# Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In

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Podcast: [The Currently Reading Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-currently-reading-podcast-896350)
Published: 2026-05-18T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.currentlyreadingpodcast.com/show-notes/s8e41
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Duration seconds: 3504

## Resource

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: even more adaptations and reading hangovers Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: Kaytee and Meredith do a mid year reading check-in Before We Go : our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and Kaytee brings something she is currently curious about Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:45 - Bookish Moments of the Week 1:54: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 4:14 - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe 5:34 - Books & Books 6:42 - Current Reads 6:49 - Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi (Kaytee) 9:10 - Book Talk, Etc 9:14 - Thoughts From A Page 10:28 - The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (Meredith) 10:46 - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon 12:45 - The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon 15:21 - Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz (Kaytee) 15:34 - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz 19:10 - Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn (Meredith) 21:00 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live 23:56 - The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Kaytee) 27:25 - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine 29:08 - Dissolution by Nicholas Binge (Meredith) 30:23 - Ascension by Nicholas Binge 30:54 - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 31:04 - Recursion by Blake Crouch 34:42 - Deep Dive: Mid-Year Reading Check-In 37:07 - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower 40:57 - The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty 41:55 - The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley 42:16 - Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love by isthisselfcare 43:57…

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