Season 2, Episode 38: Tackling Controversial Titles + How We Read Series Books

Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: our bookish friends buddy read of Still Life by Louise Penny with the Patrons of Currently Reading Current Reads: we each have three books to share, but we're messing with the format a bit this week as the discussion needs some nuance. Deep Dive: reading books in a series and what we do when "the next one" releases Book Presses: a few of our favorite series choices to round out the deep dive 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! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon 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. Thanks for your support!* . . . . . Bookish Moments: 1:23 - The Bookish Friends Buddy Read discussion on Patreon 1:31 - Still Life by Louise Penny 3:05 - Our previous COVID(eo)s are all available to watch for free on Patreon as well! Current Reads: 5:10 - The House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (Meredith) 9:24 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister (Kaytee) 11:59 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 14:46 - Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson (Meredith) 17:33 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Kaytee) 21:40 - Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester (Kaytee) 26:24 - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (Meredith) 28:37 - Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 28:39 - The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak 29:03 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes Deep Dive - Reading Books in Series: 33:20 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 34:02 - Three Pines series by Louise Penny 37:02 - Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 37:25 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 38:25 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 39:05 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 42:54 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes 44:03 - The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva (Meredith) 46:04 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Kaytee) 49:00 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com