Season 7, Episode 35: Piles of Books + How We Purge Our Shelves
07 April 2025

Season 7, Episode 35: Piles of Books + How We Purge Our Shelves

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

    Bookish Moments: piles of books and bookishness in non bookish places

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

    Deep Dive: how we purge our shelves

    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)

1:47 - Ad For Ourselves

2:08 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:24 - Fabled Bookshop

4:56 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

5:52 - Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (Finnish version)

5:53 - The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (Finnish version)

10:41 - Become a CR Patron to access the reading tracker!

12:20 - Our Current Reads

12:25 - There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (Kaytee)

16:12 - This House is Haunted by John Boyne (Meredith)

20:56 - The Plan by Kendra Adachi (Kaytee)

21:55 - The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

21:57 - The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi

25:52 - CR Season 4: Episode 42 w/Kendra Adachi

26:29 - Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth by Elizabeth Williamson (Meredith)

32:18 - Columbine by Dave Cullen

33:20 - The Trees by Percival Everett (Kaytee)

35:25 - Erasure by Percival Everett

36:42 - James by Percival Everett

38:07 - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Meredith)

38:27 - Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

39:48 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

45:56 - How We Purge Our Shelves

51:43 - Half Price Books

57:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain

57:08 - I am wishing for a good laugh, so send me recs of books that made you laugh. (Kaytee)

58:47 - Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

58:48 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon

59:09 - @hollyslitmagic on Instagram

59:29 - I wish to have the discussion about whether book publishing has gone the route of fast fashion. (Meredith)

 

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