Season 8, Episode 31: Book Festivals + Revisiting The Currently Reading Press List

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

• Bookish Moments: Book festivals and new book podcast episodes

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

• Deep Dive: Revisiting the Currently Reading Press List

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and something Kaytee is curious about

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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:10 Bite Size Intro

2:01 - Currently Reading Press List

3:00 - Bookish Moments of the Week

3:23 - Tucson Festival of Books

3:54 - If you will be at TFOB, email Kaytee at kaytee @ currentlyreadingpodcast . com

5:17 - The Diving In podcast

6:28 - Current Reads

6:36 - Wreck by Catherine Newman (Kaytee)

6:49 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman

9:50 - Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton (Meredith, Blackwell's link)

12:58 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

15:06 - The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande (Kaytee)

15:14 - Kaytee's Instagram @notesonbookmarks

19:09 - Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by C.M. Nascosta (Meredith)

19:18 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

25:21 - Love and Fury by Samantha Silva (Kaytee)

25:26 - The Novel Neighbor

26:32 - Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

26:35 - CR Season 1: Episode 18

27:36 - You're Dead To Me podcast

28:46 - The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty (Meredith)

30:16 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

32:39 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

32:40 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

34:41 - Revisiting The Currently Reading Press List

34:58 - Currently Reading Press List

38:53 - The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

39:00 - Pansuit Politics podcast

42:06 - Matilda by Roald Dahl

42:52 - Death at Bishop's Keep by Robin Paige

43:21 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley

43:33 - The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse

43:48 - Disney War by James B. Stewart

43:52 - The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

44:08 - Shogun by James Clavell

44:28 - Dataclysm by Christian Rudder

44:39 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

44:51 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson

45:11 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

45:20 - The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene

45:29 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

45:30 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

45:36 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

46:03 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

46:04 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

46:09 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

46:11 - The Paper Magician by Charlie Homberg

46:25 - The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

47:15 - Expecting Better by Emily Oster

47:26 - Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman

50:14 - Before We Go

Meredith highlights a bookish friend post

50:54 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Brower

Kaytee brings something she's curious about

53:00 - Laura Tremaine's Substack

53:15 - 10 Things To Tell You podcast

55:13 - Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

55:29 - Kin by Tayari Jones

55:37 - Whistler by Ann Patchett

55:51 - Land by Maggie O'Farrell

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