - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 35:30 - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 35:48 - Beloved by Toni Morrison Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 45:02 - Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres (Traci) 45:07 - A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres (Traci) 48:33 - Here for It by R. Eric Thomas (Kaytee) 48:50 - It's Been A Minute episode w/R. Eric Thomas 51:10 - The Stacks Pod on Twitter @thestackspod_ Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading peace for mama and a bookish husband dilemma Current Reads: a few of these ones have been all over Bookstagram, and I guarantee there's at least one you've never heard of Deep Dive: books that are perfect for the men in your life Book Presses: a non-fiction, self-help book and a magical school that is can't miss 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Current Reads: 9:28 - The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Mary) 9:48 - Beach Read by Emily Henry 9:56 - A Million Junes by Emily Henry 16:49 - Fable by Adrienne Young (Meredith) 19:17 - The House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig 19:32 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 20:39 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 22:01 - Namesake by Adrienne Young 22:35 - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Mary) 22:48 - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 26:20 - Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (Meredith) 26:41 - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay 31:04 - The Wreckage of my Presence by Casey Wilson (Mary) 34:42 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Meredith) 38:38 - The Martian by Andy Weir Deep Dive - Father's Day Book Ideas 42:33 - Still Life by Louise Penny (#1 Inspector Gamache series) 43:49 - Greenwood by Michael Christie 44:29 - Boy's Life by Robert McCammon 44:41 - The Body by Stephen King (story that Stand By Me is adapted from) 45:30 - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 46:53 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 47:39 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 48:03 - I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 48:53 - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (First Sherlock Holmes book) 49:48 - Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 50:19 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 50:20 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 50:30 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 51:12 - The Anarchist's Tool Chest by Christopher Schwarz 52:41 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 52:58 - Kindred by Octavia Butler 53:00 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 53:50 - The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should be Easy by Caroline Dooner (Mary) 57:40 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: a third copy of a book one loves, and a summer reading guide we both adore Current Reads: some books we enjoyed that we don't know to whom we should recommend Deep Dive: a defense of book buying, and book organizing, and how it's different from book reading Book Presses: a great Pride Month (June in the US) pick and a beach read that will chill you to the bone 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Business Corner: 2:31 - Send us your "Listener Press" by June 1st: an audio file emailed to us at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com with the title, author, a spoiler-free description, and why you love it! 3:14 - Send us your Ask Us Anything questions by June 1st! Email those to currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com. They can be for all four of us, or directed to any of the four of us, because Meredith, Kaytee, Mindy, and Mary will all be part of that episode! Bookish Moments: 4:40 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston 5:53 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live - Summer Reading Guide 6:27 - Sarah's Summer Reading Guide Episode 83 Current Reads: 7:52 - Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn (Kaytee) 9:49 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare 10:32 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Meredith) 13:09 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 13:11 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 13:22 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 15:32 - Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri (Kaytee) 15:41 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 18:08 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili (Meredith) 23:48 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (Kaytee) 25:10 - Circe by Madeline Miller 25:11 - Song for Achilles by Madeline Miller 27:34 - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (Meredith) 28:14 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 28:31 - Sally Hepworth's Instagram @sallyhepworth Deep Dive - We are INTO Books and Reading 37:00 - Storygraph 37:02 - Goodreads Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 40:19 - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (Kaytee) 40:46 - Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum 42:50 - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: A joint bookish moment of gatherings of Bookish Friends Current Reads: some YA fantasy, some murder, some short stories, some family drama. We've got it all. Deep Dive: the tropes we love - what is a trope and which ones draw us in? Book Presses: two books that we hugged at the end 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . 1:18 - Currently Reading Patreon Bookish Moments: 3:38 - Fabled Bookshop Current Reads: 6:52 - 10 Things to Tell You Episode 108 with Kaytee and Meredith. 6:55 - Lobizona by Romina Garber (Meredith) 8:46 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 9:55 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 10:00 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 10:47 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Kaytee) 13:40 - A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell (Meredith) 14:01 - From Doon with Death by Ruth Rendell (#1 in the Wexford series) 17:42 - We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 19:50 - The Arsonist' City by Hala Alyan (Kaytee) 19:58 - Sarah's Instagram bookedinadvance 21:17 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 21:36 - Infinite Country by Patricia Engel 23:15 - The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett (Meredith) 23:24 - Kerry's instagram @linesiunderline 26:01 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 26:33 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet 27:02 - Night at the Fiestas by Kirsten Valdez Quade (Kaytee) 27:49 - What ARE biscochitos? Deep Dive - Tropes: Love 'Em or Leave 'Em 34:20 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 35:01 - The Black Count by Tom Reiss 36:50 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 37:10 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 37:51 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 37:54 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 37:56 - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery 39:46 - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 39:59 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 40:27 - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 43:09 - To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Meredith) 47:49 - Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Intro: 1:14 - The Popcast w/ Knox and Jamie 1:19 - Jamie Golden's Instagram Bookish Moments: 4:31 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 6:23 - All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage Current Reads: 8:14 - Fabled Bookshop 8:17 - Faye, Faraway by Helen Fisher (Kaytee) 10:57 - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe (Jamie) 11:06 - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 13:52 - Girl A by Abigail Dean (Meredith) 16:28 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 19:04 - The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton (Kaytee) 19:15 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 21:21 - Book of the Month 21:49 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 23:57 - The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan (Jamie) 28:14 - No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez (Merdith) 31:02 - Book Drop Subscription 31:33 - Sarah's Bookshelves Deep Dive - Jamie Golden and the Popcast 37:16 - The Odyssey by Homer 38:36 - Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 38:53 - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 39:03 - The Firm by John Grishom 43:05 - Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough 44:07 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall 45:39 - Netgalley 46:09 - Decider.com 46:46 - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 48:59 - Persuasion by Jane Austen 49:48 - The Shining by Stephen King Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 50:37 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Kaytee) 52:02 - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Pre-Order link) 53:12 - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Jamie) 53:38 - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson 57:49 - Room by Emma Donoghue (Meredith) 1:00:21 - Jamie's Twitter: @jamiebgolden 1:00:22 - The Popcast on Instagram

Today, we are sharing our new baby with you. The Indie Press List is doing BIG things and we are thrilled to give you a taste of this goodness. If you'd like to get future episodes (including two more from Fabled in April and May 2021), we'd love for you to join us on Patreon. To shop: we would love for you to go directly to the page that Fabled has set up for us for you to make your purchases. It includes each of the little blurbs that we read aloud on this episode. And, of course, you've got all our thoughts here in the audio! Here's a brief list of each of the five selections, but again, we'd love for you to go directly over to the website above - so there are no affiliate links here! Please put "Currently Reading Podcast" in the "information" part of your order so they know we sent you! Minisode show notes are not time stamped. They are also not transcribed. But each of the titles we mention (the five from the list plus any others we threw out there) is below for your enjoyment. . . . . Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior We also mention: A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman. Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior. The Paris Library by Janet Charles Four Hundred Souls compiled by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain We Begin At the End by Chris Whitaker Jane Harper's Books Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mindy are discussing: Bookish Moments: A sisterly conversation and a masking win Current Reads: books we are so glad we read, from beginning to end Deep Dive: how to make your IRL friendship bookish and how to make your bookish friendship IRL Book Presses: a YA book that seems to be universally beloved and a way to make friends in your neighborhood 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Bookish Moments: 2:06 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 3:40 - BlackLIT box Current Reads: 4:59 - Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Mindy) 9:26 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 10:14 - Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh (Kaytee) 13:15 - The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai (Mindy) 13:21 - Page1 Box 13:27 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 15:44 - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 16:43 - Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams (Kaytee) 19:31 - The Lost Queen by Signe Pike (Mindy) 19:47 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 22:38 - Fabled Bookshop 24:01 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (Kaytee) 25:38 - Blackwell's Deep Dive - Cultivating Bookish Friendships 36:06 - Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven 36:11 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 38:34 - Lovely War by Julie Berry (Mindy) 38:38 - Season 3, Episode 13 38:43 - Mindy and Mary's Top 10 Minisode 40:30 - The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: Behind-the-scenes podcast fix and a weird reading mood Current Reads: we have quite a few books this week that were pressed into our hands by you, the listeners! Deep Dive: how each Enneagram type chooses their next book. So much silliness. Book Presses: books that are tangentially or directly related to the enneagram 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Bookish Moments: 2:02 - Currently Reading on Apple Podcasts 2:48 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:02 - The Book of M by Peng Shepard 4:39 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Current Reads: 5:59 - The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen (Kaytee) 8:39 - Wattpad 9:34 - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (Meredith) 13:21 - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews (Kaytee) 16:38 - Death at a Country Mansion by Louise R. Innes (Meredith) 20:27 - Season 3, episode 24 with Laura Tremaine 20:31 - What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer (Kaytee) 21:06 - Kate Baer's Instagram 23:57 - The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St James (Meredith) 24:05 - The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James 24:09 - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James Deep Dive - How Each Enneagram Chooses Their Books 35:24 - Obama's Favorite Books of 2020 35:31 - Bill Gates Summer 2020 Reading List 36:42 - Goodreads Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 40:09 - The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile (Kaytee) 41:08 - The Path Between Us by Suzanne Stabile (Kaytee, the rebel) 41:57 - The Typology Podcast 42:22 - Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist (Meredith) 42:34 - Share Your Stuff, I'll Go First by Laura Tremaine 44:47 - Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: A bookish friend gathering and a new relationship Current Reads: imperfect picks, and middle grade, and wheelhouse gems Deep Dive: books about books and bookstores and libraries Book Presses: our favorites in the bookish books category 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:41 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:20 - Fabled Bookshop Current Reads: 4:44 - Snow and Rose by Emily Winfield Martin (Meredith) 4:50 - Snow White and Rose Red by Brothers Grimm 4:54 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney 5:03 - What Should I Read Next Podcast 7:03 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan 8:25 - Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (Kaytee) 8:33 - Episode 39 of Season Two 11:15 - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Meredith) 14:42 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 16:20 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 16:53 - Never Caught: Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar (Kaytee) 20:35 - Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin (Meredith) 24:11 - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith 24:41 - Landslide by Susan Conley (Kaytee) Deep Dive - Books about Books and Bookstores 29:11 - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan 29:41 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 30:24 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Stefan 31:00 - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth 31:02 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 31:28 - Sally Hepworth on Instagram 31:52 - The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams 32:19 - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 32:49 - Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower 33:23 - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan 33:51 - How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry 34:13 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 34:33 - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet 34:42 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 34:56 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 35:45 - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 36:06 - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry 36:43 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 36:44 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 36:55 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 37:21 - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert 37:31 - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 37:46 - Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence 38:14 - Booked by Kwame Alexander 38:25 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 38:44 - Matilda by Roald Dahl 38:57 - The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 39:56 - Pages and Co.: The Book Wanderers by Anna James (Meredith) 41:46 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us atpatreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: learning to read and a bookish friend vacation Current Reads: prequels and sequels and series starters and books with big warning labels Deep Dive: non-fiction that is unbelievable and true Book Presses: we've got two more true stories that go down easy 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:46 - Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann 2:35 - Bob Books set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslan 3:35 - The Famous Last Words Bar 3:46 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 3:57 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 4:00 - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig 4:02 - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Current Reads: 5:59 - Sara's website Fiction Matters 6:01 - Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century edited by Alice Wong (Kaytee) 9:13 - The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Meredith) 9:26 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 14:46 - The Conductors by Nicole Glover (Kaytee) 16:07 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 18:03 - NetGalley 18:25 - A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 18:29 - A Vow so Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith) 18:45 - A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 20:44 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Kaytee) 21:11 - Bookshelf Thomasville 22:28 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 22:40 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 24:29 - Men in Black by Steve Perry 25:22 - 10 Thing to Tell You episode with Kaytee and Meredith 25:31 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan (Meredith) 29:29 - Fabled Bookshop 29:54 - We Are Unprepared by Meg Little Reilly 33:04 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler Deep Dive - Nonfiction that reads like Fiction 34:23 - Educated by Tara Westover 34:48 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 36:01 - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 36:35 - Endurance by Alfred Lansing 36:48 - Devolution by Max Brooks 37:02 - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown 37:35 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 37:51 - The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson 38:34 - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 39:00 - Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink 39:48 - The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson 40:05 - Calypso by David Sedaris 40:08 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 40:30 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 40:49 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 41:54 - I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 42:07 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse 42:37 - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 43:28 - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Kaytee) 44:39 - Unbroken (Young Adult Edition) by Laura Hillenbrand 45:33 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us atpatreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast