Bad On Paper

This week, we're discussing all of the book to screen adaptations that have come out recently and the future adaptations on the horizon! Stay tuned for our thoughts on The Love Hypothesis, Verity, East of Eden, and what we're SO excited to see on screen next.

CORRECTION: VICTORIAN PSYCHO is a movie (not a streaming series), and it is out in theaters 11/13.

October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Obsessions

Becca - Little Capo in Edinburgh

What we've read this week

Becca - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

Sponsors

Cozy Earth - cozyearth.com and use code BOP for up to 20% off home and sleepwear.

Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER

Skims - Shop our favorites at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and order Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We have things on things on things this week! We're talking about Back Where We Started's pub week, something that's a bit meaty for a Three Things episode, new favorite fragrances, book promo we loved, book tour tips, and writing for readers vs writing for yourself.

Oliva's Things

Becca's feelings about Back Where We Started (what she's proud of, worried about, and hopes readers find in the book!)

Ffern Fragrances

A disagreement with the idea of 'You're not a writer if you don't have readers' found in Reflections on Plot Twist by Harlan Coben

Becca's Things

Defining your ambition

Emily Henry's Book Rollout

Asking for Olivia for Book Tour Tips

October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Obsessions

Becca - Bedroom blackout shades

What we've read this week

Olivia - Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Becca - The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

Sponsors

Better Help - Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER

Masterclass - Get at least 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/BOP

Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and order Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from BACK WHERE WE STARTED by Becca Freeman, read by Brittany Pressley. © 2026 Becca Freeman, ℗ 2026 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved.

Becca's upcoming book Back Where We Started, which is set partially on the set of a 2010's teen soap, got us feeling nostalgic and inspired to talk about the early 2010s! We chat about what our lives were like during that era, the pop culture touchstones that stick out to us, our celeb crushes, celebrity ships, iconic albums, the launch of Instagram, and more!

October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Obsessions

Becca - New Five Below Coloring Book (Cozy Moments); Dan Pelosi NYT Kielbasa Coins and Cabbage recipe

Olivia - Andrew Garfield

What we've read this week

Olivia - Meet me In The Garden by Nina Lacour, Famous Men by Julia Buntin

Becca - Tastes Like Seeing God by Nina Michiko Tam (Out Jan 26)

Sponsors

Wayfair - Head to Wayfair.com to shop all things home.

Caraway Home - Visit Carawayhome.com/BOP to take an additional 10% off your next purchase.

Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com. Make sure to tell them we sent you!

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We can't wait to talk about our September Book Club Pick, Main Characters by Bobby Palmer! Keep listening to hear about our thoughts on the novel's 80+ point of view format, how it tackled the interplay of motherhood and ambition, and if we were convinced the main characters were "meant to be." Plus, the one POV we felt was missing!

October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

Obsessions

Becca - Loveland by Suki Waterhouse

Olivia - Fresca

What we've read this week

Olivia - The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers

Becca - Plot Twist by Harlan Coben

Sponsors

Sol de Janeiro - One of the best parts about our Summer of Sol partnership is that we could not love Sol de Janeiro products any more. Don't forget, you can go to soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10, and the 10% discount will be auto-added to your first purchase on most of their bestselling items, like our favorite Brazilian Bum Bum Cream and the Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist. That's 10% off at soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10. We are so excited for you to try all of their bestsellers, if you haven't already!

Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use code BOP for up to 20% off home and sleepwear.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, we're debating some bookish "would you rather" scenarios: open= or closed-door sex scene? Prologue or get right into it? US or UK cover? Get ready to take a stance on tenses, endings, POV, and more!

September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer

Obsessions

Olivia - Crossplay

Becca - Out of Print Bookworm Cap

What we've read this week

Becca - Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum, Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber

Olivia -

Sponsors

Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER

Skims - Shop at SKIMS.com and after you place your order, select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Time for our final Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club, The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza! We loved chatting about the dual timeline narrative, art crime, and the real-life history that inspired the book. We also have some recs for your post-reading rabbit holes!

Want more art heist content? Listen to Last Seen Season 1, read Fake by Erica Katz, The Art Forger by B A Shapiro, Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr, and Vanishing Points by Kate Broad (Out August 2027)

September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer

Sponsors

Sol de Janeiro - One of the best parts about our Summer of Sol partnership is that we could not love Sol de Janeiro products any more. Don't forget, you can use go to soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10 and the 10% discount will be auto-added to your first purchase on most of their bestselling items, like our favorite Brazilian Bum Bum Cream and the Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist. That's 10% off at soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10. We are so excited for you to try all of their bestsellers, if you haven't already!

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're doing a fall catch up! We're getting into what's been going on in our lives that don't make our weekly highs and lows, from writing stuff, home projects, personal updates, and more!

September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer

Obsessions

Becca - American Girl shirt

What we've read this week

Bacca - The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza

Sponsors

Caraway Home - Visit carawayhome.com/BOP to take an additional 10% off your next purchase.

Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/bop

Better Help - Sign up and get 10% off at Betterhelp.com/badonpaper.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

New month, new Things! This week, we cover big milestones, geographic anomalies, buzzy TV, travel, reading strategies, and more!

Our Things:

Becca turning 40

A mysterious disappearing island

The three-course reading method

How we're thinking about travel

Sterling Point

A new app for book events

September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer

Obsessions

Becca - Arrtx markers

Olivia - Folk Alley

What we've read this week

Olivia - Heather by Caitlin Mullen, Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen, Outlawed by Anna North

Becca - Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel (Out 9/15)

Events

Get tickets for our NYC Bonus Book Club on September 30

Sponsors

Sol de Janeiro - One of the best parts about our Summer of Sol partnership is that we could not love Sol de Janeiro products any more. Don't forget, you can use go to soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10 and the 10% discount will be auto-added to your first purchase on most of their bestselling items, like our favorite Brazilian Bum Bum Cream and the Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist. That's 10% off at soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10. We are so excited for you to try all of their bestsellers, if you haven't already!

Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use my code BOP for up to 20% off home and sleepwear.

Masterclass - Right now, as a listener of this show, you get at least 15% off any annual membership at Masterclass.com/BOP

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're reviewing our reading stats from this year! We walk through how we track, our reading habits this year, and discuss everything from ARCs to backlist books, re-reads and more!

September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer

Obsessions

Becca - The Four Seasons on Netflix

Olivia - Having a microwave

What we've read this week

Olivia - Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Becca - The Shippers by Katherine Center, See You Next Tuesday by Kate Stayman-London (out 9/8)

Events

Get tickets for our NYC Bonus Book Club on September 30

Sponsors

Sol de Janeiro - One of the best parts about our Summer of Sol partnership is that we could not love Sol de Janeiro products any more. Don't forget, you can use go to soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10 and the 10% discount will be auto-added to your first purchase on most of their bestselling items, like our favorite Brazilian Bum Bum Cream and the Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist. That's 10% off at soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10. We are so excited for you to try all of their bestsellers, if you haven't already!

Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/bop

Wayfair - Head to Wayfair.com or shop the Wayfair app for all things home.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Buy our Merch!

Join our BFF Group!

Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.