Season 7, Episode 8: A Lady of Yore + Advice For Our Past Readerly Selves

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

Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people

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

Deep Dive: answering the question “What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?”

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

26:35 - El Deafo by Cece Bell

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)

32:35 - Bright Side Bookshop

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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