Season 8, Episode 33: Reading Grooves + Our Reading Hermitages

From The Currently Reading Podcast by Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb

March 23, 2026 · 56 min · Season 8 · Episode 33

About this episode

Meredith and Elizabeth discuss various reading modes, current reads, and authors' complete works they'd take to a hermitage.

On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Elizabeth are discussing: Bookish Moments: Reading modes and finding books for every moment Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: Which authors' complete works we would take to our hermitage Before We Go : our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a sleeper hit brought by Elizabeth. Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . :10 - Bite Size Intro :51 - Fabled Bookshop :57 - Currently Reading Patreon 2:47 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 8:23 - Our Current Reads 8:52 - These Is My Words by Nancy Turner (Elizabeth) 10:37 - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 10:40 - Centennial by James Michener 11:50 - This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum (Meredith) 16:34 - London Falling by Patrick Raddon Keefe (Elizabeth, pre-order releases April 7, 2026) 17:06 - Defending Jacob by William Landay 17:07 - Someone We Know by Shari Lapena 19:14 - The Plea by Steve Cavanagh (Meredith) 21:40 - Thirteen by Steve Kavanagh 21:41 - Fifty Fifty by Steve Kavanagh…

People in this episode

Hosts: Meredith Monday Schwartz, Kaytee Cobb

Guest: Elizabeth

Topics covered

reading modes
current reads
book recommendations
authors
bookish moments
sleeper hits

Keywords

reading modes
book recommendations
current reads
authors
bookish moments

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: These Is My Words, Little House on the Prairie, Centennial, This Story Might Save Your Life, London Falling, Defending Jacob, Someone We Know, The Plea, Thirteen, Fifty Fifty