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My Best Friend’s Book Club
Not your typical book club (+podcast).🎙️📚 We summarize (and cackle through) books so you don't have to read or come up with jokes of your own. Want to read along with us? Check out our Reader Calendar (pinned to IG & TT). 🗓️ Welcome new best friend. 👯♀️
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- My Best Friend’s Book Club
S12 | E3: The Science of Exorcisms | Head Full of Ghosts | p.115-185
The reality TV crew has moved in and they’re ready to film Marjorie’s exorcism — and the days leading up to it. But is Marjorie really possessed? She pulls…
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S12 | E2: Faith or Science? | Head Full of Ghosts | p.58-115
Marjorie is getting worse, and it’s becoming increasingly unclear whether her condition can be treated with modern medicine or religious intervention. We’re…
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S12 | E1: Make the voices stop | Head Full of Ghosts | p.1-58
Eight-year-old Merry’s sister Marjorie is changing in ways nobody can explain. The stories the sisters used to write together are getting dark. Marjorie is…
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S11 | E6: Bodies found | God of the Woods | p.388-END
Bear has been found. Barbara has been found. And the truth about what happened fourteen years ago on the Van Laar Preserve is finally out — and let's just say…
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S11 | E5: Officially off the record | God of the Woods | p.307-388
A month before Barbara goes missing, we learn she's more than capable of surviving in the woods. But an accident leads to a bloody camper's uniform — and a kid…
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S11 | E4: Truth or Dare? | God of the Woods | p.219-307
John Paul Jr. has been found — beaten, drunk, and with a very suspicious bag containing a bloody item. Does the blood belong to missing Barbara Van Laar?…
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S11 | E3: Forget what we said. Panic. | God of the Woods | p.153-219
Alibis are unraveling, evidence bags are turning up with things that shouldn't be in them, and the Van Laar Preserve is collecting casualties across every…
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S11 | E2: Don't panic | God of the Woods | p.75-153
The Van Laar Preserve has already claimed one child — and nobody who was there during the search for Bear has recovered. We start to get a sense of what…
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S11 | E1: When lost, sit down and yell | God of the Woods | p.1-75
It's 1975 in the Adirondack Mountains, and a girl is missing from her bunk at Camp Emerson. No flashlight. No note. Just gone. The problem? Almost nobody who…
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Lost Girls: Book vs. Movie
Five women. One unsolved case. And a system that failed them long before a killer did. Robert Kolker's Lost Girls brought these women back to life on the page…
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S10 | E7: Fight for your rights | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.302-END
Well, to no one's surprise, Margaret gets fired — but our girls, the Bettys, show up in the best possible way. Charlotte opens a new chapter, and part of it…
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S10 | E6: Snap, snap, b*tch | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.254-302
Bitsy gets news that should devastate her — but she responds with an enormous grin. Charlotte disappears for weeks, throws herself into her art, and comes back…
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S10 | E5: The truth hurts | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.202-254
Things are coming to a head. A graduation party turns scandalous — and produces some much needed evidence. Margaret finally loses her patience with Walt, and…
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S10 | E4: Go f*ck yourself | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.147-202
After reading The Feminine Mystique, the Bettys are starting to wake up — and act on it. Bitsy does the unspeakable and challenges her husband, King. Margaret…
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S10 | E3: Women need not apply | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.103-147
The book club is back — this time at Charlotte's house, and the inside of her home says a lot about her. All the Bettys finally read the book, we learn more…
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S10 | E2: Truth Serum | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.50-103
The book club meeting isn't going so well. Nobody finished the book, nobody wants to talk about anything real, and nearly all the women are quietly in the…
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S10 | E1: A Woman's Place c.1963 | Book Club for Troublesome Women | p.1-50
It's 1963, and Margaret — the perfect housewife — has decided she wants more. Step one: start a book club. Step two: dust off her essay writing. And with the…
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Twilight: Book vs. Movie with Once Upon a Hot Take
We called in backup for this one. My Best Friend's Book Club joined forces with the Once Upon a Hot Take podcast to cover the cultural reset that is Twilight…
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BONUS: Wuthering Heights, Book vs. Movie
Emerald Fennell didn't set out to make a faithful adaptation of Wuthering Heights — she set out to recreate how the book felt to her at fourteen years old…
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S9 | E6: Hell hath no fury like scorned women | My Husband’s Wife | Ch.56-END
