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 In honor of this week's guests, we're posting a bonus episode of "Based on a Book: A Book Club Podcast" and their discussion of "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder."

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Based on a Book dives into the dark and twisty world of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson—and no, we’re not planning any crimes (we promise). In this episode, we’ll be comparing the first two episodes of the TV adaptation to the book, sharing our initial ratings, and debating whether the show got it right. 

Hosted by Keri with co-hosts Lindsey and Crystal.

Books & Adaptations Mentioned:

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder TV Show 

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This week Magda and Lindsay take Half-Priced books by storm. The mission? To add to each other’s TBR with things they think the other must read. But here’s the catch, they have to keep their purchases to less than $25. 

How will they choose? Will they torture the other with genre tastes they don’t share? Are fancy book covers the guiding light? Will they change each other’s lives with an unsuspecting new favorite? Listen in to find out! 

“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” by Rufi Thorpe 

“The Dream Hotel” by Laila Lalami

“Babel” by RF Kuang

“Yellowface” by RF Kuang 

“The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah

“The Women” by Kristin Hannah

“Famous Last Words” by Gillian McAllister

“Alias Emma” by Ava Glass

“The Husbands” by Holly Gramazio

“Lady Chatterly’s Lover” by D.H. Lawrence

“Lady Tan’s Circle of Women” by Lisa See

“Nightbitch” by Rachel Yoder

“Deep Cuts” by Holly Brickley

“The Lost Bookshop” by Evie Woods

“Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro

“Mickey7” by Edward Ashton

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I will remember you….will you remember me…..?

*cue tearful shots of Magda and Lindsay. 

This week the gals of Literally Books go back to where it all began a year ago, The Texas book Trail!! This year, they blaze the dusty trails to Lockhart, where they visit a vintage store, a haunted building, a purveyor of artisan candies and a gift shop with a perfectly curated selection of stationary and candles…Oh, and did we mention that each of these are bookstores too? Come join them on their journey as they discuss the magic that can be found when a community comes together. 

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Books Mentioned in the episode: 

"A Darker Shade of Magic" -  V.E. Schwab

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John Green's "Everything is Tuberculosis" slides its way into the crevices of Magda and Lindsay's brains, living up to its promise that readers will never look at anything again without wondering at its tie to the oldest infectious disease in history. 

Listen this week as the Literally gals talk about the highs and lows of this non-fiction work, all about the cultural impacts and devastating reach of tuberculosis. 

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The Literally Books P&L has never looked better (and by that, of course we mean Magda and Lindsay's  page count and literature consumption.) 

This week, the gals will circle back on their reading journey so far this year, so you, the readers, are in the loop. Join them and get up to speed on the bottom line for the books they've read so far. 

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*gasping….*hyperventilating…*screaming...*

While all of these could be the titles of part 4 of Tracy Deonn’s “Oathbound,” these words describe Lindsay and Magda’s reactions to the final segment of Bree’s story. Listen as they unpack the nonstop action of the end of this book and make their own guesses at what Bree and the group will get up to in the next book. 

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Things are heating up and Magda and Lindsay can barely handle the tension in part 3 of Tracy Deonn’s “Oathbound.” The stakes could not be higher…death, romance, and power are unleashed, and no reader is impervious to the charms of Bree and Nick. Listen in to the penultimate episode of the Literally Books' “Oathbound" journey.

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Unstoppable - This is both the name of part 2 of Tracy’s Deonn’s “Oathbound” and also Magda and Lindsay’s  feelings about the absolute emotional rollercoaster this book takes its readers on. The characters are going THROUGH it, and Magda and Lindsay are right along with them. Traumas, they’ve got them. Listen along as Magda and Lindsay emotionally process, so you don’t have to. 

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Tracy Deonn has Magda and Lindsay under an absolute spell. This week they react to the third book of the Legendborn Cycle, Oathbound, starting with the prologue and part 1. Buckle in, because the ride is off to a bumpy start and it only gets wilder from here. 

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Magda and Lindsay cannot get enough of Mickey (not that one). Mild, habanero, literary or on-screen, Edward Ashton’s character Mickey Barnes continues to capture their heart this week, as they provide their live reactions to Bong Joon Ho’s adaptation, Mickey 17. 

Books Mentioned in the Episode: 

A Deal with the Bossy Devil by Kyra Parsi

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins-Reid

Sparrow and Vine by Sophie Lark

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