Bad On Paper

This week we're recapping an accomplishment three years in the making: Becca's book: The Christmas Orphans Club! To get a full overview of the process, we're joined by her agent Allison Hunter and her editor Marie Michels. So grab your favorite festive bev and get ready for the behind-the-scenes story!

Obsessions

Olivia - "All-American Bitch" by Olivia Rodrigo

Becca - Gilmore Girls & The Morning Show

What we read this week!

Becca - Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead

Olivia - None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

This Month's Book Club Pick - Tom Lake 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 [email protected])

Sponsors

Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month.

NUULY - Go to nuuly.com and enter the code BOP20 and sign up to get $20 off your first month.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

This week we're talking about our favorite little luxuries: things that are low-cost and low-effort but make a major impact on our happiness! Listen to Becca, Olivia, and our listeners share their little luxuries from afternoon walks, to drive thru Diet Coke, to going to the movies alone, and more!

Our little luxuries

Becca's Linkable Little Luxuries - Candy from BonBon,

Olivia's Linkable Little Luxuries - Noto Deep Serum

Caller Linkable Little Luxuries - Susan Alexandra Tissue Box Covers

Obsessions

Olivia: Writers on Writing podcast

Becca: Katherine Center Interview

What we read this week!

Becca: Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr, and What You Wish For by Katherine Center

Olivia: Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon

This Month's Book Club Pick - Tom Lake 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 [email protected])

Sponsors

The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman is available wherever books are sold!

Stitch Fix - Try Stitchfix at Stitchfix.com/BOP and get 25% off when you keep everything in your fix.

Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

This week we're chatting all things cookbooks with our favorite Italian meatball-making-meatballs, Dan Pelosi! Dan is the mind behind GrossyPelosi, the popular Instagram account for all things comfort and food. Dan's first cookbook, Let's Eat, hits bookshelves on September 5, 2023!

We talk to Dan about the behind-the-scenes of how cookbooks get made, from recipe development to food styling to how getting a cookbook deal differs from other book deals.

Dan's restaurant recs

Bernie's , Rolo's, Lil Deb's Oasis, Hilltown Hot Pies, Yummy Kitchen

A cookbook Dan is excited about: Chili Crisp by James Park

Obsessions

O: Winky Lux Flower Balm

B: Pelosi family pasta salad!

What we read this week!

Becca: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, and Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings.

O: The Celebrants by Stephen Rowley, and The Counselors by Jessica Goodman.

This Month's Book Club Pick - Tom Lake 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 [email protected])

Sponsors

Stitch Fix - Try today at Stitchfix.com/BOP and get 25% off when you keep everything in your fix.

Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month

Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at Prose.com/bop.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

It's time to discuss our August Book Club Pick, Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo! We talk about how we interpreted the magical elements, the family dynamics, our thoughts on the concept of a living wake, the ending, and more!

Check out this interview with Elizabeth Acevedo if you're interested in learning more about this book!

Obsessions

O: Handheld fan

B: Red, White, and Royal Blue movie on Amazon Prime

What we read this week!

Becca: You, Again by Kate Goldbeck, The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, Reign by Katharine McGee (American Royals book 4), Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

O: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz, Meet Me At The Lake by Carley Fortune

This Month's Book Club Pick - Tom Lake 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 [email protected])

Sponsors

Terrible Reading Club - find The Terrible Reading Club anywhere you listen to podcasts

Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

What do we have? Things! How many of them do we have? Three!

Olivia's Things

What you do on a 'life catch up' day

The year 2013 (sparked by this article in Glamour)

Everything showers

Becca's Things

How do you unwrinkle clothes (here's a link to Becca's travel steamer)

Weeknight dinner recipes (Becca's current recipes include One Pot Garlic Shrimp and Orzo and Turkey and Ricotta Meatballs From Julia Turshen, and Olivia loves salmon bowls and Basically Spaghetti Pomodoro)

Workout routines

Becca's Everything Shower

Olaplex Mask

Briogeo Don't Despair Repair mask

Crepe Corrector Lotion

Olivia's Everything Shower

Davines Nounou Hair Mask

Necessaire Body Scrub

Necessaire Body Serum

Necessaire Lotion

Obsessions

Becca: Target All in Motion High-Rise Flex Workout Shorts

What we read this week!

Becca: You, Again by Kate Goldbeck (out Sept 12)

Olivia:

This Month's Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Sponsors

Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop.

Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

This week, we're learning all about how libraries work with a BOP listener, Carley! Carley has worked in public libraries for over ten years and has a Master of Library and Information Science and is the host of the Tales from a Bibliophile podcast.

We ask Carley about her career journey, a typical day in her job, how books get purchased, how funding works, books bans, and more!

Favorite books she re-reads

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Most recommended books

Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega

Taylor Jenkins Reid's first four novels

The Family Plot by Megan Collins

Louise Penny for Mysteries

The House in the Cerulean Sea by Tj Klune

Under the Whispering Door by Tj Klune

Obsessions

Olivia: White Whine with Ice

Becca: Making a funfetti cake for girls' weekend, and RHONY Season 14 (the reboot!)

What we read this week!

Becca: n/a

Olivia: Meet Me At The Lake by Carley Fortune

This Month's Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Sponsors

A Thing or Two - If you're looking to add a new podcast to your lineup, give A Thing Or Two with Claire and Erica a try!

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

This week we're talking all about creativity! We talk about creativity's role in our lives, major misconceptions about creativity, creative people we admire, and share advice for those who don't know how to start incorporating creativity into their life.

Obsessions

Olivia: Jocie B ASMR

Becca: Wegman's Cherry Vanilla Seltzer

What we read this week

Becca: Edie: An American Girl by Jean Stein

Olivia: Banyan Moon by Thao Thai, Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead (out October 3!)

This Month's Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Sponsors

BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

This week, we're chatting with the author of our July Book Club Pick, Annabel Monaghan!

Annabel is the author of Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, the Week, and the Rye Record.

Annabel shares her journey to becoming a published author, the inspiration behind Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes off Script, the highs and lows of her writing career, and answers writing questions from listeners!

Books Annabel would want to erase her memory to re-read for the first time

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Obsessions

Olivia: Barbie The Movie

Becca: Stuffed Spinach and Artichoke dip bread

What we read this week!

Becca: The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

Olivia: The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman

This Month's Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Sponsors

Terrible Reading Club - You can find The Terrible Reading Club anywhere you listen to podcasts!

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

We're so excited to dive into our July Book Club Pick, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan!

We discuss our feelings about the book, if we identify with the characters, and how the story surprised us! We also talk about teen vacation flings, play listener voicemails, and speculate about the different flavors of contemporary romances.

Obsessions

Becca: Recliner PJ sets

Olivia: A (nonalcoholic) dinner prep beverage

What we read this week!

Becca: The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

This Month's Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Sponsors

Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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

This week we're talking about things, and guess what!? We've each got three of 'em!

Becca's things

Summer Bucket List

Definitions of Success

Bringing Author Interviews Back to BOP

Olivia's things

Grocery Shopping Habits

Things we've changed our minds about completely

What we subscribe to

Obsessions

Becca: Birthday Cake Oreos

Olivia: Men's beard dye

What we read this week!

Olivia: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Becca: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

This Month's Book Club Pick - Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Sponsors

A Thing or Two - If you're looking to add a new podcast to your lineup, give A Thing Or Two with Claire and Erica a try!

Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month.

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!

Preorder Becca's Book!

Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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