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Summer is pretty much here, so we're gathering bookish friends to talk about the books they're excited to read this season! Olivia's books I Shouldn't Be Telling You This by Chelsea Devantez. (June 4) Youthjuice by EK Sathue (June 4) Becca's Books Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors (September 3) When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelsonv (September 24) Lyndsay Rush's books Sandwich by Catherine Newman (Out June 18) Should We Go Extinct? By Todd May (Out August 6) Her poetry collection, A Bit Much, is out September 17 Alisha Ramos's books Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (June 11) The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Out July 2) Grace Atwood's books One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin (Out June 18) The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (Out June 18) Caroline Chambers' books Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff Her book, What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking, is out August 13 Tembe Denton-Hurst's books Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs Godwin by Joseph O'Neill Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg Her book Homebodies is out now! Obsessions Becca: Hamptons Hotel Lobby Candle + Tiny Tates Olivia: Jocie B ASMR What we read this week Becca: The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell and The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl This Month's Book Club Pick - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Earth Breeze - go to earthbreeze.com/bop to cut out single-use plastic in your laundry room and claim forty percent off your subscription. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence and see her on her book tour! Find dates and details here. Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time to talk about The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley! We talk about our thoughts on the book's love story, the real-life historical inspiration, what we thought of the ending, and more! Obsessions: Olivia - Lance the local toad Becca - A customer service experience with Windmill Air What we've read this week: Becca - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari and The Ministry of Time Olivia - The Ministry of Time This Month's Book Club Pick - Such A Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Book of the Month - Get your first book from Book of The Month for $5 with code PETALS at bookofthemonth.com Magical Overthinkers - Tune into Magical Overthinkers wherever you get your podcasts. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence and see her on her book tour! Find dates and details here. Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're talking phone habits and setting boundaries with our devices with Leslie Stephens, creator of the popular newsletter Morning Person and author of You're Safe Here, out June 25, 2024. Books Leslie recommends about setting phone boundaries Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier How to Break Up with Your Phone Catherine Price Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle Stolen Focus by Johann Hari If you liked this ep, you may also like the Search Engine Podcast episode Is there a sane way to use the internet? Obsessions Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter Olivia - Chappel Roan performing Casual at Coachella What we read this week Olivia - Annie Bot by Sierra Greer Becca - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari This Month's Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Magical Overthinkers - tune into Magical Overthinkers wherever you get your podcasts. Such a Bad Influence - pre-order Olivia's book Such a Bad Influence, out June 4! AND see her on her book tour! Find dates and details below. Olivia's Such A Bad Influence Book Tour! June 6, 6:00 PM - Main Point Books, Wayne PA In conversation with Kirsten and Jackie of @BeyondTheBookends June 9, 1:00 - 3:00 PM - Rough Draft, Kingston NY Signing & Meet/Greet June 11, 7:00 PM - Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg FL. In conversation with Ayana Lage June 12, 7:00 PM - Itinerant Literate at Madra Rua Irish Pub, Charleston SC. In conversation with Grace Atwood June 13, 6:30 PM - Elm Street Books at Rosie Cafe in New Canaan CT w/ Carola Lovering June 26, 12:00 PM - Bryant Park Reading Room, New York NY June 27, 6:00 PM - Liquid Fables Book Club, Beacon NY July 28, 3:00 PM - 518 Craft Book Club, 518 Craft in Troy, NY August 17 - Avalon Library, Avalon NJ with Colleen McKeegan Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

By popular demand, we're diving deep into Taylor Swift with Sarah Chapelle, the creator of the blog and Instagram account @taylorswiftstyled. Sarah's Things Include: The Jack Antonoff Cinematic Universe Fashion as Easter Eggs and Red Herrings AI Songs Her book Taylor Swift Style comes out on October 8! Obsessions: Becca - Last Stop Larrimah Olivia - Albanese Gummy Bears Books: Olivia - Wellness by Nathan Hill Becca - Filterworld by Kyle Chayka This Month's Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Osea - Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BOP at OSEAMalibu.com Framebridge - Visit Framebridge.com or a local Framebridge store to get started and custom frame just about anything Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're sharing our Three Things! From movies to comfort shows (to discomfort shows) and more! Becca's things @Lucyontheground's Romcom Mash Sundays on IG. Spice World Gilmore Girls Olivia's things The Swan Last Stop Larrimah Self Promotion Obsessions: Olivia: Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter Becca: Our BOP Terrence Sticker! Books: Becca: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Olivia: All The Summers In Between by Brooke Lea Foster This Month's Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Book of the Month - Get your first book from Book of The Month for $5 with code PETALS at bookofthemonth.com Prose - get your FREE consultation, then 50% off at PROSE.com/bop. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're talking Things with Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After, and This Summer Will Be Different, out May 7, 2024. Carley's Three Things Are: Spring Dressing Our relationship with social media (sparked by "Is there a sane way to use the internet" episode of Search Engine) Her 3rd book This Summer Will Be Different, and Anne of Green Gables. Also…we finally have MERCH! Obsessions: Becca: Just Bare Spicy Chicken Nuggets Olivia: Diet Coke/Coke Zero Tall Boys Reading: Olivia: Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall This Month's Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Book of the Month - Get your first book from Book of The Month for $5 with code PETALS at bookofthemonth.com Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book's magical realism, debate if we'd consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more! Obsessions Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen Olivia: "You're Not The Only One I Know" by The Sundays What we read this week Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects by KT Hoffman Olivia: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18), Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle This Month's Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com and use promo code BOP for an exclusive 35% off. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we're taking this week to catch up on LIFE! Substacks we're into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris. (Also if anybody can relate to Olivia's low, here's a link to that Critter Catcher) Obsessions Olivia: Duluth women's gardening overalls Becca: ilovemahj.com What we read this week Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood Olivia: Till Death Do Us Part Laurie Elizabeth Flynn out Aug 13 This Month's Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Prose - Get your free consultation and 50% off at prose.com/bop Osea - Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BOP at OSEAMalibu.com Framebridge - Visit Framebridge.com or a local Framebridge store to get started and custom frame just about anything. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We're back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE! Olivia's Things The Charmin toilet paper redesign (and the mundane parts of life we'd want to give a makeover) What you'd want to erase your brain to read/watch 'for the first time'. (Ours are The Newsroom, The Idea of You, the Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers Video, Project Hail Mary) Common bucket list items we have zero interest in. Becca's Things This Facebook ad Becca got the other day. (Feat. @myfriendpaige of the My Friend Podcast) TV highlight: Becca's is Loot and Olivia's is Seeking Sister Wife | TV Lowlight: Becca's is Starstruck and Olivia's is The Regime Recommendation culture Obsessions Olivia: Spiced Pumpkin Patchouli candle by Bath & Body Works Becca: Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette What we read this week Becca: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins Olivia: Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss This Month's Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com and use promo code BOP for an exclusive 35% off. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more! We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead! Jo's Things Cold Plunging Costco Underwear Teaching herself how to make cannoli Obsessions Olivia: Harry's Grove Body Wash Becca: Brooklyn Best Peach Iced Tea What we read this week Becca: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez Olivia: This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer This Month's Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com) Sponsors Cozy Earth - Use code BOP for 35% off at cozyearth.com. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Pre-order Olivia's Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter! Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.