Broads and Books

This week we're recommending picks for when you just want to wallow. These books and other picks won't make you feel better in any way, but sure do entertain. 

Along the way, the Broads talk about label-makers, weird phrases involving sticks and body parts, and made-up words. Despite the theme, it's a delight. 

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Fiction:

Amy: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

Erin: I Married You for Happiness, Lily Tuck

Other Books:

Amy: Citizen, Claudia Rankine

Erin: So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson

Non-books:

Amy: Elliott Smith (Music)

Erin: A Star is Born (Movie Soundtrack)

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

This week we're recommending picks with scandals, exposes, or other good dirt. 

Along the way, the Broads tell stories about champion horses, fingernails in jars, J Lo rapping, and, of course, the nightmare of the school drop-off line. Can you handle this truth??

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Fiction:
Amy: Those Who Knew, Idra Novey

Erin: In a Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware

Other Books:

Amy: American Pharoah: Mayor Richard J. Daley – His Battle for Chicago and the Nation, Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor

Erin: God'll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of a White Supremacist, a Black Hustler, a Murder, and How I Lost a Year in Mississippi, John Safran

Non-books:

Amy: Veronica Mars (TV)

Erin: The Staircase (TV)

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

This week we're talking strange character connections and crazy-small worlds. Along the way? The Broads get weird, name-checking Keith Morrison, some Trent Reznor, and even Papa Roach. It all makes perfect sense.  
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This week: 

Fiction:

Amy: A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan 

Erin: Anatomy of a Scandal, Sarah Vaughan

Other Books:

Amy: Sour Heart, Jenny Zhang

Erin: I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara

Non-books:

Amy: Cloud Atlas (Movie)

Erin: A.P. Bio (TV)

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

What better way to learn more about the broads than random Buzzfeed quizzes? 

Even better: follow along! 

• Quiz 1: Plan your perfect day, and we'll tell you which Parks and Rec character you are
• Quiz 2: Which Bill Hader character are you? 
• Quiz 3: Answer these specific questions, and we'll tell you a fact about yourself
• Quiz4: Are you a good person or a bad person? 

Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Mentioned in this episode:

Wyrd Woman Podcast

Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. All episodes are available now! Listen in your favorite podcast player, or at www.wyrdwomanpodcast.com.

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Our picks this week are filled with the best-est of best friends. We're talking strong female friendships, the kind that will truly ride or die for each other.

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This week's picks:

Fiction:

Amy: Stray City, Chelsey Johnson

Erin: Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng

Other Books:

Amy: Girls to the Front, by Sara Marcus

Erin: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer

Non-books:

Amy: Bridesmaids (Movie)

Erin: Pistol Annies (Music)

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

These people SUCK. But they sure do entertain.  

Our picks this week have characters that are truly the worst, the ones we just love to hate: 

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This week we discuss:

Fiction:

Amy: Tampa, Alissa Nutting

Erin: You/ Hidden Bodies, Carolina Kepnes 

Other Books:

Amy: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Edward Albee 

Erin: Dry, Augusten Burroughs

Non-books:

Amy: Faith of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Erin: Below Deck (TV) 

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!   

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Is crazy bad? If you're a Broads and Books fan, you know we'll respond to that question with profanity. 

The women in our picks are breaking all the rules, and entertaining the hell out of us, by going a little crazy: 

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This week:

Fiction: 

Amy: I Love Dick, Chris Kraus

Erin: Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple

Other Books: 

Amy: Trainwreck, Sady Doyle

Erin: Difficult Women, Roxane Gay

Non-books:

Amy: Bust (Magazine)

Erin: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (TV) 

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!   

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Subscribed to Broads and Books? Excellent. We love you. And we're giving you an extra mini-episode, where you can learn more about the Broads. 

Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Mentioned in this episode:

Become a member!

Become a member and you'll get access to NEW Broads and Books episodes! It's all at Patreon:

Wyrd Woman Podcast

Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. All episodes are available now! Listen in your favorite podcast player, or at www.wyrdwomanpodcast.com.

Subscribed to Broads and Books? You get not one but TWO mini-episodes today. Listen as the Broads quiz each other with The Book of Questions. 

Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!  

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

Mentioned in this episode:

Wyrd Woman Podcast

Wyrd Woman is an audio drama from Broads and Books Productions. All episodes are available now! Listen in your favorite podcast player, or at www.wyrdwomanpodcast.com.

Become a member!

Become a member and you'll get access to NEW Broads and Books episodes! It's all at Patreon:

It’s the first time we’re offering you some badass recommendations. Also? Our picks are all about firsts. Debut authors, first books, first forays into different genres: for our fiction, other books, and pop culture picks, it does feel like the first time. 

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Fiction: 

Amy: The Marriage of a Thousand Lies, SJ Sindu

Erin: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Other Books: 

Amy: Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Erin: Barrel Fever, David Sedaris  

Non-books:

Amy: “The Lobster” (Movie)

Erin: “Criminal” (Podcast)   

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Like what you hear? Subscribe to Broads and Books wherever you get your podcasts. And hey -- be a pal. Give us a rating and review while you're there! 

Plus: Send us your ideas and challenges, and you could be featured on a future episode!   

Broads and Books is a book podcast, a funny podcast, and a feminist podcast. And you'll find we're one of the best podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. 

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, unachievable reading lists, amazing business ideas, and so much more. We also update you on our mascot, Podcat, and her latest attempts to kill us. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. 

Find links to all of episodes, along with bonus material, at BroadsandBooks.com. You'll also find ways to get in touch and follow along every week!

Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life!

Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste.

Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.

Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!