Season 8, Episode 36: Spring Fever + The Oldest Books On Our TBR
4/13/20261 hr 8 min
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
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsMeredith Monday Schwartz· Host0:00
[upbeat jazz music] Hey, readers. Welcome to the Currently Reading Podcast. We are bookish best friends who spend time every week talking about the books that we've read recently, and you should know we won't shy away from having strong opinions, so get ready.
Kaytee· Host0:25
We are light on the chit-chat, heavy on the book talk, and our conversations will always be spoiler-free. Today, we'll discuss our current reads, a readerly deep dive, and a little something bookish before we go.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host0:35
I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz. I'm both a mom and a mimi, and a full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and I am leaning into my reading season.
Kaytee· Host0:45
And I'm Katie Komm, a homeschooling mom of four living in Arizona, and my outgoing books are doing the work this week. This is episode number 36 of Season 8, and we are so glad you're here.
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host0:57
Oh, now that sounds interesting, Katie. I don't know what that means. I love trying to guess.
Kaytee· Host1:02
[laughs] I like doing, I like doing a little hint and then having to explore it a little more later. Y'all, today, for our deep dive, we will be exploring an, a different thing. We're gonna be talking about the oldest books on our TBRs and doing a little bit of investigating around those titles, but first, we'll get started the way we always do, with our bookish moments of the week. Meredith, what is yours?
Meredith Monday Schwartz· Host1:24
All right. Well, we've mentioned the fact that it is spring in Texas. Spring