Episodes
Published 11/18/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: disappointing kindles and random things as wrappers Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: letting you know the bookish people, places, and podcasts we love The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the...
Published 11/18/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: book talks in the wild and new Louise Penny books Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: our reading rituals The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  ...
Published 11/11/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: following us on Instagram and new bookish lego sets Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: we are bossing more TBRs! The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main...
Published 11/04/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and KMary are discussing: Bookish Moments: finding new ways to listen to audiobooks and getting new kindles Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: how our spooky season reading is going so far The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this...
Published 10/28/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: forgetting how to read and introducing new furry pals Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: if we retain what we read and if it matters The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only...
Published 10/21/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: meeting bookish friends IRL and getting fun bookish mail Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: fall books that aren’t spooky, scary or academia The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link...
Published 10/14/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: being the bookish person at work and discussing books in grocery stores Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: authors we would take a day off to mourn over The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the...
Published 10/07/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: bookish crafting and annotation gift sets Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: diving into research about why reading makes us better humans The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link...
Published 09/30/24
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.   Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to...
Published 09/27/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: Feeling like a lady of yore and how bookstores contain the best people Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: answering the question “What is some advice you would tell your past readerly self"?” The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your...
Published 09/23/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: How books will always be there for us and how ratings easily influence reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: answering the question “How do you handle reading a book you’re not going to enjoy or HAVE to read”. from listener Adrienne. The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives ...
Published 09/16/24
2:00 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 2:26 - @thewilltoread on Instagram 3:55 - Currently Reading Zazzle store 3:58 - Scary Books Are My Jam mug 5:47 - Our Current Reads 6:03 - The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rasha (Bill) 7:30 - Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjeh-Brenyah 8:03 - Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley 8:05 - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 9:31 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy 11:57 - The Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (Meredith) 13:26 - The Novel Neighbor 15:30...
Published 09/09/24
We are so excited to journey with you to Three Pines, the fictional French-Canadian village created by Louise Penny for her Three Pines series, featuring Armand Gamache. This spin-off podcast series will tackle each of the books in the series in turn, in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book before listening to the episode. As you’ve come to expect with all Currently Reading content, Meredith and Roxanna will follow a regular episode format, with regular segments, so you know...
Published 09/06/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith an Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: talking books with fictional characters and kindle pillows Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: we are bossing the TBR of two. more bookish friends The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this...
Published 09/02/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading routines and meeting local authors Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: the journey from season one to season seven of Currently Reading The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this...
Published 08/26/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: utilizing AI and getting back into the library swing of things Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: our most huggable books The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the...
Published 08/19/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: morning reading and loving the library Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: an update and discussion on the boss OUR summer TBR episode The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only...
Published 08/12/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading about new hobbies and talking about books to everyone IRL Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: recapping our summer vacation The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only...
Published 08/05/24
We are so excited to preview our newest content for Patreon supporters of the show! Going forward, this episode series will live on Patreon, where you can join us for $5 a month to support the show and get ALL our awesome bonus content! This is a special series just for the Bookish Friends of the Currently Reading Podcast who love swooning and sexy times. We are thrilled to have you join us for this new bonus content, focused entirely on the best-selling genre fiction in the book world:...
Published 07/23/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing: Season Six In Review: interesting stats, regrets, and exciting upcoming content! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  3:06 - Season Six In Review The most downloaded episode of the season 4:05 - CR Season 6: Episode 25 w/Jamie Golden and Knox...
Published 07/22/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are joined by show regulars Roxanna and Mary and they are discussing: An Ask Us Anything Episode!: You asked, and we answered! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  2:30 - Ask Us Anything What was the first book that got you hooked into reading? 3:00 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Mary) ...
Published 07/15/24
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Listener Presses: This year we have 20 fantastic titles from our listeners. Our TBRs exploded, and we hope yours do too! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  .  2:19 - Your Listener Presses 3:48 - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (pressed by Katie) 6:40 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E....
Published 07/08/24
Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.   Show notes for this series will not be time-stamped, but will still include links to...
Published 07/05/24
*Please note that Kaytee was out of her regular recording space this week and it affected her audio. It’s not you, it’s us. Back to normal next week!* On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: binging a great series and re-introducing morning reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive: you get to boss our summer TBRs! The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to...
Published 07/01/24