Fifty Percent

Katey and Abigail revisit the book that truly kicked off their friendship: “The Unhoneymooners” by Christina Lauren. On top of determining that it does in fact hold up, they discuss the tackiest wedding in the world, whatever “snuba” is, the merits of $1.99 mai tais, and finding your identity in your career.

In this episode, Katey and Abigail discuss which books they’re taking on their upcoming vacations, as well as new releases they’re looking forward to this summer. Other topics include Marcel the “Friends” monkey living at the San Diego Zoo, Abigail’s travel with people twice her age, ghosts and luxury boats.

In this very special episode, Katey and Abigail pretend this isn’t a book podcast and instead break down their trip through Taylor Swift’s Eras at the first night of the Houston Eras Tour. Setlist spoilers abound, so listen at your own risk! Other topics include choreography, the power of female friendship, costumes and how much we cried.

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Katey and Abigail finally give one of their favorite authors, Abby Jimenez, a full book club episode. They discuss the author’s latest release, “Yours Truly,” as Katey discovers Abby Jimenez is a cupcake entrepreneur and reveals who she would give a kidney to. Other topics include a discussion of men and hand towels, good dogs, and of course, more excitement about seeing Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour soon.

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Katey and Abigail are in their Eras era and finally fulfill their dream of a Taylor Swift-themed episode. They assign Taylor Swift songs to each of the Fifty Percent Book Club books (with some bonus extras), speculate around the Eras Tour setlist, and assign themselves the impossible task of identifying their top 10 Taylor songs.

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Katey and Abigail discuss “Icebreaker” by Hannah Grace and discover they, too, might be joining the TikTok girlies as puck bunnies. Other topics include casting Chase Stokes as Nate in Katey’s head, Aaron being the new enemy number one of the podcast, “Cruel Summer,” some quick therapy, and the possibility of a Range Rover as a push present.

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In this episode, Abigail and Katey recap what they read while taking a break from the podcast and discuss Katey’s new habit of (finally) being OK with DNFing books. They discuss when to DNF (did not finish) a book and their personal DNF red flags. Other topics include Christmas gifts from dads, what they thought of Jen DeLuca’s “Well Traveled,” their own Renaissance Faire adventures, and Katey’s sad-as-hell reading habits. 

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Katey and Abigail return! In the first episode of season two, they discuss “The No-Show” by Beth O’Leary, a book that left them skeptical at first but then devastated (in the best way) by the end. Other topics include Abigail’s impending nuptials, dry January and an unlikely choice for a February book club pick.

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In their last book club (and last episode!) of the year, Abigail and Katey discuss “A Merry Little Meet Cute” by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. Conversation topics include why male leads in romance novels always have bad tattoos, a dancer named Prancer, gingerbread-scented lotion, Katey’s fear of horses and big life news from Abigail to end the year.

We’ll be back with new episodes in February!