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THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In the riveting final episode of Starter Villain, Candice and Chrissy discuss all the major plot points of the villain societies and talking dolphins. It doesn't take too long. We break some new records on our end of book games and talk about why we want to be Hera and the perils of long COVID.

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK Welcome back to Part 3 of our 4 Part series into John Scalzi's Starter Villain . No time has passed since the sisters started Part 2 & but Starter Villain's plot is finally picking up as Charlie has his first business meeting with Till (AKA Morrison). Charlie's wits are put to the test as he sniffs out the false success of nepo-babies that run the villain...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK The girlies waste no time getting into Part 2 of John Scalzi's Starter Villain. While not a lot happens in the book, aside from Charley going to Volcano Island to sit in an awkward HR powerpoint on how to be villain-y, dolphins who wish to unionize, & more cats using computers to speak, the sisters wonder why the humor looks so good on paper but seems to fall flat...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK Welcome to our inaugural episode of John Scalzi's Starter Villain. The sister's are in the same zip code as Chrissy makes her journey to her new home. Even though the girlies tested mic's for well over an hour, it was to no avail and the audio quality of this episode is not up to our usual snuff (sorry!) We take a look at some of our bookalytics, shout-out to...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK Sam and Chrissy are back with all the religious commentary of the Dawn Treader you didn't ask for! Join us as we finish the voyage (maybe our favorite book of the series??) and talk all things Eustace, sacraments, and the number 7.

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK On this very special episode, one sister is joined by one husband and one brother to discuss one of our favorite Narnia books, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader! On this episode we rank all the Narnia books, talk about our inner Eustace's, and play Get a cLewis. Sam also brings in his wisdom of Planet Narnia to talk about how this book connects with the sun. Join us next...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In this final segment of our journey to TJ Klune's, "House in the Cerulean Sea," the girlies wrap up with the wholesome conclusion of Linus' journey to find a home. The sisters conduct their usual end of book games - Read it Like Reddit, Questions for the Author, & pilot their new rendition of book-y ratings. We give this book a 4.3 and would recomme...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In the penultimate episode of the House by the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, the girlies are pressed for time as an unexpected event struck Candice's power grid when they were announcing MAJOR news on Bookalytics. The girlies wonder why is Charles Werner so obsessed with Arthur? Is Linus & Arthur's budding romance 'Cringe or Cute'? How does the Mayor Helen...

Candice is making a pilgrimage to the motherland these next two weeks so we're taking a quick break from Cerulean Sea to bring two special episodes. This week, listen to Candice and Chrissy answer listener questions such as, Out of the books we've read, which character would you want to be your best friend? What's the best book to movie adaptation? Which is worse for your health: Gambl...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In this episode, CJ and CN discuss all things Cerulean Sea, including: What is a pen name, really, and can we have one? Would we be scared of Lucy? Is sin subjective? Are we team Arthur or team Linus? Plus, a special announcement about next week's episode!

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In part two, Candice and Chrissy say hi to all their new listeners and try to play the algorithm to reach all 50 states (we're looking at you, Alaska Alaska Alaska). In the book, they discuss why Chauncy the bell-hop hopeful is their favorite, whether they would want the orphanage on their island, and start a new game called "Get a Klune," a game where Candi...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK We're starting a new book- The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune! Candice starts us off with an author bio and then we talk all things Cerulean Sea, including: Linus' Horrible Terrible, No Good Very Bad Day; are Linus and Lucy references from the Peanuts or ancient Greek Mythology?; Boss Lady Yzma and the Extremely Upper Management from Hogwarts. Plus, a bouff...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK Today's episode the girlies + Count Samlof review a beautiful short story - The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu. This short story is available for a free listen by the fabulous LeVar Burton who reads the captivating story on his pod, LeVar Burton Reads. While a beautiful story, The Paper Menagerie tackles difficult subjects such as racism, death of a parent, and wanting to...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK The siblings are in a better mood after their therapy session and they wrap up ASOUE. Candice pulls out her tin foil hat that has been seeing a lot of action recently and proposes her conspiracy theories about Mr. Poe running the mafia and how Epstein Island is actually the end of this series. We rate the book, ask Lemony Snicket questions, and play Read it like Reddit wh...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In part two, Candice, Chrissy, and Sam practice some method acting, a term which here means "feeling as sad as the three siblings they are reading about." We map our family onto the characters in the book and we're 0/4 on mapping the same characters, but in the end, we agree our oldest brother is Count Samlof. Also in this episode: How The Marvelous Marriage...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK The siblings are at it again with another book about....well siblings! We pick up with a throw-back childhood classic: Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events Book 1 - A Bad Beginning. We start off with Chrissy driving home giving Sam & Candice a Blair of Witch Project style tour of her ride home. Candice has prepared her own Bad Beginning with both interest...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK Here's the grand finale of The Housemaid! We have taken a u-turn around Mars and are heading straight for the Sun. Join us as we recap the wildness of the finals chapters of The Housemaid and play our end-of-book games such as Read it like Reddit, questions we have for Frieda, and our ratings for the book. Bonus material: Soon after we vow we won't read another Fr...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK Before Candice and Chrissy can discuss the much anticipated Housemaid finale, they must first debrief on their recent family reunion. If you want to hear all the latest news on Raccoon Island, Spirit Airlines refunds, and our new CEO Sam and his Count Olaf plans, start at the beginning. If you want to skip all the banter and bookalytics, skip to minute 22:00. In our book...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK We open up this episode with Candice breaking the news to Chrissy that Gen Z is aging like milk and is in need of Ageless by Ramona (please sponsor us). We watch a housewives clip and Candice shares her theory that Ramona Singer sold her soul for eternal youth. This leads us into our Ageless by Evelyn-Kath theory as Candice and Chrissy return to the book and uncovering th...

We begin Part 2 of the Housemaid and finally hear from Nina's perspective. We get some campy vibes and debate whether we like the "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" step-by-step guide in her chapters. We debunk some of our previous theories, hold onto some theories even stronger (⁠identity theft is not a joke⁠), and come up with new theories along the way. Join us to hear our ideas of Victim #4 and Dr...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In Part Two Two of The House Maid, the sisters pick up with Chapter 21, but first they catch up on Chrissy's PhD journey. Chrissy share's a Simpson's clip of Bart terrorizing graduate students with promises of tenure track positions and bread crumbs. The girlies pick up with Millie as she gets tangled deeper and deeper into the Winchester's web of family d...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK **SPOILERS UP TO CHAPTER 31** The girlinas pick up their Recap with chapter 16 in Freida McFadden's best selling novel The Housemaid, but first they must waste time catching up. In post-editing magic, Candice splits up their 35 minute banter into 15 minutes with the second 15 minute segment in part 2. The girlies create a new interior decorating style dubbed - Grandpa...

THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK In this episode, Candice and Chrissy are so excited to discuss The Housemaid that they have 20 minutes of banter in the beginning as per usual. We discuss the elusive life of Frieda McFadden (or whatever her name is), what we would do in Millie’s shoes, who the big bad really is, and the Curious Case of CeCe Grace. Also, which sport would be the best to do if you didn’t h...

Our LAST episode of Lessons in Chemistry!! If you think you're excited, you should see us. We talk all things Fairy Godmother, Tonya Harding aka Harriet Sloane aka Miss Frask, and the spaceship in which we find ourselves in the last part of the book. Chrissy also has a new end-of-book game for the sisters to play that justifies all their thoughts on Lessons in Chemistry. See alternate book cov...