Season 3, Episode 18: Armchair Traveling with Strong Sense of Place

Today, Kaytee is visiting with Melissa Joulwan and Dave Humpreys, all the way from Prague to talk about Strong Sense of Place! We are discussing Bookish Moments: "triple-dipping," map adventures, and doubly broken reading Current Reads: we're visiting manor houses, the everglades, building a train, and seeing a refugee camp. Come with us. Deep Dive: all things Strong Sense of Place with Mel and Dave Book Presses: A feel-good classic, a boring book described in a new way (ha!), and a Nigerian treasure. 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! New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below 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 of the Week: 1:43 - Amazon Kindle 3:22 - Haunted Voices by Various Authors 4:21 - Google Maps 4:51 - Looking for Transwonderland by Noo Wara-Siwa Current Reads: 7:25 - Snow by John Banville (Melissa) 8:30 - Schitt's Creek 8:37 - Agatha Christie novels 9:32 - Benjamin Black novels 11:47 - Nothing Like it in the World by Stephen Ambrose (Dave) 11:53 - Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose 15:23 - Lobizona by Romina Garber (Kaytee) 18:34 - The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford (Melissa) 21:31 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 22:45 - Adventures in Drawing by Scott Campbell (Dave) 22:56 - The Hug Machine by Scott Campbell 25:01 - When Stars are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson (Kaytee) 26:31 - Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Deep Dive - Strong Sense of Place: 27:21 - Strong Sense of Place website 30:18 - Cookbook author, you say? Well Fed by Melissa Joulwan and David Humphreys 31:38 - SSOP Circus Episode 31:40 - SSOP Sea Episode 32:52 - Moby Dick by Herman Melville 33:36 - Weekend Getaway landing page 35:13 - SSOP Sweden Episode 35:17 - Beartown by Fredrick Backman 36:51 - SSOP Prague podcast episode 40:37 - Prague books roundup Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 42:58 - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (Melissa) 45:26 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Dave) 50:07 - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (Kaytee) 50:04 - Kaytee's minisode with Abi Connect With Us: Strong Sense of Place: website , Podcast , Instagram , Twitter Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com