Currently Reading

We discuss our current reads for the week: there’s a lot of interesting non-fiction in this week’s selections, as well as a number of titles that friends and family had pressed into our hands a few episodes ago! For our deep dive this week, we are focusing on book ratings. What does 1-star mean to you and what does 5-star mean to you? We also take an unexpected detour into the bookstagram world and the way that “bookstagrammers” follow-up on their book posts.

For our deep dive this week, we are focusing on Brick books for the Currently Reading challenge. We qualify these as books over 700 (or maybe 650) pages, and we’ve got a lot of them for you to choose from. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include two more giant tomes: an unforgettable, series that defies genre categorization, and a non-fiction biography.

Minisode: An Interview with "Unscripted" Author Claire Handscombe

We discuss our current reads and then, for our deep dive, we’re talking to Mindy about reading aloud to kids of multiple ages, since she has been homeschooling for 20 years and has 7 kids with a large span. We also get to hear from her about something we’ve heard from a lot of you: how Currently Reading changed her reading life. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands.

Meredith and Kaytee are joined by a special guest co-host this week, Laura Tremaine. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us and current reads. For our deep dive, we’re talking to Laura about her vision behind her newest podcast, 10 Things to Tell You. As always, we finish up with A Book that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. This week’s picks include a non-fiction book about eating, a historical fiction family saga, and a thriller that will chill you.

Next, we discuss our current reads. We have some reads that surprised us this week, and we hope they surprise you, too, in all the best ways. Our deep dive this week centers on the Currently Reading Challenge for 2019 and we are discussing the books that our friends and family members have pressed into our hands. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A children’s classic and a funny romantic comedy.

We discuss our current reads. This week has some thriller, some fairy tale, some romance, some middle grade. Basically, we took quite a few left turns. Our deep dive this week is a conversation with Anna about choosing quality books from the library when the selection is so overwhelming. We also talk about “twaddle” and authors that are sure bets. As always, we finish up with A Book we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A sweeping story of the South and a tiny classic that’s sweet an

It’s #middlegradeMarch and so, of course, Meredith is excited to be talking to Ben Guterson, the author of the Winterhouse Trilogy of middle-grade novels. These are some of our favorite books of the year. In this “minisode”, Ben talks about his inspiration for the novels, what’s coming up in the third book, as well as a bit about his own life as a reader. And, he gives us a book he wants to “press” into every reader’s hands, too.

We discuss our current reads. Since we wanted to leave time for the kids, we give you only two (and a half) titles each this week, and they are all over the map. Our deep dive this week is a super special interview with Jackson Schwartz, 7, and Micah Cobb, 8. These two boys have big opinions about the books they have read and loved. And the way they relate to each other is downright adorable. Anyone else think this needs to be a regular feature? We are totally smitten.

we discuss our current reads. We have some very seriously large opinions about our books this week. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like for Meredith to get spicy, you’re in luck! This episode was recorded on Valentine’s Day, so… since we had love on the brain, we took a left turn and went with a deep dive on things we “hate” about books! As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) - but this week is a couple of great series - that we’d like to press into every reader’s

Minisode: An Interview with Author Anissa Gray

we discuss our current reads. We have some very seriously large opinions about our books this week. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like for Meredith to get spicy, you’re in luck! Our deep dive this week centers on the Currently Reading Challenge! If you’ve been wondering about some of our favorite classics for that second category on your challenge sheet, you are in luck! We’ve got 20 titles for you for this category alone!

We discuss our current reads. Since we had to limit ourselves, these four titles are all AMAZING. Our deep dive this week includes and extra special interview with the ladies from Pantsuit Politics, Beth and Sarah. Whether you’re already a fan, or these are new voices in your ears, you’re guaranteed to learn something. I (Kaytee) did, and have been a raving fangirl for more than two years. It’s unbelievable to me that I even got to talk to them!

Special guest co-host Mary Heim joins us. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week”: a sweet pregnancy reading moment, and bonding over husbands who read. Next, the ladies discuss what they are currently reading, and this week includes a thousand books that you’ll want to reach for ASAP. In Mary’s deep dive, we get to learn about her reading life. I can guarantee you’ll love it.

You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a Harry Potter deep dive conversation and Little Free Library progress. Current reads include quite a few thrillers, a book that makes Kaytee blush, and a new title from a favorite author. This week for our deep dive, we talk about the 2019 Reading Challenge and have a conversation about a term we’ve mentioned in passing but never explained: Penelope. Who is this Penelope, and why do we care about her notebooks?