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Bel Canto Book Club

Release Date: 10/30/2024

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October Book Club is here! It's time to share our feelings about . We covered our reading experience, the real-life stories that inspired the book, side characters we loved, and if we enjoyed the controversial epilogue, and more! If you liked this book, you may like ! Obsessions Olivia: Andrew Garfield (shoutout to his ) Becca: What we read this week Olivia: , , and 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 [email protected]) Sponsors Cozy Earth...

A Moving Retrospective

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This week, we’re reflecting on Olivia’s move to the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York! Covering everything from why she chose the location, house renovation updates, how to make friends in a new place, and when the house started to feel like a home. Obsessions Olivia - watching Real Housewives on a plane (Specifically Orange County and Salt Lake City) Becca - What we read this week Becca - , Olivia - 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...

The Great Read-Alike Roundup

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In celebration of our backlist fall, we’re dedicating this episode to sharing our recommendations for what to read if you want to capture the energy of a popular book! Romance If you liked , you may like and If you like , you may like and books by ! If you like you may like and If you liked , you may like , , , and Thriller/Mystery If you liked , you may like , and If you liked , you may like If you liked , you may like If you liked , you may like Book Club , you may like , you may like , , and , and Fantasy If you liked , you may like ...

How the Pod Sausage Gets Made

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Have you ever wondered how we choose episode topics? Our intentions behind our book club picks? Our dream guests? How we want to grow the podcast? This is the episode for you! We’re sharing all the details about how our podcast sausage gets made. Obsessions Olivia: Becca: Diddy conspiracy TikTok What we read this week Olivia: 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 [email protected]) Sponsors Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Farmacy - Visit and use code...

A Very Autumnal Three Things

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In this round of Three Things, we’re keeping our topics strictly fall-based (prepare to hear Olivia at her full power!) We cover everything from Halloween costumes to sweater storage to cozy fall hobbies and more! Olivia’s Things A Perfect Fall Sunday Fall Goals Getting a Hallmark+ Subscription (First watches will include: , , and ) Becca’s Things 2024 Pop Culture Halloween Costumes Sweater Storage If you were to create a dream strip mall, what businesses would be inside? Obsessions Becca: Olivia: Her Red Nails What we read this week Becca: ...

All Fours Book Club

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It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for, our All Fours by Miranda July Book Club! There’s been a lot of discussion about the book in our Facebook and Geneva groups, and we’re so pumped to dive in! We shared our expectations for the book before we read it, why we thought it was so polarizing, the themes of aging and menopause, how we related to the main character, and what we thought about how the story wrapped up. Obsessions Becca: Olivia: What we read this week Olivia: , Becca: , , This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this...

How Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo Started a Romance Publishing Imprint

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This week, we’re chatting with the founders of (and hosts of the fantastic ) and ! They share what drew them to the romance genre, why they started a romance entertainment company, and what makes a good sex scene. They also give us the scoop on 831’s first novella, , and the universe around it. Obsessions Becca: Olivia: Journaling What we read this week Olivia: Becca: 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 [email protected]) Sponsors Cozy...

Julia Whelan Tells Us How an Audiobook Gets Made

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This week we’re joined by a person The New Yorker has called “The Adele of Audiobooks!” You guessed it, we’re exploring the ins and outs of audiobooks with none other than novelist, screenwriter, actor, and iconic audiobook narrator, . She gives us a behind the scenes peek at the the recording process, what makes a standout audiobook production, how she cares for her voice, and how she writes, edits, and records her own books! Her books , , and are out now. She also recommends the audiobook for (which she narrates). Obsessions Becca: Olivia: What we read...

Virgo Season: School Supply Nostalgia & Office Obsessions

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It’s back-to-school season! We don’t have a school to go back to, but that won’t stop us from stocking up on new office supplies for a little refresh. We talk about our love for back-to-school shopping, wrapping books vs book socks, finding the perfect bookbag, statement pens, Lisa Frank, and the “school supplies” we use in our adult lives. Olivia also treats us with some journal entries from her back-to-school era. Becca’s adult school supplies are Legal Pads (both from and ), her , , , her , and her . , , , and a for her 5-year journal. Olivia’s adult school...

One-Star Romance Book Club

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Happy August Book Club Day! We’re diving into our thoughts on . (Spoiler: we adored it!) We talk about the balance of the romance versus friendship plotlines, the relatability of the debut novelist interior monologue, and how the pandemic was incorporated into the plot. Also, the author calls in to answer a listener question! Obsessions Becca: Olivia: What we read this week Olivia: , Becca: , This Month’s Book Club Pick: by Miranda July (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at...

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October Book Club is here! It's time to share our feelings about Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. We covered our reading experience, the real-life stories that inspired the book, side characters we loved, and if we enjoyed the controversial epilogue, and more!

If you liked this book, you may like Anxious People by Fredrik Backman!

Obsessions

Olivia: Andrew Garfield (shoutout to his Chicken Shop Date)

Becca: Viviaia Maryjanes in black

What we read this week

Olivia: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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