Season 8, Episode 28: Reader Speed Dating + CR Style Book Clubs

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

• Bookish Moments: A new bookish metaphor and book moms in the wild

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

• Deep Dive: Explaining a Currently Reading literary society

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit you should read.

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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1:28 - Bookish Moments of the Week

5:56 - Current Reads

6:23 - A Violent Age by Sarah Blake (Meredith, amazon link)

7:25 - Clean Air by Sarah Blake

13:08 - Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai (Kaytee)

15:28 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

16:41 - Currently Reading Website

17:59 - Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell (Meredith)

23:34 - A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (Kaytee)

23:52 - History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook

24:05 - The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

26:27 - The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

26:28 - Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

26:32 - House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

26:42 - Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton

26:50 - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

28:59 - The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan (Meredith)

33:18 - Booktenders

33:37 - Everyone Is Lying To You by Jo Piazza (Kaytee)

38:40 - Currently Reading Style Book Clubs

42:49 - A Violent Age by Sarah Blake

50:16 - Before We Go

Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post

50:34 - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

50:36 - The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

50:37 - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

50:40 - The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

51:22 - The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

51:39 - Confessions by Kanae Minato

Meredith's Sleeper Hit:

52:34 - Sphere by Michel Crichton

52:39 - Timeline by Michael Crichton

54:06 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

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