Season 8, Episode 40: Airplane Reading + Books For Every Enneagram

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

• Bookish Moments: both discuss plane reading and its advantages

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

• Deep Dive: book recs for each enneagram type

• Before We Go: our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and a sleeper hit brought by Meredith

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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1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week

1:55 - The House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

2:03 - @hollyslitmagic on Instagram

2:50 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

8:08 - Current Reads

8:28 - The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (Meredith)

10:10 - Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

10:28 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live

13:31 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

16:17 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

18:23 - The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (Kaytee)

18:35 - The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali

23:09 - Radical Focus by Christina Wodke (Meredith)

24:45 - Traction by Gino Wickman

28:59 - Disney Adults by AJ Wolfe (Kaytee)

36:55 - When The Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy (Meredith)

42:30 - Empire of Shadows by Jacquelyn Benson (Kaytee)

47:09 - Deep Dive: Books for Each Enneagram Type

47:15 - CR Season 3: Episode 37

49:20 - American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (9)

49:45 - Zorrie by Laird Hunt (9)

51:11 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman (9)

52:23 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (8)

53:18 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (8)

54:22 - Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple (7)

55:44 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (7)

56:54 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (6)

57:04 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live

57:55 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (6)

59:33 - Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (5)

59:52 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (5)

1:00:54 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck (4)

1:01:46 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (4)

1:01:54 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (4)

1:02:51 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (3)

1:03:01 - Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (3)

1:03:49 - Erasure by Percival Everett (3)

1:05:14 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2)

1:06:16 - The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah (2)

1:06:42 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2)

1:08:30 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (1)

1:10:06 - The Home-maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1)

1:13:05 - Before We Go

Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post

Meredith brings a sleeper hit

1:14:25 - Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes

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