Season 4, Episode 45: A Mish Mash of Books + Crafting a Great Review

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

• Bookish Moments: a giant buddy read to be proud of and recommending specific books

• Current Reads: a mish mash of books across all genres

• Deep Dive: Meredith and Kaytee go into the specifics of writing a review and sharing it

• Book Presses: last presses of season 4! A violent but huggable book and a mystery that looks like it contains something different

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

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2:22 - The Happier Podcast w/ Gretchen Rubin

13:20 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:49 - When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough by Taylor S. Schumann

6:10 - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

8:06 - Current Reads

8:22 - A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (Kaytee)

8:40 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

11:38 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Meredith)

13:29 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

14:39 - The Change by Kirsten Miller

15:35 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

17:42 - Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman (Kaytee)

18:45 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

20:25 - Happy At Any Cost by Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre (Meredith)

21:15 - Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

21:54 - The Gilmore Guide to Books

24:21 - Love That Story by Jonathan Van Ness (Kaytee)

24:39 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness

27:13 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (Meredith)

27:40 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager

32:57 - Deep Dive: How We Craft a Review

41:56 - @lonestarwords on Instagram

43:17 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

43:19 - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

45:56 - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

46:05 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

46:38 - @katieladyreads on Instagram

46:43 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

47:25 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

49:06 - Books We’d Like to Press Into Your Hands

49:31 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee)

51:45 - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan (Meredith)

53:20 - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

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