Season 5, Episode 24: Journeying Together + Reading Partnership Answers

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Roxanna are discussing:

Bookish Moments: reading peccadilloes and reading as a race
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately
Deep Dive: questions and answers about a reading partnership, and how that works in the real world of Roxanna and Meredith
The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

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!

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2:02 - Bookish Moment of the Week

3:49 - Season 5: Episode 21

8:47 - Current Reads

8:56 - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (Roxanna)

15:36 - Babel by R.F. Kuang (Meredith)

26:29 - The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Roxanna)

26:43 - The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

30:56 - The Drift by C.J. Tudor (Meredith)

32:38 - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

35:41 - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (Roxanna)

35:56 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

38:11 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

39:52 - A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Meredith)

42:44 - Glass Houses by Louise Penny (Meredith mistakenly said castle instead of houses)

46:43 - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

47:29 - The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

50:45 - If you are interested in a new Louise Penny segment called “A Journey to Three Pines” featuring Meredith and Roxanna, reach out in all the ways to let us know! Currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com, @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram, or in the Bookish Friends Group if you’re a member of Patreon.

52:09 - Still Life by Louise Penny

52:52 - Deep Dive: Cultivating a Reading Partnership

56:42 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (ACOTAR #2)

59:11 - Babel by R.F. Kuang

1:00:01 - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

1:08:38 - Meet Us At The Fountain

I wish to read more contemporary fiction and Own Voices in 2023 (Roxanna)

I wish everyone would realize you can have a fulfilling reading year no matter how many books you read (Meredith)

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