Season 4, Episode 8: A Broad Swath of Current Reads + Gentle Murder
On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:
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Bookish Moments: zooming with an author and a slow but steady encouragement
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Current Reads: fairy tales and graphic novels and non-fiction and middle grade. We’re all over the place.
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Deep Dive: “gentle murder” is for those readers who want the propulsive and page-turning nature of mysteries and thriller, but can’t handle adding new fears to their arsenal
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Book Presses: propulsive but gentle books we think you’ll love
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 (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!
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Bookish Moment of the Week:
2:35 - Zoom call with Catherine Ryan Howard
2:39 - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
2:40 - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
4:07 - I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
7:03 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
7:40 - New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby
9:20 - Hawaii by James Michener
Current Reads:
10:05 - Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly (Meredith)
13:19 - Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
16:07 - The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (Kaytee)
16:19 - Good Talk by Mira Jacob
16:57 - El Deafo by Cece Bell
19:46 - Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (Meredith)
22:11 - Currently Reading Patreon
24:02 - How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes by Melinda Wenner Moyer (Kaytee)
25:33 - Expecting Better by Emily Oster
27:20 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
27:37 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Meredith)
35:33 - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
35:47 - Refugee by Alan Gratz (Kaytee)
Deep Dive - Gentle Mysteries and Thrillers
39:24 - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
39:27 - Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews
39:41 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (the mermaid book)
39:58 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
41:34 - The Whisper Man by Alex North
41:35 - The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
41:36 - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
42:31 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
42:38 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson
42:54 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
43:41 - No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
43:58 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
44:11 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
47:23 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
47:26 - One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
47:49 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
48:00 - My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
50:39 - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
50:39 - Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
51:06 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
52:19 - Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Elliot Arnold
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
53:22 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Meredith)
54:38 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
54:42 - The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
55:55 - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Pre-order link)
56:18 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (Kaytee)
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