On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: a collective search and a reading life realization Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: how grief affects reading 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!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop 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. If you’d prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:38 - Thriftbooks.com 3:31 - Trope Thursday with Bunmi is a Currently Reading Patreon benefit 5:46 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig 8:04 - Candice on Bookstagram 8:20 - Current Reads 8:27 - Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Mary) 9:18 - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 10:54 - Well, That was Unexpected by Jessie Q. Sutanto 11:54 - The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (Kaytee) 12:05 - Becoming by Michelle Obama 15:45 - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Mary) 15:51 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 18:22 - @pieladybooks Instagram 18:58 - Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head (Kaytee) 19:07 - Elizabeth Barnhill @wacoreads on Instagram 21:52 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (Mary) - while this title isn’t available pretty much anywhere, it is at many libraries, including Hoopla 25:17 - Libro FM 26:38 - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradal (Kaytee) 30:27 - How Grief Changes Reading 32:39 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 33:52 - The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell 34:00 - A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn (Veronica Speedwell #8) 36:33 - Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jessie Q Sutanto 36:48 - The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert 37:47 - A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis 46:13 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottleib 46:20 - Tell Me More by Kelli Corrigan 46:43 - Healing After Loss by Martha Hickman 47:10 - Good Mourning Podcast and Instagram and upcoming book 47:27 - Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan 47:33 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith 48:19 - Meet Us At The Fountain 48:31 - I wish everyone would approach their reading slumps with grace and kindness (Mary) 49:55 -  I wish for readers to add these events to their calendars (Kaytee) 50:12 - April 23rd is World Book Day 50:37 - April 29th is Independent Bookstore Day Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading