Bad On Paper

This week we're speaking with friend of the pod (and previous guest!) Ayana Lage! Ayana is a lifestyle blogger and freelance writer based in Tampa, Florida. She writes about motherhood, mental health, social justice, and everyday life, and she published a story titled, "Postpartum Psychosis Landed Me in a Psychiatric Ward for 17 Days. Now, I'm Ready to Share My Story." for Cosmo in April 2023, and we're excited to talk about her experience with her today! Content warning: we talk about postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and suicide in this episode, so please take care and skip this episode if you're not in a place to listen! You can find Ayana at @ayanagabriellelage on Instagram and ayanalage.com Obsessions Becca: Martha Stewart Sports Illustrated Cover Olivia: Queen Charlotte on Netflix What we read this week! Olivia: Happy Place by Emily Henry Becca: Happy Place by Emily Henry This Month's Book Club Pick - Happy Place by Emily Henry (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 Prose - Go to Prose.com/bop for your FREE in-depth hair consultation and 15% off! A Thing or Two - If you're looking to add a new podcast to your lineup, give A Thing Or Two with Claire and Erica a try! (check out this reintroduction episode for a good place to start!) Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

Summer is on our mind and we are ready to break out the beach reads! This week we talk about what characteristics make up a perfect beach read, share some books we loved reading at the beach and pool, and play listener voicemails about YOUR favorites! Olivia's favorite beach reads Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The One by John Marrs Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier The Push by Ashley Audrain Verity by Colleen Hoover White Ivy by Susie Yang Becca's favorite beach reads Winter in Paradise series by Elin Hilderbrand (honorable mention for The Five Star Weekend) People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Idea of You by Robinne Lee Out East by John Glynn Musical Chairs by Amy Poppel Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akaeke Emezi The Guncle by Steven Rowley The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent Every Summer After by Carley Fortune The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (June 6) Our listeners favorite beach reads The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess Cover Story by Susan Rigetti The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand Obsessions Becca: Jeffrey Campbell Linques Sandals Olivia: Queer Eye on Netflix What we read this week! O: The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Bramer out 5/9 B: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (out 5/30); Will They Or Won't They by Ava Wilder (out 6/27) This Month's Book Club Pick - Happy Place by Emily Henry (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 Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

We're back with more things!!! This time we're talking about A.I., time management, Nicolas Cage, our Barbie selves, NYC real estate, and our current hyperfixations! Olivia's things Thoughts on A.I. Hyperfixations Nicolas Cage Becca's things Time management You personal Barbie accessories NYC Real Estate Gawking Our Hyperfixations: Becca's Music Hyperfixations: Stick Season by Noah Kahan, All Of The Girls You Loved Before by Taylor Swift, Eat your Young by Hozier Olivia's Current Podcast Hyperfixation: Writer's Routine Obsessions Becca - Amazon Sleep Masks What we read this week! Olivia: Old Flame by Molly Prentiss Becca: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (out 5/30) This Month's Book Club Pick - Happy Place by Emily Henry (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 A Thing Or Two - Listen to A Thing Or Two with Claire and Erica wherever you're listening to this podcast! (A great place to start is We Introduce ourselves - And Share *Your* Thingies) Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

This week we brought on our friend (and past podcast guest) Amber Burns to talk all about journaling. We ask Amber about how she got into journaling, why bullet journaling doesn't have to be fussy, her adult school supplies, tips for new journalers, and more! We also do a live reading from our most recent journal entries! You can follow Amber at @byamberburns on Instagram. Amber's favorite journaling supplies include Stalogy notebooks in the b6 size, Midori notebooks, and Pentel EnerGel Pens. Looking for more journaling inspo? Amber recommends checking out the journaling subreddit, and following @_shelflove_ for book journaling ideas. Books Amber has read and loved recently include Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez, The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest, and Wahala by Nikki May. Future releases she's excited about include Next-Door Nemesis by Alexa Martin, and The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab. Obsessions Becca & Olivia - The Diplomat What we read this week! Olivia: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Becca: Things You Save in A Fire by Katherine Center This Month's Book Club Pick - Happy Place by Emily Henry (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 Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at Prose.com/bop. ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE to find and book a top-rated doctor today. Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

We're so excited to discuss Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman, a 2 time BOP book club author! This book fits right in the venn diagram of Becca and Olivia's differing book tastes. We discuss how we felt about the friendship between the characters in the past vs present timeline (and between teenage girls in general), if we saw the twists coming, the Amanda Knox parallels, thoughts on the ending, and ask ourselves the question 'who would you go to if you were suspected of murder?' If you like this book, listen to the The Shit No One Tells You About Writing interview with Ella Berman, and for more books similar to Before We Were Innocent, check out The Comeback by Ella Berman, The The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, and I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai. Obsessions Becca: Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs Olivia: Memes about Drew Barrymore's interview style What we read this week! Olivia: Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman Becca: Yellowface by RF Kuang (out May 16) May's Book Club Pick - Coming soon! Sponsors A Thing or Two - If you're looking to add a new podcast to your lineup, give A Thing Or Two with Claire and Erica a try. Prose - Take a FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

Time for another episode of Three Things! Featuring Succession, living closer to friends, the romantic allure of Pete Davidson, our spring mood board, and a mystery guest! Becca's 3 things The 'Article Live Closer to Your Friends' by Adrienne Matei in The Atlantic Response piece by Anne Helen Petersen: You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You? The allure of Pete Davidson A Thing from a ~Mystery~ guest - the article 'Is There Life After Influencing?' in the NYT Olivia's 3 things Succession The changing culture around alcohol Our Spring/Summer 2023 moodboard Obsessions Becca: Lanolips Olivia: Jury Duty on Amazon What we read this week! Olivia: The House in The Pines by Ana Reyes Becca: The Five-Star Weekend by Elin HIlderbrand, How To Fake It In Hollywood by Ava Wilder, The Bodyguard by Katherine Center This Month's Book Club Pick - Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman (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: Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month Adelaide - Pick up your copy of the audio edition of Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler today! It's out now! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

This week we interview Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry and overall delight! We talk about her path to publication, what inspired her to write Lessons in Chemistry, how it feels to have this instant success after years of struggling through the publishing process, and more! She also shares more about the Apple TV+ adaptation of Lessons in Chemistry starring Brie Larson. You can find Bonnie at bonniegarmus.com and @bonnie_garmus_author on Instagram. Obsessions Olivia: Olipop Root Beer Becca: All Barbie Movie Content What we read this week! Olivia: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Becca: The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close This Month's Book Club Pick - Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman (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 A Thing or Two - Listen to A Thing or Two with Claire & Erica wherever you listen to podcasts. Great starter eps include On Choosing and Not Choosing Motherhood or Seam Rippers, Gifting Pacts, and Leftovers. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

