RazzleFrat

Welcome back to Razzlefrat—our 50th episode! This week, our lives are jointly dominated by Bridgerton and Lizzy McAlpine. Then, in honor of our Golden Episode, we assign books to each of the Golden Girls and find out which GG we are in a very official, very academic quiz. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

Next of Kin by Helena Bonham-Young

House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Pucking Around by Emily Rath

Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James

Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger

Altas Complex by Olivie Blake

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencia

Shit, Actually by Lindy West

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, while Ashtin lazes on the beach, Allie runs a half marathon. Then, we travel back and forth in time with Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse Five. We chat about the construct of time, time travel as a metaphor for PTSD, the inevitability and omnipresence of war, and lots of other fun stuff! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Catch22 by Joseph Heller

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

There, There by Tommy Orange

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is out of hibernation and Ashtin is in the office. Then, we play a new game—Hallmark Movie or Romance Book?—and mourn the state of literature. Join us next time for our red-flag-read, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

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Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re spring cleaning like our lives depend on it while listening to new Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift. Then, we discuss Get Over It, an iconic early ‘00s chaotic Shakespeare adaptation—right on brand. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Tiny, Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re obsessing over Sabrina Carpenter and all things Espresso. Plus, Allie gives us all a lesson in proper subway etiquette. Then, we play a round of “Yes If or No If” with our favorite reads from last year! Join us next time for our adaptation watch of Get Over It. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

BookTokers mentioned this episode:

@loislanea

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is listening to albums galore and Ashtin is back from Texas and we’re both a little frazzled (we blame the planets). Then, we dig in (pun intended) to our latest book club pick, FAMILY MEAL by Bryan Washington. We chat about narrative form, the duality of food, and the under discussed interstitial spaces in grief and love. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Podcasts mentioned this episode:

Reading The Room – Bryan Washington, “Family Meal”

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Nanny by Lana Ferguson

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Memorial by Bryan Washington

Hey Zoey by Sarah Crossan

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re dodging punches in NYC and Allie’s Bookstagram has RISEN! Then, we play a round of everyone’s favorite game: FMK (Bookish Edition). Finally, our most anticipated summer 2024 releases showcase our… wide array of interests, let’s say. Join us next time for our book club reading of FAMLY MEAL by Bryan Washington. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

BIg Time by Ben H Winters

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

You’re the Only One I’ve Told by Dr. Meera Shah

The Nanny by Lana Ferguson

The Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Daydream by Hannah Grace

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

The Game Changer by Lana Ferguson

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

Goddess of the River by VAISHNAVI PATEL

Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

A Thousand Times Before by Asha Thanki

Swallow the Ghost by Eugenie Montague

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Memorial by Bryan Washington

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we rly said TREAT YO SELF (we had a Friday night out that made our bank accounts super mad but our hearts super happy). Also, daylight is BACK, baby. So long, depression, we’re totally healed. Then, we discuss our latest film adaptation watch: The Grapes of Wrath! Ashtin is insane and Allie is a really good sport. Join us next time for our book club reading of Family Meal by Bryan Washington. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

Dune by Frank Hubert

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan

Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan

Captain’s Daughter by Puskin

If We Were Villains by ML Rio

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Mez

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb

Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we celebrate awards season with our own and go a few rounds in the bookish ring. We discuss the realities of Colleen Hoover stans going to bat with nonfiction bros. This one is a fun time, each roster runs the gamut from literary authors to fictional character ships. Welcome to the Thunderdome of our minds. Go sports. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books/authors mentioned this episode:T

omorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

Haunting on Hill House By Shirley Jackson

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Mostly Dead Things by Kristin Arnett

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka 

Dune by Frank Herbert

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Colleen Hoover

Toni Morrison

Sarah J Maas

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we smell snow! (AKA it’s cold and we’re crafty.) Then, we discuss this month’s book club pick, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins. We get into the sweeping—how the patriarchy infantilizes women—and the granular—all the meanings of the color yellow. It’s a good time. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Bookstores mentioned this episode:

Avid Bookshop – Delivery Subscription

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

The House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins

A Little Life by Hanya Yanahigara

Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Wasted Words by Staci Hart

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte