Mean Book Club

Special Bonus Episode! We uncovered the lost, original recording of our first episode: Malice by Danielle Steel. The quality isn't what you've come to expect, after 17 seasons, but the meanness is still there. There's a raw edge and anger to our younger selves. There's also more alcohol.

As you await our Season 17 Book List, please enjoy the special (unedited) episode found deep within our podcast vault.

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!

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Fan Alessandra Rosso needed us to confirm whether this NYT bestseller was actually trash because the main character “could have been replaced by a potted plant and I am not sure it would have changed the story.” And it’s a short book? About BROOKLYN (where we all live/have lived)?? Consider it read.

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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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." Thanks to Scott Buckley for the song used during our summary - “Three Sheets To The Wind.” You can get both the songs here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

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Thank you to our Icelandic listener Jessic Lyn Webb who told us that this NYT bestseller was “truly the most heinous misjustice to storytelling I have every had the pain of reading,” and included lots of borderline harmful takes on mental illness. And for some reason, that sold us. Heaven knows why. This one was painful.

We also have special guest - comedian and cohost of The Beanball podcast Joey Price!
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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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.

TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. An "enchanting story, masterfully told" or "a book that tries so hard to be quirky and twee it makes me want to throw it into the Atlantic Ocean." YOU DECIDE! We decide, also, on:

Mean Book Club! We are four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, CollegeHumor, 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!

HUGE THANKS to Erin C for recommending this read!

Here’s the Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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" and for "Happy Days" which played during the summary. You can get them both here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

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

A VERY SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: We read Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone, suggested to us by friend of the pod and talented comedian Jo Firestone! It’s not YET a bestseller, but we jumped at the chance to cross-examine the author and dig down deep on why they made the weird choices they made. Fake teeth? A blonde wig? Is Sex Island just Love Island??? We had to know more.

This book comes out TODAY (October 17) and you can buy it here: https://a.co/d/i7unYOs - Jo self-published so YES you can listen to her podcast version of the book for free but YES you should still buy the book!

Here’s the Season 16 reading list:

1. Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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.

THE sex manual of 1969 (yeah baby) is also one of the all time best selling books EVER in America. Yeah, if you were breathing in 1969, odds are: YOU READ THIS BOOK. But is it a radical, liberal education on "fun sex" or a truly disturbing attack on women, aging, and homosexuality that you cannot even FIND in libraries today?

We have award-winning podcast host and best-selling author DAN SAVAGE (instagram.com/dansavage/?hl=en) on the cast to help us find out. Spoiler: We find out VERY quickly. Kind of like, page two...

This is a great one, so tune in! And check out Dan's podcast and column!

https://savage.love/lovecast/

https://savage.love/savagelove/

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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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.

Again listener Ashleigh C convinced us to read a Patterson book because Dolly Parton co-wrote it as “it’s very loosely autobiographical.” So we took on 17-week NYT bestseller by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. There’s a companion country album? Yes please.

We also have special guest - comedian, showrunner and fellow Pennsylvanian Leo Allen, the man behind such classic shows as Nathan For You, Review with Forrest MacNeil, Jon Benjamin Has a Van and yes, even Saturday Night Live. Plus: he’s a HUGE Dolly fan.

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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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.

Thanks to Ashleigh C who rudely predicted that Clara and Sarah would really like Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, a NYT bestseller for April 2023. But yes Ashleigh, Sarah was mad it wasn’t horny the whole time.

We also have special guest - comedian and actress Caroline Cotter, who has appeared on late night shows from Conan to Late Night with Seth Meyers. So we knew she would love to whine about this on.

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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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.

A blue-skinned woman? A rural Appalachian library? A murderous mule? All this and more when the MBC ladies tackle the NYTs bestseller "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek." Hee-haw, we reckon!

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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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" and Alexander Nakarada for "Banjo Fever," which played during the summary. You can get both here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

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

With Red, White & Royal Blue coming out on Amazon Prime, you know we had to read the NYT bestseller that started it all! A gay prince and son of a president? Yes please…. But wait… oh god… oh no…

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 Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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.