Time for us to answer the age old question: Is the movie ever better than the book? Our current selves have a very different answer than we would have had 5 years ago. We're talking about our favorite and least favorite book to screen adaptations, and the adaptations we are excited for, featuring calls from listeners with their thoughts! Favorite Book-To-Screen Adaptations Olivia: Gone Girl (Book by Gillian Flynn), 2019's Little Women (Book by Louisa May Alcott), Tuck Everlasting (Book by Natalie Babbitt), Room (Book by Emma Donaghue) Becca: Game of Thrones (Books by George R R Martin), Where'd You Go Bernadette (Book by Maria Semple), Famous In Love (Book by Rebecca Serle), This Is Where I Leave You (Book by Jonathan Tropper) We also wanted to discuss Daisy Jones and the Six (Book by Taylor Jenkins Reid), the adaptation that sparked this episode! Most Anticipated Book-To-Screen Adaptations Olivia: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Becca: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass, Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand Read more about the sputtering Rom Com genre here. Obsessions Olivia: Boll & Branch bedding and mattress topper Becca: Shrinking on Apple TV+ What we read this week! Olivia: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Becca: The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead (out 5/9), A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson This Month's Book Club Pick - Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman Sponsors Prose - Go to Prose.com/bop for your FREE in-depth hair consultation and 15% off. ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

It's time to discuss our March Book Club Pick, The Measure by Nikki Erlick! We discuss why we thought it would make such a great book club pick, if we would open our box, how we'd change our lives if we found out we were a short-stringer, our favorite storylines, thoughts about the theme of fate vs. free will, and the books we'd recommend to those who liked this one! Some books we liked that are similar themes as The Measure: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, In Five Years by Rebecca Searle Obsessions Becca - Trader Joe's Pastry Pups & Maille Mike's Hot Honey Mustard Olivia - Essence Make Me Brow What we read this week! Olivia - The Hunter by Jennifer Herrera Becca - The Measure by Nikki Erlick, Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler (out 4/18, check the trigger warnings for this one!) This Month's Book Club Pick - Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman (out 4/4) Sponsors A Thing Or Two - if you're looking to add a new podcast to your lineup, give A Thing or Two with Claire & Erica a listen we love this episode (on choosing and not choosing motherhood, and magic mike) Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

After a stroke of genius on Olivia's part, we're spending this episode reading snippets of erotica we found in the dark corners of the internet. In addition to reading the glorious pieces we chose, we also ask ourselves questions like Why??? How??? Can we ever unsee this??? We also put our literary hats on and analyze the best passages, favorite characters, and the best reviews of our picks. Want to read these books? Your choice! Conquered by Clippy: An Erotic Short Story by Leonard Delaney Get in My Swamp: An Ogre Love Story by G.M. Fairy Obsessions Becca - Her March 2023 on repeat playlist Olivia - Daisy Jones and the Six on Amazon Prime What we read this week! Becca - The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley (out 3/29) This Month's Book Club Pick - The Measure by Nikki Erlick (have thoughts about The Measure you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month. Cozy Earth - get 35% off site wide when you use the code "BOP" That's 35% off with code BOP. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

It's time to break down our March 2023 Three Things! We each brought pop culture topics, nostalgic reflection prompts, and thought starters to discuss this week. Olivia's Things The Hailey Beiber / Selena Gomez / Justin Beiber situation Our go-to Fun Facts and Ice Breakers Something your 16 year old self would be surprised about, proud of, and hate about your current self Becca's Things Ben Savage's Congress Run Podcast Milestones (This month is the 5 year anniversary of Bad on Paper, and the 1 year of Olivia Hosting!) The fork in the road moments in our lives Obsessions Becca: Skims Fits Everybody Thong Olivia: Andrea Gibson What we read this week! Becca: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donahue (out June 27!) Olivia: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai, The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz This Month's Book Club Pick: The Measure by Nikki Erlick (have thoughts about The Measure you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors: Cozy Earth - get 35% off sitewide on cozyearth.com when you use the code "BOP" That's 35% off with code BOP A Thing or Two - if you're looking to add a new podcast to your lineup give A Thing or Two with Claire & Erica a listen Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

We're here to bring you our best and brightest advice, responding to your questions about everything from professional jealousy to writing productivity to wedding planning to personal style and more. Some follows/reads we suggested during this episode @anindigoday @carlywatters @mrsdowjones Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Obsessions Becca - Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam Eyeshadow Palette Olivia - Pedro Pascal What we read this week! Becca - Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score, Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman (out April 4!) This Month's Book Club Pick: The Measure by Nikki Erlick (have thoughts about The Measure you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors: Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today! Go to Prose.com/bop ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE to find and book a top-rated doctor today. Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! 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.

