Ten Pages Podcast

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community. I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode making my predictions and arguments for what will win and what should win the Oscar at this year's awards ceremony! I’ve loved movies for as long as I can remember — rewatching my favorite DVDs on repeat all night long in my bedroom...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community. I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about communion by bell hooks — an exploration of love, self-discovery, and the ways women navigate intimacy throughout their lives. This episode unpacks Ms. hooks' wisdom regarding healing, vulnerability, and the power of redefinin...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode where we delve into Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants, a masterclass in minimalist storytelling. Discover why this short story, which I enjoyed poolside this summer, is a powerful example of Hemingway's Iceberg Theor...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode reviewing the KAWS x Andy Warhol exhibition at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Growing up in Pittsburgh, I’ve always felt a deep connection to Warhol’s art, from his Campbell’s Soup cans to the museum's vibrant di...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode deviating a bit from my typical analysis of art and thoughts about pop culture. Today, we’re diving into the sometimes bewildering world of modern dating. Whether you're swiping left, right, or just trying to make sense of it al...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode recommending 10 beach reads for geeks; nerds; poindexters. Abeach read, to me, is a book that is lighter and easily devour-able. You know, the kind of book that you pick up and cannot put down; a book you make short order of in...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode reviewing Yorgos Lanthimos' "Kinds of Kindness" (2024). The film earned a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes. Did it deserve that response? Only time will tell... Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode reviewing Ariana Grande's "eternal sunshine" album! Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from your host, follow me @bellini.carly on Instagram or @bellinicarly on Twitter. For inquiries, comments, and book ch...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about the 96th Oscars awards show! This is the second part of my two part episode about the awards ceremony. In this episode, I cover the meatier categories like best director, best lead and supporting actor and actress, and bes...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about the 96th Oscar awards show! This is part one of a two part episode recapping the awards ceremony. In this episode I cover the lower stakes (but still incredibly interesting) categories like production design, makeup &...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck, M.D. for more in my love and relationship studies. #CarrieBradshawEra Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest he...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Writers & Lovers by Lily King. Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from your host, follow me @bellini.carly on Instagram or @bellinicarly on Twitter. For inquiries, comments, and book chats, shoot...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown. Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from your host, follow me @bellini.carly on Instagram or @bellinicarly on Twitter. For inqui...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from your host, follow me @bellini.carly on Instagram or @bellinicarly on Twitter. For inquiries, comments, and book chats, sho...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a classic piece of 19th Century literature. Listen to my in depth summary of the novel and some brief analysis and takeaways. Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent. A fascinating read criticizing contemporary consent culture, why it in some ways cuts against women, and why it holds women to an unrealistic standar...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Pretty Lights' three night run at Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia this September 2023. I attended two of the three night run and I have THOUGHTS! But mostly just want to share about my fun weekend with friends :) Follo...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Ariana Grande's "Yours Truly" 10th Anniversary Celebration. I watched all the live performances, listened to the re-recordings, browsed the merch and watched the q+as. I get into all of it, but first I address the recent s...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about five nonfiction book recommendations in just about five minutes :) Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from your host, follow me @bellini.carly on Instagram or @bellinicarly on Twitter. For inquiries,...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about the music I've been listening to in 2023... it's all from 2022 and earlier! I'm underwhelmed by new releases this year.- though I haven't given some of them a fair shot. Listen to my ramblings about what I've been listenin...

Welcome to Ten Pages, an online literary community 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode all about, well, love. I devoured this book in a few hours sitting (on an airplane ride home from Greece). In all about love, hooks begins by providing a definition of love as a verb, an action, a choice. Further, hooks advocate...

Welcome to Ten Pages | We read ten pages a day. 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about mother-daughter relationships in media featuring a very special guest: my mom, Kelly Elizabeth Richards Bellini. Listen to our ramblings about various depictions of the mother-daughter relationship in books, film, television,...

Welcome to Ten Pages | We read ten pages a day. 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's iconic piece The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved. I think of this Hunter S. piece annually on Derby Day. As today (Saturday, May 6, 2023) is Derby Day (!), this episode is appropriate. Follow...

Welcome to Ten Pages | We read ten pages a day. 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode about Manic Pixie Dream Girls in media, specifically film. Follow Ten Pages on YouTube and Pinterest here. For more from your host, follow me @bellini.carly on Instagram or @bellinicarly on Twitter. Reach me at ten10pgs@gmail.com....

Welcome to Ten Pages | We read ten pages a day. 📓🤍 I'm your host @bellini.carly, but you can call me Carly B.... (all opinions 100% my own). Tune into today's episode introducing Ten Pages Live: a FREE podcasting workshop hosted by Carly B. at Atithi Studios the second Sunday of each month from 1 to 3 PM. Listen here to learn more about the program, how to register, and what to expect. Register...