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Becca's upcoming book Back Where We Started , which is set partially on the set of a 2010's teen soap, got us feeling nostalgic and inspired to talk about the early 2010s! We chat about what our lives were like during that era, the pop culture touchstones that stick out to us, our celeb crushes, celebrity ships, iconic albums, the launch of Instagram, and more!   October Book Club Pick - Prep by C...

We can't wait to talk about our September Book Club Pick, Main Characters by Bobby Palmer !  Keep listening to hear about our thoughts on the novel's 80+ point of view format, how it tackled the interplay of motherhood and ambition, and if we were convinced the main characters were "meant to be." Plus, the one POV we felt was missing!   October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld   Obsessio...

This week, we're debating some bookish "would you rather" scenarios: open= or closed-door sex scene? Prologue or get right into it? US or UK cover? Get ready to take a stance on tenses, endings, POV, and more!    September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer   Obsessions Olivia - Crossplay Becca - Out of Print Bookworm Cap   What we've read this week Becca - Alan Opts Out by Courtney...

Time for our final Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club, The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza ! We loved chatting about the dual timeline narrative, art crime, and the real-life history that inspired the book. We also have some recs for your post-reading rabbit holes!   Want more art heist content? Listen to Last Seen Season 1 , read Fake by Erica Katz , The Art Forger by B A Shapiro , Woman on Fire by Lisa B...

This week we're doing a fall catch up! We're getting into what's been going on in our lives that don't make our weekly highs and lows, from writing stuff, home projects, personal updates, and more!   September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer   Obsessions Becca - American Girl shirt    What we've read this week Bacca - The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza   Sponsors Caraway Home - Visit...

New month, new Things! This week, we cover big milestones, geographic anomalies, buzzy TV, travel, reading strategies, and more!    Our Things:  Becca turning 40  A mysterious disappearing island  The three-course reading method How we're thinking about travel  Sterling Point  A new app for book events    September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer   Obsessions Becca - Arrtx markers...

This week we're reviewing our reading stats from this year! We walk through how we track, our reading habits this year, and discuss everything from ARCs to backlist books, re-reads and more!    September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer   Obsessions Becca - The Four Seasons on Netflix Olivia - Having a microwave   What we've read this week Olivia - Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton Becca...

Happy Book Club Day! Time to chat about our August Book Club Pick, The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer . We chose this ode to books and book lovers for an uplifting read, and we can't wait to chat about its surprising twists, meta moments, author commentary, and more! We also ask ourselves: if you could visit any fictional world or hang out with any fictional character, which books would be first on you...

It's Bonus Book Club Time! We loved reading One & Only by Maurene Goo , and we can't wait to discuss it today. And if you're in the Miami area, get tickets to our Miami Bonus Book Club on August 24 !    August's Book Club Pick - The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer   Events  Get tickets for our Miami Bonus Book Club on August 24 Get tickets for our NYC Bonus Book Club on September 30   Sponsors Sol de Ja...

Today, we're turning the reins over to you and doing a listener Q&A! It's been a while since we've done one of these, and it was so fun to see the questions that came our way about reading, writing, home renovation discoveries, fall shopping, and more!   August's Book Club Pick - The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer August Bonus Book Club Pick - One & Only by Maurene Goo   Obsessions Olivia -  Becca - Wi...

Happy Three Things Day! We have one overlapping thing that we got a LOT of DM's about, keep listening to find out what that is! Plus, petty complaints, Hot Ones requests, and a tender time-travel q.   Our Joint Thing The Wicker Trailer    Becca's Things The pettiest complaints we have right now Who will take the Beach Read crown?   Olivia's Things Celebrities we want to see on Hot Ones What is a m...

Today we're diving into a topic we've been wanting to cover for a while: first lines in books! We chat about preferences as both a reader and a writer, our own first lines, and play a guessing game to name the book by its first line.   August's Book Club Pick - The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer   Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club Picks 8/20 - One and Only by Maurene Goo 9/17 - The Parisian Heist by Jo Pia...

We are so ready to discuss our July Book Club Pick, The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff . This was our listeners' pick that beat out 27 other nominations, and we're bursting with thoughts about this book! Keep listening to hear every single one of them.   August's Book Club Pick - The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer   Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club Picks 8/20 - One and Only by Maurene Goo 9/17 - The Parisia...

In today's ep we're assigning reading syllabi to some of our favorite celebrities and telling them what we think they should be reading! And if you didn't already guess, we took the assignment VERY seriously.   Becca's Celebs Glen Powell - Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey , The Guncle by Steven Rowley , The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett , The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Tree...

We're so excited about the first installment of our Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club , discussing  The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand ! We break down our thoughts on the book, our favorite Elin Hilderbrand novels, and how the TV adaptation compares!   Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club Picks 7/16 - The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand 8/20 - One and Only by Maurene Goo 9/17 - The Parisian Heis...

Happy Three Things Day! We have some hot topics to discuss, from T&The pop culture wedding of the century, the Odyssey movie, drafting habits, Gen Z fiction, and more!   Becca's Things Mayflower or Oregon Trail? Resisting the urge to write backwards Gen Z authors entering fiction   Olivia's Things The Odyssey movie  Ideal book lengths The T&T Wedding   July's Book Club Pick - The Burning Side by S...

We're back with more book recs! We asked friends of the pod Corey Ann Haydu, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Sanjana Basker, and John Glynn to share the books they're most excited about in 2026. Amazing book recs ahead!   Becca's Picks - Habits of the Sea by Shea Earnshaw (Out July 7), Sophie Standing There by Meg Mason (Out September 8) Corey Ann Haydu's Picks: Luna, Phoenix, Queen by Julie Oringer (Out...

We are SO thrilled to chat with Bad on Paper all-star, Robinne Lee! We caught up with Robinne all about her experience seeing The Idea of You go from book to film and her new book, Crash Into Me , out July 7! She shares the seedlings of inspiration for her new book, how it differs from writing The Idea of You, and more!   July's Book Club Pick - The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff    The July 16 bonu...

  It's time to discuss our June Book Club Pick, Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave ! We chat about how our feelings on the characters evolved as we got deeper into the book, whether we view this as a romance (and if the characters were MTB), and break down the jarring ending.   July's Book Club Pick - The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff    The July 16 bonus book club pick - The Five Star Weekend...

Whether you're traveling this summer, or want to do so without leaving your couch, we're reporting for duty as your book travel agents! This week we're sharing some favorite reads that take place in popular (and personally beloved) travel destinations.   London Olivia - Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell , Good Material by Dolly Alderton  Becca -  Magnolia Parks by Jessa Has...

It's somehow halfway into the year, and we are ready to check in with our annual goals! Keep listening for personal and professional updates for 2026.   June's Book Club Pick - Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave   What we read this week Olivia - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy, Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns  Becca - The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney , Ungodly Rich by Katharine Mc...

Happy Three Things Day! We have a very bookish set of Three Things, from buzzy book discourse, upsetting rebrands, first lines, bedding recommendations, and a call to action for you!   Shared Things Join our Facebook Group to cast your vote for our July Book Club Pick! Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke   Becca's Things Polar Seltzer's visual rebrand Our sheets philosophies   Olivia's Things "High Co...

Time to discuss our May book club pick: Into the Blue by Emma Brodie ! In addition to sharing our own thoughts about this epic romance, we hear from our listeners and some voice notes from Emma Brodie herself!    May's Book Club Pick - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie   What we read this week Olivia - Maine by J Courtney Sullivan , Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman , Lake Effect by Cynthia D'Aprix...

In our opinion, we are in a golden age of book-to-screen adaptations! We share our recent faves, the upcoming releases we're excited about, if we'd like to see our own books adapted to the screen, and more!   Watch the trailers for Every Year After , Five-Star Weekend , and Verity to get excited for these releases.    May's Book Club Pick - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie   What we read this week Oli...

We're so excited to chat through a fresh batch of new things. What are our character naming rules? What teachers made an impact on us? Do we still care about the Met Gala? Find out this and more in this week's episode!    Olivia's Things Naming Book Characters Teachers who have made an impact on us Do we still care about the Met Gala?   Becca's Things Famesick by Lena Dunham Author Career Mileston...