Season 7, Episode 1: Reading What We Want + What We Did Over Summer Break

Currently Reading

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

• Bookish Moments: reading about new hobbies and talking about books to everyone IRL

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

• Deep Dive: recapping our summer vacation

• 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 Ad For Ourselves

1:35 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:03 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:37 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

4:40 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

4:44 - Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

7:00 - Our Current Reads

7:05 - Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks (Kaytee)

10:48 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (Meredith)

12:51 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

14:35 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nacosta (Kaytee)

18:11 - Unhinged by Vera Valentine

18:16 - The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert

19:44 - Day One by Abigail Dean (Meredith)

21:39 - Girl A by Abigail Dean

23:29 - The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill (Kaytee)

23:38 - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

28:08 - Worst Case Scenario by T.J. Newman (Meredith)

29:23 - Falling by T.J. Newman

29:25 - Drowning by T.J. Newman

39:01 - Deep Dive: What We Did On Our Summer Break

35:03 - The Boulder Bookstore

35:10 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

38:49 - Half Price Books

49:43 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:57 - I wish for us all to vote in any upcoming election you may have. (Kaytee)

52:18 - I wish that every July Texas would be cloudy and rainy because it does wonders for my reading life. (Meredith)

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