S1 E6: How to Read 400 Books in a Year (A Midseason Q&A)

What does Mackenzie actually think of Reese's Book Club? Is Lily really reading 400 books this year? What were some of the worst reads in 2020? In their first-ever midseason Q&A, Mackenzie and Lily keep the goss piping hot.

Major episode timestamps: Introduction (0:00), Housekeeping (1:19), Introduction to Q&A Episode (2:50), Question About Where Mackenzie Sees Bad Bitch Book Club Going (3:43), Question About Why Mackenzie Thinks BBBC Caught On (7:01), Question About What Mackenzie and Lily Do Professionally (12:44), Question About How Significant Others Support Mackenzie and Lily's Love of Books (17:59), Question About Best Career Advice (21:14), Question About How Mackenzie and Lily Organize Their TBRs (24:37), Mention of Next Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton (26:39), Question About How Mackenzie and Lily Read Over 50 and 400 Books, Respectively, in a Year (31:38), Question About Book Boyfriends and Favorite Romance Tropes (40:09), Mention of The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (40:31), Mention of One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (41:10), Mention of Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas (42:43), Mention of Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan (43:15), Mention of Beach Read by Emily Henry (44:07), Mention of Beard Science by Penny Reid (44:32), Question About the Most Disappointing Reads of the Year (46:00), Mention of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (46:23), Mention of Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (48:06), Mention of Untamed by Glennon Doyle (49:58), Mention of Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting (51:12), Mention of How to Walk Away by Katherine Center (52:05), Mention of Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park (53:09), Conclusion (54:35).

You can get full show notes and episode transcriptions on the Bad Bitch Book Club website: http://badbitchbookclub.com/podcast.

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Friends to Lovers is a Bad Bitch Book Club podcast hosted by BBBC founder Mackenzie Newcomb and writer, editor, and bestie Lily Herman. Each week, they use books as a jumping off point to talk about sex, relationships, dating, love, romance, and more.

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