Season 3, Episode 13: Convoluted Plots + The Most Readable Classics
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Today, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing:
-
Bookish Moments: creating a monthly TBR and being a rebound reader
-
Current Reads: convoluted plots, and wheelhouse wins
-
Deep Dive: the most readable classics
-
Book Presses: more classics that BELONG on the Press List
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!
New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!
*Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*
.
.
.
.
.
Current Reads:
5:06 - Lovely War by Julie Berry (Kaytee)
7:31 - Circe by Madeline Miller
7:38 - Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
8:48 - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Meredith)
9:10 - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
12:57 - We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (Kaytee)
14:09 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Ann Fowler
15:38 - The Crucible by Arthur Miller
16:31 - The Burning by Jane Casey (Meredith)
19:36 - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (Kaytee)
21:30 - Pride by Ibi Zoboi
21:36 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
24:03 - To Night Owl, From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Meredith)
27:04 - The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Deep Dive - The Most Readable Classics:
31:42 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
32:44 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
33:59 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
34:43 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
34:48 - The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
34:51 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
34:52 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
36:02 - Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
36:50 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
37:11 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
38:09 - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
38:30 - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
39:11 - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
39:36 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
39:51 - Passing by Nella Larsen
40:31 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
41:09 - Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
41:50 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
42:24 - 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands:
43:37 - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Kaytee)
46:16 - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Meredith)
Connect With Us:
Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram
Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram
Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram
Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram
@currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | 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 as you know, we don't shy away from having strong opinions so get ready. We are light on the |
| 0:25.2 | chit chat having on the book talk and our descriptions will always be spoiler free. |
| 0:28.8 | We'll discuss our current reads, a bookish deep dive and then we'll press books into your hands. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz, a mom of four and full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas, and I love books, |
| 0:40.6 | but not books that make me cry. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling mom of four living in New Mexico, |
| 0:47.0 | and I love my mailman and my librarians for keeping me in books. |
| 0:51.0 | This is episode number 13 of season 3 and we're so glad |
| 0:54.8 | you're here. I almost changed my intro to go just exactly opposite of yours |
| 0:59.2 | Meredith. Right, right, but you love books and ones that make you cry. |
| 1:04.0 | Especially ones that make me cry. |
| 1:06.0 | Right, well I think it's a good thing that we feel so differently about that because I think if we felt the same |
| 1:11.0 | we would bring more of the same kinds of books to the show so it's a good thing. |
| 1:14.8 | Before we get into too much more let's tell everybody what our deep dive is going to be about later on in the show. |
| 1:22.2 | We are going to talk a little bit about what we think are the most readable classics. I know fall is the season where sometimes people want to read scary spooky, sometimes people want to read |
| 1:35.2 | spooky, and sometimes people want to really get into those sort of classic reads that are maybe once they've wanted to tackle for a while. |
| 1:44.8 | So we're going to talk about what are some really readable classics later on this show. |
| 1:48.8 | But before we do that, let's talk about our bookish moments of the week. |
| 1:54.4 | What if you got for us, Katie? |
| 1:56.4 | Okay, my bookish moment this week is actually a month-long thing for me. |
| 2:01.2 | I gave into a little bit of pressure on Instagram and from our bookish |
| 2:05.5 | friends there are plenty of readers who set a monthly TBR and I have never |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Meredith Schwartz, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Meredith Schwartz and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.