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February 2023 Q&A Feb 15, 2023

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Today we're pretending to be guests on our own podcast and letting YOU ask the questions! We fill you in on our thoughts about the pressures to be on social media, our long-term goals, thoughts on "deinfluencing," Olivia's house updates, If we're book jacket removers, the books that changed our lives, our dream food court, traveling hot takes, the Wikipedia or Reddit rabbit holes we fall down, and more!

Becca's life-changing book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Olivia's life-changing book: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Obsessions:

Becca AND Olivia: Cozy Earth Socks

What we read this week!

Olivia: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Becca: Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, Talking at Night by Claire Daverly, Before We Were Strangers by Reneé Carlino

This Month's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

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A Romcom Roundup! Books, Movies, Tropes, and more! Feb 08, 2023

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Valentine's Day coming up and we are rounding up our favorite romantic comedies (in both book and movie form!) On top of our recommendations, listeners called in with so many amazing recs, your watching/reading agenda for the weekend will be packed! We also share our favorite romcom tropes!

Becca's Favorite Romcom Books

Who's That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

One Day in December by Josie Silver

The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun

One in A Million by Lindsey Kelk

Would Like To Meet by Rachel Winters

The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz

Olivia's Favorite Romcom Books:

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren

Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

Our listeners' Favorite Romcom Books

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

It's Been A Pleasure Noni Blake by Claire Christian

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

The Reunion by Kayla Olson

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Olivia's Favorite Romcom Movies

About Time

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

You've Got Mail

13 Going on 30

Something's Gotta Give

It's Complicated

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days

50 First Dates

Becca's Favorite Romcom Movies

Our listeners' favorite romcom movies

Obsessions

Olivia: The Last of Us

Becca: July Luggage

What we read this week!

Olivia: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Becca: Fated Throne (The Zodiac academy book 6) & Heartless Sky (The Zodiac academy book 7) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.

This Month's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (check for content warnings before picking it up!)

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February 2023 Three Things Feb 01, 2023

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We have some THINGS to talk about today (3 each to be exact!) spanning from makeup, to movie casting, to a personal Pinterest renaissance, and more!

Becca's Things

What is the smallest hill you will die on? (Becca's: Friends with Benefits > No Strings Attached, Olivia's: Chipotle is worth the tummy problems, Lululemon leggings are overrated)

A personal Pinterest renaissance

The "It Ends With Us" casting news!

Olivia's Things

The Mind F*ck that is Moving!

Feeling weird about makeup

"Guilty pleasures" you don't feel guilty about (Olivia's: Trash TV, Enjoying Food, British Crime Procedurals Becca's: The Gossip Girl Reboot, coffee orders featuring actual milk, "bad" books)

Obsessions

Olivia - Samplize Paint Samples

What we read this week!

Becca - The Zodiac Academy Series

This Month's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (check for content warnings before picking it up!)

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The Villa Book Club Jan 25, 2023

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It's time for our first book club of 2023! This month we're talking about The Villa by Rachel Hawkins. We've heard a lot from our listeners about this book, and we're so excited to talk about it finally!

We share our thoughts about the two timelines, our theories about the ending, and play amazing listener voicemails with thoughts and theories about the book. We also discuss what sets The Villa apart from a typical thriller, how it plays with the idea of the self-help guru, and how this book was inspired by the circumstances in which Frankenstein was written.

If you liked The Villa, you might love The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins, Groupies by Sarah Priscus, and Sister Stardust by Jane Green.

Obsessions

Olivia: Puffer vests

Becca: Halfbaked Harvest Creamy White Chicken Chili

What we read this week!

Becca: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, (check for content warnings for these two!), and Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren.

Olivia: The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland.

February's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (check for content warnings before picking it up!)

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2023 Spring Bookstagram Preview Jan 18, 2023

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It's time for a 2023 book preview! We brought on some of our favorite book people on the internet to share 2 books they're excited about this year, and boy has our TBRs grown! We also ask the age-old question: If you had to bring a book character to a chain restaurant, who are you picking and where are you going?

Follow our guests!

Megan Prokott - @the_spines

Traci Thomas - @thestackspod

Taylor Choi - @bookswithtay

Jenny Jackson - @jennyjacksonpineapple

Giselle Gonzalez - @hopelessbooklover_

Becca's Picks

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (out Mar 7)

Olvia's Picks

The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Megan's Picks

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (Out February 21)

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (Out May 16)

Traci's Picks

Waco by Jeff Guinn (Out January 24), Waco Rising by Kevin Cook (Out January 31), Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco by Stephan Talty (Out April 11)

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Out May 2!)

Taylor's Picks

Just My Type by Falon Ballard (Out February 7!)

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Out March 14!)

Bonus rec: The Truly Devious Series by Maureen Johnson

Jenny's Picks

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey (Out January 17)

Games & Rituals by Katherine Heiny (Out April 18).

Giselle's Picks

Powerless by Elsie Silver (Out February 10)

Happy Place by Emily Henry (Out April 25!)

Obsessions

Becca - Ginny & Georgia Season 2

Olivia - Amelia Dimoldenberg's Golden Globes Interview with Andrew Garfield

What we read this week!

Becca - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert,

This Month's Book Club Pick: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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January 2023 Three Things Jan 11, 2023

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Time for our first Three Things in 2023! We have a fun grab bag of things to discuss! P.S. Does Anybody else want to crawl into a hole for the rest of the year already?

