Apr 8, 2024
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: changing up book subscriptions and implementing new technology into our reading
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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: what would we ask the book fairy to change in our books
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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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**We are aware of a sound quality issue with Kaytee’s audio. We are in the works to hopefully get that fixed soon! Thanks for hanging with us through it!
1:35 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:51 - Satisfiction Book Subscription
2:18 - Fairyloot
2:19 - Illumicrate
2:20 - OwlCrate
3:00 - @Meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram
7:33 - Our Current Reads
7:42 - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel (Kaytee)
7:48 - Booktenders
10:57 - @authortiffanymcdaniel on Instagram
12:02 - An Unlikely Story
12:04 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Meredith)
17:58 - Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (Kaytee)
20:14 - I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt
20:49 - Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
21:49 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (young readers version)
22:21 - Rabbit by Patricia Williams
22:46 - The Gathering by C.J. Tudor (Meredith)
24:18 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
24:20 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor
26:49 - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Kaytee)
28:48 - The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
28:52 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
28:54 - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
31:35 - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland (Meredith)
36:14 - Deep Dive: Book Wishes To The Book Fairy
40:01 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
56:38 - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
49:09 - Meet Us At The Fountain
49:21 - I wish everyone would follow @weeklyhomecheck on Instagram. (Kaytee)
50:36 - I wish everyone would listen to the podcast The Canada Reads Podcast (Meredith)
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