Ten years of lies are about to collapse. Identities are revealed, a plan years in the making falls apart, and we finally find out who killed Eden Fox. Trust us…
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S9 | E5: Run rabbit, run | My Husband’s Wife | Ch.44-56
Carter's credibility is unraveling, Birdy meets Carter's wife Jane, and Harrison is starting to lose his grip on reality — or is he? Someone is lying on the…
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Author Interview: NYT Bestseller Sociopath by Patric Gagne
Join us for a Q&A with New York Times bestselling author Patric Gagne, author of Sociopath: A Memoir — one of the most talked-about memoirs of the year. Her…
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S9 | E4: Dead body on the beach | My Husband’s Wife | Ch.32-44
A body has been found on Blackwater Bay beach — and nothing in Spyglass is what it seems. This week on My Best Friend's Book Club, our psychological thriller…
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S9 | E3: Is it always the husband? | My Husband’s Wife | Ch.20-32
Something is very wrong in Spyglass. Harrison wakes up the morning after Eden's gallery opening — hungover, foggy, and not entirely sure why — only to open his…
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S9 | E2: The woman who died twice | My Husband’s Wife | Ch.10-20
Eden is finally taking matters into her own hands and breaks into what she claims is her house, Spyglass. Inside, she finds she’s been wiped out of existence…
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S9 | E1: Happy Deathday | My Husband’s Wife | Ch.1-10
Imagine returning from a run to find a stranger living your life—wearing your wedding ring, using your name, and looking exactly like you. The nightmare…
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S8 | E6: “Captain Apathy doesn’t care!” | Sociopath: A Memoir | p.256-END
Trading the high-stakes chaos of the music industry for a PhD, Patric Gagne is finally ready to tell the world exactly who she is. After her relationship with…
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S8 | E5: “Just be good” | Sociopath: A Memoir | p.205-256
What happens when the person who's supposed to love you only accepts the parts of you that are easy to manage? This week, we’re following Patric as her…
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S8 | E4: The empathetic sociopath | Sociopath: A Memoir | p.160-205
From sneaking into Hugh Hefner’s private office to dodging a "behavior contract" with her therapist, Patric is discovering that even "domestic bliss" can’t…
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S8 | E3: Sociopath vs. Psychopath | Sociopath: A Memoir | p.103-160
After a confrontation with her college roommate, Kimi, and “Machine,” Patric realizes she needs to answer one question once and for all: is she a sociopath, a…
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S8 | E2: A treaty with your dark side | Sociopath: A Memoir | p.55-103
From childhood break-ins to "borrowing" frat boys' cars for late-night joyrides, Patric Gagne is not an “average” college student. This week, we’re following…
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S8 | E1: Sociopathy on the spectrum | Sociopath: A Memoir | p.1-55
Is it possible to be "clinically chill" while fighting the urge to cause a little chaos? This week, we’re diving into the fascinating world of Patric Gagne’s…
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S7 | E7: Smut Ghostwriter Interview | Lights Out
We sat down with professional ghostwriter, “Bree,” to explore the world of romantasy and Navessa Allen’s Lights Out. Along with dissecting the genre's rise, we…
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S7 | E6: Butt plug punishment | Lights Out | p.266-END
What happens when you mix a freezing forest escape, a boyfriend with a serial killer’s DNA, and a ‘punishment’ that involves handcuffs, an butt plug, and a…
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S7 | E5: Megalodon dick | Lights Out | p.199-266
What’s worse than hiding a body? Realizing your boyfriend is the son of the notorious Ken Doll Killer. Aly and a disguised Josh turn to a mob uncle for a…
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S7 | E4: “I want to watch you ride it” 🔪 | Lights Out | p.150-199
What do you do when your masked stalker brings a knife to a comfort session? If you’re Aly, you run right towards your stalker and “ride that knife.” But the…
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S7 | E3: Sir, unhand her clitoris! | Lights Out | p.100-150
The spice meter is at 100 and we’re honestly scared that this is only the "edge" (get it?). Things between Josh and Aly intensify, as Aly aims to punish her…
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S7 | E2: “Can I see it?” 🍆 | Lights Out | p. 46-100
He might be watching her through her laptop camera… and instead of slamming it shut (or calling the cops), she DMs him. Our Faceless Man (aka Josh) is always…
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S7 | E1: Home invasion—but make it sexy | Lights Out | p.1-46
An ER nurse obsessed with a masked internet fantasy. A reclusive man hiding behind that mask. When Aly’s favorite anonymous content creator may have crossed…
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S6 | E4: My Year of Pills, Dickery, & Death | My Year of Rest and Relaxation | p.234-END
Pills go missing. Our hibernation girl gets trapped in a bathroom and has a revelation. Jizz artist locks our hibernation girl up for several months while she…
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S6 | E3: Are you even bff’s if you don’t watch porn together? | My Year of Rest and Relaxation | p.
