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Hosted ByGrace Atwood & Becca Freeman

Your new internet besties give you a weekly dose of books, banter, and folks you should be following. Join 30-something reading enthusiasts and real-life best friends Grace Atwood and Becca Freeman every month for a book club featuring a read they promise you won’t be able to put down. In between, they’re joined by guests for conversations on careers, dating, fashion, and more.


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Anita de Monte Laughs Last Book Club & Notes App Follow Up

This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: ! We talk about the artists that inspired this story, the themes that impacted us the most, and more! We also share listener-submitted follow ups on our Notes App conversation.   Obsessions…

March 2024 Three Things

It’s time for Three Things and we have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in!    Olivia’s things Kate Middleton A game FMKs  Our Favorite Substacks    Becca’s things What you do when you’re struggling with procrastination…

What’s in Our Notes App

The notes App can be used for more than celebrity apologies, so we decided to dedicate an episode to diving into what’s in our Notes App! Specifically Notes App organization, the most useful notes we keep, the weirdest notes we find on our phones, and…

Three Things with Author Tia Williams: Love is Blind, American Fiction, and Her New Novel

We’re so excited for another guest Three Things with author ! We chat about Love is Blind, American Fiction (with an Oscar movie sidebar), and her new novel !   Tia Williams is the author of the novels , , Sixteen Candles, (now a Netflix movie…

Good Material Book Club

We’re so excited to discuss Good Material by Dolly Alderton! This one gave us mixed feelings, which means a great discussion is ahead. We talk about how reading from a man’s point of view impacted our reading experience, our favorite funny parts,…

February 2024 Three Things

It’s time for another round of Three Things! Including things we’re reading, listening, and watching that we had to talk about…and Paul Giamatti.    Becca’s Three Things Pastries   Olivia’s Three Things () Favorite acts of…

Obscure Erotica Part 2

Romance is in the air! We were feeling adoorable this Valentine’s Day and thought we’d Linc up and dive back into some obscure erotica. Join us…if you dare!    Obsessions Becca: Norah Ephron, specifically and Olivia: ,   What…

2024 Reading preview!

It’s time for one of our favorite episodes of the year, our 2024 reading preview! We chat with , , , and about their most anticipated reads of 2024! We also ask them the very important question: If you could have a meal with any fictional…

Four Thousand Weeks Book Club

This week, we’re discussing our January Book Club pick, . We discuss how the book compared to our expectations and our relationships with time, as well as the book’s takes on perfectionism, control, “The joy of missing out,” and more! …

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