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Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we get really into pop culture, sip the latest publishing tea, and discuss our book club pick… *shudders* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Spoiler alert: not our fav. As always, 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:

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Dead Zone by Stephen King

The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han

How to Be Perfect by Mike Schur

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

It by Stephen King

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

James Patterson Interview: James Patterson: White Male Writers Are Victims of ‘racism’ | Culture | The Sunday Times

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we *finally* tackle the audio-vs-physical-book debate and… we have hot takes. Then Allie gives Ashtin a hypothetical ultimatum and she way overthinks it. Join us for the book club episode next month! We’ll be reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.  As always, 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 fairy. xoxo, Razzlefrat

Hi friends, welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we spend some time dissecting Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and… we have thoughts. We also get really passionate about our current reads and bail Allie out of bookworm jail. As always, you can keep up with us in between episodes on Bookstagram: @theresinkonmyhands and @grapes_of_ash  and our new joint Instagram, @razzlefratpod! If you enjoy our bookworm banter, please rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts. :) 

Until then… we bid you adieu.

xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books mentioned:

The Stand by Stephen King

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Sula by Toni Morrison

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Shit, Actually by Lindy West

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

The Water Dancer by Ta-nehisi Coates

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

*An Additional Own Voices Reviews of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The New Yorker Article, 2020: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/03/toni-morrisons-profound-and-unrelenting-vision

Hi friends, welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we quiz each other to find out which classic book we are, discuss which bookish worlds we’d like to live in, and more. Join us next month for our Razzlefrat book club-we’ll be reading Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. As always, you can keep up with us in between episodes on Bookstagram: @theresinkonmyhands and @grapes_of_ash and our new joint Instagram, @razzlefratpod!

Until then… we bid you adieu.

xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books mentioned:

Luster by Raven Lelani

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Pet Semetary by Stephen King

While Justice Sleeps by Staci Abrams

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Hi friends, welcome back to Razzlefrat! This month we read Passing by Nella Larsen and we chat allllll about its genius in a true show of book nerdiness. If you’ve read, please let us know what you think! As always, you can keep up with us in between episodes on Bookstagram: @theresinkonmyhands and @grapes_of_ash and our new joint Instagram, @razzlefratpod!

Until then… we bid you adieu.

xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books mentioned:

Passing by Nella Larsen

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Vita Nostra by Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko, Translated by Julia Meitov Hersey

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

If I Stay by Gayle Foreman

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Outlander By Diana Gabaldon

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Normal People by Sally Rooney

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

*Some Additional Own Voices Reviews of Passing by Nella Larsen

The Stacks Podcast, Episode 200: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/01/26/ep-200-passing/

NPR article 2021: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054025599/passing-novel-nella-larsen-review

Electric Lit article, 2018: https://electricliterature.com/in-nella-larsens-passing-whiteness-isnt-just-about-race/

Hi everyone, welcome back to Razzlefrat! Our first episode of the new year is one of our favorites so far. We’re welcoming our very first guest host to the pod — our friend Megan! She joins us to talk about comfort reads and how we get ourselves out of reading slumps. Plus, Eclectic Earth Witch comes clean! Next month, we’re reading Passing by Nella Larsen. As always, you can keep up with us in between episodes on Bookstagram: @theresinkonmyhands and @grapes_of_ash.

Until then… we bid you adieu. 

xoxo, Razzlefrat

Books mentioned:

How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Happy People Are Annoying by Josh Peck

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Normal People by  Sally Rooney

Passing by Nella Larsen

Welcome back to RazzleFrat! If you’re anything like us, family time around the holidays can be stressful and make you want to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea (or wine). Don’t worry, we got you - in this episode we dissect our latest book club pick, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, and give recs for chunky winter books you can read to escape from family drama and seasonal depression. As always, follow our bookish antics on our Bookstagrams: @theresinkonmyhands and @grapes_of_ash. And, as always, please rate, like, and share the pod. Happy Holidays, all, and *see* you in the New Year!

Until then… we bid you adieu. That’s Razzefrat.

Shows mentioned: Sex Lives of College Girls, Fleabag, Sex and the City

Books mentioned: 

Twilight by Stephanie Meyers

The Mothers by Brit Bennett 

I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins 

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol 2. by Blanch Wiesen Cooke 

Harry Potter (2-4) by J.K. Rowling

Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Misery by Stephen King

Despite being emotionally annihilated by the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), Contemporary Catwoman and Eclectic Earth Witch are back to chat about books—and this month, in honor of Thanksgiving, we talk about some of our favorite books with dysfunctional families. We also discuss what we’ve read lately and recommend some cozy reads as we head into the winter months. Next month’s book club pick is I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins. Until then… we bid you adieu. That’s Razzefrat.

Keep up with us in between pods: 

Contemporary Catwoman (Ashtin): @grapes_of_ash

Eclectic Earth Witch (Lila): @theresinkonmyhands

And, as always, please rate, like, and share the pod.

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Books Mentioned in This Week’s Episode:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Educated by Tara Westover

We Went to the Woods by Caite Dolan Leach

Running with Scissors by Augusten Borroughs

Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlysle

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Little Fires Everywhere/Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Salvage the Bones/Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

My Days of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Shining, Stephen King

I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins

Happy Spooky Szn! We are back to talk fall reads and comfort shows. Tune in to hear us chat about our Razzlefrat pick for October, BEAUTIFUL WORLD WHERE ARE YOU? by Sally Rooney, and our unique book rating system. Then some chit chat about what we’re watching and what we’re looking forward to this fall. As always, please rate, share, and follow us on Insta!

Contemporary Catwoman (Ashtin): @grapes_of_ash

Eclectic Earth Witch (Lila): @theresinkonmyhands 

Meet Contemporary Catwoman and Eclectic Earth Witch. Two book besties sharing their *minor* obsessions and all the books we read: good, bad, and DNF. This episode learn about what books shaped our bookworm hearts, what we're reading now, and all things in between the lines. Check out our bookstagrams that started it all: 

Contemporary Catwoman (Ashtin): @grapes_of_ash

Eclectic Earth Witch (Lila): @theresinkonmyhands