Season 8, Episode 36: Spring Fever + The Oldest Books On Our TBR

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

• Bookish Moments: Spring cleaning and outgoing books

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

• Deep Dive: the oldest books on our TBR

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a something Meredith is curious about

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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1:21 - Bookish Moments of the Week

6:05 - Current Reads

6:59 - A Question of Guilt by Jorn Lier Horst (Meredith, amazon link)

9:36 - Daunt Books

11:59 - How To Kill A Guy In Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson (Kaytee)

12:05 - The Novel Neighbor

17:05 - This American Woman by Zarna Garg (Meredith)

18:59 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

23:30 - Zarna Garg on TikTok

24:19 - The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr (Kaytee)

24:27- The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr

29:35 - Vigil by George Saunders (Meredith)

31:25 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

31:33 - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

37:54 - The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens (Kaytee)

38:09 - Fabled Bookshop

38:13 - The Life We Bury by Allan Eskens

38:18 - Content Bookstore

42:53 - Deep Dive: The Oldest Books on our TBR

43:20 - Currently Reading Substack

43:24 - Currently Reading Website

47:22 - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

48:12 - 12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northrup

49:09 - Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

50:31 - How We Learn by Benedict Carey

51:57 - Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree by Nancy Atherton

53:57 - CR Season 5: Episode 18

54:00 - Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton

56:33 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

58:12 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

58:54 - Before We Go

Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post

Meredith brings something she is curious about

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