This week, the Book Squad lands on Planet Ego for a conversation about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2! Plus, hear our reactions to the first two episodes of the Bachelorette.

0:30 - Introductions & quiz time! Take the quiz along with us here: https://www.sweetyhigh.com/read/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-character-quiz-050517

10:18 - General thoughts on Vol. 2
13:30 - Kelli hates poop jokes
14:20 - How does Guardians compare to the rest of the MCU?
19:12 - Listener question time! Question 1: manmotions?
22:40 - Ask A Man!
24:16 - But what about Mantis?
29:01 - Drax's newfound figurative speech
32:17 - Hopes for Vol. 3
34:20 - It's cool to have cool villains
36:00 - Susan's hopes — MORE NEBULA!

38:05 - The B-B-Bachelorette — were our snap judgements correct?
41:20 - Mary's bet. Get in on it!
42:35 - Where did all the Asian men go?
44:00 - What is BIP? Kelli is concerned
46:25 - Episode 2
47:35 - The Demario incident
51:24 - We want Kelli to go on the bachelor
52:38 - Lucas and Lee are terrible people on the internets
1:01:30 - Predictions for final 4

1:03:34 - Next time on #BSG: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

What is FutureMouse? Are our teeth a part of our identity? And who, for the love of god, is KEVIN? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week's episode as the squad dives into Zadie Smith's 2000 novel 'White Teeth.'

0:20 - Introductions

2:41 - Introduction to 'White Teeth' and first impressions
17:10 - What is an epigraph? The past is the present
22:25 - Concerns over getting culture right—worrying about the Anglicization of culture
24:00 - What's up with the twins?
28:38 - Dr Sick's Murder (?) and its place in Archie and Samad's friendship
37:30 - The Chalfens: our favorite late addition
41:00 - FutureMouse rises
46:05 - Who is KEVIN?
48:18 - Catty corner with Penelope (and Pea)
49:30 - FutureMouse is the present
50:00 - Kelli loves twins - The mirrored experiences of Magid and Millat
51:31 - Teeeeeeeeth
56:20 - Zadie Smith is a boss
59:30 - Mary is obsessed with FutureMouse - FATE
1:01:51 - The end of the book

1:13:30 - Feedback/questions for Beauty and the Beast minisode
1:27:00 Next time on #BSG: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Join the Book Squad on a journey to provincial France for a discussion of Disney's Beauty and the Beast! On their first-ever minisode, Emily, Kelli, Mary, and Susan cover the recent live action adaptation of the story and how it compares to the 1991 classic.

Introductions and announcements - 0:50

Beastly - 3:29
Initial reactions to 2017 adaptation - 4:30
Cinderella vs Beauty and the Beast - 8:00
The “Exclusively Gay Moment” - 9:50
Kelli vs. Emily: GASTON - 14:22
But can they sing? - 21:00
Mary loves the Today Show and Josh Groban (also, WHO IS DAN STEVENS?!) - 26:17
"When he touched her, I felt gross"—CGI, bestiality, and the Beast - 28:00
Angela Carter’s Bloody Chamber - 30:48
Misc. Thoughts—Prince Adam, weird sex, and Maurice - 31:55

Next time on #BSG - 38:23

Books. Pop culture. Doggos and kitties. Four cool ladies trying not to say "like" so much. Join the Book Squad for their first ever episode, a discussion of Jonathan Safran Foer's 2016 novel 'Here I Am'.

Introductions - 1:39

Summary of 'Here I Am' - 4:39
Why did Susan choose it? - 7:25
Initial reactions - 8.25
Emily in the Google Doc - 22:20
Existence or Presence - 23:18
Sam and Gender Identity - 35:09
Foer seems to need a disaster - 46:38

Bachelor/Dancing with the Stars - 1:16:12
Pet time! - 1:17:57
Next time on #BSG - 1:26:06