Mean Book Club

Mean Book Club

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Mean Book Club episodes

  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson with Ryan Coutu
    Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson with special guest and podcast host Ryan Coutu! This book spent over 178 weeks on the NYT Bestseller list and came out in 2016, a time when cursing in titles was REALLY COOL!

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 11:

    Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
    The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
    Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
    The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Manson
    The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
    Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
    The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 22 min
  • Mean Book Club The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
    Hellooooo MBCers!! This week we read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett! Bennett's story of twin girls growing up in the segregated South debuted at number one on the, you guessed it, New York Times bestseller list! Are we dumb for picking this book? You'll find out!

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 11:

    Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
    The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
    Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
    The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Manson
    The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
    Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
    The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced and edited by Johnna Scrabis.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 21 min
  • Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
    Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading Peyton Place by Grace Metalious - aka the 60s soap opera starring Mia Farrow! This 1956 sexy romp was a New York Times bestseller before it even hit bookstores!

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 11:

    Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
    The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
    Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
    The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Manson
    The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
    Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
    The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 17 min
  • The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
    Hello bookies! This week we read the NYTs best seller The Wives by Tarryn Fisher. 336 pages of thrills and twists twists twists!

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 11:

    Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
    The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
    Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
    The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Manson
    The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
    Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
    The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced and edited by Johnna Scrabis.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 16 min
  • Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
    Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading Bridgerton By Julia Quinn - aka the Netflix smash hit of 2020. This New York Times bestseller is sexy, simple, and full of nonsense to whine about!

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 11:

    Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
    The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
    Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
    The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Manson
    The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
    Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
    The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 24 min
  • Announcing Season 11 Reading List!
    Welcome back, book nerds! In this Season 11 promo we announce the incredible list of book we are forcing you all to read in the next few weeks!

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 11:

    Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
    The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
    Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
    The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Manson
    The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
    Big MagicBy Elizabeth GIlbert
    The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    6 min
  • The Old Man and the Sea with Teacher Nikolas Oscar Sparks
    This week we read a NYT bestseller & high school classic: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. This is Johnna’s favorite book and she’s brought on English Teacher Nikolas Oscar Sparks to help her defend it. Right? Maybe...

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 10:

    The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
    Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
    This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas
    The Guest List by Lucy Foley
    Open Book by Jessica Simpson
    The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins
    Untamed by Glennon Doyle
    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced by Sabrina B. Jordan and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Additional music from Mountain Fairy by JayJen and Banger by | e s c p |.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 30 min
  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
    This week we read NYT bestseller Untamed by Glennon Doyle, a memoir by someone who is married to someone famous and also runs a mom blog. So we’re gonna love it, right?

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 10:

    The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
    Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
    This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas
    The Guest List by Lucy Foley
    Open Book by Jessica Simpson
    The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins
    Untamed by Glennon Doyle
    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Additional music from Mountain Fairy by JayJen and Banger by | e s c p |.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 22 min
  • The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins
    This week we read NYT bestseller The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins, a book about nerdy kids applying to college at Clara’s high school. Oh, so what, we’re all supposed to think Clara’s smart now?

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 10:

    The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
    Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
    This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas
    The Guest List by Lucy Foley
    Open Book by Jessica Simpson
    The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins
    Untamed by Glennon Doyle
    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Additional music from Mountain Fairy by JayJen and Banger by | e s c p |.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Open Book by Jessica Simpson
    This week we read NYT bestseller Open Book by Jessica Simpson, a memoir about a businesswoman who used to be the knock-off Britney Spears. What could go wrong?

    Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

    Here’s the book list for Season 10:

    The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
    Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
    This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas
    The Guest List by Lucy Foley
    Open Book by Jessica Simpson
    The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins
    Untamed by Glennon Doyle
    The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    Send any future book suggestions to [email protected]! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!

    Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.

    CREDITS:
    Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
    This episode was produced by Sabrina B. Jordan and edited by Sarah Burton.
    Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
    Additional music from Mountain Fairy by JayJen and Banger by | e s c p |.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mean-book-club--3199521/support.
    1 hr 48 min

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