Season 8, Episode 28: Reader Speed Dating + CR Style Book Clubs
Release Date: 02/16/2026
Season 8, Episode 41: Book Hangovers + Mid Year Reading Check-In
The Currently Reading Podcast
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 of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:45 - Bookish Moments of the Week 1:54: by...
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Season 8, Episode 40: Airplane Reading + Books For Every Enneagram
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: both discuss plane reading and its advantages Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: book recs for each enneagram type Before We Go: our new segment featuring a bookish friend post and a sleeper hit brought by Meredith Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week 1:55 - by Sarah J. Maas 2:03 - on Instagram...
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Season 8, Episode 39: The Howl Train + Reading Therapy w/Mary
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: Indie Bookstore Day and adaptations exceeding expectations. Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: more reading therapy with Mary Before We Go: our new segment featuring something Meredith is curious about and some TBR triage for Mary. Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . :10 - Bite Size Intro 2:02 - 2:10 - Watch Anitra’s video 2:47 -...
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Season 8, Episode 38: A Revisit to Episode 8 - Getting Through A Reading Slump
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, we are revisiting an episode from season 1! On episode 8, Meredith and Kaytee discussed reading slumps and how to get through them. Kaytee is bopping around the world, so we hope you enjoy this blast to the past. (head on over to the original show notes to see the photos Meredith references in her bookish moment) Bookish Moments: lovely neighbors and bucket list trips with friends Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: reading slumps, how we deal with them, and some book recs to help get...
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Season 8, Episode 37: To The Moon And Back + Low Rated Books That Stuck With Us
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: Whiny men in books and reading to our kids Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: books we rated fairly low, but have stuck with us over time. Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit from Roxanna Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . :10 - Bite Size Intro 1:50 - We encourage you to spend your dollars...
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Season 8, Episode 36: Spring Fever + The Oldest Books On Our TBR
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: Spring cleaning and outgoing books Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: the oldest books on our TBR Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a something Meredith is curious about Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:21 - Bookish Moments of the Week 6:05 - Current Reads 6:59 - by Jorn Lier Horst (Meredith,...
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Season 8, Episode 35: Bookish Bedrooms + Our Book Budgets
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: Project Hail Mary and a bookish guest bedroom Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: all about our book budgets Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a something Kaytee is curious about Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . :10 - Bite Size Intro 1:50 - 2:42 - 2:44 - 4:43 - Bookish Moments of the Week 5:01 - ...
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Season 8, Episode 34: Books That Grow + Our Reading Traditions
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: books that grow as we read and book festival serendipity Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: partaking in bookish traditions Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit brought by Meredith Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week 2:46 - by Cameron Sullivan 5:40 - by...
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Season 8, Episode 33: Reading Grooves + Our Reading Hermitages
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Elizabeth are discussing: Bookish Moments: Reading modes and finding books for every moment Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: Which authors’ complete works we would take to our hermitage Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit brought by Elizabeth. Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . :10 - Bite Size Intro :51 - :57 - 2:47 - Our...
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Season 8, Episode 32: Exciting Adaptations + How To Audiobook
The Currently Reading Podcast
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: Book adaptations and giving out book recs IRL Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: How to audiobook Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and something Kaytee is curious about Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . 1:21 - Bookish Moments of the Week 1:35 - by Alexandre Dumas 1:41 - 2:31 - by Amor Towles 3:07 - by...
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Bookish Moments: A new bookish metaphor and book moms in the wild
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Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
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Deep Dive: Explaining a Currently Reading literary society
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Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit you should read.
Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).
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1:28 - Bookish Moments of the Week
5:56 - Current Reads
6:23 - A Violent Age by Sarah Blake (Meredith, amazon link)
7:25 - Clean Air by Sarah Blake
13:08 - Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai (Kaytee)
15:28 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
16:41 - Currently Reading Website
17:59 - Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell (Meredith)
23:34 - A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (Kaytee)
23:52 - History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook
24:05 - The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
26:27 - The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
26:28 - Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
26:32 - House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
26:42 - Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton
26:50 - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
28:59 - The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan (Meredith)
33:18 - Booktenders
33:37 - Everyone Is Lying To You by Jo Piazza (Kaytee)
38:40 - Currently Reading Style Book Clubs
42:49 - A Violent Age by Sarah Blake
50:16 - Before We Go
Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post
50:34 - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
50:36 - The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
50:37 - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
50:40 - The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
51:22 - The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
51:39 - Confessions by Kanae Minato
Meredith’s Sleeper Hit:
52:34 - Sphere by Michel Crichton
52:39 - Timeline by Michael Crichton
54:06 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
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