Bookalicious Pod

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In part two, Candice, Chrissy, and Sam practice some method acting, a term which here means "feeling as sad as the three siblings they are reading about." We map our family onto the characters in the book and we're 0/4 on mapping the same characters, but in the end, we agree our oldest brother is Count Samlof.

Also in this episode:

How The Marvelous Marriage is the event of the century a la Rudi Giuliani-Four Seasons-Dump Truck.

All of The Office and Park and Rec references in ASOUE including how the library is the ultimate place of evil

An impromptu therapy session among the siblings that begins with the Bookalicious classic "Princess Chrissy and the Single Strand of Hair" and ends with everyone being in a better mood for Part 2B.

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The siblings are at it again with another book about....well siblings! We pick up with a throw-back childhood classic: Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events Book 1 - A Bad Beginning.We start off with Chrissy driving home giving Sam & Candice a Blair of Witch Project style tour of her ride home. Candice has prepared her own Bad Beginning with both interesting and unsettling facts about our author AKA Lemony Snicket AKA David Handler including the origin of his pen name, his discovery of feminism in college (?), his removal from the set of the of SOUE movie, his 'jokes' on racism & women, and his odd fascination of incorporating sexual themes with children in his books.

• Please make sure to check out QCODE Last Known Position for an excellent dramatized fiction

• Educate yourself on Syphillis (spoiler coughing is not a symptom)
• David Handler's Wikipedia

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Here's the grand finale of The Housemaid! We have taken a u-turn around Mars and are heading straight for the Sun. Join us as we recap the wildness of the finals chapters of The Housemaid and play our end-of-book games such as Read it like Reddit, questions we have for Frieda, and our ratings for the book. Bonus material: Soon after we vow we won't read another Frieda McFadden book, we stick to our Bookalicious tenants we immediately disregard our own advice and decide we'll read (what we think is) the prequel for The Housemaid. Let us know what book you want to hear next!

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Before Candice and Chrissy can discuss the much anticipated Housemaid finale, they must first debrief on their recent family reunion. If you want to hear all the latest news on Raccoon Island, Spirit Airlines refunds, and our new CEO Sam and his Count Olaf plans, start at the beginning. If you want to skip all the banter and bookalytics, skip to minute 22:00. In our book discussion, you can look forward to hearing about: - Nina's Grinch era and her dastardly, dastardly plans- Candice's job as a magician- Bookalicious becoming a podcast network- How Candice and Chrissy rewrite the ending of the Housemaid. Join us on our Rainbow Road to the Sun as we unravel the mystery of the Housemaid!

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We open up this episode with Candice breaking the news to Chrissy that Gen Z is aging like milk and is in need of Ageless by Ramona (please sponsor us). We watch a housewives clip and Candice shares her theory that Ramona Singer sold her soul for eternal youth. This leads us into our Ageless by Evelyn-Kath theory as Candice and Chrissy return to the book and uncovering the mystery of who the Biggest Bad is in the Housemaid. We debunk some of our previous theories, hold onto some theories even stronger (identity theft is not a joke), and come up with new theories along the way. Join us to hear our ideas of Victim #4 and Drewbie, the Housemaid-Scooby Doo crossover, and our Evelyn-Kath origin story.

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In Part Two Two of The House Maid, the sisters pick up with Chapter 21, but first they catch up on Chrissy's PhD journey. Chrissy share's a Simpson's clip of Bart terrorizing graduate students with promises of tenure track positions and bread crumbs.The girlies pick up with Millie as she gets tangled deeper and deeper into the Winchester's web of family drama. Millie admits to smelling men's hair a-la Papa Joe Biden. Simpsons ClipJoe Biden Smelling Heads

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**SPOILERS UP TO CHAPTER 31**

The girlinas pick up their Recap with chapter 16 in Freida McFadden's best selling novel The Housemaid, but first they must waste time catching up.In post-editing magic, Candice splits up their 35 minute banter into 15 minutes with the second 15 minute segment in part 2. The girlies create a new interior decorating style dubbed - Grandpa Chic - due to Chrissy's love of thrifting antiques and candy bowl full of Werther's Originals.In efforts to do cross-promotional work, Candice has uncovered a great book club pod called - Book Club Babes. We recommend you check them out! The sisters discuss all things The Housemaid, wonder if Nina is right and Millie is bad at her job, if CeCe is the big bad, introduce the theory of victim 0 and more!

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In this episode, Candice and Chrissy are so excited to discuss The Housemaid that they have 20 minutes of banter in the beginning as per usual. We discuss the elusive life of Frieda McFadden (or whatever her name is), what we would do in Millie’s shoes, who the big bad really is, and the Curious Case of CeCe Grace. Also, which sport would be the best to do if you didn’t have feet? All this and more in the first episode of The Housemaid!

Movie & Show recs mentioned in the episode

Malignant

Downton Abbey

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

Abducted in Plain Sight

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

Our LAST episode of Lessons in Chemistry!! If you think you're excited, you should see us. We talk all things Fairy Godmother, Tonya Harding aka Harriet Sloane aka Miss Frask, and the spaceship in which we find ourselves in the last part of the book. Chrissy also has a new end-of-book game for the sisters to play that justifies all their thoughts on Lessons in Chemistry.

See alternate book covers for Lessons in Chemistry here.