On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: experimenting with our reading and taking on choker books Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: answering the questions of how or why we rate our books 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...
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: experimenting with our reading and taking on choker books
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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: answering the questions of how or why we rate 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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2:39 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
3:01- The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
3:05 - Bookshelf Thomasville
3:07 - From the Front Porch podcast
3:31 - It by Stephen King
4:53 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (#1 in the Cromwell series)
5:30 - Footnotes and Tangents on Instagram
6:45 - The Stand by Stephen King
6:47 - Laura Tremaine on Substack
8:52 - Our Current Reads
9:00 - Matched by Ally Condie (Kaytee)
9:32 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
11:26 - The Selection by Kiera Cass
11:30 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
13:04 - Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop (Meredith)
14:45 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
18:15 - Cultish by Amanda Montell (Kaytee)
18:21 - Wordslut by Amanda Montell
21:52 - Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (Meredith)
23:00 - The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
23:35 - The Painted Porch
23:40 - The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holliday
26:05 - The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
27:37 - When the Tides Held the Moon by Vanessa Vida Kelley (Kaytee)
30:43 - CAWPILE
31:38 - The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (Meredith)
35:51 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
36:28 - The Last Flight by Julie Clark
36:50 - Deep Dive: How And Why We Rate Our Reads
37:53 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
37:59 - Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
38:04 - Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes
38:14 - Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
49:41 - CAWPILE system
51:53 - Meet Us At The Fountain
52:41 - I wish that we would all pick one small way to challenge our reading this year. (Kaytee)
54:23 - I wish you would sign up for our newsletter! (Meredith)
54:25 - Sign up for the newsletter on our website
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