Season 2, Episode 1: "Baby Teeth"

Hey babes! We are here for SEASON 2! This season we are starting with another horror novel (typical) and a lot of shit talking about the one main guy character (also typical). "Baby Teeth" by Zoje Stage is about a 7 year old named Hanna determined to off her mother and keep her father all to herself. While the plot sounds pretty simplistic the author does a dope ass job of discussing: mother-daughter relationships, the complexities of motherhood and chronic illnesses.

This is a novel we've both read more than once; it's short, it's sweet, and is it fucked up.

Thank you for joining us on our book reading journey! Next pod will be coming out the last Sunday of August and we will be discussing Jennette McCurdy's autobiography "I'm Glad My Mom Died".

Episode 12: "Nightmare Alley"

What's up, Book Bitchettes!

In this episode, we dish about the Eyebrow Disaster of 2016, add Toni Collette to our list of stone cold foxes, and try to figure out why Marissa hates British people. Eventually we do get around to discussing Nightmare Alley by William Lindsey Gresham, our chosen novel for this episode and take a deep dive into spiritualism, carnivals, and, strangely enough, Arthur Conan Doyle. We strongly recommend that you image search "Cottingley Fairies" before you start the episode.

Obligatory spoiler alert as we do discuss this novel in its entirety as well as an obligatory content warning for animal abuse and alcoholism.

Episode 11: "A Touch of Jen"

Hello friends and (potential) foes!

We are here talking about why this guy Remy fuckin' sucks in this fantastic debut novel, "A Touch of Jen" by Beth Morgan. Please join us for a round of psychedelic horror and what a "bushel" really is. Please note that we discuss the plot pretty thoroughly and therefore there are a number of spoilers but frankly, this novel is so damn wacky that we had to do it.

Thank you for the constant support and for listening to our podcast and tune in next time as we discuss "Nightmare Alley" also a movie with the hottie Bradley Cooper aka Brad Coops.

Episode 10: The Very Nice Box

In this episode we're dishing about "The Very Nice Box" (by Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman), a funny and serious book about romance soured by male entitlement. Along with this novel, we talk about Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Holmes' Hair, and Denice's Lack of Friends--- which are, in our humble opinion, equally heavy hitting topics. Dedicated to our women and non-men out there, we made sure to rake men over the coals as much as possible so make sure to grab your AirPods and listen to your heart's content.

Books Referenced:

Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverley D'Onofrio

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Verity by Colleen Hoover

The Return by Rachel Harrison

Media Referenced:

The Love Fraud (mini-series)

Never Let Me Go (film)

Legally Blonde (film)

The Santa Clarita Diet (television series)

Episode 9: 2021 Recap

I hope you bad bitches popped some bottles for the New Year because we are here to bring you our 2021 recap of our top 5 books! They are listed down below and we used a couple different book retailers: Barnes and Noble, Thriftbooks.com, and Book of the Month to buy most of these. This episode we are talking about the most important topics: great books, why Denice is annoyed with Marissa, and fucking up Target. 🎯

Seriously though, thank you so much for listening to a podcast about books.

Denice's TOP 5:

(1) On the Beach, (2) Pizza Girl, (3) Rock Paper Scissors, (4) We Need to Talk About Kevin, and (5) The Price of Salt.

Marissa's TOP 5:

(1) Outlawed, (2) Olga Dies Dreaming, (3) Kindred, (4) The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue, and (5) Memorial Drive