Season 8, Episode 32: Exciting Adaptations + How To Audiobook
March 16, 2026
The hosts celebrated the joy of successful book recommendations and discussed major book world news, specifically the announcement of three more *
Season 8, Episode 31: Book Festivals + Revisiting The Currently Reading Press List
March 9, 2026
The hosts revisited the 'Currently Reading Press List'—a collection of books they previously recommended highly—to reflect on how their reading tastes have evolved over time.
Season 8, Episode 30: Weekly Buddy Reading + Organizing Our Bookshelves
March 2, 2026
The hosts emphasize that their podcast remains commercial-free thanks to Patreon support, which is their only form of advertising.
Season 8, Episode 29: A Website Refresh + Curating A Bookstagram
February 23, 2026
The hosts are actively refreshing the Currently Reading website, including updating and linking five years' worth of 'Books We Want To Press Into Your Hands' recommendations and a list of favorite books for babies and kids.
Season 8, Episode 28: Reader Speed Dating + CR Style Book Clubs
February 16, 2026
The hosts introduced a new segment, 'Before We Go,' and discussed the concept of 'Currently Reading Style Book Clubs' as an alternative to traditional book clubs, emphasizing sharing recently finished reads rather than a single assigned book.
Season 8, Episode 27: We Control Our Reading + Boss My TBR
February 9, 2026
Meredith shared a realization that readers must assert control over their reading pace, even when participating in structured reads like her *
Season 8, Episode 26: The End Of An Era + Why We Re-Read
February 2, 2026
The hosts attribute the difficulty in removing publisher stickers from books to complex, expensive manufacturing processes involving co-packers and manual labor, suggesting they are unlikely to disappear soon.
Season 8, Episode 25: Get Your Eyes Checked + All Things Special Editions
January 26, 2026
The hosts launched a 'What is your reader type?' quiz on the Currently Reading website, which has already been taken by thousands of listeners.
Season 8, Episode 24: Mary and Roxanna's Top Reads of 2025!
January 19, 2026
Both Mary and Roxanna experienced challenging personal years in 2025, leading them to prioritize reading for joy and coping, and normalizing the abandonment of detailed reading tracking.
Season 8, Episode 23: Slow Reads + How And Why We Rate Our Books
January 12, 2026
The hosts are embracing 'slow reads' and large, challenging books in 2026, exemplified by their plans to read Flannery O'Connor's complete stories and Hilary Mantel's *
Season 8, Episode 22: Our Top Reads of 2025!
January 5, 2026
The hosts' reading lives in 2025 were heavily influenced by backlist titles, with Meredith reading 68% backlist and Kaytee's top 10 list reflecting a preference for non-traditional genres like fantasy and literary fiction over new releases.
Season 8, Episode 21: A Look Back - Our Top 10 Reads of 2021
December 29, 2025
The hosts, Kaytee and Meredith, are revisiting their individual Top 10 favorite books they read in 2021, emphasizing that their lists reflect the best books read that year, not necessarily books published that year.
Season 8, Episode 20: Finding Bookish Twins + Organizing Our Recommendation Sources
December 15, 2025
Some readers experience an overwhelming feeling when reading a beloved book so intensely that they need to set it down, a phenomenon that host Kaytee Cobb does not personally experience.
Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 12: The Time Traveler's Wife
December 12, 2025
The 2009 film adaptation of *
Season 8, Episode 19: Reading Short Books + Deep Dive w/ Megan P. Evans
December 8, 2025
The episode features guest host and producer Megan P. Evans, who steps in for the regular hosts, leading to a deep dive into how her role has profoundly impacted her life and reading habits.
Season 8, Episode 18: Re-Reading + How We've Changed For Good
December 1, 2025
The hosts promoted their Patreon, highlighting new features for the 2026 reading tracker, including comparing personal ratings to Goodreads/StoryGraph and adding visual scales for spice and murder levels.
Season 8, Episode 17: New Bookcases + Reading Therapy w/Mary Heim
November 24, 2025
The hosts kicked off the episode by sharing bookish moments centered around the joy and necessity of making physical space for books, specifically discussing the installation of new IKEA Billy bookcases.
Season 8, Episode 16: Losing Track of Time + Our Book Club Recs
November 17, 2025
Meredith experienced the rare bookish moment of completely losing track of time while reading, causing her to be late for an engagement, while Kaytee celebrated acquiring a personalized license plate reading "READING".
Season 8, Episode 15: A Poem A Day + YOUR Top Reads 2019-2024
November 10, 2025
Listener participation in ranking their top six books from 2019-2024 revealed a common difficulty in choosing favorites and a trend where top picks often deviated from listeners' most frequently read genres like mysteries, thrillers, and romance.
A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 10: The Long Way Home
November 7, 2025
The Long Way Home is the lowest-rated book in the Three Pines series on Goodreads (4.07) and notably did not win any major awards, despite being an Agatha Award finalist.
Season 8, Episode 14: Reading Merit Badges + Books We Recently Set Aside
November 3, 2025
The hosts expressed deep gratitude to their nearly 2,900 Patreon supporters, noting that this financial backing allows them to create content without relying on commercial advertising interruptions.
Season 8, Episode 13: Reading Too Much + Ranking Our #1 Reads In Years Past
October 27, 2025
The hosts found the exercise of ranking their top reads from 2019 through 2024 extremely difficult, with Meredith nearly abandoning the task when forced to choose between *
Season 8, Episode 12: Reading Mishaps + Travels and Book Buying
October 20, 2025
Accidental audiobook/series mix-ups, like confusing Natasha Bowen's *
Season 8, Episode 11: Book Bundles + Books That Zigged When You Thought They’d Zag
October 13, 2025
Buddy reading R.F. Kuang's *
Season 8, Episode 10: Squeeze Your Tenders + When Reading Gets Dangerous
October 6, 2025
The hosts celebrated the news that Louise Penny is writing a new Three Pines book, fulfilling a major bookish wish for Meredith.
Season 8, Episode 9: Car-cuteries + Narrative POVs
September 29, 2025
The hosts define and differentiate between narrative points of view (first, second, and third person) and the concept of 'voicey' narration, suggesting voice is more impactful than the objective POV structure.
Season 8, Episode 8: Wordy Card Games + All Things Pre-Order
September 22, 2025
The podcast "Currently Reading" focuses on spoiler-free discussions of recently read books, with hosts Meredith and Katie sharing strong opinions and bookish insights.
Season 8, Episode 7: Small-Town Escapes + Reading - Why So Serious?
September 15, 2025
The podcast emphasizes the importance of finding joy and personal fulfillment in reading, encouraging listeners to shed self-imposed 'shoulds' and embrace diverse reading habits without judgment.