It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more! 

Obsessions

Becca: The Tortured Poets Department & Sun Bum Face Mist sunscreen 

Olivia: “You’re Not The Only One I Know” by The Sundays

What we read this week

Becca: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (out 8/6); The Prospects by KT Hoffman

Olivia: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Sandwich by Catherine Newman (out 6/18), Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

This Month’s Book Club Pick - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE! 

Substacks we’re into right now include Seester Seester by Ashley and Alexa Spivey, Gossip Time, Get it Write by Andrea Bartz, Hung Up with Hunter Harris.  

(Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that Critter Catcher)

Obsessions

Olivia: Duluth women’s gardening overalls

Becca: ilovemahj.com

What we read this week

Becca: Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood

Olivia: Till Death Do Us Part Laurie Elizabeth Flynn out Aug 13

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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We’re back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE!

Olivia’s Things

The Charmin toilet paper redesign (and the mundane parts of life we’d want to give a makeover)

What you’d want to erase your brain to read/watch ‘for the first time’. (Ours are The Newsroom, The Idea of You, the Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers Video, Project Hail Mary)

Common bucket list items we have zero interest in. 

Becca’s Things

This Facebook ad Becca got the other day. (Feat. @myfriendpaige of the My Friend Podcast)

TV highlight: Becca’s is Loot and Olivia’s is Seeking Sister Wife | TV Lowlight: Becca’s is Starstruck and Olivia’s is The Regime

Recommendation culture 

Obsessions

Olivia: Spiced Pumpkin Patchouli candle by Bath & Body Works

Becca: Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette

What we read this week

Becca: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

Olivia: Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss 

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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This week we’re chatting Three Things with Jo Piazza! We also talk about her new book The Sicilian Inheritance, telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more! 

We Are Not Like Them, You Were Always Mine, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, The Knockoff, and How to Be Married. Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead! 

Jo’s Things

Cold Plunging

Costco Underwear

Teaching herself how to make cannoli 

Obsessions

Olivia: Harry’s Grove Body Wash

Becca: Brooklyn Best Peach Iced Tea

What we read this week

Becca: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Olivia: This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez! 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

Olivia - Elf Glow Reviver Lip Oil, Rose Envy

Becca - Rhode skincare

What we read this week

Becca - Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter

Olivia - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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Olivia’s Stuff: Pre-order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence (out 6/4). Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter.

Becca’s Stuff. Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club! Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter! Follow Becca on IG @beccamfreeman.

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 (get the Time Timer Becca mentioned here) 

The State of Culture 2024 on Substack

The Idea Of You Trailer

Our favorite Substacks

Feed Me by Emily Sundberg

After School by Casey Lewis 

Publishing Confidential by Kathleen Schmidt

Extracurricular by Tembe Denton Hurst

Morning Person by Leslie Stevens

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

Obsessions

Becca: Jeffrey Campbell Pearl Mesh Ballet Flats

Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg 

What we read this week

Olivia: 1000 words by Jami Attenberg 

Becca: United by Cory Booker

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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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 more! 

Let us know the innovative/smart/weird ways you use the Notes App by calling in at 843-405-3157. 

Obsessions

Becca - Chobani Cinnamon French Toast Creamer

Olivia - American Fiction 

What we read this week

Olivia: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas

Becca: Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (out 6/11), Bride by Ali Hazelwood

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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We’re so excited for another guest Three Things with author Tia Williams! We chat about Love is Blind, American Fiction (with an Oscar movie sidebar), and her new novel A Love Song for Ricki Wilde!

Tia Williams is the author of the novels The Accidental Diva, It Chicks, Sixteen Candles, The Perfect Find (now a Netflix movie starring Gabrielle Union), Seven Days in June, and her latest novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde just came out last month! 

We also ask Tia for beauty recs, which include Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer, Tom Ford Soleil de Feu, Rare Beauty Blushes, and Ilia Mascara.

Obsessions

Olivia: Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me.. Now

Becca: Bare chicken tenders

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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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, what we thought of the relationship dynamics in the book, and MORE!

The article that we thought of while reading this book is linked here! 

Obsessions

Olivia - Lavender shower bombs

Becca - Kindle Paperwhite Signature

What we read this week

Olivia - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, The Comeback by Ella Berman

Becca - Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering (out March 5)  and Good Material by Dolly Alderton

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xotchitl Gonzalez (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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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

Renaissance Act ii

Pastries

A Paul Giamatti X Cher anecdote 

Olivia’s Three Things

One Day on Netflix (And a companion to One Day by Farrah Storr from Becca)

Everyone’s a sellout now on Vox

Favorite acts of self-kindness

Obsessions

Becca: Substack as a place to scroll

Olivia: Face Globes 

What we read this week

Olivia: The Wild One by Colleen McKeegan, Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

Becca: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (June 11); Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan (June 4)

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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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 I’ll Have What She’s Having and Everything is Copy

Olivia: @poppincandyofficial, Hvladimir the Beluga Whale

What we read this week

Becca: Still Writing by Dani Shapiro

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Good Material by Dolly Alderton (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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