Season 8, Episode 36: Spring Fever + The Oldest Books On Our TBR

The Currently Reading Podcast

Meredith Schwartz

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

Bookish Moments: Spring cleaning and outgoing books
Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately
Deep Dive: the oldest books on our TBR
Before We Go: our new segment featuring bookish friend posts and a something Meredith is curious about

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1:21 - Bookish Moments of the Week

6:05 - Current Reads

6:59 - A Question of Guilt by Jorn Lier Horst (Meredith, amazon link)

9:36 - Daunt Books

11:59 - How To Kill A Guy In Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson (Kaytee)

12:05 - The Novel Neighbor

17:05 - This American Woman by Zarna Garg (Meredith)

18:59 - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

23:30 - Zarna Garg on TikTok

24:19 - The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr (Kaytee)

24:27- The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr

29:35 - Vigil by George Saunders (Meredith)

31:25 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

31:33 - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

37:54 - The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens (Kaytee)

38:09 - Fabled Bookshop

38:13 - The Life We Bury by Allan Eskens

38:18 - Content Bookstore

42:53 - Deep Dive: The Oldest Books on our TBR

43:20 - Currently Reading Substack

43:24 - Currently Reading Website

47:22 - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

48:12 - 12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northrup

49:09 - Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

50:31 - How We Learn by Benedict Carey

51:57 - Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree by Nancy Atherton

53:57 - CR Season 5: Episode 18

54:00 - Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton

56:33 - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

58:12 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

58:54 - Before We Go

Kaytee highlights a bookish friend post

Meredith brings something she is curious about

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Transcript

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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 you should know we won't shy away
0:22.2	from having strong opinions, so get ready.
0:25.4	We are light on the chit-chat, heavy on the book talk, and our conversations will always
0:29.5	be spoiler-free.
0:30.8	Today we'll discuss our current reads, a readerly deep dive, and a little something bookish before
0:35.4	we go.
0:36.1	I'm Meredith Monday Schwartz.
0:37.4	I'm both a mom and a
0:38.9	Mimi and a full-time CEO living in Austin, Texas. And I am leaning into my reading season.
0:45.8	And I'm Katie Kahn, a homeschooling mama for living in Arizona, and my outgoing books are doing
0:51.6	the work this week. This is episode number 36 of season 8, and we are so
0:56.5	glad you're here. Oh, no, that sounds interesting, Katie. I don't know what that means. I love
1:01.3	trying to guess. I like doing a little hint and then having to explore it a little more later.
1:07.8	Y'all, today for our deep dive, we will be exploring a different thing. We're
1:12.6	going to be talking about the oldest books on our TBRs and doing a little bit of investigating
1:17.4	around those titles. But first, we'll get started the way we always do with our bookish
1:22.1	moments of the week. Meredith, what is yours? All right, well, we've mentioned the fact that it is spring in Texas.
1:29.7	Spring Fiva, as our friend Elizabeth Barnhill talks about, is what we've got. And it is beautiful.
1:35.4	Texas will always show up and show out for spring. We are getting some gorgeous rain,
1:41.0	but then we're also getting some gorgeous sunny, mild temperatures. So it's really
1:46.1	the best of all worlds. But I am feeling the need to be outside a little bit more in the sun or
1:53.5	near the sun with my reading. So this weekend, my husband and I have been spending quite a bit of
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