Season 8, Episode 32: Exciting Adaptations + How To Audiobook

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

• Bookish Moments: Book adaptations and giving out book recs IRL

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

• Deep Dive: How to audiobook

• 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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1:21 - Bookish Moments of the Week

1:35 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

1:41 - PBS app

2:31 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

3:07 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

3:46 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

3:48 - Call Her Daddy podcast w/Sarah J. Maas

4:55 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

6:55 - Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas

7:09 - @hollyslitmagic on Instagram

9:15 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

9:31 - The Day the World Came To Town by Jim DeFede

9:48 - Search by Michele Huneven

10:16 - Current Reads

11:00 - The Night She Died by Dorothy Simpson (Meredith, ebook only)

16:52 - Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander (Kaytee)

17:02 - Literally A Bookshop

21:30 - The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (Meredith)

22:51 - We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

26:23 - Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (Kaytee)

29:04 - Partita by Barbara Kingsolver (pre-order releases Oct 6, 2026)

29:08 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

29:44 - A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James (Meredith)

29:59 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

34:02 - The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

35:46 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion (vol. 1) by Beth Brower (Kaytee)

43:15 - How To Listen To Audiobooks

55:14 - Before We Go

Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post

56:26 - Greenwood by Michael Christie

56:29 - The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah

Meredith brings something she's curious about

57:20 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

57:35 - Footnotes and Tangents

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