This week, we'll be sharing a day in our life. We each picked a specific day in our past week to break down in EXTREME detail (including the dreams we had the night before). We talk about what we did when we woke up, the breakfasts we had, the candles we lit, the packages that arrived, what corners of TikTok we're in, and what we read! After talking about our days, we cover how this day lines up with our normal days, what we've left out, and what we wish we did that day to make it "better." Becca's Day Lit the Hotel Lobby Spa Candle for writing Candy break favs: Sour candy from Bon Bon Cooked Julia Turshen's Turkey Ricotta Meatballs for Dinner Made Dinner Reservations at Frenchette Added Elf Green Color Corrector to her cart What she read: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue, The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren Olivia's Day Listened to Up First on NPR to get up. Used the Tula Cooling Eye Balm, Laneige Lip Mask , and Aquaphor Stick to get ready for the day. Had coffee made in her Moccamaster Coffee Maker Ate Frozen Breakfast Pitas for breakfast Unboxed the Jones Road What The Foundation Made a playlist with MARO Watched Stolen Youth on Hulu (check content warnings for this one!) What she read: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Obsessions Becca: T3 one pass 1.25" curling iron Olivia: Molly Anne Bishop What we read this week Becca: The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren (Out May 16), Faking with Benefits by Lily Gold Olivia: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng This Month's Book Club Pick: The Measure by Nikki Erlick Sponsors Cozy Earth: Get 35% off side wide when you use the code BOP at cozyearth.com Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're excited to discuss our February Book Club Pick Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan! We really enjoyed this book (as did many readers, it has a 4.49 rating on Goodreads!) We talk about our thoughts on this book, why it's so loved if we found the romantic storyline believable, our thoughts on the ending, the future of the romance genre and SO! MUCH! MORE! If you loved Before I Let Go, you may like Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, and Happy Place by Emily Henry (Out April 25), and November 9 by Colleen Hoover. Obsessions Olivia: Jolie Shower Head Filter Becca: Goldbond Crepe Corrector What we read this week! Becca: And Now You're Back by Jill Mansell, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (out June 6!) Olivia: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey January's Book Club Pick: Sponsors: Maame - Listen to Maame by Jessica George wherever you get your audiobooks! Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Today we're pretending to be guests on our own podcast and letting YOU ask the questions! We fill you in on our thoughts about the pressures to be on social media, our long-term goals, thoughts on "deinfluencing," Olivia's house updates, If we're book jacket removers, the books that changed our lives, our dream food court, traveling hot takes, the Wikipedia or Reddit rabbit holes we fall down, and more! Becca's life-changing book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Olivia's life-changing book: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb Obsessions: Becca AND Olivia: Cozy Earth Socks What we read this week! Olivia: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan Becca: Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, Talking at Night by Claire Daverly, Before We Were Strangers by Reneé Carlino This Month's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan Sponsors: Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at Prose.com/bop. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Valentine's Day coming up and we are rounding up our favorite romantic comedies (in both book and movie form!) On top of our recommendations, listeners called in with so many amazing recs, your watching/reading agenda for the weekend will be packed! We also share our favorite romcom tropes! Becca's Favorite Romcom Books Who's That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan One Day in December by Josie Silver The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun One in A Million by Lindsey Kelk Would Like To Meet by Rachel Winters The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz Olivia's Favorite Romcom Books: Book Lovers by Emily Henry In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London Our listeners' Favorite Romcom Books The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan It's Been A Pleasure Noni Blake by Claire Christian Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny The Reunion by Kayla Olson The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Olivia's Favorite Romcom Movies About Time Good Luck To You, Leo Grande You've Got Mail 13 Going on 30 Something's Gotta Give It's Complicated How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days 50 First Dates Becca's Favorite Romcom Movies The Wedding Date Friends with Kids Chalet Girl Notting Hill Our listeners' favorite romcom movies You've Got Mail It's Complicated Notting Hill Morning Glory When Harry Met Sally Set it up Obsessions Olivia: The Last of Us Becca: July Luggage What we read this week! Olivia: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Becca: Fated Throne (The Zodiac academy book 6) & Heartless Sky (The Zodiac academy book 7) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. This Month's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (check for content warnings before picking it up!) Sponsors: Macmillan - listen to Maame by Jessica George wherever books and audiobooks are sold. Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app to find and book a top-rated doctor. BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We have some THINGS to talk about today (3 each to be exact!) spanning from makeup, to movie casting, to a personal Pinterest renaissance, and more! Becca's Things What is the smallest hill you will die on? (Becca's: Friends with Benefits > No Strings Attached, Olivia's: Chipotle is worth the tummy problems, Lululemon leggings are overrated) A personal Pinterest renaissance The "It Ends With Us" casting news! Olivia's Things The Mind F*ck that is Moving! Feeling weird about makeup "Guilty pleasures" you don't feel guilty about (Olivia's: Trash TV, Enjoying Food, British Crime Procedurals Becca's: The Gossip Girl Reboot, coffee orders featuring actual milk, "bad" books) Obsessions Olivia - Samplize Paint Samples What we read this week! Becca - The Zodiac Academy Series This Month's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (check for content warnings before picking it up!) Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Preorder The Christmas Orphans Club wherever you buy Books! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time for our first book club of 2023! This month we're talking about The Villa by Rachel Hawkins. We've heard a lot from our listeners about this book, and we're so excited to talk about it finally! We share our thoughts about the two timelines, our theories about the ending, and play amazing listener voicemails with thoughts and theories about the book. We also discuss what sets The Villa apart from a typical thriller, how it plays with the idea of the self-help guru, and how this book was inspired by the circumstances in which Frankenstein was written. If you liked The Villa, you might love The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins, Groupies by Sarah Priscus, and Sister Stardust by Jane Green. Obsessions Olivia: Puffer vests Becca: Halfbaked Harvest Creamy White Chicken Chili What we read this week! Becca: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, (check for content warnings for these two!), and Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren. Olivia: The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland. February's Book Club Pick: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (check for content warnings before picking it up!) Sponsors: Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at Prose.com/bop. Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE to find and book a top-rated doctor today. Better Help - Visit betterhelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time for a 2023 book preview! We brought on some of our favorite book people on the internet to share 2 books they're excited about this year, and boy has our TBRs grown! We also ask the age-old question: If you had to bring a book character to a chain restaurant, who are you picking and where are you going? Follow our guests! Megan Prokott - @the_spines Traci Thomas - @thestackspod Taylor Choi - @bookswithtay Jenny Jackson - @jennyjacksonpineapple Giselle Gonzalez - @hopelessbooklover_ Becca's Picks Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (out Mar 7) Olvia's Picks The Whispers by Ashley Audrain The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley Megan's Picks I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (Out February 21) Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (Out May 16) Traci's Picks Waco by Jeff Guinn (Out January 24), Waco Rising by Kevin Cook (Out January 31), Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco by Stephan Talty (Out April 11) Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Out May 2!) Taylor's Picks Just My Type by Falon Ballard (Out February 7!) Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Out March 14!) Bonus rec: The Truly Devious Series by Maureen Johnson Jenny's Picks Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey (Out January 17) Games & Rituals by Katherine Heiny (Out April 18). Giselle's Picks Powerless by Elsie Silver (Out February 10) Happy Place by Emily Henry (Out April 25!) Obsessions Becca - Ginny & Georgia Season 2 Olivia - Amelia Dimoldenberg's Golden Globes Interview with Andrew Garfield What we read this week! Becca - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, This Month's Book Club Pick: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Time for our first Three Things in 2023! We have a fun grab bag of things to discuss! P.S. Does Anybody else want to crawl into a hole for the rest of the year already? Olivia's Three Things WFH wardrobe philosophies Journal Prompts Embarrassing Stories Becca's Three Things Purchased Movies on Amazon Prime Realistic Dream Trip for 2023 Emily in Paris Becca's Movie Purchases: Love and Basketball, One Winter Weekend, Christmas Around the Corner, Chalet Girl, Beyond the Lights, After, Girls Trip, Pitch Perfect, Elf Olivia's Movie Purchases: Magic Mike, Season 1 of Love After Lockup Journal Prompt ideas: What you have at the top of mind, what shows your watching/music your listening to, what you did that day. Obsessions Olivia: The Menu Becca: Five Year Journal What we read this week! Becca: Confess by Colleen Hoover, Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor This Month's Book Club Pick: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins Sponsors: Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at prose.com/bop Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE and find a top-rated doctor today. Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

