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Today, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: local indie bookstore support and the first video episode of Currently Reading Current Reads: each of us shares three books we’ve been reading lately. Deep Dive: books that are about pandemic and epidemic situations. You do you, reader. Book Presses: two books (one giant, one little) that will transport you to a different place and time 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: 5:35 - Patreon! 5:49 - Our Patreon video, free to everyone, Currently Reading COVID 19 edition! Current Reads: 8:06 - The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg 10:56 - A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole 13:37 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 16:25 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 19:14 - Rebound by Kwame Alexander 19:19 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander 21:02 - Buried Deep by Margot Hunt - An Audible Original 23:45 - The Friend by Dorothy Koomson 24:09 - Episode 46 of Season 1 when listeners press books into our hands 24:23 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Deep Dive - Books About Pandemics: 29:02 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 30:14 - The Stand by Stephen King 30:44 - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 31:46 - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 32:52 - As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner 33:15 - Get Well Soon by Jennifer Schmidt… nope. Jennifer Wright. Bad notes! 34:05 - Blindness by Jose Saramago 34:48 - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia 35:08 - The Hot Zone by Richard Preston 35:33 - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton 35:59 - The Girl in Red by Christina Henry 36:24 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman 36:45 - The Last One by Alexandra Oliva 36:53 - Interview with Alexandra 37:52 - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd 38:37 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 38:56 - Dry by Neal and Jerrod Shusterman 39:00 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 39:39 - Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 40:56 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 42:06 - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 43:49 - It’s a TRILOGY - World Without End (#2) and Column of Fire (#3) 44:29 - News of the World by Paulette Giles