Bad On Paper

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 The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, you may like Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff and Seven Days in June by Tia Williams If you like Emily Henry's books, you may like You Again by Kate Goldbeck and books by Mhairi McFarlane! If you like Talking at Night by Claire Daverley, you may like Shark Heart by Emily Habeck and Normal People by Sally Rooney If you liked The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan, you may like Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman, How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilde, Prince Charming by Rachel Hawkins, and Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings    Thriller/Mystery If you liked The Push by Ashley Audrain, you may like Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker, and My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Rusell  If you liked The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon, you may like Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka If you liked Yellowface by R. F. Kuang, you may like The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz If you liked The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, you may like Happiness Falls by Angie Kim   Book Club If you liked Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, you may like All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, you may like The Measure by Nikki Erlick, The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, and This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub If you like Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, and The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer   Fantasy If you liked The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, you may like Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow, The Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg, and Caraval by Stephanie Garber If you like Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros or A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, you may like From Blood and Ash by Jennifer Lynn Armentrout, and Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti   Lit Fic  If you liked The Wedding People by Alison Espach, you may like We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman and I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue If you liked Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe, you may like The Husbands by Holly Gramazio If you liked All Fours by Miranda July, you may like We Were The Universe by Kimberly King Parsons If you liked Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, you may like Fellowship Point by Alice Elliot Dark   Obsessions Becca: Microstitch tool Olivia: The Burnt Toast Substack by Virginia Sole-Smith   What we read this week Olivia: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, You Know What You Did by KT Nguyen Becca: Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (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)   Sponsors Prose - Take your free consultation with 50% off at prose.com/bop. Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER to get 10% off your first month   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

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: Sand + Fog Honeycrisp Harvest Candle Becca: Diddy conspiracy TikTok   What we read this week Olivia: Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff    This Month’s Book Club Pick - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (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)   Sponsors Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/BOP Farmacy - Visit farmacybeauty.com and use code BADONPAPER for 20% off your order.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

In this round of Three Things, we’re keeping our topics strictly fall-based (prepare to hear Olivia at her full power!) We cover everything from Halloween costumes to sweater storage to cozy fall hobbies and more!   Olivia’s Things A Perfect Fall Sunday  Fall Goals Getting a Hallmark+ Subscription (First watches will include: 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost, Haunted Wedding, and Pumpkin Everything)    Becca’s Things  2024 Pop Culture Halloween Costumes Sweater Storage If you were to create a dream strip mall, what businesses would be inside?   Obsessions Becca: Nobody Wants This on Netflix Olivia: Her Red Nails   What we read this week Becca: Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors Olivia: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz, Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker, The Wedding People by Allison Espach   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (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)   Sponsors Macmillan - Download the audiobook for Intermezzo by Sally Rooney wherever audiobooks are sold Rifle Paper Co. - Visit riflepaperco.com/badonpaper to shop the full collection and use code BOP25 for 25% off through December 31, 2024.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

  It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for, our All Fours by Miranda July Book Club! There’s been a lot of discussion about the book in our Facebook and Geneva groups, and we’re so pumped to dive in!   We shared our expectations for the book before we read it, why we thought it was so polarizing, the themes of aging and menopause, how we related to the main character, and what we thought about how the story wrapped up.    Obsessions Becca: Everlane Box Cut Tee Olivia: Lizzie McAlpine’s cover of A Little Bit of Everything   What we read this week Olivia: All Fours by Miranda July, All The Colors of The Dark by Chris Whitaker Becca: All Fours by Miranda July, Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein, Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (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)   Sponsors MacMillan - listen to Somewhere Beyond The Sea wherever you listen to audiobooks! Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, we’re chatting with the founders of 831 Stories (and hosts of the fantastic A Thing or Two podcast) Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo! They share what drew them to the romance genre, why they started a romance entertainment company, and what makes a good sex scene. They also give us the scoop on 831’s first novella, Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff, and the universe around it.   Obsessions Becca: The Perfect Couple on Netflix Olivia: Journaling    What we read this week Olivia: One of The Good Guys by Araminta Hall Becca:  All Fours by Miranda July   This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (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)   Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com/badonpaper to enjoy 40% off using the code BOP Prose - get 50% off your first haircare subscription order at prose.com/bop   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we’re joined by a person The New Yorker has called “The Adele of Audiobooks!” You guessed it, we’re exploring the ins and outs of audiobooks with none other than novelist, screenwriter, actor, and iconic audiobook narrator, Julia Whelan. She gives us a behind the scenes peek at the the recording process, what makes a standout audiobook production, how she cares for her voice, and how she writes, edits, and records her own books!    Her books Thank You for Listening, My Oxford Year, and Casanova LLC are out now. She also recommends the audiobook for Bluff by Michael Kardos (which she narrates).   Obsessions Becca: Sabrina Carpenter’s Short & Sweet Olivia: Industry   What we read this week Olivia: The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan  Becca: Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney   This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (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)   Sponsors Book of the Month - get your first book on BOTM for $5 CARDIGAN at bookofthemonth.com. After enrolling, select Bad on Paper in the survey so the brand can know how you heard about the deal! Farmacy - Visit farmacybeauty.com and use code BADONPAPER for 20% off your order.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

