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 HERE 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 you through them

Books We Want To Press Into Your Hands: each host brings a book they want everyone to 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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5:12 - Moonlight in Vermont AirBnB in Stowe, VT
6:54 - Bear Pond Books in Stowe, Vermont
7:45 - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (Kaytee)
7:58 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
10:22 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Meredith)
10:30 - Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
13:00 - Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (Kaytee)
13:25 - How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
13:30 - How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
15:51 - Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
17:24 - Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips (Meredith)
20:12 - A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult (Kaytee)
21:40 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
25:36 - Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (Meredith)
27:13 - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
28:00 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
28:42 - The Vanderbeeker's of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
33:28 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
34:11 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
39:40 - Calypso by David Sedaris
40:39 - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
41:13 - Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris
43:47 -Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz
43:53 - Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz
46:15 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
 
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
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Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April's IPL is brought to us from a new to us bookstore, Two Friends Books in Bentonville, Arkansas

Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business

All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads | Substack | Youtube
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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 transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).
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:10 - Bite Size Intro
1:50 - We encourage you to spend your dollars at indie bookstores this Saturday, April 25th for Independent Bookstore Day!
4:26 - Bookish Moments of the Week
4:49 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
5:47 - The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
7:35 - Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
10:00 - Current Reads
10:08 - Good People by Patmeena Sabit (Roxanna)
12:21 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
18:58 - Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (Kaytee)
24:01 - One Woman Show by Christine Coulson (Roxanna)
28:12 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live
28:34 - Meet the Neighbors by Brandon Keim (Kaytee) 
31:56 - An Immense World by Ed Yong
32:11 - Fuzz by Mary Roach
33:34 - Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke (Roxanna)
37:01 - Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
38:15 - Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill (Kaytee)
40:23 - The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
40:31 - Love in Color by Bolu Babalola
41:48 - Deep Dive: Lower Rated Books That Stuck With Us
42:57 - Wine Witch On Fire by Natalie MacLean
48:27 - Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
50:08 - Save Me The Plums by Ruth Reichl
50:10 - Blood Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
50:46 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
51:51 - To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
55:29 - Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
56:44 - How To Kill A Guy In Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson
57:10 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
57:13 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
57:42 - Dawn by Octavia Butler
57:48 - Kindred by Octavia Butler
1:01:24 - You by Caroline Kepnes
1:04:56 - Before We Go
Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post
1:05:12 - Currently Reading Patreon (gets you access to our Discord!)
1:05:31 - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Roxanna brings a sleeper hit
1:06:25 - Food that Really Schmecks by Edna Stabler
 
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April's IPL is brought to us from a new to us bookstore, Two Friends Books in Bentonville, Arkansas

Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business

All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads | Substack | Youtube
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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 transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).
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1:21 - Bookish Moments of the Week
6:05 - Current Reads
6:59 - A Question of Guilt by Jorn Lier Horst (Meredith, amazon link)
9:36 - Daunt Books
11:59 - How To Kill A Guy In Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson (Kaytee)
12:05 - The Novel Neighbor
17:05 - This American Woman by Zarna Garg (Meredith)
18:59 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah 
23:30 - Zarna Garg on TikTok
24:19 - The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr (Kaytee)
24:27- The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr
29:35 - Vigil by George Saunders (Meredith)
31:25 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
31:33 - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
37:54 - The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens (Kaytee)
38:09 - Fabled Bookshop
38:13 - The Life We Bury by Allan Eskens
38:18 - Content Bookstore
42:53 - Deep Dive: The Oldest Books on our TBR
43:20 - Currently Reading Substack
43:24 - Currently Reading Website
47:22 - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
48:12 - 12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northrup
49:09 - Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
50:31 - How We Learn by Benedict Carey
51:57 - Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree by Nancy Atherton
53:57 - CR Season 5: Episode 18
54:00 - Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
56:33 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu
58:12 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
58:54 - Before We Go
Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post
Meredith brings something she is curious about
 
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April's IPL is brought to us from a new to us bookstore, Two Friends Books in Bentonville, Arkansas

Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business

All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads | Substack | Youtube
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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 transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).
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:10 - Bite Size Intro
1:50 - Currently Reading Patreon
2:42 - Fabled Bookshop
2:44 - Book Lover Weekend
4:43 - Bookish Moments of the Week
5:01 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
6:13 - @sciencewhizliz on Instagram
9:33 - "You've Been Poisoned" teacup
10:35 - Your Guide To Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson
11:52 - Current Reads
12:03 - Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson (Kaytee)
12:40 - White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
12:41 - Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
16:22 - The Deep by Nick Cutter (Meredith)
19:38 - Sphere by Michael Crichton
20:35 - The Troop by Nick Cutter
21:06 - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
21:26 - In the Shadow of the Mountain by Sylvia Vasquez-Lovado (Kaytee)
21:57 - CR Season 6: Episode 48
25:16 - The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (Meredith)
29:56 - North is the Night by Emily Rath (Kaytee)
34:24 - Good People by Patmeena Sabit (Meredith)
35:49 - An Unlikely Story 
42:03 - Deep Dive: Our Book Budgets
43:01 - @deadendbooks_rva
50:12 - Book of the Month
50:20 - Goldsboro Book Subscriptions
51:17 - Libro.fm
51:25 - Storygraph
51:47 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live Patreon
51:58 - Shelf Respect by the Popcast
52:30 - Aardvark Book Club
52:33 - Satisfiction
52:35 - Fairyloot
53:19 - Sleuth Box w/Fabled
55:48 - Before We Go
Meredith highlights a bookish friend post
56:22 - Fairyloot Epic Fantasy subscription
Kaytee brings something she is curious about
57:33 - Inside Literary Prize
57:58 - Canada Reads
58:20 - South to America by Imani Perry
58:27 - Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
58:39 - 2026 Inside Literary Prize Shortlist
 
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. April's IPL is brought to us from a new to us bookstore, Two Friends Books in Bentonville, Arkansas

Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business

All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads | Substack | Youtube
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

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 transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site).
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1:31 - Bookish Moments of the Week
2:46 - Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
5:40 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells
5:49 - Sandwich by Catherine Newman
5:50 - Wreck by Catherine Newman
7:02 - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
7:03 - Honey Bee Mine by Sarah T. Dubb
8:02 - Current Reads
8:34 - The Inn at Penglas Cove by Lauren Westwood (Meredith)
13:08 - The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa (Kaytee)
17:37 - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
18:04 - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McCallister
18:34 - The Extra by Annie Neugebauer (Meredith)
19:05 - Book Talk, Etc
20:08 - Talking Scared Podcast w/ Annie Neugebauer
23:50 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara (Kaytee)
24:01 - CR Season 7: Episode 16
29:10 - @wguidara on Instagram
29:34 - The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery (Meredith)
31:35 - An Unlikely Story
33:24 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
34:27 - How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
35:36 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
36:18 - Waterstones
39:15 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
39:24 - The Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow
40:24 - Deep Dive: Our Reading Traditions
45:27 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
45:29 - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
45:32 - Beauty by Robin McKinley
48:47 - BookPage
49:23 - Before We Go
Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post
49:37 - The Better Mother by Jennifer van der Kleut
Meredith brings a sleeper hit
51:09 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
 
Support Us:
Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch
Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon
Bookish Friends Receive:
The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. March's IPL is brought by our lovely friends at An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA.

Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business

All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller

From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry

The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts

Connect With Us:
The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads | Substack | Youtube
The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna
Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans
Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!