If you can believe it, hibernation and excessive drug use continues. Our hibernation girl does make it her "bf’s" mom’s funeral, which ends up kinda being…
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We're sick and we're sorry
Sorry best friends, no new episode this week. Your girls are utterly sick after our trip to Cancun. We read the assigned reading like good book clubbers do…
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S6 | E2: Sexting in hibernation | My Year of Rest and Relaxation p.53-117
Hibernation continues, but this time, our hibernation girl’s body is rebelling. Rest is no longer an option as she finds herself doing things against her will…
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S6 | E1: Poop, Pills & Pajamas | My Year of Rest and Relaxation | p.1-53
We recap and discuss the opening chapters of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, exploring the central question of whether a year of rest is truly healthy—and, if…
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BONUS: The Housemaid, Movie vs. Book
Before you dive into this episode, check out Season 4, The Housemaid, where we break down the book. Then, go see the movie. :D And only then, check out this…
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BONUS: Incredibly Jolly | Holiday Special
Warning: This episode is not suitable for children. Please do not listen where children can hear - or do if you’d like. :D Join us for some more holiday games…
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S5 | E3: Interview with author, Giovanna Silvestre | Confused Girl
Author Giovanna Silvestre joins us to discuss her book, dive into themes, chat through lingering questions, and more! Follow us, tap that 5-star like you’ve…
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S5 | E2: Who confused? We confused. | p.130-END | Confused Girl
Next week, author Giovanna joins the podcast on Thursday, Dec. 18—tune in! Notable mention from the episode: flower ceiling room design by Claire. Follow us…
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S5 | E1: Girls got a formula that I don’t have | p.1-130 | Confused Girl
Author Giovanna joins the podcast on Thursday, Dec. 18—tune in! Follow us, tap that 5-star like it’s an affirmation in the mirror, hit us up on social (IG &…
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BONUS: Thanksgiving "Would You Rather"
We're incredibly grateful for you listeners and book clubbers! Join us for a game of "Would You Rather" - Thanksgiving edition - and find out what we think the…
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S4 | E7: Thanks for letting me set you up | p.303-END | The Housemaid
We read books so you don’t have to. Join the book club, podcast, and conversation. We promise to make you laugh at least once. :) Follow us, tap that 5-star…
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S4 | E6: Get the pliers. Pull your tooth out. | p.250-303 | The Housemaid
We read books so you don’t have to. Join the book club, podcast, and conversation. We promise to make you laugh at least once. :) Follow us, tap that 5-star…
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S4 | E5: He’s smiling, but there’s something off about it | p.199-250 | The Housemaid
We read books so you don’t have to. Join the book club, podcast, and conversation. We promise to make you laugh at least once. :) Follow us, tap that 5-star…
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S4 | E4: Hot boning session in the attic leads to… | p.150-199 | The Housemaid
This episode is little chaotic, but honestly, we had to leave in some of these moments because they’re hilarious. Don’t worry though, we still dive deep into…
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S4 | E3: It’s an affair! | p.101-150 | The Housemaid
These pages are like champagne and chocolate covered strawberries. You just want to keep reading this book. We’ve got shifting predictions, lots of thoughts…
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S4 | E2: The peanut butter & tampon got me | p.49-101 | The Housemaid
Listen, we simply had to call out specific moments in these ~50 pages because we just know they’re going to matter later on. A bit of a longer episode, but…
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S4 | E1: Don’t come up into the attic | p.1-49 | The Housemaid
Mwwwhahahaa! It’s finally the most wonderful time of the year—Halloween season! Which means, it’s time for a proper thriller book. We’re excited to have…
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S3 | E6: This has ruined my summer | p.302-END | Just for the Summer
Honestly, we can’t believe we survived this, but it’s finally over—and just in time for the end of summer. Join us for the totally unpredictable end to, “Just…
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S3 | E5: Emma’s got issues | p.201-302 | Just for the Summer
Whew, this is the second to last episode, and then… WE’RE DONE (thank goddess). After we get through this book - that’s clearly not for us (not sayin’ it’s not…
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S3 | E4: Give her the magic peen | p.150-201 | Just for the Summer
We're going to start right off by saying, we’re switching to ~100 pages week because we simply have to get through this book before we parish. If you’re…