Season 8, Episode 39: The Howl Train + Reading Therapy w/Mary

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

• Bookish Moments: Indie Bookstore Day and adaptations exceeding expectations.

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

• Deep Dive: more reading therapy with Mary

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring something Meredith is curious about and some TBR triage for Mary.

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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:10 - Bite Size Intro

2:02 - Currently Reading Patreon

2:10 - Watch Anitra's video HERE

2:47 - Roar by Cecelia Ahern

3:41 - Bookish Moments of the Week

4:05 - Boswell Book Company

6:15 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

6:37 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

9:19 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

9:44 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

10:07 - Current Reads

10:13 - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Mary)

13:37 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

13:51 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

15:25 - Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Meredith)

21:26 - Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero (Mary)

21:35 - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

24:25 - This Cursed House by Del Sandeen (Meredith)

26:25 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

27:06 - Feral and Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann

28:17 - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

29:22 - Instructions for Traveling West by Joy Sullivan (Mary)

31:44 - Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

32:45 - The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen (Meredith)

35:00 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

36:59 - Two Friends Books

38:28 - Deep Dive: Reading Therapy with Mary

40:42 - Slewfoot by Brom

43:11 - @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram

43:18 - The Poetry Remedy by William Siegert

45:27 - The Popcast

45:54 - How We Live is How We Die by Pema Chodron

49:10 - Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert

52:54 - Heartwood by Amity Gage

52:55 - The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella

52:57 - Wreck by Catherine Newman

52:58 - Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke

53:00 - Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein

53:25 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman

53:36 - Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

54:02 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

54:04 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

54:59 - It's Ok That You're Not Ok by Megan Devine

55:49 - Currently Reading Substack

56:27 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

57:29 - Before We Go

Meredith brings something she's curious about

57:46 - @Meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram

58:41 - The Perfect Loaf by Maurizio Leo

59:47 - Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Mary tries a little TBR triage

1:00:23 - The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

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