Meredith Monday Schwartz & Kaytee Cobb

Currently Reading

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Currently Reading is a podcast dedicated to the love of books and reading. Two bookish friends discuss what’s on their nightstands, in their earbuds, and on their Kindles right now, in addition to books they’ve loved forever, and a variety of other readerly topics.

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Author

Meredith Monday Schwartz & Kaytee Cobb

Episodes

Season 8, Episode 15: A Poem A Day + YOUR Top Reads 2019-2024 10.11.2025

This week we dissect your comments and find your top reads from 2019-2024, then we pick our winner of the giveaway live in the episode!

A Journey to Three Pines - Episode 10: The Long Way Home 07.11.2025

The Long Way Home is ready for our Three Pines enthusiasts, and we are so happy to provide a detailed conversation of this book and its themes for you here! Thanks for waiting for the Long Way to get here!

Season 8, Episode 14: Reading Merit Badges + Books We Recently Set Aside 03.11.2025

Another week, another episode we’ve never done before. Kaytee and Meredith discuss 3 books each that they’ve set aside, and the reasoning behind it.

Season 8, Episode 13: Reading Too Much + Ranking Our #1 Reads In Years Past 27.10.2025

This week Meredith and Kaytee are taking on the herculean task of ranking their #1 reads from the years 2019-2024. What will be overall #1??

Season 8, Episode 12: Reading Mishaps + Travels and Book Buying 20.10.2025

Meredith is back from her European romp and she talks with Kaytee about all things travels and book buying.

Season 8, Episode 11: Book Bundles + Books That Zigged When You Thought They’d Zag 13.10.2025

Roxanna is back with Kaytee with a deep dive all about books that surprised them from beginning to end.

Season 8, Episode 10: Squeeze Your Tenders + When Reading Gets Dangerous 06.10.2025

This week Kaytee gets silly with our deep dive and gives us all the weird ways reading can be dangerous.

Season 8, Episode 9: Car-cuteries + Narrative POVs 29.09.2025

Do you pay attention to narrative POVs? Do you care? This week Kaytee and Meredith dive deep into this discussion, as well as make wishes at the fountain.

Season 8, Episode 8: Wordy Card Games + All Things Pre-Order 22.09.2025

This week Meredith and Kaytee answer a listener question about all things pre-ordering. When they do it, why they do it, and what authors they love to pre-order.

Season 8, Episode 7: Small-Town Escapes + Reading - Why So Serious? 15.09.2025

We’re chatting about the ways that readers take reading too seriously! Let’s take the time to enjoy it!

Season 8, Episode 6: Octogenarians in the Spotlight + Diving into Reading Deeply 08.09.2025

This week’s episode had an unexpected theme of stories that star or feature Octogenarians and the eldery! Take a listen!

Season 8, Episode 5: The 4th C: Relaxing Your Chestal Region + Boss My TBR 01.09.2025

We’re covering the four C’s of Currently Reading, along with all the great stuff we’ve been reading lately and bossing two victims’ TBRs!

Season 8, Episode 4: Bookish Bling + Using AI to Improve Your Reading Life 25.08.2025

Today’s episode gives us all the DL on how to best use AI to dig deep into your reading life. Roxanna is sharing what she’s learned!

Season 8, Episode 3: Let There Be Light + Avoiding Book Amnesia 18.08.2025

We’re answering a listener question today about remembering what you’ve read and giving some tips and tricks!

Season 8, Episode 2: Reader Roulette + Our Assigned Summer Reading 11.08.2025

Episode 2 of Season 8 finds us following up with our assigned summer reading and talking about some poetry!

Season 8, Episode 1: Deciding Once + What We Did On Our Summer Break 04.08.2025

We are starting off season 8 of Currently Reading with a recap of our summer break and some not-so-new books we’ve been reading!

Season 7, Episode 50: Best of Season 7 21.07.2025

Season Seven has come to a close and it’s time to chat about it!

Season 7, Episode 49: The Listener Press! 14.07.2025

This is a very special week where you, listener, press books into everybody’s hands! We are excited to bring 20 titles from you to the episode this week!

Season 7, Episode 48: Our 2025 Group Show! 07.07.2025

We are so excited to have all hosts on the mic this week for our annual “Ask Us Anything” episode! This year we are doing a “Unique or Shared” segment.

Season 7, Episode 47: Reading Life Temp Check + Pressing Books Into Each Other's Hands 30.06.2025

This week we have our last regular episode of season 7! Kaytee and Meredith check in on their reading lives and press some books into each other’s hands for summer reading homework.

Season 7, Episode 46: Witchy Names + All About Morning Reading 23.06.2025

Kaytee and Meredith are back together on the mic to discuss all things morning reading.

Season 7, Episode 45: Send Your Listener Press + Summer Is For The Youths 16.06.2025

Mary is back again this week with Kaytee to discuss why middle grade and YA books are perfect reads for summer.

Season 7, Episode 44: Sick Reading + To Skim Or Not To Skim 09.06.2025

This week, Meredith and Kaytee answer a listener question about when it’s ok to skim a book and when it’s not.

Season 7, Episode 43: Bookish Get Togethers + Virtual Reading Retreats 02.06.2025

We are so happy to have Mary back on the mic to discuss the ins and outs of virtual reading retreats.

Popcorn in the Pages - Episode 11: The Perks of Being a Wallflower 30.05.2025

This month we are discussing a classic from our own High School experience: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Do you need to be a teenager to love this? Maybe…