On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are sharing their favorite reads of 2024. This year, we have two lists: favorite reading experiences and favorite books. With so many great reading experiences of… not so great books, we had to differentiate. We had some very surprising mentions, and no overlaps this year! *Reading experiences are interspersed throughout the episode this year, and those are labeled with “ RE ” Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read t...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 22
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are taking a look back at their favorite reads of 2020. This year we read the most we had ever read up. to that point, and we had a hard time narrowing down our favorites! Most of these books should be available for you to grab if any interest you after hearing us rave about them four years ago! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 10:10 ...
Dec 30, 2024•51 min•Season 7Ep. 21
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 Bookshop dot...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 9
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: mistletoe horror and book to screen adaptations Current Reads : all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive : how to fit in reading during the holidays 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) ...
Dec 16, 2024•57 min•Season 7Ep. 20
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: new book subscriptions and audiobooks coming in clutch Current Reads : all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive : we make wishes to the holiday book fairy 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 ...
Dec 09, 2024•57 min•Season 7Ep. 19
On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: relying on books when sick and bookish themed parties Current Reads : all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive : bookishness that we are thankful for 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)...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 18
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: book buying sprees and being book pushers Current Reads : all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately Deep Dive : how to and how not to raise readers 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) . . . . 1:29...
Nov 25, 2024•59 min•Season 7Ep. 17
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 episode (this link o...
Nov 18, 2024•52 min•Season 7Ep. 16
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) . . . . 1:29 - Our B...
Nov 11, 2024•56 min•Season 7Ep. 15
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 site) . . . . 1:24...
Nov 04, 2024•56 min•Season 7Ep. 14
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 link only work...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 13
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 works on the mai...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 12
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 only works on ...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 11
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 episode (this link o...
Oct 07, 2024•57 min•Season 7Ep. 10
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 only works on t...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 9
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 Bookshop dot...
Sep 27, 2024•57 min
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 convenience. Read the...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 8
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 Show notes are ti...
Sep 16, 2024•58 min•Season 7Ep. 7
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 - The Girls fro...
Sep 09, 2024•52 min•Season 7Ep. 6
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 wha...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 19 min
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 link only work...
Sep 02, 2024•48 min•Season 7Ep. 5
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 link only works ...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 4
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 main site) . ....
Aug 19, 2024•53 min•Season 7Ep. 3
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 works on the ma...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 2
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 works on the main ...
Aug 05, 2024•54 min•Season 7Ep. 1
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: Romance!...
Jul 23, 2024•33 min
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 McCoy 5:42 - CR Season 6:...
Jul 22, 2024•39 min•Season 6Ep. 50
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) 4:59 - Harriet the Spy by...
Jul 15, 2024•57 min•Season 6Ep. 49
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. Harrow 7:32 - Poison fo...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 48
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 Bookshop dot...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min
