Season 7, Episode 44: Sick Reading + To Skim Or Not To Skim

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

• Bookish Moments: reading while sick and reading on birthday trips

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

• Deep Dive: when it’s okay to skim and when it’s not

• 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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1:40 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

8:09 - Our Current Reads

8:29 - The Compound by Aisling Rawle (Meredith, pre-order releases June 24, 2025)

9:32 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

13:54 - The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave (Kaytee)

18:07 - The Power by Naomi Alderman

18:19 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie

18:22 - Vox by Christina Dalcher

19:07 - How to Order the Universe by Maria Jose Ferrada (Meredith)

20:36 - I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork 

24:06 - Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green (Kaytee)

27:46 - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

28:26 - Blood over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang (Meredith)

33:10 - King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee)

37:57 - To Skim Or Not To Skim

47:10 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

49:52 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:17 - I wish instagram always included what you said in addition to someone’s response when interacting in DMs. (Meredith)

51:34 - I wish to press The House in the Cerulean Sea into readers’ hands. (Kaytee)

51:35 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

51:41 - King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby 

51:47 - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

 

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