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It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more!
Obsessions
Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen
Olivia: “You’re Not The Only One I Know” by The Sundays
What we read this week
Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects by KT Hoffman
Olivia: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18), Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE!
Substacks we’re into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris.
(Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that Critter Catcher)
Obsessions
Olivia: Duluth women’s gardening overalls
Becca: ilovemahj.com
What we read this week
Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood
Olivia: Till Death Do Us Part Laurie Elizabeth Flynn out Aug 13
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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We’re back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE!
Olivia’s Things
The Charmin toilet paper redesign (and the mundane parts of life we’d want to give a makeover)
What you’d want to erase your brain to read/watch ‘for the first time’. (Ours are The Newsroom, The Idea of You, the Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers Video, Project Hail Mary)
Common bucket list items we have zero interest in.
Becca’s Things
This Facebook ad Becca got the other day. (Feat. @myfriendpaige of the My Friend Podcast)
TV highlight: Becca’s is Loot and Olivia’s is Seeking Sister Wife | TV Lowlight: Becca’s is Starstruck and Olivia’s is The Regime
Recommendation culture
Obsessions
Olivia: Spiced Pumpkin Patchouli candle by Bath & Body Works
Becca: Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette
What we read this week
Becca: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Olivia: Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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This week we’re chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more!
We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead!
Jo’s Things
Cold Plunging
Costco Underwear
Teaching herself how to make cannoli
Obsessions
Olivia: Harry’s Grove Body Wash
Becca: Brooklyn Best Peach Iced Tea
What we read this week
Becca: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Olivia: This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez! We talk about the artists that inspired this story, the themes that impacted us the most, and more! We also share listener-submitted follow ups on our Notes App conversation.
Obsessions
Olivia - Elf Glow Reviver Lip Oil, Rose Envy
Becca - Rhode skincare
What we read this week
Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
Olivia - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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Becca’s Stuff. Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter! Follow Becca on IG @beccamfreeman.
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It’s time for Three Things and we have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in!
Olivia’s things
Kate Middleton
A game FMKs
Our Favorite Substacks
Becca’s things
What you do when you’re struggling with procrastination (get the Time Timer Becca mentioned here)
The State of Culture 2024 on Substack
The Idea Of You Trailer
Our favorite Substacks
Feed Me by Emily Sundberg
After School by Casey Lewis
Publishing Confidential by Kathleen Schmidt
Extracurricular by Tembe Denton Hurst
Morning Person by Leslie Stevens
Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe
Obsessions
Becca: Jeffrey Campbell Pearl Mesh Ballet Flats
Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg
What we read this week
Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg
Becca: United by Cory Booker
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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The notes App can be used for more than celebrity apologies, so we decided to dedicate an episode to diving into what's in our Notes App! Specifically Notes App organization, the most useful notes we keep, the weirdest notes we find on our phones, and more!
Let us know the innovative/smart/weird ways you use the Notes App by calling in at 843-405-3157.
Obsessions
Becca - Chobani Cinnamon French Toast Creamer
Olivia - American Fiction
What we read this week
Olivia: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas
Becca: Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (out 6/11), Bride by Ali Hazelwood
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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We’re so excited for another guest Three Things with author Tia Williams! We chat about Love is Blind, American Fiction (with an Oscar movie sidebar), and her new novel A Love Song for Ricki Wilde!
Tia Williams is the author of the novels The Accidental Diva, It Chicks, Sixteen Candles, The Perfect Find (now a Netflix movie starring Gabrielle Union), Seven Days in June, and her latest novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde just came out last month!
We also ask Tia for beauty recs, which include Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer, Tom Ford Soleil de Feu, Rare Beauty Blushes, and Ilia Mascara.
Obsessions
Olivia: Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me.. Now
Becca: Bare chicken tenders
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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We’re so excited to discuss Good Material by Dolly Alderton! This one gave us mixed feelings, which means a great discussion is ahead. We talk about how reading from a man’s point of view impacted our reading experience, our favorite funny parts, what we thought of the relationship dynamics in the book, and MORE!
The article that we thought of while reading this book is linked here!
Obsessions
Olivia - Lavender shower bombs
Becca - Kindle Paperwhite Signature
What we read this week
Olivia - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, The Comeback by Ella Berman
Becca - Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering (out March 5) and Good Material by Dolly Alderton
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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It's time for another round of Three Things! Including things we’re reading, listening, and watching that we had to talk about…and Paul Giamatti.
