Season 7, Episode 7: Bookish Fitness + How To Fit In Books When We Don't Want To

Currently Reading

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

  • Bookish Moments: How books will always be there for us and how ratings easily influence reading

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

  • Deep Dive: answering the question “How do you handle reading a book you’re not going to enjoy or HAVE to read”. from listener Adrienne.

  • 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)

1:40 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

6:50 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield 

6:52 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

6:54 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

6:56 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

11:34 - Our Current Reads

11:41 - Democracy in Retrograde by Sami Sage and Emily Amick (Kaytee)

12:21 - Betches Media

12:23 - @emilyinyourphone on Instagram

16:13 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

16:16 - Thriftbooks

17:27 - People Like Them by Samira Sedira (Meredith)

18:52 - Foyles

21:48 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

22:54 - Butter by Asako Yuzuki (Kaytee)

23:03 - The Boulder Bookstore

26:16 - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams

27:32 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Meredith)

34:26 - Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner (Kaytee)

37:54 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Meredith)

40:34 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

42:18 - The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields 

44:55 - Deep Dive: Reading Books We “Have” To Read

52:17 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:23 - I wish to press What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. (Kaytee)

52:29 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

55:09 - I wish to remind you to make a plan for your fall reading NOW before time gets away from you - - AND get your mammogram if you need to! (Meredith)

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