For our first episode of the new year, we're talking about our 2023 goals! We reflect on what we achieved and what didn't pan out in 2022, and we're giddy to share our personal and professional goals for 2023! If you want to catch up on the 2022 goal lore, check out our 2022 Goals Setting Episode Becca recorded with Grace in January, and our 2022 Goals Mid Year Check-in we recorded in June where Olivia also announces her goals. If you wanna hop on the 5-year journal train, this is the one Olivia uses! Obsessions Becca: New Year Energy Olivia: Puzzles, coloring, and playing board games with family. What we read this week! Olivia: The Fell by Sarah Moss A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone Becca: Before I let go by Kennedy Ryan Happy Place by Emily Henry (out Apr 25) Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn (out Jan 24) The Villa by Rachel Hawkins (out Jan 3) Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (out March 7) January's Book Club Pick: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins Sponsors: The Villa - Listen to The Villa wherever audiobooks are sold! Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/badonpaper to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're finishing 2022 on a strong note by talking about our favorite books of 2022! We cover our favorite reads spanning 6 different categories, and play voicemails from YOU about your favorite books! Favorite Book Club Pick Olivia: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Becca: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, You Made a Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Listeners: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Favorite Romance Olivia: Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Becca: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Listeners: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera, After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez Favorite Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense Olivia: Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Becca: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins Favorite Literary Fiction Olivia: Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Becca: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close Listeners: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki Favorite Wildcard Olivia: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Becca: The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E Smith, The ARC by Tory Henwood Hoen Listeners: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen, I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, The Wreckage of my Presence by Casey Wilson, The Selection by Kiera Cass Favorite Book of the Year Olivia: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Becca: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Listeners: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen More Listener Reccomendations!!! Human Kind: a Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman, A Promised Land by Barack Obama, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel, Heartless by Elise Silver, Fool Hearts by Emmy Sanders, Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score, Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C Ford. Obsessions: Becca: Basking in glow of christmas tree lights Olivia: For the Love of Pickles Facebook Group What we read this week! Olivia: Scandalized by Ivy Owens, These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark Becca: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk Sponsors: Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to uncommongoods.com/BOP Better Help - Learn more and save 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/badonpaper Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the ZocDoc app for free to start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time for us to look back on our best of 2022! We're talking about our personal best moments and also our best purchases, entertainment favorites, and more! Tune in for our favorite episodes of the podcast, hard-boiled eggs, and Temperature by Sean Paul of course! Personal Best Best Day - Olivia: Her Umbria Road Trip! | Becca: The Day she sold her book! Best Meal - Olivia: at Zahav in Philadelphia | Becca: A restaurant in Rhonda Best Trip - Olivia: Tie between Iceland & Alaska | Becca: Rhonda Best Month - Olivia: May | Becca: October Entertainment Best TV Show - Becca: The Summer I Turned Pretty & Severance | Olivia: Severance Best Movie - Olivia: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande | Becca: Top Gun: Maverick Best (New to you) Podcast - Olivia: Maintenance Phase | Becca: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing Best Concert - Olivia: Paolo Nutini | Becca: Harry Styles Best Album - Olivia: Are You Happy Now? By Jensen McRae | Becca: Midnights by Taylor Swift Best Song - Becca: Free by Florence + The Machine | Olivia: Hunger by Florence + The Machine Best Meme - Olivia & Becca: The Corn Kid Best (New to you) IG follow - Becca: @Writeordietribe | Olivia: @Maryoliversdrunkcousin Best BOP episode - Becca: Olivia's First Episode!; Ask an HR Rep: Phylicia Jones Answers Your Work Q's | Olivia: First Three Things Episode Shopping Best clothing purchase - Becca: Mister Zimi Lottie Dress | Olivia: Platform Converse Best beauty purchase - Becca: Amazon hair clips | Olivia: Necessaire Body Serum Best home purchase - Becca: Open Spaces Entryway Shoe Rack / Anthropologie Mini Latte Bowls | Olivia: Rice Cooker and Egg Cooker Best misc purchase - Becca: Amazon Tabs | Olivia: Coloring books + supplies Obsessions Olivia: Anti-Hero (Country Version) by Josiah & The Bonnevilles Becca: Trader Joe's Peppermint Pretzel Slims What we read this week! Becca: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk Olivia: Five Survive by Holly Jackson Sponsors: Nuuly - Get $20 off their first month at Nuuly.com with code BOP20. Better Help - Save 10% off your first month at Betterhelp.com/badonpaper Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's our final book club of the year! Today we're talking about The Cloisters by Katy Hays. We chat about which plot twists we saw coming in this atmospheric mystery (and which surprised us!), and also dive into our love for the historical mystery embedded in this book, which led us to talk about our feelings on historical fiction in general. Plus, we're sharing our own personal clairvoyant experiences. If you liked this book, you may enjoy The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Obsessions Olivia: Stutz on Netflix Becca: Her home printing setup What we read this week! Olivia: The Cloisters by Katy Hays Becca: Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli Sponsors Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to uncommongoods.com/BOP Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're catching up with friend of the pod (and former co-host) Grace Atwood! Grace shares everything she's been up to from buying a house to creating a shoe with Sarah Flint! We also share a few gift ideas for besties, coworkers, and more! Follow Grace on Instagram, thestripe.com, and her newsletter! Gift Guide For your work bestie - $20 Grace - A fun ornament from furbish studio or a nice mug Becca - Erin Condren custom notepads Olivia - A Today's Garbage notepad from The Tiny Tassel For your mom/mother-figure - $250 Grace - a cashmere wrap from Theory or Cuyana Becca - Air Fryer, Brightland Olive Oil, Tiny Tongs, Fredricks and Mae cutting board Olivia - Monica Vinader For your best friend - under $100 Grace - Face Cups from Tak Tak Goods Becca - A Hotel Lobby Candle and Piecework Puzzle, or a custom print of 5 favorite books Olivia - A Book Embosser from Etsy Guy gifts - under $100 Grace - Dagne Dover Tech Organizer Becca - Tushy Bidet Olivia - Sephora Cologne Sampler or Bombas socks Stocking stuffers - around $10 Grace - Ice roller, Translucent Post Its, True Red Pens Becca - Extra long phone charging cord Olivia - Silocon case for apple tv remtote Obsessions Becca: Tiktok Airfryer Chicken Wraps Olivia: Marc Fisher Izzie Boots What we read this week! Olivia: Bad Vibes Only by Nora McInerny Becca: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey