//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~895274441663d7b75c125b1d554032758119d7098d2fa21f790a0f0226acca4c Your new internet besties give you a weekly dose of books, banter, and folks you should be following. Join 30-something reading enthusiasts and real-life best friends Grace Atwood and Becca Freeman every month for a book club featuring a read they promise you won’t be able to put down. In between, they’re joined by guests for conversations on careers, dating, fashion, and more. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:24:48 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46395/2023-gift-guide-with-my-sister-made-me-buy-it.mp3 Happy gift guide season! This week we’re talking all things gifts with Sarah of @my.sister.made.me.buy.it , an account full of fashion, undergarment, blanket, travel, and pen recommendations. We share gift ideas for BFFs, Co-Workers, Significant Others, Tweens, People who have everything, and what we’d gift ourselves!    Our Picks: BFF - Rainbow Splash Cups from Coming Soon , Fancy Friend Dates, Colorful/fancy matches + match strikers Co-worker/casual acquaintance - 5 $1 scratch-off tickets + Le Pens, Kaweco pens , Inside Joke merch + DIY work kit. Significant other/spouse - Concert/Comedy tickets, Framed objects from Framebridge , Flaviar Whiskey Advent Calenda r The Person Who Has Everything - Let’s Eat by Grossy Pelosi or More is More by Molly Baz ,  Sweater Shaver , The Sleep Crown ,  Stocking stuffer - Amazon hair clips , Tate’s Bake Shop Cookie Bark , Microstitch , Identity protection stamps Self - Missoma Jelly Heart Charm Bracelet , Bose Qui... Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:00:38 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46395/2023-gift-guide-with-my-sister-made-me-buy-it.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46270/whats-on-our-nightstand.mp3 Lotion! Books! Earplugs! Dried-up contact lenses! This week, we’re talking about our nightstand essentials from the things that improve our nighttime routine to the things that are just weird.    Olivia’s Nightstand: Weleda Skin Food , Aquaphor stick , books (currently: Rooms of Our Own by Louise Pennington , Talking at Night by Claire Daverley , The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue ), Necessaire Body Serum , a pile of dried contacts, glasses, claw clip graveyard, water bottle graveyard.     Becca’s Nightstand: Gold Bond Crepe Corrector, Ring Dish from West Elm , Retainers, Tatcha Lip Mask , Laneige Lip Mask , Goop Night Cream (discontinued), Ear Plugs, Diptyque Rose Candle , Ahava baby eczema cream , Amazon Alarm Clock , Amazon sleep mask , Globe bedside sconce (old/unavailable), Princess flashlight.   Listener Nightstand essentials include reading lights, mouth tape , micellar water , Stanley water bottle , Lush Sleepy Lotion ,  Eye Bra E... Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:30:28 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46270/whats-on-our-nightstand.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46145/november-2023-three-things.mp3 Time for a fun batch of Things! Three from each of us, to be exact.    Olivia’s Things What are your holiday vibes for 2023? Opinions on New Year’s Eve as a Holiday Is long hair cheugy now?   Becca’s Things Becca’s new favorite kitchen tool - a garlic-chopper The Woman in Me by Britney Spears What are your glimmers?   Obsessions Olivia - Geneva! Becca - Knitting   What we read this week! Olivia: You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose   B: 1,000 Words by Jami Attenberg (out 1/9); The Woman in Me by Britney Spears   This Month’s Book Club Pick -  The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman   (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)   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! 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Wed, 08 Nov 2023 07:48:28 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46145/november-2023-three-things.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46018/nanowrimo-qa-with-literary-agent-carly-watters.mp3 To celebrate the start of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) we’re chatting with Carly Watters , SVP and Senior Literary Agent at P.S Literary and co-host of The Shit No One Tells You About Writing Podcast!   We ask Carly about trends in fiction, how to know when a manuscript is ready, how book deals are made, if it actually is harder than ever to sell a book right now, and more!    Books about writing Carly recommends  On Writing by Stephen King    Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses   Obsessions Olivia - Tayvis (Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce) Becca -  A Thing or Two’s October 9 Episode: Rats, Rain Clogs, and Romance , Birkenstock Boston Clogs    What we read this week Olivia - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff  Becca - Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan (out 11/14)   This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice... Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:37:52 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/46018/nanowrimo-qa-with-literary-agent-carly-watters.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45900/the-quiet-tenant-book-club.mp3 This week we’re talking about our October Book Club Pick, The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon ! We talk about Becca’s expectations of the book vs what her thoughts were reading, our thoughts on the second person narration, how the book centered the women in this story, if the ending surprised and satisfied us, and more!    Trigger warning for sexual assault in this book, so please skip it if you’re not in a place to listen!    Obsessions Becca - Jessica Yellin’s newsletter; Under the Desk News Olivia - Past Lives    What we read this week! Becca - Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland , Throwback by Maurene Goo , The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon   November’s Book Club Pick - The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman (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 Nuuly - Take $20 off your first month of Nuuly when you sign up with... Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:27:05 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45900/the-quiet-tenant-book-club.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45777/spooky-sesason-reads-with-ashley-winstead.mp3 This week we’re diving into spooky season with a fellow fall fanatic, Ashley Winstead ! We talk about her newest book Midnight Is the Darkest Hour , our enthusiasm for fall, 12-foot skeletons, and we all share some Halloween-season book recs!   Psychological Thriller Book Recs Olivia - None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Ashley - If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio , Bad Habits by Amy Gentry    Books Too scary to read with the lights out Ashley - Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine Olivia - Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam      Cozy but Still Autumnal Books Ashley - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna , The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare , Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper , Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman , Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman , Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen ,  Becca - A Million Junes by Emily Henry , The Cloisters by Katy Hays   Wildcard Fall Reads Olivia -... Wed, 18 Oct 2023 05:11:34 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45777/spooky-sesason-reads-with-ashley-winstead.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45673/a-q4-qa.mp3 This week, we’re answering your questions about Q4 goals, fall checklists, Olivia’s house updates, TCOC tiny tongs enthusiasts, writing advice, Starbucks orders and SO! MUCH! MORE!    Our favorite back catalog episodes  Our Goals episodes (check out our 2023 goals and our 2023 goals check-in!) Summer Reading Roundups! Olivia’s First Episode  Pre Olivia: Elizabeth Gilbert Episode   Hidden Gem Books (With Listener Recs!)    Obsessions Olivia: Hyperfixation lunch  Becca: Champers Social Club on Crosby St in SoHo   What we read this week! Becca: Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (out March 5) Olivia: Go As A River by Shelly Read (learn more about her story on the Writers on Writing Podcast !)   This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon (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 Nuuly - Take $20 off your firs... Wed, 11 Oct 2023 05:32:23 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45673/a-q4-qa.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45555/three-things-october-2023.mp3 It’s Three Things time! This week we’re talking about the Instagram ads that haunt us, Lauren Groff’s writing process, being a teenage girl, and more!    Becca’s 3 Things Instagram ads that haunt us Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts and the grown-up teen girl phenomenon  Retellings in fiction    Olivia’s 3 Things Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift The New York Times’s profile of Lauren Groff  The New York Times’s article about being 13 today    Obsessions Olivia: Shit That I Knit Crew Neck Sweater Becca: Love at First Sight on Netflix (based on the book by Jennifer E. Smith )   What we read this week! Becca: Meet the Benedettos by Katie Cotungo (out 12/5) Olivia: Georgie, All Along: An Uplifting and Unforgettable Love Story Kate Clayborn , The Only One Left by Riley Sager , Yellowface by RF Kuang , Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering (out March 2024)   This Month’s Book Club Pick -   The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon (have thought... Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:13:52 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45555/three-things-october-2023.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45456/tom-lake-book-club.mp3 It’s time for the September book club and we’re discussing Tom Lake by Ann Patchett . We dive into our opinions on the writing, the mother/daughter dynamics, the reveals that surprised us, and the “Tom Lake” moments in our own lives.    Also, Becca’s book is out NOW!!!   Obsessions Olivia:  Her playlist called ‘Songs for Staring at the Ocean & Feeling emo’ Becca: @nymetroweather on IG   What we read this week! Becca: The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters Olivia: The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon , The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman ,   Tom Lake by Ann Patchett , Happiness Falls by Angie Kim   This Month’s Book Club Pick - (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 NUULY - get $20 off your first month of Nuuly when you sign up with the code BOP20 at nuuly.com.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! ... Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:31:36 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45456/tom-lake-book-club.mp3 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45346/how-beccas-book-got-made.mp3 This week we’re recapping an accomplishment three years in the making: Becca’s book: The Christmas Orphans Club ! To get a full overview of the process, we’re joined by her agent Allison Hunter and her editor Marie Michels. So grab your favorite festive bev and get ready for the behind-the-scenes story!   Obsessions Olivia - “All-American Bitch” by Olivia Rodrigo  Becca - Gilmore Girls & The Morning Show   What we read this week! Becca - Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead Olivia - None of This is True by Lisa Jewell    This Month’s Book Club Pick - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (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. NUULY -  Go to nuuly.com and enter the code BOP20 and sign up to get $20 off your first month.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book re... Wed, 20 Sep 2023 05:35:23 +0000 https://www.livewriters.com/podcast-download/45346/how-beccas-book-got-made.mp3