Season 6, Episode 19: Book Subscriptions + Books That Kept Us Up At Night

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: book subscriptions and bookish advents Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: the types of and specific books that kept us up at night 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) .  .  .  .  .  2:01 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 5:40- OwlCrate 6:24 - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow 7:36 - Fairyloot 8:11 - Current Reads 8:28 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (Kaytee) 12:46 - The Cook’s Book by Bri McKoy (Meredith) 14:07 - Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat 15:48 - The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi 18:26 - Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd (Kaytee) 21:43 - The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale (Meredith) 23:12 - The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale 23:33 - Waterstones UK 24:55 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Kaytee) 31:51 - One of the Boys by Jayne Cowie (Meredith) 36:58 - Curfew by Jayne Cowie 37:29 - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 38:36 - Deep Dive: Books That Kept Us Up At Night 41:24 - The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien  41:52 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 42:27 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 42:25 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo 43:12 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 44:06 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 44:28 - The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 44:46 - An Immense World by Ed Yong 44:55 - Falling by T.J. Newman 44:56 - Drowning by T.J. Newman 46:19 - The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes 46:33 - I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 47:13 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 47:18 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 47:22 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 50:20 - The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 50:42 - Meet Us At The Fountain 50:56 - I wish to completely abandon Goodreads for StoryGraph in 2024. (Kaytee) 50:59 - StoryGraph 52:41 - libro.fm 52:42 - bookshop.org 53:38 - I wish, if you like Christmas reading, for you to read The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (Meredith) 58:39 - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. December’s IPL will be a yearly recap from us, so we can give our beloved Indies a break for the holidays! Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi - a behind the scenes peek into the publishing industry All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the special insights of an independent bookseller The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!