Bookalicious Pod

By Candice and ChrissyArts Books

Bookalicious Pod episodes

February 04, 2024 Lessons in Chemistry Part 12 (Chapters 40-43)
We are in the LAST conversation about our favorite book Lessons in Chemistry and the girls love it so much they don't want this series to end, so they take a whole 2 hours to go through it!! In part one, we discuss all the unbelievable happenings of Harriet, Mad, the fairy godmother, and more. Tune in next time to hear the finale of Lessons in Chemistry, along with some new games the sisters play after they finish the book!

The Quiet Man - dragging his wife scene
1 hr 29 min
January 29, 2024 Lessons in Chemistry Part 11 (Chapters 33-39)
The girlies are back with the penultimate episode of Lessons in Chemistry (can you BELIEVE IT?)
Candice is reeling with the guilt of repurposing a Christmas Gift and we have a surprise appearance from Chrissy's Doctor-to-Be. At the end the girlies tease their next book they will be reviewing, 'The Housemaid,' by Freda McFadden.
We pick up with Ms. Elizabeth Zott once again in the hot seat for saying her unpopular opinions. For the second review in a row, the girlies find themselves in a spaceship for the last quarter of the novel. Feeling reminiscent to 'Thirteen Reason's Why,' every type of drama seems to unfold in this story.
Harriet makes a big decision regarding her personal life, and the Madeline's Zott's very odd behavior is put on blast for the entire world to judge
1 hr 27 min
January 22, 2024 Lessons in Chemistry Part 10 (Chapters 28-32)
Another deep dive into Lessons in Chemistry! Candice and Chrissy talk about COVID cruises, super-genius Mad Zott, and Elizabeth's super-human ability to cook dinner, answer listener questions, and have manifestos all in her 30 minute show.
1 hr 13 min
January 15, 2024 Lessons in Chemistry Part 9 (Chapters 24-27)
Chrissy returns from her cruise sabbatical and the girls are back at it with Lessons in Chemistry! Candice wants to know all about Chrissy's trip but ends up only learning about the day before the cruise because the girls talk too much and focus on every detail. On brand.

Things have taken a turn for the better with Elizabeth Zott and Candice and Chrissy are no longer depressed when discussing Lessons in Chemistry. We meet Walter Pine (fave and also the character we would be) and Phil Abysmal (ick stamp), discuss wearing speedos in the workplace, and find out Popeye is a liar. Also, you can see Candice's recall ability in real time as she forgets a word in the first ten minutes of the pod but remembers it one full hour later.
1 hr 22 min
January 10, 2024 The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Part 3 (Chapter 12- the end)
THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK

The (four infinity stones, Heads of Hogwarts, Pevensie children, etc.) are all together for the first time! On what may be the best episode of Bookalicious, the siblings choose high school superlatives for each other and decide who's in and who's out on the pod (spoiler: Jordan won ownership rights to the pod back in Elantris so he gets to decide). Despite Sam's best efforts to usurp power and boot off Chrissy after her long hiatus, it appears she is still safe during this round of budget cuts on our $0 earning pod. As they get back to the last part of Narnia, Candice points out many implausibilities, such as: Why is Peter such a good warrior when he just got his sword ten minutes ago? Why didn't the White Witch kill Edmund as soon as she could? How could all four children completely forget their families and life in England as they squash out the busy-bodies in Narnia? And, how does time even work in this place?? All these questions and more are discussed in the episode.

1 hr 59 min
January 03, 2024 The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe Episode 2 (Chapters 6 - 11)
THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK

Another siblings falls off the pod-wagon and it's down to two infinity stones. After a harrowing escapade of nailing down a podding block during the holidays, Candice & Sam connect on a Friday afternoon

The duo spend time catching up on the holidays, discuss their own and their partner's holiday dysfunction, & say hello to their new listener in Arizona (hi!)

