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Bad on Paper
Grace Atwood & Becca Freeman
A book-club podcast for the BookTok generation: buzzy new releases, beach reads, and honest takes.
Our 2026 Reading Stats (So Far)
This week we're reviewing our reading stats from this year! We walk through how we track, our reading habits this year, and discuss everything from ARCs to backlist books, re-reads and more! September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer Obsessions Becca - The Fo
The Book Witch Book Club
Happy Book Club Day! Time to chat about our August Book Club Pick, The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer. We chose this ode to books and book lovers for an uplifting read, and we can't wait to chat about its surprising twists, meta moments, author commentary, and more! We also ask oursel
One & Only Bonus Book Club
It's Bonus Book Club Time! We loved reading One & Only by Maurene Goo, and we can't wait to discuss it today. And if you're in the Miami area, get tickets to our Miami Bonus Book Club on August 24! August's Book Club Pick - The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer Events Get tickets
Summer 2026 Listener Q&A
Today, we're turning the reins over to you and doing a listener Q&A! It's been a while since we've done one of these, and it was so fun to see the questions that came our way about reading, writing, home renovation discoveries, fall shopping, and more! August's Book Club Pick -
August 2026 Three Things
Happy Three Things Day! We have one overlapping thing that we got a LOT of DM's about, keep listening to find out what that is! Plus, petty complaints, Hot Ones requests, and a tender time-travel q. Our Joint Thing The Wicker Trailer Becca's Things The pettiest complaints we
Our Favorite Novel First Lines
Today we're diving into a topic we've been wanting to cover for a while: first lines in books! We chat about preferences as both a reader and a writer, our own first lines, and play a guessing game to name the book by its first line. August's Book Club Pick - The Book Witch by
The Burning Side Book Club
We are so ready to discuss our July Book Club Pick, The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff. This was our listeners' pick that beat out 27 other nominations, and we're bursting with thoughts about this book! Keep listening to hear every single one of them. August's Book Club Pick - Th
Celebrity Book Matchmaker
In today's ep we're assigning reading syllabi to some of our favorite celebrities and telling them what we think they should be reading! And if you didn't already guess, we took the assignment VERY seriously. Becca's Celebs Glen Powell - Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, The
Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club: The Five-Star Weekend
We're so excited about the first installment of our Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club, discussing The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand! We break down our thoughts on the book, our favorite Elin Hilderbrand novels, and how the TV adaptation compares! Summer of Sol Bonus Book C
July 2026 Three Things
Happy Three Things Day! We have some hot topics to discuss, from T&The pop culture wedding of the century, the Odyssey movie, drafting habits, Gen Z fiction, and more! Becca's Things Mayflower or Oregon Trail? Resisting the urge to write backwards Gen Z authors entering fiction
2026 Reading Preview Part 2!
We're back with more book recs! We asked friends of the pod Corey Ann Haydu, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Sanjana Basker, and John Glynn to share the books they're most excited about in 2026. Amazing book recs ahead! Becca's Picks - Habits of the Sea by Shea Earnshaw (Out July 7),
Catching up with Robinne Lee
We are SO thrilled to chat with Bad on Paper all-star, Robinne Lee! We caught up with Robinne all about her experience seeing The Idea of You go from book to film and her new book, Crash Into Me, out July 7! She shares the seedlings of inspiration for her new book, how it differs