Show notes
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Elizabeth are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: overseas bookstores and book resources
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
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Deep Dive: Meredith and Elizabeth imagine books in their own bookstore
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Before We Go: our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and Elizabeth updates us on her grandbabies
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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1:53 - Ad For Ourselves
2:12 - Currently Reading Patreon
3:20 - Bookish Moments of the Week
4:19 - Waterstones
4:22 - Barter Books
4:37 - Foyles
4:38 - Notting Hill Bookshop
5:10 - Goldsboro Books
6:10 - Booklist magazine
8:27 - Current Reads
9:42 - The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Elizabath)
14:19 - Where are the Children by Mary Higgins Clark (Meredith)
18:54 - Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark
19:43 - The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff (Elizabeth)
19:47 - The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
21:51 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live
23:12 - Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Meredith)
24:23 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
29:39 - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves (Elizabeth, pre-order releases July 7, 2026)
30:00 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
32:35 - Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
32:37 - Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
32:50 - Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin
32:57 - Page & Palette
34:30 - The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (Meredith)
37:29 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
37:30 - The Book Wanderers by Anna James
40:21 - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
40:22 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
40:59 - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
43:36 - Deep Dive: Books We'd Stock In Our Own Bookstores
44:37 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore
44:38 - Fabled Bookshop
44:49 - Roots by Alex Haley
45:56 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman
47:48 - The Iron House by John Hart
49:03 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
49:53 - Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
51:06 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
52:12 - Red Notice by Bill Browder
52:42 - Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
54:40 - The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
54:49 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
54:50 - The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
55:22 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
55:23 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
56:13 - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
57:26 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
58:03 - Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall
59:06 - Born To Run by Christopher McDougall
1:00:02 - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
1:00:52 - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
1:01:17 - Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
1:01:19 - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert
1:01:30 - The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini
1:03:00 - Before We Go
Meredith highlights a bookish friend post
Elizabeth brings an update and bookish support
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