We pick up with Pevensie children entering Narnia, checking on Mr. Tumnus for the 3rd time to make sure the secret police have not caught him, following a bird they are sure is on the 'good side' deep into the forest, ignoring any sound advice they receive and more!

Join us next week for our final conclusion on The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe
1 hr 33 min
December 20, 2023 The Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe Episode 1 (Chapters 1-5)
THIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK

Chrissy is still cruising around the world while the rest of the siblings meet up to discuss one of their favorite childhood book, The Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe, the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis.

Candice does her best to muster up a Bookalytics segment but finds that Chrissy is the secret sauce that makes Bookalytics fun.

The siblings judge the cover art with the mind of a child. While there are a variety of cover arts ranging from boring to erotic, none of the covers would entice a child reading this book.

We find that Sam's favorite author is not the iconique Brandon Sanderson but CS Lewis. The Bookalicious crew gets a special serving of behind the scenes from Sam's knowledge of both CS Lewis and from his time at Seminary.

The siblings play a game of mapping the Pevensie children to themselves, resulting in both Jordan & Candice calling each other Edmond.

Cover Art with Girls Dancing around a Lion
Cover Art with Wizard of Oz Font
Cover Art with Fauns and Girls
Cover Art that the Siblings Read

1 hr 19 min
December 13, 2023 Lessons in Chemistry Interlude
Big bummer for Lessons in Chemistry this week - we are OUT OF EPISODES! It's not even Christmas & we've eaten through all of our winter rations :(
We will be back next week with a 3 part mini-series on The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe. We will be reading till one of the siblings runs away (not sure the chapter but that general area)
If you are CRAVING more Bookalicious, we have just wrapped our Elantris journey in a mere 27.5 hours, so feel free to listen (or relisten) to the amazing ride that was Elantris
2 min
December 11, 2023 Elantris Episode 18 (Chapter 62 - End)
In a brief 27 hours, the Bookalicious girlies wrapped up Season 1 - Elantris.
Elantris is now a space ship at cruising altitude. Raoden decides to hit 'continue' on his Elantris journ and save the world while Hrathen faces every high schooler's nightmare: professing your love to your crush for them to ask who you are.
After postulating for 8 months about Aiden's purpose, we find out that Chrissy's best guess was in Episode 2 when she described Elantris as Sesame Street. If only she had looked to Count Dracula instead of Big Bird's alphabet sponsors.
Three infinity stones must suspend belief as Roaden uses the transportation spell for the first time across an ocean using Aiden's step count. A step count which Aiden collected at the young age of 6 whilst on a boat.
We can't finish the book without Sarene finally getting married, only for Sarene to ick the girlies out once more by making awkward s*x jokes.
Sanderson gives us a final pallet cleanse with an epilogue that sends Hrathen off with a somber goodbye and Raodens final shower thoughts when thinking of all that had happened.
The siblings wrap up this episode with their ratings of the book - 4/5
Too many references to remember, but here are a few:
handsome squidward
fullmetal alchemist
avengers end game
1 hr 23 min
December 06, 2023Lessons in Chemistry Part 8 (Chapters 21 - 23)
Time Stamps:
Chapter 21 Minute 13

Chapter 22 Minute

Chapter 23 Minute 50

Candice is on double duty as Chrissy is eyes deep studying for finals.
Only an hour of time has passed since Episode 7 but the Bookalicious pod keeps racking up listens, getting another THREE listens since Part 7. The total is 317 listens, thanks to all our LOYAL FANS!
Wishing for the happy days of Elantris, the girls trudge through the death spiral that is chronicling the depressing life of Elizabeth Zott.
After several tangents, the sisters identify that one of them needs to have read the book before going into a 17 hour deep dive on an unknown novel. Candice argues for The Ninth House, an excellent book of mystery & suspense. Whereas Chrissy suggest a YA novel - the Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & snakes - which is guaranteed to be another flop.
1 hr 22 min