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For our November Book Club we read Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu. This book is exactly what we needed as we are both missing travel, meeting new people, and big events like weddings! The story follows Tina Das, a Brooklynite who is traveling to India with her divorced parents and her best friend to attend a cousin’s lavish wedding. Both Tina and her father are looking for love while on their trip, with some pretty mixed results. This book was such a fun read that will have you laughing, and, if you’re like us, wanting to be best friends with the main character.   Also tune in Friday for a bonus episode with the author! Join us in the FB group and let us know what you think of the book, and let’s talk about other book characters you’d want to be best friends with!   Instagram: @duexmoi @claudehome Obsessions: Malin + Goetz Cannabis Candle Aerie Loungewear Quarter Zip Sweater Waffle Sweater Dogs wearing sweaters pj bottoms What We’re Reading: The Cousins  by Karen McManus (out Dec 1) Simmer Down by Sarah Smith Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi A Promised Land by Barack Obama The 12 Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss Sponsor: Night: Shop the Black Friday Sale early go to discovernight.com and get 30% off with code BOP30 at checkout. Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Welcome to our holiday gift guide episode with Caroline Moss. Caroline is the host of “Gee Thanks, Just Bought it,” a podcast about all things shopping. Her podcast explores the fun things she and her guests have found on the internet, bought, and loved. We are big fans and think you’ll like it too! We talk about what we’re eyeing on Black Friday, plus gift ideas for moms, best friends, kids, and the office secret santa. We hope this episode gives you some great gift ideas (we certainly checked a few people off our list while recording!).   Mom or Mother in-law Gift Recs: The Revlon One Step Volumizer Barefoot Dreams Cardigan CBD Bath Soaks from Equilibria or Lord Jones Four Seasons Hotel Robe Dr. Bader Face Cream Night Pillow (use code BOP30 for 30% off in November) 10 Foot Phone Charger Mophie Battery   Sister or Best Friend Recs: Olive & June manicure and pedicure full sets Natori Shangri La Robe and Print Fresh Robes Byredo Tree house Candle Le Labo Santal 26 Candle  Brooklyn Candle Company Maison Louis Marie no. 4 Candle Diptique Baies Candle Thymes Candle Fraiser fir Headspace Meditation Gift Card Dusen Dusen Towels Klur Body Oil Embroidered pillow from Jonathan Adler or Furbish   For someone else’s child Gift Recs: Little piano with microphone Magnatiles Squishy light up ball Gap Kids Leather Jacket Monica + Andy Christmas pajamas   Under $20 secret Santa Gift Recs: The Lexon Mino The Luv Scrub Necessaire eucalyptus body wash Big Macs and Burgundy Book The Hyper Chiller The Delancey Collective Resin coasters and Barrettes (code: GEETHANKS will get you 20% off)   More Caroline: Gee Thanks, Just Bought It Podcast https://www.geethanksjustboughtit.com/ Join the Facebook Group @geethanksjustboughtitpod Instagram: @skaijoglo @douglasemhoff @ronanbouroullec Obsessions: Dash & Lilly on Netflix The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix Cuup Bras Southern Charm Season 7 What We’re Reading: Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren The Cousins  by Karen McManus (out Dec 1) Ralph Lauren Coffee Table Book Headliners by Lucy Parker The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune November Book Club: Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu Sponsor: Kassatex: Go to kassatex.com and take 20% off sitewide with code BOP20. HelloFresh: Go to hellofresh.com/BOP90 and use code BOP90 to get $90 off your first box and free shipping! Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Elizabeth Holmes, the author of HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style joins us to talk about royal fashion moments and her new book. Elizabeth shares the analytical lens she uses to observe and report on royal style, thinking about the message behind the clothes just as much as their glamour. We dig into the writing process, photo selection, and her favorite royal outfits (and missteps!). She also shares how recent conversations around race and racism have impacted how she covers Meghan and royal style overall.    More Elizabeth: @eholmes HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style Instagram: @dannypeligrino @threebirdsrennovations Obsessions: Alice Chicolini The Undoing on HBO Ilia Mascara What We’re Reading: Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee Anxious People by Fredrick Backman Take a Hint, Dani Brown byTalia Hibbert In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren Pretty Things  by Janelle Brown November Book Club: Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu Sponsor: Night: Grab the Black Friday Sale early go to discovernight.com and get 30% off with code BOP30 at checkout. Bombas: So give a pair of socks when you buy a pair and get 20% off your first purchase bombas.com/BOP Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

For today’s episode, in honor of the cooler temps coming our way, we are sharing our favorite TV shows and movies. Hopefully this list will make your winter quarantine a little more entertaining! We have both found that being inside more has led us both to watching a lot more TV than movies. We still stick to our fav genres- Becca almost exclusively watches Rom Coms, and Grace likes anything with secret agents or lawyers, and of course documentaries!  Differences aside, we can both agree that we really do love an old person romance… especially when Nancy Meyers is behind it. We have found a lot of joy in watching our favorite shows from childhood, college, and now to help beat the blues of being stuck inside.   Favorite Childhood Shows: Anne of Green Gables Avonlea Saved by the Bell Gilmore Girls Dawson’s Creek 90210   What we are watching in quarantine: The Politician Love Life Dr. Foster The Morning Show White Collar New Girl Episodes Dead to Me Scandal Never Have I Ever
