Season 4, Episode 1: Unexpected Emotions + How We Spent Our Break

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

• Bookish Moments: in-person Bookish Friends, and letting Bookstagram pick a book

• Current Reads: buzzy books, backlist books, and under-the-radar gems

• Deep Dive: how we spent our summer break

• Book Presses: a book that divided the internet and a book with not a great setup

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!

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Bookish Moments of the Week:

3:05 - Harriet's Bookshop

4:38 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

5:24 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager

Current Reads:

6:38 - The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Delila Harris (Kaytee)

7:04 - Libro.Fm

10:10 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Meredith)

13:12 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

13:14 - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

14:30 - Book Talk, Etc. podcast

14:37 - Velocity by Dean Koontz (Kaytee)

16:28 - The Chain by Adrian Mckinty

16:51 - Fabled Bookshop

16:54 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand (Meredith)

21:09 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

22:05 - Unclaimed by Courtney Milan (Kaytee)

22:38 - Season 3: Episode 39 w/Jamie Golden

25:15 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Meredith)

26:44 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratisschvili 

29:34 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

31:57 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Pre-order link)

Deep Dive - How We Spent Our Summer Break

37:07 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 

38:35 - Currently Reading Patreon

Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:

41:53 - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Kaytee)

43:56 - Kiley Reid's Interview w/ Trevor Noah

44:30 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Meredith)

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Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram

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