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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 Und...

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 Ti...

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: F...

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...

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 M...

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 - W...

  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 li...

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, C...

Lotion! Books! Earplugs! Dried-up contact lenses! This week, we're talking about our nightstand essentials from the things that improve our nighttime routine to the things that are just weird.    Olivia's Nightstand: Weleda Skin Food , Aquaphor stick , books (currently: Rooms of Our Own by Louise Pennington , Talking at Night by Claire Daverley , The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue ), Neces...

Time for a fun batch of Things! Three from each of us, to be exact.    Olivia's Things What are your holiday vibes for 2023? Opinions on New Year's Eve as a Holiday Is long hair cheugy now?   Becca's Things Becca's new favorite kitchen tool - a garlic-chopper The Woman in Me by Britney Spears What are your glimmers?   Obsessions Olivia - Geneva! Becca - Knitting   What we read this week! Olivia: Y...

To celebrate the start of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) we're chatting with Carly Watters , SVP and Senior Literary Agent at P.S Literary and co-host of The Shit No One Tells You About Writing Podcast!   We ask Carly about trends in fiction, how to know when a manuscript is ready, how book deals are made, if it actually is harder than ever to sell a book right now, and more!    Books ab...

This week we're talking about our October Book Club Pick, The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon ! We talk about Becca's expectations of the book vs what her thoughts were reading, our thoughts on the second person narration, how the book centered the women in this story, if the ending surprised and satisfied us, and more!    Trigger warning for sexual assault in this book, so please skip it if yo...

This week we're diving into spooky season with a fellow fall fanatic, Ashley Winstead ! We talk about her newest book Midnight Is the Darkest Hour , our enthusiasm for fall, 12-foot skeletons, and we all share some Halloween-season book recs!   Psychological Thriller Book Recs Olivia - None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Ashley - If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio , Bad Habits by Amy Gentry    Books...

This week, we're answering your questions about Q4 goals, fall checklists, Olivia's house updates, TCOC tiny tongs enthusiasts, writing advice, Starbucks orders and SO! MUCH! MORE!    Our favorite back catalog episodes  Our Goals episodes (check out our 2023 goals and our 2023 goals check-in!) Summer Reading Roundups! Olivia's First Episode  Pre Olivia: Elizabeth Gilbert Episode   Hidden Gem Books...

It's Three Things time! This week we're talking about the Instagram ads that haunt us, Lauren Groff's writing process, being a teenage girl, and more!    Becca's 3 Things Instagram ads that haunt us Olivia Rodrigo's Guts and the grown-up teen girl phenomenon  Retellings in fiction    Olivia's 3 Things Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift The New York Times's profile of Lauren Groff  The New York Times's...

It's time for the September book club and we're discussing Tom Lake by Ann Patchett . We dive into our opinions on the writing, the mother/daughter dynamics, the reveals that surprised us, and the "Tom Lake" moments in our own lives.    Also, Becca's book is out NOW!!!   Obsessions Olivia:  Her playlist called 'Songs for Staring at the Ocean & Feeling emo' Becca: @nymetroweather on IG   What we re...

This week we're recapping an accomplishment three years in the making: Becca's book: The Christmas Orphans Club ! To get a full overview of the process, we're joined by her agent Allison Hunter and her editor Marie Michels. So grab your favorite festive bev and get ready for the behind-the-scenes story!   Obsessions Olivia - "All-American Bitch" by Olivia Rodrigo  Becca - Gilmore Girls & The Morni...

This week we're talking about our favorite little luxuries: things that are low-cost and low-effort but make a major impact on our happiness! Listen to Becca, Olivia, and our listeners share their little luxuries from afternoon walks, to drive thru Diet Coke, to going to the movies alone, and more!    Our little luxuries Becca's Linkable Little Luxuries - Candy from BonBon ,  Olivia's Linkable Lit...

This week we're chatting all things cookbooks with our favorite Italian meatball-making-meatballs, Dan Pelosi ! Dan is the mind behind GrossyPelosi , the popular Instagram account for all things comfort and food. Dan's first cookbook, Let's Eat , hits bookshelves on September 5, 2023!   We talk to Dan about the behind-the-scenes of how cookbooks get made, from recipe development to food styling to...

It's time to discuss our August Book Club Pick, Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo ! We talk about how we interpreted the magical elements, the family dynamics, our thoughts on the concept of a living wake, the ending, and more!    Check out this interview with Elizabeth Acevedo if you're interested in learning more about this book!   Obsessions O: Handheld fan B: Red, White, and Royal Blue movie on...

What do we have? Things! How many of them do we have? Three!    Olivia's Things What you do on a 'life catch up' day The year 2013 (sparked by this article in Glamour ) Everything showers   Becca's Things How do you unwrinkle clothes ( here's a link to Becca's travel steamer )  Weeknight dinner recipes (Becca's current recipes include One Pot Garlic Shrimp and Orzo and Turkey and Ricotta Meatballs...

This week, we're learning all about how libraries work with a BOP listener, Carley! Carley has worked in public libraries for over ten years and has a Master of Library and Information Science and is the host of the Tales from a Bibliophile podcast .   We ask Carley about her career journey, a typical day in her job, how books get purchased, how funding works, books bans, and more!    Favorite boo...

This week we're talking all about creativity! We talk about creativity's role in our lives, major misconceptions about creativity, creative people we admire, and share advice for those who don't know how to start incorporating creativity into their life.   Obsessions Olivia: Jocie B ASMR Becca: Wegman's Cherry Vanilla Seltzer   What we read this week Becca: Edie: An American Girl by Jean Stein Oli...

This week, we're chatting with the author of our July Book Club Pick, Annabel Monaghan !    Annabel is the author of Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big? , a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, the Week, and the Rye Record.    Annabel shares her journey to becoming a publish...

We're so excited to dive into our July Book Club Pick, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan !    We discuss our feelings about the book, if we identify with the characters, and how the story surprised us! We also talk about teen vacation flings, play listener voicemails, and speculate about the different flavors of contemporary romances.    Obsessions Becca: Recliner PJ sets Olivia: A (nonalc...