How is it halfway through 2023 already!?! In this episode, we revisit the personal and professional goals we made in January and discuss the progress we’re excited about, the goals we’re changing, and the ones that need a little more attention!    Obsessions Becca - You’re Losing Me by Taylor Swift,  Always Authors podcast Olivia - Merpeople on Netflix    What we read this week! Becca - When in Rome by Sarah Adams   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Cozy Earth - Take 35% off sitewide at cozyearth.com when you use the code BOP. ZocDoc - Go to Zocdoc.com/BOP and download the Zocdoc app for FREE.   Join our Facebook group for excellent book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter!  Preorder Becca’s Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and  Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

2023 Mid-year Goals Progress Update!

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This week we’re talking Things with Carley Fortune, bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After, and This Summer Will Be Different, out May 7, 2024.   Carley’s Three Things Are: Spring Dressing Our relationship with social media (sparked by “Is there a sane way to use the internet” episode of  Search Engine) Her 3rd book This Summer Will Be Different, and Anne of Green Gables.    Also…we finally have MERCH!    Obsessions:  Becca:  Just Bare Spicy Chicken Nuggets Olivia: Diet Coke/Coke Zero Tall Boys   Reading:  Olivia: Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall   This Month’s Book Club Pick -  The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Book of the Month - Get your first book from Book of The Month for $5 with code PETALS at bookofthemonth.com   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Pre-order Olivia’s Book,  Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to  Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Author Carley Fortune’s Three Things: Spring Fashion, Social Media, and Prince Edward Island

It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more!    Obsessions Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen  Olivia: “You’re Not The Only One I Know” by The Sundays   What we read this week Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects by KT Hoffman Olivia: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18), Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle   This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com and use promo code BOP for an exclusive 35% off.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Pre-order Olivia’s Book,  Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to  Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Expiration Dates Book Club

From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE!    Substacks we’re into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris.     (Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that Critter Catcher)   Obsessions Olivia:  Duluth women’s gardening overalls Becca: ilovemahj.com   What we read this week Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood Olivia: Till Death Do Us Part Laurie Elizabeth Flynn out Aug 13   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Prose - Get your free consultation and 50% off at prose.com/bop Osea - Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code BOP at OSEAMalibu.com Framebridge - Visit Framebridge.com or a local Framebridge store to get started and custom frame just about anything.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Pre-order Olivia’s Book,  Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to  Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

A Spring Life Catchup

We’re back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE!   Olivia’s Things The  Charmin toilet paper redesign (and the mundane parts of life we’d want to give a makeover) What you’d want to erase your brain to read/watch ‘for the first time’. (Ours are  The Newsroom, The Idea of You, the Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers Video, Project Hail Mary) Common bucket list items we have zero interest in.    Becca’s Things  This Facebook ad Becca got the other day. (Feat. @myfriendpaige of the  My Friend Podcast) TV highlight: Becca’s is  Loot and Olivia’s is Seeking Sister Wife | TV Lowlight: Becca’s is  Starstruck and Olivia’s is  The Regime Recommendation culture    Obsessions Olivia:  Spiced Pumpkin Patchouli candle by Bath & Body Works Becca:  Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette   What we read this week Becca: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins Olivia: Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss    This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com and use promo code BOP for an exclusive 35% off.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Pre-order Olivia’s Book,  Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to  Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Three Things April 2024

This week we’re chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more!    We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead!    Jo’s Things Cold Plunging Costco Underwear Teaching herself how to make cannoli    Obsessions Olivia: Harry’s Grove Body Wash Becca: Brooklyn Best Peach Iced Tea   What we read this week Becca: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez Olivia: This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Cozy Earth - Use code BOP for 35% off at cozyearth.com.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Pre-order Olivia’s Book,  Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to  Becca’s Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.    

2023 Mid-year Goals Progress Update!

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