This week we’re recapping an accomplishment three years in the making: Becca’s book: The Christmas Orphans Club! To get a full overview of the process, we’re joined by her agent Allison Hunter and her editor Marie Michels. So grab your favorite festive bev and get ready for the behind-the-scenes story!   Obsessions Olivia - “All-American Bitch” by Olivia Rodrigo  Becca - Gilmore Girls & The Morning Show   What we read this week! Becca - Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead Olivia - None of This is True by Lisa Jewell    This Month’s Book Club Pick - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])   Sponsors Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month. NUULY -  Go to nuuly.com and enter the code BOP20 and sign up to get $20 off your first month.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Preorder Becca’s Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

This week we’re talking about our favorite little luxuries: things that are low-cost and low-effort but make a major impact on our happiness! Listen to Becca, Olivia, and our listeners share their little luxuries from afternoon walks, to drive thru Diet Coke, to going to the movies alone, and more!    Our little luxuries Becca’s Linkable Little Luxuries - Candy from BonBon,  Olivia’s Linkable Little Luxuries - Noto Deep Serum Caller Linkable Little Luxuries - Susan Alexandra Tissue Box Covers   Obsessions Olivia: Writers on Writing podcast Becca: Katherine Center Interview   What we read this week! Becca: Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr, and What You Wish For by Katherine Center Olivia: Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon    This Month’s Book Club Pick -  Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])   Sponsors The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman is available wherever books are sold! Stitch Fix -  Try Stitchfix at Stitchfix.com/BOP and get 25% off when you keep everything in your fix.  Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Preorder Becca’s Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

This week we’re chatting all things cookbooks with our favorite Italian meatball-making-meatballs, Dan Pelosi! Dan is the mind behind GrossyPelosi, the popular Instagram account for all things comfort and food. Dan’s first cookbook, Let’s Eat, hits bookshelves on September 5, 2023!   We talk to Dan about the behind-the-scenes of how cookbooks get made, from recipe development to food styling to how getting a cookbook deal differs from other book deals.    Dan’s restaurant recs Bernie’s , Rolo’s, Lil Deb’s Oasis, Hilltown Hot Pies, Yummy Kitchen    A cookbook Dan is excited about: Chili Crisp by James Park   Obsessions O: Winky Lux Flower Balm B: Pelosi family pasta salad!   What we read this week! Becca: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, and Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings. O: The Celebrants by Stephen Rowley, and The Counselors by Jessica Goodman.   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])   Sponsors Stitch Fix - Try today at Stitchfix.com/BOP and get 25% off when you keep everything in your fix.  Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order today at  Prose.com/bop.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Preorder Becca’s Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

It’s time to discuss our August Book Club Pick, Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo! We talk about how we interpreted the magical elements, the family dynamics, our thoughts on the concept of a living wake, the ending, and more!    Check out this interview with Elizabeth Acevedo if you're interested in learning more about this book!   Obsessions O: Handheld fan B: Red, White, and Royal Blue movie on Amazon Prime   What we read this week! Becca: You, Again by Kate Goldbeck, The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, Reign by Katharine McGee (American Royals book 4), Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo O: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz, Meet Me At The Lake by Carley Fortune   This Month’s Book Club Pick - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])   Sponsors Terrible Reading Club -  find The Terrible Reading Club anywhere you listen to podcasts Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Preorder Becca’s Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

What do we have? Things! How many of them do we have? Three!    Olivia’s Things What you do on a ‘life catch up’ day The year 2013 (sparked by this article in Glamour) Everything showers   Becca’s Things How do you unwrinkle clothes (here’s a link to Becca’s travel steamer)  Weeknight dinner recipes (Becca’s current recipes include One Pot Garlic Shrimp and Orzo and Turkey and Ricotta Meatballs From Julia Turshen, and Olivia loves salmon bowls and Basically Spaghetti Pomodoro) Workout routines    Becca’s Everything Shower Olaplex Mask Briogeo Don’t Despair Repair mask  Crepe Corrector Lotion   Olivia’s Everything Shower Davines Nounou Hair Mask Necessaire Body Scrub Necessaire Body Serum  Necessaire Lotion    Obsessions Becca: Target All in Motion High-Rise Flex Workout Shorts   What we read this week! Becca: You, Again by Kate Goldbeck (out Sept 12) Olivia:    This Month’s Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])   Sponsors Prose - Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/bop.  Better Help - Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia’s Newsletter! Preorder Becca’s Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.