This Month's Book Club Pick: The Cloisters by Katy Hays Sponsors: Better Help - Learn more and save 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week on the podcast we're chatting with Nora McInerny! Nora is the host of the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking and the author of five books, most recently Bad Vibes Only, a collection of essays that came out in October. With Nora, we take a walk down Tumblr memory lane and talk about how she decided to be so candid in her memoirs (and why she's done writing them) the difficulty of writing about topics like self-image and grief, cleaning out your notes app, making big life changes, and of course, we ask her for book recommendations. Nora's Current Reads A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry The Old Place by Bobby Finger On Nora's TBR The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live by Danielle Dreilinger Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation by Paris Marx Obsessions Becca - Piecework Puzzles: Psychadelicatessin Olivia - Owala Water Bottle What we read this week! Becca: Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score The Daydreams by Laura Hankin Olivia: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak This Month's Book Club Pick: The Cloisters by Katy Hays Sponsors: Nuuly - go to nuuly.com and enter the code BOP20 at sign up to get $20 off your first month. Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to uncommongoods.com/BOP. ZocDoc - Go to ZocDoc.com/BOP and download the ZocDoc app for FREE and start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, we're sharing our reviews on products that have gotten a lot of internet hype and answering the question: IS! IT! WORTH IT! Our listeners requested items in various categories they wanted our opinions on, and we're breaking down our thoughts from the cost of the item, how long we've used it, what we like/don't like about it, and how it compares to alternatives! We'd also like to stress that things do not equal happiness, and recommend reading this article about how money really affects your happiness if you'd like to think about this further! Most Requested items Stanley Thirst Quencher - $40 Dyson AirWrap - $599 Beauty: Augustinus Bader The Cream $280 Necessaire Skincare The Body Serum ($45), The Body Lotion ($28) Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter $46 Ice Roller $20; Jade Roller Thrive Mascara $25 (caliray Come Hell or High Water Volumizing Tubing Mascara is a great) Home: Always Pan $145 Dyson Vacuums $350 - $800 (Olivia loves the LG equivalent) Candles over $50 Clothing: Skims Fits Everybody High Waisted Thong 3 for $36 Birkenstock Clogs $120 Rothys Slip On Sneakers $119 Misc: Away Luggage Carry On $295 Airline Lounge Access Obsessions Olivia: Champion Men's Big/Tall Sweats Becca: Tiny Tongs What we read this week! Olivia: A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin Becca: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang This Month's Book Club Pick: The Cloisters by Katy Hays Sponsors: Nuuly - Get $20 off your first month at Nuuly.com with code BOP20. Better Help - Save 10% off your first month at Betterhelp.com/badonpaper. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're back with this month's three things—hopefully a new monthly-ish tradition. We each brought something fun, something productive, and we both wanted to talk about an album we've had on repeat. Becca's Three Things -Making a plan to vote: Go to vote.org to check your registration, find early voting locations, see what's on your ballot, and more! And for if you live in the state of New York, check out The Daily's episode about the New York Election. And for a laugh, check out this McSweeny's article -Ranking Thanksgiving Foods - (Here's Becca's favorite stuffing recipe) -Midnights Olivia's Three Things -Midnights -The Awakening by Kate Chopin -All There Is with Anderson Cooper Olivia's Lifetime Movie viewing: October Kiss (You can watch it) Pumpkin Pie Wars (Do not watch!) Obsessions Olivia: Quote from Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Becca: Baggu hand towels What we read this week! Olivia: The Awakening by Kate Chopin Becca: The ARC by Tory Henwood Hoen, It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover, We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman (out 11/8) This Month's Book Club Pick: The Cloisters by Katy Hays Sponsors: Hello Fresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/bop65 and use code bop65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Prose: Go to Prose.com/bop for your FREE in-depth hair consultation and 15% off. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're discussing our October Book Club Pick: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff. We talk about the theories we had while reading this book, what we did and didn't like, our thoughts on the ending, and play two calls from listeners sharing their thoughts. Content Warning: In this episode, we discuss the book's plotlines surrounding sexual assault & pedophilia, so if these themes may be upsetting to you, please take care and skip this episode and join us next week. National Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24/7 Support Chat online at online.rainn.org Call at 800-656-4673 Obsessions Olivia: Maintenance Phase Becca: Purple Anthropologie Coat What we read this week! Becca: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff, The ARC by Tory Henwood Hoen Olivia: The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney November's Book Club Pick: The Cloisters by Katy Hays Sponsors: ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the ZocDoc app for free and start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to uncommongoods.com/BOP. Better Help - Save 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/badonpaper. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're talking about the books we loved when we were growing up! We highlight our favorite books from Elementary, Middle, and High School, and hear from listeners about their favorites! Elementary School Olivia: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, Nancy Drew, The Dear America Series, Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Becca: Bridge to Terabithia, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Walk Two Moons, Babysitters Club Little Sisters Books, American Girl Doll books, and Choose Your Own Adventure Books. Listeners: Ghost in the Garden, The Ramona Books, Cam Jansen Mysteries, Ella Enchanted & Matilda, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Fudge Books by Judy Blume. Middle School Becca: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, The Giver by Lois Lowry Olivia: The Giver by Lois Lowry, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, and The Care and Keeping of You. Listeners: Sweet Valley High, The Clique, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, and The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. High School Olivia: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, and The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Becca: Sloppy Firsts, and a Book about The Skulls and Keys Listeners: The Myth of You and Me, Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, and The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong. Two more recent books that discuss our favorite books from growing up: Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss and We are the Baby-Sitters Club by Marisa Crawford and Megan Milks Obsessions Olivia - Being Home Becca - 2248 Number Puzzle Game What we read this week! Becca: The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe, November 9 by Colleen HooverOlivia: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett This Month's Book Club Pick: When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time for Three Things: our new series where we each bring three miscellaneous topics that we want to talk about, but don't need a full podcast episode to break down. This month's things include fall clothes shopping, walking desks, celebrity heights, and more! Becca's Three Things: Fall Clothes Shopping - @anindigoday on IG is great for how to apply new trends to your wardrobe, and Hillary Kerr's Newsletter provides some great inspiration too. Standing & Walking Desks - for some inspo about working&walking, check out @julesacree for inspiration! How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood via NYT Olivia's Three Things: The poor aging of What Not to Wear Guessing Celebrity Heights Her favorite books from high school - includes Specifically Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Agatha Christie, The Dear America Series, and The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Becca's fave includes The Sloppy Firsts Series by Megan McCafferty, The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney. Obsessions Becca: New iPhone 14 Pro Camera Olivia: Sunflow Beach Chairs What we read this week! Olivia: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russel, and Upgrade by Blake Crouch Becca: The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe This Month's Book Club Pick: When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff Sponsors: Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/badonpaper today to get 10% off your first month. Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to uncommongoods.com/BOP Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time for an advice episode! We're excited to answer your questions about staying motivated while writing a book, maintaining long-distance friendships, learning how to stop holding yourself back from dating, making big career changes, and more! Obsessions Becca: Custom legal pad Olivia: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman (out Nov. 8) What we read this week! Becca: In My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead, and It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Olivia: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman This Month's Book Club Pick: When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff (check content warnings on this one!) Sponsors: Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're so excited to finally discuss our delightful and surprising September Book Club Pick: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn! We share what we loved about this book, our thoughts on the rotating POV, which character we identified with the most, and our love for how the book addressed ageism. We also discuss our mixed feelings about the ending and if we could become CIA operatives. To learn more about the origins of this book, check out The Shit No One Told You About Writing Interview with Deanna Raybourn For the Art Heist Curious, check out: Fake by Erica Katz and The Lost Leonardo, and Last Seen. Check out this NYT Article: Millions of Followers? For Book Sales, 'It's Unreliable.' Obsessions Olivia: Free People Sweater Dress Becca: Lou & Grey Signaturesoft Sweatpants What we read this week! Becca: In My Dreams, I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead Olivia: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn This Month's Book Club Pick: When We Were Bright And Beautiful by Jillian Medoff (check content warnings on this one!) Sponsors: Uncommon Goods - To get 15% off your next gift, go to UncommonGoods.com/BOP Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/badonpaper today to get 10% off your first month Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're releasing our inner foliage sluts and soup fiends to talk about all things FALL! We discuss our favorite things about fall, and our favorite fall activities from weekends away to cozying up at home. We also had to share a robust list of candle recommendations. Olivia recommends Bath & Body Works candles in the scents Hometown Sugar Cookies Autumn Chai, White Pumpkin, Flannel, Lakeside Morning, and Leaves. Becca recommends Brooklyn Candle Studio's Apple Cider and Montana Forest, Le Labo's Santal 26, Maison Louis Marie No. 4 Balincourt, Hotel Lobby's Signature Candle (they have a fall candle coming out at the end of September!), and Yankee Candle's Sandal Balsam and Cedar. We also highly recommend Chappy Wrap and Barefoot dreams Blankets Favorite Fall Movies include Halloweentown, Hocus Pocus, Practical Magic, You've Got Mail, Gilmore Girls, Mermaids, and Autumn in New York if you're having a sad girl fall. Our Favorite Fall Reading includes City of the Lost by Kelly Armstrong, The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, The Magicians Series by Lev Grossman, and A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin. Fall Foods: Olivia's Soup Recipe and Chrissy Teigan's Stuffed Shells Click here to join this haunted boat tour. Share hyped products you want us to review in a future episode via DMing @badonpaperpodcast or emailing us at [email protected]. Obsessions Becca: Look Both Ways on Netflix, Breakfast by Dove Cameron Olivia: Birkenstock Bostons What we read this week! Becca: People Person by Candice Carty-Williams Olivia: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff, Jackal by Erin E. Adams (check content warnings before picking these up!) This Month's Book Club Pick: Killers of A Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Sponsors: ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the ZocDoc app for free. Then start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Tell Me Lies - Check out Tell Me Lies on Hulu and let us know what you think! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're excited to interview two English teachers about what books are taught in High School English classes right now. We chat about what books are in their current curriculum, how books get chosen, what books students get excited about, and what books outside the curriculum are popular with high school students right now. Mary's Books: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Emily Dickenson, Walt Whitman, Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue, and Antigone by Sophocles. Caroline's Books: Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Hunger Games by Susan Collins, and Harrison Burgeron by Kurt Vonnegut. Obsessions: Becca: Amazon Hair Clips, The Don't Worry Darling Drama What we read this week! Becca: The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Scandalized by Ivy Owens (Lauren from Christina Lauren) Olivia: The Measure by Nikki Erlick This Month's Book Club Pick: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Sponsors: Tell Me Lies: Check out Tell Me Lies, now streaming on Hulu and let us know what you think! Betterhelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/badonpaper today to get 10% off your first month. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're preparing for indoor time this fall and talking TV and Movie recommendations! Becca and Olivia share their recommendations, and our listeners call in to share their favorite shows and hidden gems! Olivia's TV Recs: Scripted: Yellowjackets, Severance, Under the Banner of Heaven, Starstruck, and Fleabag. Becca's TV Recs: Partner Track, Loot, Never Have I Ever, Tell Me Lies, Hacks, Ten Percent, and The Bear. Listener TV Recs: Trying, Minx, Crash Landing on You, Call your Agent!, Valeria, Minx, Everything I Know About Love, What We Do in the Shadows, Gilmore Girls, The Expanse, Love Island UK, Six Feet Under, A League Of Their Own, Abbott Elementary, The Great British Bake Off Movie Recs Becca: Not Okay, Vengeance, and Top Gun: Maverick Olivia: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Listeners: The Last Duel (check content warnings before watching!) and Cha Cha Real Smooth Obsessions Olivia: Orange Amazon dress (pleasant surprise) Becca: Sweat shorts (Lou & Grey; Amazon) What we read this week! Olivia: Reclaiming Body Trust by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant Becca: Now Is Not The Time To Panic by Kevin Wilson The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna How To Fall Out Of Love Madly by Jana Casale The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes This Month's Book Club Pick: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Sponsors: HelloFresh - HelloFresh.com/bop16 and use code BOP16 for 16 free meals across 7 boxes AND 3 free gifts. Prose - Go to Prose.com/bop for your FREE in-depth hair consultation and 15% off. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

