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Season 7, Episode 26: Bookish Geese + Boss My TBR

Feb 03, 202557 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

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

  • Bookish Moments: audiobook listening and keeping track of book recs

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

  • Deep Dive: we boss some TBRs

  • 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)

:10 - Ad For Ourselves

1:16 - Currently Reading Patreon

5:11 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week

12:48 - Our Current Reads

13:25 - True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik (Meredith)

14:38 - 100 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

18:48 - Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (Kaytee)

19:05 - CR Season 6: Episode 40

22:08 - Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni (Meredith)

22:50 - The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni

26:54 - The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song (Kaytee)

26:58 - Bright Side Bookshop

29:18 - The Dragon Wakes with Thunder by K.X. Song (pre-order, releases Aug 29, 2025)

29:44 - The Hike by Drew Magary (Meredith)

32:21 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

32:57 - Fairy Tale by Stephen King

34:42 - The White Girl by Tony Birch (Kaytee)

34:53 - Garcia Street Books

36:29 - The Dry by Jane Harper

37:47 - Deep Dive: Boss My TBF

From Mari M.

38:38 - Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (pick #1)

38:41 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel (pick #2)

38:44 - Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab (pick #3)

38:48 - The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld (pick #4)

38:51 - The Wildest Sun by Asha Lemmie (pick #5)

38:57 - Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

39:00 - Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

From Judith

44:44 - Still Life by Sarah Winman

44:46 - Eve Green by Susan Fletcher

45:14 - The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah (pick #1)

45:17 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawking (pick #2)

45:21 - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (pick #3)

45:26 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (pick #4)

45:29 - Forever Home by Graham Norton (pick #5)

46:03 - Orbital by Samantha Harvey

48:07 - A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos

48:40 - All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

48:55 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt

49:08 - Meet Us At The Fountain

49:21 - I wish to let everyone know that A Journey To Three Pines will be coming in February and Wicked will be discussed on February 22nd.

49:49 - The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

50:08 - Wicked by Gregory MaGuire

50:12 - Currently Reading Patreon

54:22 - I wish that somehow Louise Penny would see Inspector Goosemache. (Kaytee)

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