Season 8, Episode 34: Books That Grow + Our Reading Traditions

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

• Bookish Moments: books that grow as we read and book festival serendipity

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

• Deep Dive: partaking in bookish traditions

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit brought by Meredith

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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1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week

2:46 - Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

5:40 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells

5:49 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman

5:50 - Wreck by Catherine Newman

7:02 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

7:03 - Honey Bee Mine by Sarah T. Dubb

8:02 - Current Reads

8:34 - The Inn at Penglas Cove by Lauren Westwood (Meredith)

13:08 - The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa (Kaytee)

17:37 - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

18:04 - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister

18:34 - The Extra by Annie Neugebauer (Meredith)

19:05 - Book Talk, Etc

20:08 - Talking Scared Podcast w/ Annie Neugebauer

23:50 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara (Kaytee)

24:01 - CR Season 7: Episode 16

29:10 - @wguidara on Instagram

29:34 - The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery (Meredith)

31:35 - An Unlikely Story

33:24 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

34:27 - How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

35:36 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

36:18 - Waterstones

39:15 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

39:24 - The Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow

40:24 - Deep Dive: Our Reading Traditions

45:27 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

45:29 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

45:32 - Beauty by Robin McKinley

48:47 - BookPage

49:23 - Before We Go

Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post

49:37 - The Better Mother by Jennifer van der Kleut

Meredith brings a sleeper hit

51:09 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

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