So excited to discuss our August book club pick: You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. This lush romantic drama sparked a lot of conversation in our Facebook Group, and we share our differing feelings about the book as well! We also discuss why we think this book was so divisive, our thoughts on the characters' chemistry, how the theme of grief is explored, and what we thought about the ending. In this conversation we bring up author Akwaeke Emezi's interview with Elle, and To Be Black and Loved's You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty review! Obsessions Olivia: Cowboy boots Becca: New desk setup - Wireless Keyboard, Laptop Stand, Magic Trackpad What we read this week! Olivia: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Becca: Seoulmates by Susan Lee (out 9/20) If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang (out 10/11) Now Is Not The Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson (out 11/8) September Book Club Pick: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Sponsors: Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/badonpaper today to get 10% off your first month Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're talking about all things freelancing. We share when, why & how we made the decision to go freelance, what our work entails, and if we ever see ourselves going back to a full-time job. We also answer YOUR questions about freelance life including how much experience you need, how to find clients, and how we structure our schedules and stay motivated. We also get into all the money stuff: from how to set and negotiate your rates, the good, the bad, and the ugly of payment timing, how we save for taxes, how we deal with health insurance, and what we're doing for retirement planning. Curious about Oliva's Zero to Freelance Course and How to Pitch guide? Use code BADONPAPER for 60% off her offerings which you can learn more about here! (She'll be shutting it down on October 1, 2022!) Obsessions Becca: Ceramic cosmetic scooper stick (here's something similar on Amazon) A bonus thing we discussed today was Bug Bite Thing Everything we read this week! Olivia: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers Becca: The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner August's Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akweake Emezi Sponsors: Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE and start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Honeylove - Get 20% off your second item, PLUS an ADDITIONAL 10% off at Honeylove.com, with code BADONPAPER Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're taking body diversity in books with Jennifer Weiner, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen books, including That Summer, Big Summer, Mrs. Everything, Good in Bed, and an essay collection, Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing. Jennifer talks about her journey to becoming a best-selling author, what motivated her to feature women with different body types in her books, and the process of getting a visibly plus-size woman on book covers. We also ask Jennifer about how she decides what to write about, her newest book The Summer Place, and writing a book set in the time of COVID. Jennifer also shares her favorite Philly bookstores and her favorite recent reads. You can find Jennifer at @jenniferweinerwrites on Instagram, @jenweinerwrites on Tik Tok, Jennifer Weiner on Facebook, jenniferweiner.com, and get a signed copy of her books at Head House Books in Philadelphia Books Jennifer loves right now: When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jillian Medoff Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld Obsessions Becca: Anthropologie bracelet stack: Colorful Chicklet Bracelet, Pearly Heart Bracelet, and Colorful Tennis Bracelet Olivia: The Ghost Ship That Didn't Carry Us by Cheryl Strayed, Dear Sugar Column Some bonus things we talked about this week include Olivia's Mango Cucumber salad by What's Gaby Cooking and a Smashed Pickle Salad recipe from NYT cooking we both want to make ASAP. What we read this week! Becca: Killers of A Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (out Sept 6!) The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner Olivia: The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner, The Measure by Nikki Erlick This Month's Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Sponsors: Better Help - get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's finally time for another Q&A! We answer some quick questions about how we found our voices as writers, advice for balancing creative projects and a day job, how we answer the question "so what do you do for work?" We also dive into lengthier questions about our favorite books of the year, the backlist books we love, the best & worst parts of hosting a podcast, and more! Our favorite books of the year Becca: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Olivia: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, and Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka. Backlist books we love Becca: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Selection Series by Kiera Cass, A Discovery of Witches series by Deborah E. Harkness, A Million Junes by Emily Henry, and Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering Olivia: The Push by Ashley Audrain, Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, The One by John Marrs, The Whisper Man by Alex North, Good Girls' Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, and Room by Emma Donoghue. Becca's seltzer influencer updates Nixie Peach Iced Tea Seltzer (caffeinated) Spindrift Pineapple Our Favorite Candles Hotel Lobby Signature Candle Hotel Lobby Miami Candle Hotel Lobby Pride Candle Obsessions Olivia: Airfly Pro for flying with wireless headphones Becca: Sticky Tabs on Amazon What we read this week! Becca: Nora Goes off Script by Annabel Monaghan You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi The Counselors by Jessica Goodman Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (out September 6!) Olivia: Notes on an Execution by Dana Kukafa August Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Sponsors: Tradlands - Go to tradlands.com/badonpaper and use the code BADONPAPER20 for 20% off your order Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at prose.com/bop Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