It’s back-to-school season! We don’t have a school to go back to, but that won’t stop us from stocking up on new office supplies for a little refresh. We talk about our love for back-to-school shopping, wrapping books vs book socks, finding the perfect bookbag, statement pens, Lisa Frank, and the “school supplies” we use in our adult lives. Olivia also treats us with some journal entries from her back-to-school era.   Becca’s adult school supplies are Legal Pads (both from Erin Condron and Amazon), her 5-year journal, lined sticky notes, Zeyar highlighters, Semikolon sticky tabs, her time timer, and her home printer. Sharpie fine-tip pens, Papermate Flairs, Pigma Microns, and a le pen for her 5-year journal.   Olivia’s adult school supplies include a spiral college-ruled notebook, 5-year journal, writing journal, TWSBI fountain pen, customized stationery from Papier, golden scissors from ban.do, Rifle Paper Co. grocery list/magnet.   Obsessions Becca: Industry Season 3   What we read this week Olivia: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio  Becca: Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff (out 9/10)   This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (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)   Sponsors Babbel - Get up to 60% off your Babbel subscription at Babbel.com/BOP.  Rifle Paper Co - go to riflepaperco.com/badonpaper and use code BOP25 for 25% off through December 31, 2024.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

Happy August Book Club Day! We’re diving into our thoughts on One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin. (Spoiler: we adored it!) We talk about the balance of the romance versus friendship plotlines, the relatability of the debut novelist interior monologue, and how the pandemic was incorporated into the plot. Also, the author calls in to answer a listener question!   Obsessions Becca: Target Women's High-Rise Modern Gauze Wide Leg Pull-On Pants Olivia:  Lil Jon at the 2024 Democratic National Convention   What we read this week Olivia: Bear by Julia Phillips, One Star Romance by Laura Hankin Becca: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, Real Americans by Rachel Khong   This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (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)   Sponsors Marc Fisher - go to marcfisherfootwear.com and use code BOP to receive 20% off your purchase.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

  This week, we let YOU pick the Things for us to cover this episode! We’re excited to dive into your obsessions, pop culture news, alternate lives, and more!   Listener Things What alternate lives would you want to live for a day? The lack of single-serving tortilla chips It Ends With Us Sleepover Movies Flip Phones Heiney Hiders   Obsessions Becca: Kerastase Cronologiste Hair Mask Olivia: Buff Bunny   What we read this week Olivia: Rip Tide by Colleen McKeegan Becca: The Wedding People by Alison Espach, When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson (Out 9/24)   This Month’s Book Club Pick - One Star Romance by Laura Hankin (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)   Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com/badonpaper to enjoy 40% off using the code BOP Marc Fisher - Shop the new fall collection and more at marcfisherfootwear.com and use code BOP to receive 20% off your purchase.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

