RazzleFrat

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Pluto is in Aquarius and it shows. Ashtin is spiraling about consumer algorithms and Allie has picked up book binding. Then, we play “blind date with a book” and it goes… not according to plan, as you might expect. Join us next episode for our discussion of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins! 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

Podcast mentioned in this episode: Fresh Air

My Sister’s Keeper By Jodi Picoult

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, *Ashtin* is getting over being sick and Allie is on flood watch. Then—we smell snow! And finally, our adaptation watch of Sally Rooney’s Normal People (spoiler alert: we love her). 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 Troop by Nick Cutter

Normal People by Sally RooneyT

he Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

Demons by Fydor Dostoyevsky

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A Little Life by Hanya Yanahigara

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is getting over being sick (physically, but also of the universe’s BS) and Ashtin is working double time to stave off The January Abyss™. Then, we break down some common literary tropes and discuss our faves and least faves (trope jail, anyone?). Join us next time for our masochistic Normal People watch/breakdown! 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:

NewlyNova

Books/authors mentioned this episode:

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas

Rouge by Mona Awad

Bunny by Mona Awad

I Didn’t Know I Needed This by Eli Rallo

A House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

In The Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Troop by Nick Cutter

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

A Death in the Family by Ottessa Moshfegh

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

And Then There Was None by Agatha Christie

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

The Atlas Six by Olivia Blake

Babel by RF Kuang

Demons by Fydor Dostoyevsky

Crescent City by Sarah J Maas

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendant Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Charles Dickens

Stephen King

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is treating herself to a well-deserved spa day and Ashtin finally attends a book event for *not* one of her authors. Then, we discuss our final 2023 book club pick—The Awakening by Kate Chopin. We discuss how Chopin flips Victorian conventions on their head, what feminism, friendship, and depression look like for women then and now, and, ofc, what an icon our girl Edna is. 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 mentioned this episode:

One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas 

Rouge by Mona Awad

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

I Didn’t Know I Needed This by Eli Rallo

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is in mom-meal-making mode and Ashtin continues the thankless work of converting people into SJM stans. Then, we categorize books into Taylor Swift eras and things get even more unhinged than usual! Join us next time for our final 2023 book club discussion of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. 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 mentioned this episode:

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

One Last Stop By Casey McQuiston

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong

Middlemarch by George Eliot

M Train by Patti Smith

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas

Pathological by Sarah Fay

Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

A Certain Hunger by Suzanne Summers

If We Were Villains by ML Rio

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Tiny, Beautiful Things/Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Let the Lord Sort Them by Maurice Chammah

Goodbye, Earl by Leesa Cross-Smith

How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Masters of Death by Olivia Blake

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, the seasonal depression is settling in, along with the existential dread, BUT Ashtin got promoted and Allie is back to writing, so, there’s that. Then, the Razzlefrat 2023 book lovers gift guide + our most anticipated Spring 2024 releases! 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

Bookish gift guide links:

Libro FM

Ecosusi Leather Bags

Of Aspen Curated Gifts

The Quirky Cup Collective

Kindle holder + remote

Ideal Bookshelf

A Thing Created

Books mentioned this episode:

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Lapvona by Ottessa Mosfegh

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

Bugsy & Other Stories by Rafael Frumkin

The House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas

Somehow by Anne Lamott

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood

Wandering Starts by Tommy Orange

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Hunter by Tana French

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re… not doing great. BUT, it’s soup szn and Ashtin’s apartment gas is soon-to-be-restored, so, not all is lost. Then, we keep it short and sweet and dive into our film adaptation analysis of Jane Eyre (*Ashtin shudders*). We chat about feminism (or the lack thereof), the “love” story between Rochester and Jane, and THAT ending. As usual, we have lots of thoughts. 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 mentioned this episode:

Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is scrambling to find her sanity as she briefly touches down in New York before her next trip and Allie is letting her inner Swiftie shine. Then, we talk about books that terrify us to our very core—for many reasons—thanks to BookTok. And, finally, our inner basic BuzzFeed bitches make an appearance as we find out what fall aesthetic we are. Join us next time for our Jane Eyre (insert Ashtin shudder here) film adaptation analysis! 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 mentioned this episode:

Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Velvet Was the Night By Silvia Moreno Garcia

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

Carmilla by Sheriden Le Fanu

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Diary of An Oxygen Thief by Anonymous

The Priory of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Manacled by SenLinYu

Playground by Aron Beauregard

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is reading fluffy romance while Allie dives into some serious lit fic (what else is new?). Then, we dive into the wonderfully layered Haunting on Hill House by horror novel pioneer Shirley Jackson. We chat about innocence and childhood, obsession vs. possession, the cyclical nature of stories, and, of course, shake our fists at Shirley Jackson for raising questions without answering them. 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

TW: Discussion of a fictional character's suicide.

Books mentioned this episode:

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Sun Down Motel By Simon St. James

The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen

Haunting on Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Shining by Stephen King

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Rouge by Mona Awad

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

Carmilla by Sheriden Le Fanu

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we’re both hanging on by a thread, which makes for some… interesting takes. We play an inaugural round of “Yes If, No If,” (Spooky Version) inspired by @loislanea on TikTok, then cringe over shared fall-related fears. It’s fine, we’re fine, everything is fine. 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

Follow @loislanea on TikTok, she inspired our Yes If/No If Segment!

Books mentioned this episode:

Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Shining by Stephen King

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

House of Cotton by Monica Brashers

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath