Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In

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

• Bookish Moments: even more adaptations and reading hangovers

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

• Deep Dive: Kaytee and Meredith do a mid year reading check-in

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and Kaytee brings something she is currently curious about

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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1:45 - Bookish Moments of the Week

1:54: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

4:14 - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

5:34 - Books & Books

6:42 - Current Reads

6:49 - Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee)

9:10 - Book Talk, Etc

9:14 - Thoughts From A Page

10:28 - The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (Meredith)

10:46 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

12:45 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

15:21 - Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz (Kaytee)

15:34 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

19:10 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn (Meredith)

21:00 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live

23:56 - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Kaytee)

27:25 - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

29:08 - Dissolution by Nicholas Binge (Meredith)

30:23 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge

30:54 - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

31:04 - Recursion by Blake Crouch

34:42 - Deep Dive: Mid-Year Reading Check-In

37:07 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

40:57 - The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty

41:55 - The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley 

42:16 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare

43:57 - The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

44:01 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

44:53 - Book Talk, Etc

47:03 - Vigil by George Saunders

47:18 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn

50:31 - Before We Go

Meredith highlights a bookish friend post

Kaytee brings something she's curious about

54:31 - The Land and Its People by David Sedaris

55:57 - Caleb Bouchard on Instagram

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