We’re so excited to dive into Three Things with Emily Henry! We cover iconic DCOMs, Instagram stalking former babysitting clients, new hobbies, and MORE! If you're looking for a more craft-focused conversation, check out this past episode with Emily.    Emily’s Three Things Disney Channel Original Movies  People you keep tabs on Things you like doing even though you’re bad at them   What we read this week Olivia - God of the Woods by Liz Moore Becca - The Wedding People by Allison Espach   Obsessions: Becca - Magic Johnson’s summer vacay Insta posts Olivia - Dr. Brandt Hyperpigmentation Rescue Duo (Shoutout Ashley Spivey for the recommendation!)   This Month’s Book Club Pick - One Star Romance by Laura Hankin (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)   Sponsors Prose - Get 50% off your first haircare subscription order at PROSE.com/BOP  Book of the Month - Get your first book for $9.99 with code FIREFLY at bookofthemonth.com   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

Happy August! We’re kicking things off with some fun, weird, zeitgeisty things!   Becca’s Three Things Where is the fanciest place you’ve ever pooped? Glen Powell Big swing podcast guests    Olivia’s Three Things  The Olympics  What songs you can’t listen to anymore The state of politics (how the tables have turned!)    Obsessions Becca - her spring green manicure Olivia - Shogun   What we read this week Becca - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro   This Month’s Book Club Pick - One Star Romance by Laura Hankin (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)   Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com/badonpaper to enjoy 40% off using the code BOP! Babbel -  Get up to 60% off your Babbel subscription at Babbel.com/BOP   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

It's finally time to discuss our listener-chosen July Book Club Pick, Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe! We’re thrilled to dive into our overall thoughts, what genre we’d place this book in, how the book deepened our perspective about sex work, the romance subplot, and how much the final line stuck with us.    (Liked the book? We loved this Rufi Thorpe interview about her writing process!)   Obsessions Becca - Amazon short set Olivia - Becca’s 100 Best Books List, Oldster’s interview with Bella Ruth Bader    Books Becca - No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNichol, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Olivia - Piglet by Lottie Hazell   This Month’s Book Club Pick - One Star Romance by Laura Hankin (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)   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, forever friend of the pod Grace Atwood stopped by to talk about her Three Things!   Grace’s Things Streaming audiobooks while needle-pointing All-white outfits with black accessories Liz Adams’ Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip  Grilled Peaches (that she had at Le Great Outdoor)   Bonus Things: These Target sandals Becca loves, this Amazon shorts set we love, No One Tells You This: A Memoir by Glynnis MacNicol    What Grace is Reading Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy by Isadore Sharp  James by Percival Everett The Art of Small Talk by Casey Wilson, Jessica St. Clair   Obsessions: Olivia - Real Housewives of Orange County  Becca - On Cloud sneakers   Books: Becca - Husbands and Lovers by Beatriz Williams (check content warnings!)  Olivia - Middle of the Night by Riley Sager   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (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)    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

This week, we’re talking about the books that changed our lives, and playing voicemails from listeners about their life-changing reads!    Listener life-changing books  The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Baby-Sitters Club Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Christina Lauren Betty by Tiffany McDaniel   Becca’s life-changing books The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy The Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith The Magicians by Lev Grossman Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Idea of You by Robinne Lee Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi   Olivia’s life-changing books The Awakening by Kate Chopin Gone GIrl by Gillian Flynn Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb The Push by Ashley Audrain Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Talking At Night by Claire Daverley  Long Bright River by Liz Moore Obsessions Olivia: “Tough” by Lana del Rey and Quavo Becca: La Roche Posay B5 Serum   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (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)    Sponsors Prose - Get your free consultation and 50% off your first subscription order at PROSE.com/bop.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, we’re chatting with lawyer, journalist, and political analyst Emily Amick, AKA @EmilyinYourPhone! We asked her about how to get engaged in your community, how to have conversations about social issues, what’s going on with young people, and her book Democracy in Retrograde!    Obsessions Olivia - SG Goodman, “Space & Time”  Becca - New phone case (bought on a listener's suggestion!)   What we read this week Becca - I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Olivia - Real Americans by Rachel Khong   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (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)    Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com/badonpaper to enjoy 30% off using the code BOP. Babble -  Get up to 60% off your Babble subscription at Babbel.com/BOP.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our Geneva! Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.