Becca’s Three Things
Renaissance Act ii
Pastries
A Paul Giamatti X Cher anecdote
Olivia’s Three Things
One Day on Netflix (And a companion to One Day by Farrah Storr from Becca)
Everyone’s a sellout now on Vox
Favorite acts of self-kindness
Obsessions
Becca: Substack as a place to scroll
Olivia: Face Globes
What we read this week
Olivia: The Wild One by Colleen McKeegan, Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody
Becca: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (June 11); Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan (June 4)
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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Romance is in the air! We were feeling adoorable this Valentine’s Day and thought we’d Linc up and dive back into some obscure erotica. Join us…if you dare!
Obsessions
Becca: Norah Ephron, specifically I’ll Have What She’s Having and Everything is Copy
Olivia: @poppincandyofficial, Hvladimir the Beluga Whale
What we read this week
Becca: Still Writing by Dani Shapiro
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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It’s time for one of our favorite episodes of the year, our 2024 reading preview! We chat with Jordyn Walker, Haley Jakobson, Tomi Obebe, Steven Rowley, and Amanda Montell about their most anticipated reads of 2024! We also ask them the very important question: If you could have a meal with any fictional character at any chain restaurant, who are you going with and where are you taking them?
Olivia’s 2024 Picks
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander
Jordyn’s 2024 Picks
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Haley’s 2024 Picks
Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore (out August 20)
The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia (out May 7)
Tomi’s 2024 Picks
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan (our March 5)
Steven’s 2024 Picks
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley (out February 27)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Amanda’s 2024 Picks
All Fours by Miranda July
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
Becca’s 2024 Picks
One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin (out June 18)
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (out June 11)
Obsessions
Olivia: NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour
Becca: Cadbury creme egg season
What we read this week
Becca: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (May 14); Crescent City 3 by Sarah J Maas
Olivia: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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This week, we’re discussing our January Book Club pick, Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. We discuss how the book compared to our expectations and our relationships with time, as well as the book’s takes on perfectionism, control, “The joy of missing out,” and more!
Obsessions
O: The Trust on Netflix
B: Slow Horses on Apple TV+
What we read this week
Becca: Daisy Haites, The Great Undoing, and Magnolia Parks into the Dark by Jessa Hastings
Olivia: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
February’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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This year we’re shaking up our guest interview format, and bringing in highly requested guest Kate Kennedy to share her Three Things! Kate is the host of Be There in Five and the author of One in a Millenial, an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, and the millennial zeitgeist.
Kate’s Three Things
TikTok aesthetic microtrends
Welcome to Plathville
Going idle on AIM
Obsessions
Becca: NY Times Connections
Olivia: Josiah & The Bonnevilles Lemming
What we read this week
Becca: One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin (out 6/18), Still Writing by Dani Shapiro
Olivia: The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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It’s time for our first Three Things of 2024! We’re so excited to share what we’ve been watching, reading, and questioning lately.
Olivia’s things
In & Out lists
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Saltburn
Becca
This NYT Article about Michael Stipe
Naked Attraction
The Pantone Color of the Year 2024
Obsessions
Becca: Vick’s Sinus Steamer
Olivia: Kaweco Sport Fountain Pen
What we read this week
Becca: First Lie Wins By Ashley Elston
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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We’re back! And we’re so excited to kick off 2024 by setting out goals for this year! But first, we check in on how our 2023 goals went.
Obsessions
Becca: Her Vibes board phone background
Olivia: Bear Brook Podcast
What we read this week
Olivia:
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
The Last Murder at The End of the World by Stuart Turton
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Becca:
Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
This Spells Love by Kate Robb
Novelist as Vocation by Haruki Murakami
All About Love by Bell Hooks
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
Sponsors
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For the last episode of 2023, it’s time to talk about the best books we read in this year! Becca and Olivia each share their top 10 books they read, and we play calls from listeners sharing their favorite books from 2023!
Becca’s Best Books of the Year:
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
You Again by Kate Goldbeck
Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue
Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Olivia’s best books of the year
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman
Yellowface by RF Kuang
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Talking at Night by Clare Daverley
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
Listener Best Books of the Year
The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
The Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
Setting the Table by Danny Meyers
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Darker Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches bySangu Mandanna
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir by Delia Ephron
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
Obsessions
Olivia - Four Christmases
Becca - Axiom Chain Necklace and the Ridge Heart Charm Pendant from Missoma
What we read this week!
Becca - The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
Olivia - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie
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As the year comes to a close, we want to look back at the good stuff and discuss our best of 2023! We dive into our personal best moments and talk about some of our favorite things from this year!
