Season 7, Episode 12: New Furry Friends + Retaining What We Read

Currently Reading

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

  • Bookish Moments: forgetting how to read and introducing new furry pals

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

  • Deep Dive: if we retain what we read and if it matters

  • 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)

1:28 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

8:56 - Our Current Reads

9:00 - Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (Kaytee)

9:16 - Packing for Mars for Kids by Mary Roach

13:16 - Stiff by Mary Roach

14:34 - Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson (Meredith)

16:38 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

20:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

21:09 - Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson (Kaytee)

26:24 - The Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Meredith)

31:47 - The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy

32:09 - Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (Kaytee)

35:08 - Content Bookstore

36:31 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Meredith)

36:35 - 10 Things To Tell You ep. 239 w/Meredith

37:52 - 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

38:10 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Patreon (her spoiler filled episode about Iain Reids book is on Patreon)

38:29 - Fabled Bookshop

43:18 - Foe by Iain Reid

43:32 - Retaining What We Read

44:51 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

47:21 - A Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

49:30 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

51:59 - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

52:50 - Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

53:04 - Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

53:39 - NYT article “At Capacity”

55:02 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

55:49 - Meet Us At The Fountain

55:58 - I wish to let you know about the storyteller word a day calendar (Kaytee)

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