This week we’re talking Things with Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After, and This Summer Will Be Different, out May 7, 2024.

Carley’s Three Things Are:

Spring Dressing

Our relationship with social media (sparked by “Is there a sane way to use the internet” episode of Search Engine)

Her 3rd book This Summer Will Be Different, and Anne of Green Gables.

Also…we finally have MERCH!

Obsessions:

Becca: Just Bare Spicy Chicken Nuggets

Olivia: Diet Coke/Coke Zero Tall Boys

Reading:

Olivia: Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall

This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more!

Obsessions

Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen

Olivia: “You’re Not The Only One I Know” by The Sundays

What we read this week

Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects by KT Hoffman

Olivia: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18), Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE!

Substacks we’re into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris.

(Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that Critter Catcher)

Obsessions

Olivia: Duluth women’s gardening overalls

Becca: ilovemahj.com

What we read this week

Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood

Olivia: Till Death Do Us Part Laurie Elizabeth Flynn out Aug 13

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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This week we’re chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more!

We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead!

Jo’s Things

Cold Plunging

Costco Underwear

Teaching herself how to make cannoli

Obsessions

Olivia: Harry’s Grove Body Wash

Becca: Brooklyn Best Peach Iced Tea

What we read this week

Becca: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Olivia: This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez! We talk about the artists that inspired this story, the themes that impacted us the most, and more! We also share listener-submitted follow ups on our Notes App conversation.

Obsessions

Olivia - Elf Glow Reviver Lip Oil, Rose Envy

Becca - Rhode skincare

What we read this week

Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter

Olivia - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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BOP Stuff: Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Or chat with us on Geneva. Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast.

Olivia’s Stuff: Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence (out 6/4). Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter.

Becca’s Stuff. Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter! Follow Becca on IG @beccamfreeman.

It’s time for Three Things and we have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in!

Olivia’s things

Kate Middleton

A game FMKs

Our Favorite Substacks

Becca’s things

What you do when you’re struggling with procrastination (get the Time Timer Becca mentioned here)

The State of Culture 2024 on Substack

The Idea Of You Trailer

Our favorite Substacks

Feed Me by Emily Sundberg

After School by Casey Lewis

Publishing Confidential by Kathleen Schmidt

Extracurricular by Tembe Denton Hurst

Morning Person by Leslie Stevens

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

Obsessions

Becca: Jeffrey Campbell Pearl Mesh Ballet Flats

Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg

What we read this week

Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg

Becca: United by Cory Booker

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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The notes App can be used for more than celebrity apologies, so we decided to dedicate an episode to diving into what's in our Notes App! Specifically Notes App organization, the most useful notes we keep, the weirdest notes we find on our phones, and more!

Let us know the innovative/smart/weird ways you use the Notes App by calling in at 843-405-3157.

Obsessions

Becca - Chobani Cinnamon French Toast Creamer

Olivia - American Fiction

What we read this week

Olivia: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas

Becca: Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (out 6/11), Bride by Ali Hazelwood

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)

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