Welcome to our October book club! We're so glad you voted for this one because it means the Stephanie Garber girls are still with us. Garber's long-awaited adult debut is here and it gave us so much to talk about... love interests, time-travel magic, mysterious objects, folklore and more!
Spoiler discussion starts at (14:05).
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Following our review of the book The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware we are back to discuss Netflix's movie adaptation and unfortunately, this was more of a Titanic experience than a Love Boat experience. This was not our favorite movie adaptation and the majority of our discussion focuses on questionable deviations (and spoilers!) from the book. Into Netflix's woman-verse we go...
TIMESTAMPS:
2:32- Book Discussion Begins
4:35 - Spoilers and One Minute Reviews
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We've lived many lives since September and we are finally here to report on them!
(03:21) Reading Report
(10:01) Watch Report - Movies
(41:10) Watch Report - TV
(1:03:10) Music
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She is finally here! Taylor Swift has birthed her 12th child and we are here to discuss it. In this episode we cover our first thoughts on the album, the album theatre release and discuss each track in detail. From cringey lyrics to hidden lore, we've got it all. Unfortunately, the word schlong is thrown out...that's showbiz baby!
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A hysterical woman no one believes??? What an unreal, never before read story! Jokes. All tropes aside, we had fun discussing The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware and RiLee's Reddit habits.
0:00 - General Discussion
7:40 - One Minute Reviews (spoilers)
10:44 - Detailed Book Discussion
Rating: 6/10
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Jenny Han had us in a chokehold all the way through that finale. We're crying because it's over. Smiling because it happened. And also raising our eyebrows because... what the hell was that?
This episode contains spoilers for the entirety of seasons 1-3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Today we're discussing primarily episodes 7-11 of season 3. For our thoughts on episodes 1-6, Listen Here!
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We are FULLY committing to the fall season and leaning into all our cozy impulses (even if it is 90 degrees in Texas). In the spirit of coziness and frankly limited mental bandwidth we are reading Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, the ultimate relaxing vibe.
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Today's game showed us that some authors open their books with a bang, and others...well... go girl give us nothing. We had a great time either way, and we hope you do too! Most of these lines are from books we've covered on the pod, so play along with us and see if your memory is better than ours. (It probably is.)
This episode is completely spoiler-free, unless you consider knowing the opening scene of a book to be a spoiler, in which case that's an L for you.
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August was BUSY.
7:29:45 Books
36:52
1:01:57 TV
1:17:43 Music
1:26:55 Upcoming
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Welcome to our August book club! This was the perfect book to get us in a cozy fall mood as we transition to a new season. Whimsy, witches and found family will do it for us every time!
(00:00 - 04:04) Intro & drinks
(04:05 - 13:46) Spoiler-free discussion, 1-minute reviews and initial ratings
(13:47 - 01:02:21) Spoiler discussion & full review
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You are showgirl! Im a showgirl! We are all showgirls!!
In this episode we cover our latest thoughts on the Summer I Turned Pretty S3 (through ep 6) and of course, the big T Swift announcement, as well as a roundup of all our anticipated watches and reads over the next month.
7:52: The Summer I Turned Pretty S3 (Contains spoilers for episodes 1-6 of S3, as well as S1 and S2)
36:09 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl announcement
55:37 Watchlist
55:52 TV
1:00 Movies
1:03:35 Books
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After last week's discussion of sexual awakenings and Speed Racer (2008), our most all-consuming fictional crushes are at the forefront of our minds. We learn things about each other in this episode... RiLee even reads from her middle school diary.
SPOILER WARNINGS: The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot, Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
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This month we have another in-person recording (!!!) accompanied by a bottle of grocery store wine. Enjoy a wide range of topics...
(03:32) READING REPORT: The Counselors by Jessica Goodman
(07:13) WATCH REPORT: F1, Superman, Fantastic Four, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Tron (1982), Kpop Demon Hunters, LuLaRich, Love Island S7, Happy Gilmore 2
(35:50) CHAOS
(43:06) MUSIC: Addison Rae, Justin Bieber - SWAG, Chappell Roan - The Subway, Kpop Demon Hunters, Katseye
(55:30) AUGUST WATCHLIST: The Summer I Turned Pretty S3, Wednesday S2, Perfect Match S3
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We finally sat down and read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir(slightly too late to avoid movie trailer spoilers)! We discuss the importance of feeling the emotions of a book, loving aliens, and RiLee gets heated while talking linguistics and the fine details of translation work.
Rating: 7/10
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After much emotional damage, we are here to review season one of We Were Liars on Amazon Prime. And girls, this was GOOD! We're talking characters, casting, favorite scenes, changes from the book to the adaptation, and more.
Discussion and spoilers begin at (8:00). Full spoilers for both the TV series and the book by E. Lockhart.
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This episode we play a little game of Guess the Book from the book review. Sometimes we get stumped and some reviews are truly unhinged. Play along and let us know if we are incredible at this game or if we totally suck because honestly could be either one.
0:00 How to not get struck by lightening
8:05 Life Updates
17:17 Explaining the game Guess the Book
21:26 Finally getting started with the actual game
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Welcome to our belated June book club! Today we're reviewing Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, a longtime favorite author of ours. We're talking the space race, complicated families, favorite side characters, and how this story compares to TJR's other books.
(00:00 - 15:32) Intro & life updates kiki
(15:33 - 27:24) Spoiler-free discussion & initial ratings
(27:24 - end) Spoiler discussion & full review
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Surprise! After our impromptu two week break we are back! We have a lot of life updates to share on this one including RiLee's recap of her time at the Electric Forest and a full Love Island debrief.
36:30 Books
44:32 Movies
57:40 TV
1:16:05 Upcoming:
Music and Podcasts
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To prepare for the TV series coming out, we read the 2014 Tumblr classic We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. For one of us this was a reread, while the other got to experience that insane twist ending for the first time. Suffice it to say we went on a JOURNEY.
TIME STAMPS: (0:00) Housekeeping & life updates (10:58) 1-minute reviews and non-spoiler discussion (20:37) Full spoiler discussion begins.
RATING: 6.25 / 10
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This is a chaos episode that we pregamed with a bottle of wine, so buckle up and get ready.
Topics include:
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Movies
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