Bimbo Book Club

This week we’re reading Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

We’re talking the somehow stranger-than-fiction life of the author, being other and setting as character.

We’re also talking murder charges, the book-to-movie pipeline and the menacing nature of Australian wildlife.

Holly asks what the hell is a crawdad anyway? Harley doesn’t trust her brain, but she does trust her ability to find the answers

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-009

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This week we’re continuing to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising, both by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 

We’re talking different kinds of marriages, the Stonewall riots and when not showing up for a cause can be the right call.

We’re also talking about the context of being other throughout history, the invention of straight Sims and the power of the internet for finding your people.

Holly gets confused about the timeline, and Harley talks learning to ask for help.

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-008

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This week we’re reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Malibu Rising, both by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

We’re talking car crashes we can’t look away from, why you should be wary of white wall tyres, and men who love hysterical women.

We’re also talking the patterns that repeat themselves in families, bi-erasure, and attention seeking.

While Holly hunts down all the easter eggs, Harley is pulling knitting from her knickers.

For the full show transcript and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-007

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This week we’re reading Lapvona: A Novel by Ottessa Moshfegh.

We’re talking trigger warnings, cannibalism and when discomfort does – and doesn’t – work in fiction.

We’re quoting The Smashing Pumpkins, name-checking Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, chewing the fat about Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, and adding Beloved by Toni Morrison to Holly’s reading list. 

While Harley rants about the mechanics of boobs Holly asks ‘fable, fairytale, or just fucked up?’

For full show transcripts and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-006

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This week we’re reading House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.

We’re talking gothic plot pacing, getting demoted to the dungeon and the blood countess herself. 

Harley argues that a rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but a villain by any other name might be harder to spot from a mile away. 

Holly takes issue with a handful of sex scenes and an unhealthy obsession with the mistress of the manor getting this book a ‘sapphic novel’ description.

We’re also talking how not nailing everything doesn’t always make us enjoy a book less and can maybe even double as a teaching tool for the future authors among us.

For full show transcripts and more information go to: https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-005

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This week we’re finishing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas … although Harley is starting to wonder if Holly actually read A Court of Mist and Fury & A Court of Wings and Ruin.

We’re talking about what we want to happen next, the mechanics of mating bonds, and what constitutes a soup.

We also talk about our first-ever Patreon episode. When you’re done listening you can sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/bimbomedia

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-004

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This week we’re reading not one but three books - A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury & A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.

A fairy-tale retelling turned faerie smut that Harley can get behind and Holly is not impressed by.

We talk how to do a sex scene well, the trouble with interesting worlds but less engaging main characters and how movie training montages just don’t translate to fiction.

Trigger warnings ahead we also talk about trauma and the ways we think Sarah J Mass did this well … but could have done better.

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-003

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This week we’re reading Verity by Colleen Hoover.

We’re talking murder mysteries, unreliable narrators and writing exercises for the villains among us.

Harley takes a side tour into fangirling over Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier while Holly side eyes the ‘perfect’ husband.

It’s junk food, airport fiction and a book that leaves us wanting more … maybe? I guess that depends which Verity we believe…

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-002

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This week we’re reading The Invisible life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab. 

A love letter to art and making your mark on the world. It certainly made its mark on us.

We’re talking about the power of ideas gone wild, the eternal muse and the nature of memory. 

We’re also talking Holly’s problematic love for demon boyfriends; deals with the devil and Harley’s (probably misguided) belief she could tame a hellhound. 

For full show transcripts and more information go to https://www.bimbobookclub.com/episodes/episode-001

To follow Bimbo Book club on your favourite social media platform click here: https://bio.link/bimbo 

Hosted by Holly and Harley, two professional hot girls with a mutual love for a good story.

Bimbo Book Club is, at face value, an excuse to get together and talk about what we’re reading. It's also a refusal to choose between boobs and brains, but most of all BBC is a celebration of our friendship at its silliest, smartest, stupidest and its sexiest.

And it's an invitation extended to you, to step outside your world and adventure with us as we take you on a wild ride across the pages of the stories we’re reading…

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