Best Entertainment
Best TV Show
Becca - The Diplomat
Olivia - Shrinking
Best Movie
Becca - Barbie
Olivia - Past Lives
Best (New to us) Podcast
Becc - Writer’s Routine, Publishing Rodeo
Olivia - Writer’s Routine
Best Concert
Olivia - The Eras Tour, Noah Kahan
Best Album
Becca - You’ll Get It When You’re Older by Blake Rose
Olivia - Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever), Noah Kahan
Best Song
Becca - Is It Over Now by Taylor Swift; That Was Then by Emily James; Call Your Mom by Noah Kahan w/ Lizzy McAlpine
Olivia - The View Between Villages, Noah Kahan, Not Strong Enough by BoyGenius, Labour by Paris Paloma
Best (New to us) IG follow
Becca - @Famouspplreading
Olivia - @Oh_apostrophe
Best BOP episode
Becca - Obscure Erotica Book Reviews, How Becca’s Book Got Made
Olivia -Obscure Erotica Book Reviews, The Christmas Orphans Club Book Club, Spooky Season Reads with Ashley Winstead, The Official BOP Beach Read Roundup
Shopping
Best clothing purchase
Becca - Birkenstock Boston Clogs, Jeans that came in my Stitch Fix order
Olivia - Skims Fits Everybody T-Shirt Bra
Best beauty purchase
Becca - Rare Beauty Liquid Blush in Grace, R+Co Trophy Texture and Shine Spray
Olivia - Winky Lux PH Changing Lip Balm OR Sol de Janeiro Brazillian Crush Body Spray
Best home purchase
Becca - Garlic chopper
Olivia - ShopVac
Best misc purchase
Becca - Five-year journal
Olivia - Boll & Branch bedding
Obsessions
Olivia - Harney & Sons Pumpkin Spice Tea
Becca - Prismacolor 05 and Pigma Graphic 1 Pens
What we read this week!
Becca - Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Olivia - Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
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This week, we’re diving into Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! This is the ONLY time we’ll be spoiling this book for a while, so if you haven’t read the book yet and don’t want to get spoiled, save this episode for when you finish the book!
We talk about what elements of the book were there since Becca’s first draft, the highs and lows of their writing process, how she balanced the lighthearted tone with big emotions, and what book-related questions she wished she got asked more. Becca also answers listener questions about characters, story choices, and more!
Obsessions
Becca - Dorsey tennis necklace
Olivia - Flameless candles
What we read this week
Olivia - Talking at Night by Claire Daverley
Becca - Lovelight Farms by BK Borison
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Happy gift guide season! This week we’re talking all things gifts with Sarah of @my.sister.made.me.buy.it, an account full of fashion, undergarment, blanket, travel, and pen recommendations. We share gift ideas for BFFs, Co-Workers, Significant Others, Tweens, People who have everything, and what we’d gift ourselves!
Our Picks:
BFF - Rainbow Splash Cups from Coming Soon, Fancy Friend Dates, Colorful/fancy matches + match strikers
Co-worker/casual acquaintance - 5 $1 scratch-off tickets + Le Pens, Kaweco pens, Inside Joke merch + DIY work kit.
Significant other/spouse - Concert/Comedy tickets, Framed objects from Framebridge, Flaviar Whiskey Advent Calendar
The Person Who Has Everything - Let’s Eat by Grossy Pelosi or More is More by Molly Baz, Sweater Shaver, The Sleep Crown,
Stocking stuffer - Amazon hair clips, Tate’s Bake Shop Cookie Bark, Microstitch, Identity protection stamps
Self - Missoma Jelly Heart Charm Bracelet, Bose Quiet Comfort Headphones, Dorsey Clemence Necklace
Tween Gifts - Drunk Elephant and Glow Recipe skincare, water bottles.
Bookish Gifts - Lechtrum 5-Year Journal, Papier Reading Journal, The Cock Mark
Olivia’s High
Lauren Scott’s CEOverthinker Substack post
Obsessions
Becca - Peppermint mocha creamer season
Olivia - J. Crew Cashmere Sweater
What we read this week!
Becca - Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg
This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
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Cozy Earth - Get 35% off sitewide when you use the code “BOP” at cozyearth.com
Macmillan Audio - listen to your favorite Macmillan titles like Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul and the Finlay Donovan series by Elle Cosimano wherever books and audiobooks are sold.
Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!
Preorder Becca’s Book!
Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.
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