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May 26, 2025 59 mins

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

  • Bookish Moments: reading slumps and how to replant your reading life

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

  • Deep Dive: how to talk about books “in the wild”

  • 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)

1:21 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

7:18 - Our Current Reads

7:37 - Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story by Rich Cohen (Meredith)

14:11 - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Kaytee)

14:22 - CR Season 3: Episode 1

18:34 - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

19:49 - The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (Meredith)

24:49 - She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson (Kaytee)

28:02 - Lexicon by Max Barry (Meredith)

31:26 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

31:35 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

33:52 - The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl (Kaytee)

35:01 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

35:03 - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

35:08 - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

35:09 - The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

35:12 - An Immense World by Ed Yong

37:14 - How To Talk About Books In The Wild

39:27 - Shawnathemom on Instagram

43:56 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

45:56 - Lexicon by Max Barry

47:24 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

52:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain

52:19 - I wish the next book I talked about was a book I liked, rather than a book that I did not. (Meredith)

52:36 - A Small Porch by Wendell Berry

54:47 - I wish to always have the right book for the person in front of me. (Kaytee)

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