On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: even worse than a book hangover, it’s a book coma!, and single-track reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: It’s possible to love each other and not love the same books! Here’s an example of that! The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:28 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 2:12 - Currently Reading Patreon - Thank you for helping to keep us ad free! 3:04 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:15 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 3:37 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 9:18  - Current Reads 9:28 - The Thief Knot by Kate Milford (Roxanna) 9:34 - Greenglass House by Kate Milford 13:10 - The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (Meredith) 20:58 - Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey (Roxanna) 24:46 - My Life in France by Julia Child 24:48 - Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes 24:50 - Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell 25:46 - The Bookshop and the Barbarian by Morgan Stang (Meredith, Amazon link) 26:54 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 27:13 - @bookishbetsie on Instagram 27:50 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 30:17 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (Roxanna) 37:47 - The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Meredith) 40:32 - CAWPILE system 41:31 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager 43:21 - The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 44:31 - Deep Dive: All Things Fourth Wing 44:49 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 46:13 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 48:34 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 48:36 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 49:22 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman 49:32 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 59:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain 59:45 - I wish everyone would read Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center. (Roxanna) 59:45 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 1:00:16 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 1:00:42 - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 1:02:10 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 1:02:23 - Read to make you happy, and don’t always follow the hype. (Meredith) 1:02:46 - In Memoriam by Alice Winn Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: behind the scenes content and a literary festival Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: the best “gateway” books to get a new or struggling reader addicted The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:54 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Summer Reading GuideSarah’s Patreon if you want access to Summer Shelves  2:17 - What Should I Read Next Episode 381 4:20 - Pango Books 6:42  - Current Reads 7:11 - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline (Meredith)  7:23 - Fabled Bookshop 11:30 - Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline 11:52 - We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange 12:50 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (Kaytee) 13:02 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 13:06 - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig 13:32 - CR Season 5: Episode 30 14:09 - Fable App 17:20 - The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Meredith) 17:25 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen 20:24 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny 21:24 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 22:13 - The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements (Kaytee) 22:19 - The Novel Neighbor 24:23 - Sarah’s Bookshelves 2022 Summer Reading Guide 25:41 - Blue Monday by Nicci French (Meredith) 31:42 - My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson (Kaytee) 33:09 - Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian 34:44 - Gateway Books 37:04 - What Should I Read Next 37:51 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 38:15 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 38:18 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano 38:49 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 40:05 - Calypso by David Sedaris 40:13 - The Anthroprocene Reviewed by John Green 41:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 42:19 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 42:31 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 44:03 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 44:05 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 44:37 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 45:12 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 45:42 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 45:45 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 46:57 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 47:09 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 48:10 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 48:31 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow 49:08 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 50:25 - Meet Us At The Fountain 51:39 - The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Whyss 52:46 - I wish someone would write a story about The Forbidden Island of Niihau (Meredith) 54:08 - I wish for a reading cafe. (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

Welcome, readers. We are so excited to debut this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This limited-edition podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes. This episode series will introduce you to a new voice on the team, Shad CasConi. Shad is Kaytee’s childhood best friend, and the first show regular we’ve introduced with a Y chromosome. I think you’ll love him like I do! As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Kaytee and Shad will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know what to expect each and every time. We call these the bowling lane bumpers, and they’ll help guide the conversation and keep us from rabbit trails. Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will include links to Bookshop dot org or Amazon for any books or resources referenced in the episode. These are affiliate links, so they kick back a small percentage to us if you buy through them, and help support the work we do on Currently Reading. . . . . 3:26 - Previews: Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Ballad of Songbird and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (prequel) Buying Your Way onto the NYT Bestseller List Movie name and release date. Box office and awards. The Hunger Games (film) - currently on Hulu but this seems to be changing once a month Credit Song by Taylor Swift, Safe and Sound, with The Civil Wars 7:28 - The Cutting Room: Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen. Katniss’s mockingjay pin Tesserae, Avox, and Katniss’s anger Dehydration and the “boring” parts of the arena Anything left out that shouldn’t have been. Haymitch’s character development The finale in the arena How scary is this for kids? Were there changes made for the rating? Added to the movie for clarity. Interviews, the treaty, world-building. Seneca is pretty. Film to introduce the games. Naming and developing additional characters. Building the arena and behind-the-scenes footage of the capital. Casting and mis-casting AI Casting Images Katniss Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart, Scarlett Johansen, Twilight, Saoirse Ronan, Haley Steinfeld, Chloe Grace Moretz, Emma Roberts, Shailene Woodley, Divergent, Isabel Ferman Peeta Josh Hutcherson, Evan Peters, Hunter Parrish, Alex Pettifer, Alexander Ludvig, Liam Hemsworth Gale Liam Hemsworth, Henry Cavill Cinna Lenny Kravitz, Billy Porter, Matthew Boehmer, Eric Bana, Jude Law, Cheyanne Jackson, Michale Urie, Shrinking (Apple TV+) Effie Elizabeth Banks, Amy Sedaris, Jennifer Coolidge, White Lotus (on HBO), Parker Posey, Judy Greer, Kristen Wiig Problematic elements. Hollywood so white. Kids as expendable. Dystopia come true The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 37:43 - Award Season: Worst and best parts of the adaptation. Anger and arena survival. Mockingjay pin Behind the scenes arena building Capital citizens World-building Worst and best actors. Haymitch/Woody Harrelson Katniss/Jennifer Lawrence Peeta/Josh Hutcherson Caesar Flickerman/Stanley Tucci Cinna/Lenny Kravitz Worst and best book characters. Katniss Effie Peeta Rue 56:10 - Book/Flick Energy: Book scored on a 5 star scale. Divergent by Veronica Roth Book on Goodreads Movie scored on a 10 point scale. Movie on  Rotten Tomatoes 1:01:10 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel: Who is your favorite Beatle? Shining Time Station What would you eat as your last meal before entering the arena? 1:05:19 - Outro: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Jurassic Park (1993) film Connect With Us: Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Shad is in the Bookish Friends Facebook group (for Patrons only) currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and  www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: summer reading guides and plane reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: we are chatting about the dreaded book hangover, the ways we deal with it, and what it means about our reading lives. The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:44 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:01 - MomAdvice Summer Reading Guide 2:15 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Summer Reading Guide Sarah’s Patreon if you want access to Summer Shelves   2:22 - Modern Mrs. Darcy’s FREE minimalist reading guide MMD Full Reading Guide 2:34 - Paperback Summer Reading Guide w/FictionMatters 2:40 - Kellyhook.readsbooks on Instagram 5:53  - Current Reads 6:13 - Nic Blake and the Remarkables by Angie Thomas (Kaytee) 6:36 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 6:54 - Libro.fm 10:17 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson (Meredith) 10:37 - Parnassus Books 14:21 - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 16:15 - If Only You by Chloe Liese (Kaytee) 20:19 - Drowning by TJ Newman (Meredith) 21:53 - Falling by TJ Newman 22:47 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 24:28 - The Marriage Act by John Marrs (Kaytee) 24:38 - The One by John Marrs 28:52 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Meredith) 31:33 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 33:59 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 34:00 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 35:18 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand 35:20 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 37:21 - The Dreaded Book Hangover (or is it dreaded??) 37:41 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 38:10 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 38:31 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 44:08 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 45:59 - The Wager by David Grann 47:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:45 - If you liked my current reads, I wish you’d go back to each other and read their first books. (Kaytee) 48:04 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 48:14 - Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese 48:25 - The One by John Marrs 49:07 - I wish everyone would try pink or brown noise to help focus their reading. (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee is chatting with a special guest. Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada, the president of the American Library Association is here to talk about: Bookish Moments: a bookish feature on TV and different readers choosing their TBR Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: Lessa is giving us a brief rundown (which I could have easily made 6 hours long) about the American Library Association and the state of libraries in the US. The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:20 - Lessa’s ALA President Page 3:47 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:13 - Lessa’s Good Morning America article 7:14  - Current Reads 7:30 - Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith (Lessa) 10:31 - Platonic by Marisa G. Franco 10:34 - The Life Council by Laura Tremaine 10:54 - Solomon’s Crown by Natasha Siegel (Kaytee) 14:36 - Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson (Lessa) 19:12 - Sea Change by Gina Chung (Kaytee) 22:45 - Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout (Lessa) 27:13 - The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea  (Kaytee) 27:20 - Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea 27:33 - Santa Fe International Literary Festival 30:02 - Season 5: Episode 23 30:04 - Solito by Javier Zamora 31:46 - All Things American Library Association (ALA) 31:58 - The ALA Homepage 35:49 - Rainbow Round Table 52:11 - uniteagainstbookbans.org 54:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain 54:46 - I'm wishing for everyone to find that one book that changes their life and the way that they see the world. (Lessa) 55:11 - Libby 55:15 - Novelist 55:21 - I wish that publishers would help us get a book with different information on the Library of Congress page. (Kaytee) 55:28 - Library of Congress 57:14 - Lessa’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Website Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram [email protected] Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading