Season 7, Episode 8: A Lady of Yore + Advice For Our Past Readerly Selves
Description
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
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Deep Dive: answering the question “What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?”
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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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1:23 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week
1:52 - Tubicen Portable Table Lamp
9:42 - Our Current Reads
10:01 - The Clackity by Lora Senf (Meredith)
13:48 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
14:29 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (Kaytee)
17:52 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
19:01 - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (Meredith, Amazon link)
22:57 - Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV (Kaytee)
26:29 - Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
27:03 - The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods (Meredith)
29:01 - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
32:11 - All This and More by Peng Shepherd (Kaytee)
32:44 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
35:36 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
35:38 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
36:37 - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
39:06 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
40:04 - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
40:33 - Deep Dive: Advice For Our Past Readerly Selves
42:46 - CR Season 7: Episode 1
42:48 - Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nacosta
54:10 - Meet Us At The Fountain
54:55 - I wish there was a searchable database for every piece of content related to books we talk about on CR, books I’ve read, etc. (Meredith)
57:04 - Currently Reading Patreon
58:53 - I wish all authors would just do the right thing. (Kaytee)
59:11 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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