In this quick trailer episode we introduce our next read, the graphic novel Maus (part I) by Art Speiglman and talk about how it came to be on our radar, plus Kayla drops an unexpected bombshell on me, so we end up with some side convos, as always.

We're taking a week "off" this month, so we won't be back until 4/22/22 with the first episode of the book club on Maus. In that episode we'll talk about chapters 1-3 and what it made us think, we hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram @twobitchesreadingbooks for bookcast / life updates.

References:

Banned books we referenced: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/sep/surprising-books-that-have-been-recently-banned-2019.html

Tennessee HB/SB 1944: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1944

In the final episode of this season we talk about chapters 5-9 of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson. Mark dives deeper into values and leaving a legacy, but as you will soon see, we feel it's a bit contradictory. We learn the stories of tons of interesting characters in Mark's life like Erin, Josh and Mark himself and we rate the book and talk about what we hope to be taking away from it.

We'll be back next week to quickly introduce our next book club book, Maus I, the graphic novel from Art Spiegelman and talk about the reason we chose it. In the meantime, we'd love to hear any book suggestions you have for our book club! Message us on Instagram @twobitchesreadingbooks!

In this episode we talk about reading the first five chapters of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck written by Mark Manson. We learn the "rule" being not giving a fuck. We dive into values and choosing. We learn the stories of Buddha, Hirro Odona, Suzuki, William James, Pete Best and Dave Mustaine. How their choices in life, while similar, all ended differently by them taking responsibility of their lives and choosing how to react. There is a lot of laughter in this episode, probably a way we deal with trauma.

In the next two weeks we are finishing the book. Maybe we will become completely different people once all is said and done. It's no joke, we will be back on April 1st. In the meantime, we will be posting updates and other stuff on our instagram page @twobitchesreadingbooks!

In this very quick episode we are reading the synopsis of our next book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck written by Mark Manson and making a plan for how to tackle this book. We plan to finish this one in two episodes, starting with chapters 1-5, and we're hoping we're ready for the amount of self reflection Mark is guaranteed to demand.

Next Friday, 3/18/22, we'll meet here to discuss the first five chapters, what made us laugh, what made us cry and which nuggets of wisdom we hope we'll remember!

"In life, we have a limited amount of fucks to give. So you must choose your fucks wisely." - Mark Manson

Thank you so much for joining us on our long-distance book club / bookcast / podclub journey! In between episodes, you can find us on TikTok and Instagram by searching Two Bitches Reading Books, for content on our current podcast read as well as other bookish stuff!

In this episode we chat about finishing Where the Crawdads Sing from Delia Owens. We finally, FINALLY get to the twist everyone warned us about, and WHOA, it was indeed twisty! As always, there will be spoilers.

In case you're curious, the wrongful conviction case we mention in this episode is the case of Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs and Jesse Joseph Tafero, in 1976 Broward County Florida. https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/fl/sonia-jacobs.html

And here's a link talking about the lawyer who smuggled in some fun stuff for his client: https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/attorneys-getting-paid-by-inmates-to-smuggle-drugs-into-palm-beach-county-jail-affidavit-says

We'll be back next Friday to introduce our next book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson! In the meantime follow us on TikTok and Instagram by searching Two Bitches Reading Books.

In this episode we chat about the reading from chapter 22 to chapter 40 in Where the Crawdads Sing from Delia Owens. So much has happened. Kya isn't a kid anymore and everything feels bigger and more intense, for the good and the bad. As always, there will be spoilers!

We'll spend the next two weeks reading the rest of the book and we'll meet back here to talk about it! In the meantime, we'll be posting updates and other book stuff on our Instagram and Tiktok pages @twobitchesreadingbooks (including a sneak peak at what the next book will be)!

This week we are finishing part one of Where the Crawdads Sing from Delia Owens. We're chatting about chapters 7-21, how this book is making us really FEEL and who we would cast in our motion picture for the book. As always, there will be spoilers! Keep an ear out for a cameo from Sebastian! 

Brandi's Movie Cast-

Young Kya - Scarlett Estevez

Kya - Kaylee Bryant

Tate - Danny Griffin

Chase - Joe Burrows

Pa - Matthew Mcconaughey

Jumpin' - Idris Elba

Mable - Danielle Brooks

Jodie - Owen Wilder Valccaro

Ma - Nicole Kidman

Kayla's Movie Cast-

Kya - Kaia Gerber

Tate - Noah Centineo

Chase - Ansel Elgort

Pa - Scott Eastwood

Jumpin' - Jamie Fox

Mable - Octavia Spencer 

We'll spend the next two weeks reading up to chapter 41 (stopping on page 270) and we'll meet back here to talk about it! In the meantime, we'll be posting updates and other stuff on our Instagram and TikTok pages, @twobitchesreadingbooks !

Ps. The movie we mention with Idris Elba is The Harder They Fall (and it is SO good, we highly recommend it).

This week talking about chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens! How we felt reading it and our super early theories, caution, there will be spoilers!

Read along with us! Before our next episode we'll be reading chapters 7-21, yeah we're reading all the way through part one before we meet again and we plan to chat about those chapters as well as who we would cast in our movie adaptation of the book in two weeks! We hope you'll follow along! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

We're introducing our podcast, ourselves and our first book, Where the Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens! We're covering chapters 1 and 2 and there may (read will) be spoilers, so feel free to read along with us!

Next episode we will be covering chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.