Olivia's Three Things

WFH wardrobe philosophies

Journal Prompts

Embarrassing Stories

Becca's Three Things

Purchased Movies on Amazon Prime

Realistic Dream Trip for 2023

Emily in Paris

Becca's Movie Purchases: Love and Basketball, One Winter Weekend, Christmas Around the Corner, Chalet Girl, Beyond the Lights, After, Girls Trip, Pitch Perfect, Elf

Olivia's Movie Purchases: Magic Mike, Season 1 of Love After Lockup

Journal Prompt ideas: What you have at the top of mind, what shows your watching/music your listening to, what you did that day.

Obsessions

Olivia: The Menu

Becca: Five Year Journal

What we read this week!

Becca: Confess by Colleen Hoover, Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

This Month's Book Club Pick: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

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Our 2023 Goals! Jan 04, 2023

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For our first episode of the new year, we're talking about our 2023 goals! We reflect on what we achieved and what didn't pan out in 2022, and we're giddy to share our personal and professional goals for 2023!

If you want to catch up on the 2022 goal lore, check out our 2022 Goals Setting Episode Becca recorded with Grace in January, and our 2022 Goals Mid Year Check-in we recorded in June where Olivia also announces her goals.

If you wanna hop on the 5-year journal train, this is the one Olivia uses!

Obsessions

Becca: New Year Energy

Olivia: Puzzles, coloring, and playing board games with family.

What we read this week!

Olivia:

The Fell by Sarah Moss

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Becca:

Before I let go by Kennedy Ryan

Happy Place by Emily Henry (out Apr 25)

Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn (out Jan 24)

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins (out Jan 3)

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (out March 7)

January's Book Club Pick: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

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Best of Books 2022 Dec 14, 2022

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We're finishing 2022 on a strong note by talking about our favorite books of 2022! We cover our favorite reads spanning 6 different categories, and play voicemails from YOU about your favorite books!

Favorite Book Club Pick

Olivia: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Becca: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, You Made a Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Listeners: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Favorite Romance

Olivia: Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Becca: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Listeners: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera, After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez

Favorite Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense

Olivia: Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Becca: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

Favorite Literary Fiction

Olivia: Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Becca: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

Listeners: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki

Favorite Wildcard

Olivia: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Becca: The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E Smith, The ARC by Tory Henwood Hoen

Listeners: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by

Angela Chen, I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, The Wreckage of my Presence by Casey Wilson, The Selection by Kiera Cass

Favorite Book of the Year

Olivia: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Becca: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Listeners: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

More Listener Reccomendations!!!

Human Kind: a Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman, A Promised Land by Barack Obama, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel, Heartless by Elise Silver, Fool Hearts by Emmy Sanders, Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score, Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C Ford.

Obsessions:

Becca: Basking in glow of christmas tree lights

Olivia: For the Love of Pickles Facebook Group

What we read this week!

Olivia: Scandalized by Ivy Owens, These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark

Becca: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk

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Best of 2022! Dec 07, 2022

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It's time for us to look back on our best of 2022! We're talking about our personal best moments and also our best purchases, entertainment favorites, and more! Tune in for our favorite episodes of the podcast, hard-boiled eggs, and Temperature by Sean Paul of course!

Personal Best

Best Day - Olivia: Her Umbria Road Trip! | Becca: The Day she sold her book!

Best Meal - Olivia: at Zahav in Philadelphia | Becca: A restaurant in Rhonda

Best Trip - Olivia: Tie between Iceland & Alaska | Becca: Rhonda

Best Month - Olivia: May | Becca: October

Entertainment

Best TV Show - Becca: The Summer I Turned Pretty & Severance | Olivia: Severance

Best Movie - Olivia: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande | Becca: Top Gun: Maverick

Best (New to you) Podcast - Olivia: Maintenance Phase | Becca: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Best Concert - Olivia: Paolo Nutini | Becca: Harry Styles

Best Album - Olivia: Are You Happy Now? By Jensen McRae | Becca: Midnights by Taylor Swift

Best Song - Becca: Free by Florence + The Machine | Olivia: Hunger by Florence + The Machine

Best Meme - Olivia & Becca: The Corn Kid

Best (New to you) IG follow - Becca: @Writeordietribe | Olivia: @Maryoliversdrunkcousin

Best BOP episode - Becca: Olivia's First Episode!; Ask an HR Rep: Phylicia Jones Answers Your Work Q's | Olivia: First Three Things Episode

Shopping

Best clothing purchase - Becca: Mister Zimi Lottie Dress | Olivia: Platform Converse

Best beauty purchase - Becca: Amazon hair clips | Olivia: Necessaire Body Serum

Best home purchase - Becca: Open Spaces Entryway Shoe Rack / Anthropologie Mini Latte Bowls | Olivia: Rice Cooker and Egg Cooker

Best misc purchase - Becca: Amazon Tabs | Olivia: Coloring books + supplies

Obsessions

Olivia: Anti-Hero (Country Version) by Josiah & The Bonnevilles

Becca: Trader Joe's Peppermint Pretzel Slims

What we read this week!

Becca: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk

Olivia: Five Survive by Holly Jackson

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The Cloisters Book Club Nov 30, 2022

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It's our final book club of the year! Today we're talking about The Cloisters by Katy Hays. We chat about which plot twists we saw coming in this atmospheric mystery (and which surprised us!), and also dive into our love for the historical mystery embedded in this book, which led us to talk about our feelings on historical fiction in general. Plus, we're sharing our own personal clairvoyant experiences.

If you liked this book, you may enjoy The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.

Obsessions

Olivia: Stutz on Netflix

Becca: Her home printing setup

What we read this week!

Olivia: The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Becca: Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli