Season 6, Episode 14: Our Bookish Impact + What Makes A Great Gift Book

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

Bookish Moments: work retreats and our bookish impact in a listener’s classroom

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

Deep Dive: what makes a great gift book

The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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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1:43 - Currently Reading Patreon

4:01 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

9:14 - Current Reads

9:50 - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (Meredith)

15:28 - Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline (Kaytee)

18:18 - Venco by Cherie Dimaline

19:14 - At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha (Meredith)

24:05 - CR Season 5: Episode 48 Listener Press

24:18 - Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan (Kaytee)

28:34 - After the Crash by Michel Bussi (Meredith)

30:42 - The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier

34:18 - Fabled Bookshop

34:52 - Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou (Kaytee)

35:00 - Fairyloot

37:44 - Deep Dive: What Makes A Great Gift Book

38:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

38:18 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

38:23 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

39:56 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

39:59 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson (amazon link)

40:37 - A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

41:15 - Vuori Clothing

44:12 - Fairyloot

44:49 - Book of the Month

44:49 - Aardvark Book Club

45:52 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

46:37 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

46:45 - Currently Reading Patreon

48:08 - Meet Us At The Fountain

48:23 - I want to encourage everyone to read one classic book a year (Meredith)

48:37 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

48:50 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

48:51 - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith

48:52 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty

48:53 - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

48:54 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield 

48:57 - The Borrowers by Mary Norton

49:22 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

49:23 - 1984 by George Orwell

49:55 - Persuasion by Jane Austen

50:16 - I wish for book recipes to guide my reading life (Kaytee)

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