Season 6, Episode 44: Book Recommendations + Books We Wish We Read Sooner

Currently Reading

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

• Bookish Moments: book recommendations and…. book recommendations!

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

• Deep Dive: books we wish we read sooner

• 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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:10 - Bite Size Intro

1:44 - Send us your listener presses! Here’s what we need: A voice memo with - Your name, location, book title and author, “Here’s the setup”, and why you love it. Three minutes or less please!! Email those to [e-mail]

4:36 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

8:10 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

8:53 - Our Current Reads

9:09 - A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson (Meredith)

11:05 - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

12:38 - The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy (Kaytee)

15:52 - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

16:30 - 2034 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis (Meredith)

20:54 - 2054 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis

21:50 - New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (Kaytee, audio only)

22:05 - @clarabelletoks on Instagram

22:37 - libro.fm

26:51 - A Better World by Sarah Langan (Meredith)

29:34 - Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

31:19 - High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

31:39 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

34:55 - Deep Dive: Books We Wish We Read Sooner

35:44 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

36:34 - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagahira

37:33 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

37:50 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

38:55 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

39:32 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

40:27 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

40:29 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

40:51 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

40:52 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty

40:58 - The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

41:09 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

41:47 - Roots by Alex Haley

42:01 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

42:05 - On Writing by Stephen King

43:20 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

43:50 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

44:05 - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

44:11 - Circe by Madeline Miller

46:21 - Meet Us At The Fountain

47:09 - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

50:06 - I wish more people would read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. (Meredith)

50:47 - I wish books would tell us if they are right for us when we pick them up. (Kaytee)

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