For the final episode of our series about how a book gets made, we're talking all things marketing and publicity with Cristina Arreola, the senior marketing manager at Sourcebooks Landmark, and Ashley Winstead, the author of In My Dreams I Hold A Knife, Fool Me Once, and the forthcoming The Last Housewife. Cristina and Ashley answer our questions about at what point marketing gets involved in the publishing process, how publishers decide how much marketing support a book gets, what the author is responsible for when it comes to marketing and publicity, and how much input authors get on book covers. We also discuss the different marketing playbooks for an author's first book vs their following books, the importance of pre-orders, and the impact of book clubs and social media buzz. Find Cristina at @sourcebooks and @tinamariposa on Instagram. Find Ashley at @ashleywinsteadbooks on Instagram. Obsessions Becca - The Bear on Hulu Olivia - her niece's obsession with dinosaurs What we read this week! Becca - Portrait of A Thief by Grace D. Li Olivia - Every Summer After by Carley Fortune and Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka This Month's Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Sponsors: Better Help - get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's finally time to discuss our listener-picked Book Club selection: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus! We talk about our general feelings about the book, how we reacted to the moments of sexism in the 1960s setting, our thoughts on the main character, and the differing perspectives of the three key women in the book. We also discuss how we felt about the ending and since this book already has a TV adaptation in the works, we talk about our casting thoughts and hear from listeners about the characters they pictured. What the book reminds us of Where'd you go Bernadette by Maria Semple Radioactive Julia Child HBO Series Obsessions Becca - Trader Joe's Hold The Cone Mini Ice Cream Cones (also toffee bars) Olivia - Catfish (the documentary and TV Show) What we read this week! Becca: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Olivia: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine August's Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Sponsors: Zocdoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP to start your search for a top-rated doctor today Honeylove - Get 20% off your second item, plus an additional 10% off at Honeylove.com with code BOP. Tradlands - Go to tradlands.com/badonpaper and use code BADONPAPER20 for 20% off Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're BACK and continuing our series about how a book gets made! This week we're chatting with Amanda Bergeron, an executive editor at Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and Carley Fortune, the author of Every Summer After. Amanda breaks down the acquisition & publication process from the editor's end, how many submissions she receives, and what leads her to choose a book to work on. Carley shares her writing process from conception to submission, how she felt when she got her initial edit letter, and how much her manuscript changed from acquisition to publishing. We also ask them about how many rounds of edits they worked through together, what happens when they disagree on a change, and what makes a successful author/editor relationship. Find Carley Fortune at @carleyfortune on Instagram, carleyfortune.com, and get a signed copy of Every Summer After via Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston Texas. Books Carley and Amanda are Excited about The No-Show by Beth O'Leary A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia (Out July 26) Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Obsessions Becca: Paris, Perfected Burgundy Wines! Digit for a rainy day fund Olivia: Pod Meets World Podcast What we read this week Olivia: Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors by Sarah Stodola The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark Becca: Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore The Cloisters by Katy Hays (Out November 1) The Work Wife by Alison B Hart This Month's Book Club Pick: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Sponsors: Better Help - Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper True Bill - Start canceling unwanted subscriptions today at Truebill.com/BOP ReTold Recycling - Go to RetoldRecycling.com and get 10% off with code BOP10 on all Retold Bags and make recycling a part of your summer clean-up! Betches - Listen to @Betches on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're so excited to start our summer series about how a book gets made! This week we're talking all about book agents, from what they do to how authors find an agent in the first place. We brought on Taylor Haggerty, an agent at Root Literary representing commercial fiction for teens and adults, and Iman Hariri-Kia, writer and editor born and based in New York City whose debut novel A Hundred Others Girls will be published July 26th by Sourcebooks. We chat with Iman about her writing process for A Hundred Other Girls and how she found, queried, and picked out an agent to work with. Taylor explains an agent's role in the publishing process and shares her tips for choosing the right agent, how to regroup if you get passed on, and she gives us a sense of how much money an author can expect to make for a debut novel. You can find Iman at @imanharirikia on Instagram and @imanharirikia on Tik Tok You can find Taylor at @rootliterary on Instagram, rootliterary.com, and PublishersMarketplace.com Related to our conversation: Track Changes - First Draft with Sarah Enni Obsessions Becca: The Summer I Turned Pretty & The Time Traveler's Wife Olivia: My Sweet Dumb Brain email newsletter by Katie Hawkins-Gaar What we read this week! Olivia: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering Becca: Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand Counterfeit by Kristin Chen This Month's Book Club Pick: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Sponsors: Better Help - Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper Hello Fresh - Go to HelloFresh.com/BOP16 and use code BOP16 for up to 16 free meals and 3 free gifts Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today! Go to Prose.com/bop Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's FINALLY time to talk about Cover Story by Susan Rigetti! Also, we recommend reading this book spoiler-free, so if you haven't read it yet, read it then listen to this ep! This book was fun, juicy, and compulsively readable. We discuss our overall thoughts on the book, what we thought of the format, and of course, we have a much-needed discussion about the ending! Obsessions Becca: Fresh flowers - Peony season Olivia: The Deep End on Hulu My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang What we read this week! Olivia: Meant To Be Mine by Hannah Orenstein The It Girl by Ruth Ware This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey Becca: A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia (Out July 26!) The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand This Month's Book Club Pick: Sponsors: Tradlands - go to tradlands.com/badonpaper to shop and use code BADONPAPER for 20% off your order. Olive & June: visit Oliveandjune.com/Paper for 20% off your first Mani System. Better Help: get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're already halfway through the year and it's time for a 2022 goals check-in! Both Olivia and Becca share the personal and professional goals they set for this year, give an update on their progress, and discuss what they've learned along the way! Related to our convo: Check out the journal Olivia has been using here! Check out Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman Listen to Grace and Becca's previous Goals episode here! Obsessions Olivia: Supergoop Glowstick SPF 50 Becca: Hustle on Netflix What we read this week! Becca: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Reunion by Meghan Quinn Olivia: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin Groupies by Sarah Priscus (out July 12) Finlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano This Month's Book Club Pick: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti Sponsors: Night - take 20% off almost everything on their site at discovernight.com with code BADONPAPER ZocDoc - go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE to start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at Prose.com/bop. — Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Sign up for Oliva's newsletter here! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're discussing a topic we always get requests to cover, imposter syndrome! To help break things down, we brought on Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin, a licensed psychologist, executive coach, organizational consultant, and speaker. She recently gave a Ted X Talk about The Imposter Syndrome Parado, and is the co-author of Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life and the upcoming book, Your Unstoppable Greatness: Break Free From Imposter Syndrome, Cultivate Your Agency, and Achieve Your Ultimate Career Goals (out October 4)! We discuss how imposter syndrome became her area of focus, the imposter cycle, and how to deal with imposter syndrome throughout your career. Lisa also discusses why she's staunchly anti-'fake it til you make it.' You can find Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin on Linkedin at @drorbeaustin on Instagram and learn more about her course, masterclass, and more at dynamictransitionsllp.com. Obsessions Olivia: Vick's VapoCOOL Severe Cough Drops Becca: Boden Smocked Bodice Midi Dress Bonus: Becca's mini-high: Lava Nail Polish from Olive & June! What we read this week! Becca: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn The Reunion by Meghan Quinn Olivia: Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren Night Swim by Megan Goldin This Month's Book Club Pick: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (share your thoughts on the book with us at (843)-405-3157 or send a voice memo to [email protected]) Sponsors: Daily Harvest - go to dailyharvest.com/BOP to get up to forty dollars off your first box! Honeylove - get 20% off your second item, plus an additional 10% off at Honeylove.com, with code BOP Better Help - get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're (figuratively) ripping our skin off and talking about the books we're writing! This is an appetizer to a series we're planning to do this summer all about how a book gets made. We give a mini preview about what our books are about, and break down what our book writing process was like, from what made us finally start writing to what we wish we knew before we wrote our books. We also share the resources that helped us along our process and talk about what's coming next for our books! We also recap our long weekend trips and our feelings about hot dogs 🌭 Resources that helped us in our process: Becca: Books: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody, Story Genius by Lisa Cron, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Podcasts: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, First Draft with Sarah Enni Instagram Stories Highlights from Emily Henry; Hannah Orenstein; Jasmine Guillory Olivia: Newsletter: Agents & Books by Kate McKean Our Obsessions: Becca: Tretorn Nylite Original Sneakers in Leather Olivia: Darkness (AKA the sun going down) What we read this week: Becca: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (out Aug 30, 2022!) Olivia: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren This Month's Book Club Pick: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti Sponsors: Retold Recycling - go to retoldrecycling.com and get 10% off with code BOP10 on all Retold Bags to make recycling a part of your summer clean up! Night - go to discovernight.com and use code BADONPAPER (All one word) for 20% off almost everything on the site. Prose - take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're helping you build your summer reading list with recommendations from some of our favorite bookstagrammers! They each share two books they recommend we read this summer and answer a pressing question: If you could have a meal with any book character at any chain restaurant, which character and restaurant would you choose? Sarah's Picks: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett (esp for fans of Nothing To See Here) The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger (Out July 5) Find Sarah at @sarahsbookshelves Amber's Picks Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola (Out July 5) Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson Find Amber at @byamberburns and www.byamberburns.com Pheobe's Picks Every Summer After by Carley Fortune A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia (Out July 26) Find Phoebe at @readandwright Morgan's Picks You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Find Morgan at @nycbookgirl (and check out our last ep with morgan here!) Ashley's Picks Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Out July 5) Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore (Out June 14) Find Ashley at @ashleyspivey, @spiveysbookclub Becca's Picks Book Lovers by Emily Henry Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close Olivia's Picks Flying Solo by Linda Holmes (out June 14) The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead (Out August 16) (check content warnings for this one!) Obsessions Olivia: New Boden dresses Becca: Ten Percent via Amazon Prime What we read this week! Becca: I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close Olivia: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Out July 12) Cover Story by Susan Rigetti This Month's Book Club Pick: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti Sponsors: Olive and June: Visit OliveandJune.com/Paper for 20% off your first Mani System. Bad On Paper: get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/badonpaper. ZocDoc: go to Zocdoc.com/BOP to download the Zocdoc app for free and start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's finally time to talk about Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman! We loved this book and we're so excited to talk about it. We share our feelings and respond to listener calls about the book, its characters, its two timelines, and if we think the book accurately reflects how Hollywood operates today. We also talk about the celebs we pictured as Gabe Parker, Olivia shares her celebrity interview stories, and we defend our celebrity crushes. Obsessions Becca: Pineapple Spindrift Olivia: Birkenstock EVA Sandals (Becca also loves these foam faux Birkenstocks!) What we read this week! Olivia: This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins Cover Story by Susan Rigetti Becca: Flying Solo by Linda Holmes This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane June's Book Club Pick: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti Sponsors: Night: Go to discovernight.com and use code BADONPAPER for 20% off almost everything on the site, including all of their pillowcases. Tradlands: go to tradlands.com/badonpaper and use code BADONPAPER (all caps) for 20% off your order. Prose: Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at Prose.com/bop. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.