Season 8, Episode 2: Reader Roulette + Our Assigned Summer Reading

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

• Bookish Moments: devoting unexpected extra time on morning reading + journaling and embracing chaotic reading with reader roulette

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

• Deep Dive: we circle back to the summer reads we assigned to each other 

• 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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01:28 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

10:18 - Our Current Reads

10:34 - Hide and Seek by Andrea Mara [Amazon link] (Meredith)

15:57 - I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk

16:05 - You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith (Kaytee)

20:09 - A Little Daylight Left by Sarah Kay (Meredith)

24:30 - The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén (Kaytee)

24:38 - Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén

27:01 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

27:03 - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

29:18 - Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Meredith)

31:35 - All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby 

34:46 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Kaytee)

39:12 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

39:15 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

44:22 - Deep Dive: Our Assigned Summer Reading Experiences

45:16 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

45:27 - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

55:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain

55:11 - I wish we would all consider having a little bookish pet project (Meredith)

57:18 - I wish I could create a bookish focus chamber (Kaytee) 

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