Jenna and Megan, #1 Tony Fiorello fans, are here to talk about Colm Toibin's Brooklyn. We talk about the American Dream, Megan anticipates a nefarious betrayal, and we get into a heated argument about the relative ages of some secondary characters.

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What is there to say about Maximum Ride? In this episode, we valiantly explore this bizarre, often cringe-worthy story about children with bird wings. Jenna expresses bewilderment and disappointment with her past self. Megan awaits her very own James Patterson Encounter. We both, simultaneously, imitate the noise of wings slithering out through a person's flesh.

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Confessions of a Shopaholic is a story that manages to be both totally frivolous, and a stark look at addiction. We talk about how material objects make us happy. Jenna rocks some initialisms. Megan regales us with stories from her office.

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Our blog is actually abitmuchpodcast.blogspot.com, despite what is said in the episode (to my credit, I was drunk).

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In this episode we talk about Paper Towns, a book that Megan begrudgingly admits she enjoyed! We introduce a new segment called Peeing Around Your Friends. We applaud the realistic portrayal of the high school experience in this story, and we discuss the John Green Cinematic Universe.

Content warning: Suicide is a topic that's brought up in the novel, so we discuss it some throughout the episode.

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Jenna and Megan express their differing philosophies about Life, the Universe, and Everything. Megan forgets the names of aliens. Jenna enjoys the sole musical number of the film. We confront the dreaded Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

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In our final episode of 2017 we talk about Beowulf, an Old English epic poem, and a bizarre movie adaptation of it from 2007. We discuss Beowulf's unlikely fatal flaw, the up-and-coming new religion "Christianity," and just the overwhelming amount of sex that the movie added to the plot.

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The Outsiders is about beautiful boys in tragic circumstances who are very tender with each other. What more could you possibly ask for? Jenna mixes up the names of Johnny and Ponyboy, several times. Megan expresses concern for Tom Cruise's dental health.

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Divergent is an intense story that takes some narrative risks. Do those risks always pay off? Listen to find out! Megan gets into some train technicalities. Jenna rails against symbolic hand-cutting. We challenge filmmakers to not put mascara on actresses, for once, god, please.

Content warning: we discuss some instances of sexual assault in the book/movie. It isn't graphic, but if you want to avoid it, it happens from 36:10 - 38:30.

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The Devil Wears Prada: a bestselling novel made iconic by its movie adaptation. We discuss the good (Stanley Tucci) and the bad (some cringe-worthy descriptions of New York). Megan insists that being Miranda Priestly's assistant isn't all bad, and Jenna gets heated about linguistic inaccuracies.

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For this creepy Halloween episode, we read and watched Coraline! During our discussion we take several more tangents than usual, and say the phrase "drawing room" more in this hour-long podcast than we have in the rest of our lives combined.

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