   Grace’s All Time Favorites: Gilmore Girls Sex in the City  Game of Thrones West Wing Suits White Collar You   Becca’s All Time Favorites: 30 Rock The Good Place Parks and Recreation Gossip Girl   Current TV Shows to check out: Younger The Bold Type Emily in Paris   Other TV Shows Mentioned: Covert Affairs Jack Ryan   Movies Series to pass the time: The Oceans movies Back To the Future Trilogy Harry Potter   Becca’s go-to Rom Coms: Morning Glory About Time Set it Up Always be my Maybe No Strings Attached The Wedding Year Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist   Grace’s go-to Movies: She’s Out of Control Can’t Buy Me Love Working Girl The Intern Something’s Gotta Give It’s Complicated Home Again The Holiday   Becca’s Favorite Childhood Movies: Mermaids The Air Up There Romeo & Juliet That Thing You Do   Grace’s Favorite Childhood Movies: The Neverending Story Princess Bride BIG Sleepless in Seattle Aladdin The Mighty Ducks   Documentaries: One of Us Cuban Food Stories Jiro Dreams of Sushi   Favorite Recent Films 1917 The High Note   Potential New Favorite Rom Com (will report back!) The Holidate Instagram: @lindsaysilb @yasminecheyenne Obsessions: Icy Hot Patches Printfresh Robe Goldune What We’re Reading: Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite  The Unravelling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal Anxious People by Fredrick Backman November Book Club: Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu Sponsor: Uncommon Goods: To get 15% off your first gift go to uncommongoods.com/bop Prose: Go to prose.com/BOP for your free in-depth hair quiz and 15% off your order. Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Alexis Daria is a native New Yorker, award winning author, celeb sighting specialist, who wrote our October Book Club pick, You Had Me at Hola. We get the inside scoop on her choice to write about the world of telenovelas and the ways that her own family mirrors the characters in the story. We learn more about the changes happening in the Romance genre from both the publishing and the consumer side. We get a peek into her writing process and how she writes such steamy sex scenes! We also get her favorite open door sex scene book recs, LatinX romance recs, and more.  More Alexis: @alexisdaria  on twitter  @alexisdaria on Instagram alexisdaria.com newsletter sign up on her website The Dance Off Series by Alexis Daria Favorite Open Door Sex Scene Book Recs: The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa Uptown Girl Series by Joanna Shupe Girl Meets Duke Series by Tessa Dare Toxic Desire by Robin Lovett  LatinX Romance Writer Recs: Priscilla Oliveras  Mia Sosa Adriana Herrera Zoey Castille Sabrina Sol Sponsor: Hello Fresh:  Go to hellofresh.com/80BOP and use code 80BOP to get $80 off your first box and free shipping! Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

For this month’s book club, we read  You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria. This is the story of Jasmine Lin Rodriguez, the lead actress of the telenovela “Carmen in Charge.” She plans to swear off men and follow her Leading Lady Plan, but her plan is compromised when she falls for her co-star, Ashton Suarez. They want to keep things private, but the paparazzi makes this impossible, causing a lot of strain on their budding relationship. This was essentially a RomCom about a RomCom (peak Becca genre), and we had a lot to talk about! This book is steamy in all the right places, while still tackling some more serious issues (LatinX underrepresentation in the film/TV world, consent). Though both characters make some arguably bad decisions, and kept some big secrets, we stood by them til the end and really enjoyed this book. We loved this book, and hope you did too, let’s talk more in the FB group! And come back tomorrow for a special bonus episode with the author. Obsessions: Mifa & Co Shower Gel Mifa & Co Mood Mist Schitts Creek Instagram: @hicailtinreilly We’re Reading: Love and Other Contagious Diseases (Name was changed to The White Coat Diaries for publication) by Maddi Singha Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite  Sponsor: Night: Go to discovernight.com and get 20% off with code BOP20 at checkout. Betterhelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting betterhelp.com/badonpaper. Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week it’s Grace’s turn in the hot seat. Becca is getting the answers to all of your most burning questions: will she get another cat? What are her trash person tendencies? How does she find new artists? What was working with Amazon the Drop like? We also learn more about her life as the oldest of three sisters, dealing with being laid off, saving habits, her fall skincare routine, and more.   Grace’s Fall Skincare Routine:  Farmacy’s Green Clean Cleansing Balm Klur Gel Cleanser Farmacy Green Toner Biossance Phyto Retinol Shani Darden Retinol Olay Retinol 24 Max - coming out soon! Biossance Lactic Acid Farmacy Honeymoon Glow Dr. Bader Face Cream   Grace’s Favorite Artists: Catherine Howe Hunt Slonem Kathleen Bradford Gina Julian By Melvin G   Obsessions: Love Life on HBO Max Whiled puzzles Instagram: @loveclothblog We’re Reading: Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover Cobble Hill by Cecily von Ziegesar Now That I Found You by Kristina Forest Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Tretheway Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell   October Book Club: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Sponsor: Betterhelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting betterhelp.com/badonpaper. Hello Fresh:  Go to hellofresh.com/80BOP and use code 80BOP to get $80 off your first box and free shipping! Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Disclosure: This episode is NOT sponsored by Bath & Body Works. We wish it was, but sadly that is not the case. This week, we are joined by our “fall correspondent,” Olivia Muenter. A Fall themed episode was highly requested, and we knew Olivia would be the perfect person to join us! Olivia is a writer, editor, and digital content creator. She’s also a massive B&BW candle aficionado. We talk fall recipes, getaways, decor, movies, books and of course.. CANDLES. If you are wondering what all of Olivia’s favorite fall candle scents are, you are in the right place. We have been influenced and ordered Leaves and Flannel while recording the episode. Guess we will see if they live up to the hype!   More Olivia: @oliviamuenter oliviamuenter.com   Bath & Body Works Candle Recs: Leaves Flannel Caramel Pumpkin Swirl Apple Picking Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Balsam Fraser Fir Fresh Linen Vanilla Bean   Olivia’s Fall Book Recs:  City of the Lost by Kelly Armstrong Verity by Colleen Hoover   Olivia’s Fall Movie Recs: NXIVM Doc - The Vow on HBO You’ve Got Mail Harvest Love Love, Fall and Order Virgin River   More Fall Recs: All for Fall & Halloween FB Group LL Bean Slipper Boots Obsessions: Jennifer at Press Massage Neck Hammock Mike Press Soul Cycle Instructor Vodka Sauce from Grilled Cheese Social Instagram: @richauntiesupreme @drunkauntoverseas @mafarina We’re Reading: Save the Cat Strikes Back by Blake Snyder Screenplay by Syd Field Making a Good Script Great by Linda Seger Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover The Girl with The Louding Voice by Abi Duray Cobble Hill by Cecily von Ziegesar Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Boudain October Book Club: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Sponsor: Night: Go to discovernight.com and get 20% off with code BOP20 at checkout. Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Yvanna Cancela represents Nevada’s 10th district in the State Senate, and is the first latina to ever serve in the chamber. Today she joins us to share all the ways you can *still* get involved and make a difference this election. With the election coming SO SOON it’s important to get clarity on the process and the ways that you can donate your time (or money) to help the causes you care about.    As the first ever latina to serve in the State Senate, Yvanna is wildly aware of the gender and racial representation problems our country faces and strives to elevate diverse voices in politics, because that truly is the only way the country will progress toward equality. We discuss how to get involved in battleground states, voting strategies, researching candidates, which races she is watching closely, and why she backs Joe Biden for President.    About Bad on Politics: Bad on Politics is a monthly bonus episode where we invite a guest expert to help us break down a political topic. We get it, politics is confusing and there's a anxiety-inducing amount of news coverage to follow. So, we're here to ask the "dumb" questions so you don't have to. We want to break things down so you can understand what's going on and make an informed opinion.   For more info: To learn more about getting involved in Nevada: NVdems.com/events To learn more about each state’s phone/text bank initiatives: joebiden.com Please Vote!: iwillvote.com Yvanna on Twitter: @yvannacancela

Today’s guest was a huge get for the podcast… JK, it’s Becca! Last December, we took turns interviewing each other and had such a great time doing it that we decided to do it again. So today, Becca is in the hot seat; answering all of your questions about life, career, family, friendships, and quarantine. We also get the RomComPods origin story. Other burning questions: will she ever get a dog? Would she write an Idea of You FanFic? A book about organization? Could she see herself as a full time Rom Com writer? And of course, she lists her favorite books of 2020, favorite podcasts, favorite British chick lit books, Brooklyn restaurants, and more.   Becca’s Top 5 favorite Books of 2020: Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi One to Watch By Kate Stayman-London You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Open Book by Jessica Simpson (Audiobook) A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J Maas   Becca’s Top 3 British Chick Lit:  Who’s that Girl By Mhairi McFarlane Would like to Meet by Rachel Winters You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me By Sarra Manning More recs in Becca’s Amazon Shop   Becca’s Podcast Recs: Girl’s Gotta Eat w/ Elizabeth Warren The Financial Confessions Be There in Five   Becca’s Favorite Restaurants in Brooklyn: Aurora Have & Meyer OTB Rabbithole Lilia Obsessions: Ice Roller amazon Hot Merch For Biden Bombchel Instagram: @adrienmillerart @emmaberyl (Becca’s decorator) We’re Reading: Empire High Untouchables by Ivy Smoak They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Boudain October Book Club: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Sponsor: Care of: 50% your first order at takecareof.com/bop50 with offer code BOP50 at checkout.. Join our FB group for amazing book recs & more! Like and subscribe to RomComPods. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit Grace’s blog, The Stripe. New posts daily! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Grace on Instagram @graceatwood and Becca @beccamfreeman.