Best Books of 2024
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As 2024 comes to a close, we’re excited to celebrate with our best books of the year episode! We share our top 10 lists, and listen to voicemails about your favorite books of the year. See ya in 2025! Olivia Becca Pt 1 Listeners Obsessions B: O: January’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 Quince - Go to for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Book of the...
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Obscure Erotica: Ho-Ho-Holiday Edition
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We weren’t sure what to get you for the holidays this year, so we thought we’d gift you the best present in our sack (ha), a holiday-themed edition of obscure erotica. We scoured Kindle Unlimited to find the absolute most unhinged smut for your enjoyment—there are sexy Santas, engorged elves, and so many female protagonists named Holly. Get in the sleigh, we’re going somewhere absolutely unhinged! (Likely goes without saying, but NSFW content ahead!) The books we read Obsessions Becca - Using our merch account to make custom gifts for friends ( Olivia - What...
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens (Ina Garten’s Memoir) Book Club
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It’s our last book club of 2024! We’re so excited to discuss . It was the comfort read we needed this month, and we were surprised by how much we didn’t know about her! Obsessions Becca - Olivia - What we read this week Becca - , Olivia - , (out in April 2025!) This Month’s Book Club Pick - No December book club, but we want to hear about the best book you read this year! Share via voicemail at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected] Sponsors Book of the Month - Get your first book on for $5 with code TINSEL....
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A Holly Jolly Gift Guide
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It’s about that time for a holly jolly gift guide! We gathered gift ideas for every price point from 5-year journals to candy to candles and more! Under $25 - $28 - Med - $28 ($15) + a book - $13 Thrifted Matchstrike W/ Matches ($25) $25-$50 ($33) + a nice pen - $33 + Bottle of champagne ($29.99) + ($15) ($26) Photo prints ($48) $50-$100 (med $95; small $40) and a cookbook like and by Molly Baz, , and ($98) or ($88) - $99 (so many to choose from, usually $60 - $80) $72 Target gift card and a friend date $100+ - $145 ...
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Debut Author Spotlight
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This week, we talked to four debut authors with books that came out in 2024 or are coming out in 2025 about their paths to publication! Get ready to load up your TBR and hear their advice for writers and recent favorite books. We chatted with , author of , author of , author of , author of Obsessions Olivia - Puzzles Becca - McIntosh apples What we read this week Becca - (out 2/24) 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])...
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November 2024 Three Things
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We’re keeping things light this week by sharing a fun batch of Three Things! Becca’s Things Diving into the Holiday Season ‘ Olivia’s Things Netflix’s upcoming holiday programming: , , , and () Obsessions: Olivia - Becca - The Episode of Culture Study Books: 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 [email protected]) Sponsors Farmacy - Visit and use code BADONPAPER for 20% off your order. Follow wherever...
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Bel Canto Book Club
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
info_outlineAs 2024 comes to a close, we’re excited to celebrate with our best books of the year episode! We share our top 10 lists, and listen to voicemails about your favorite books of the year. See ya in 2025!
Olivia
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Becca Pt 1
The Wedding People by Allison Espach
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Such A Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Listeners
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Sky
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell
Any Trope but You by Victoria Levine
Family Family by Laurie Frankel
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynne Barnes
I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNichol
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica
Obsessions
O: Shrinking S2
January’s Book Club Pick - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (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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