Show Notes
Happy Book Club Day! There was a lot of excitement that Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld was our pick this month, and we can't wait to discuss it! We deep dive into the novel's characters and storylines, and how our adult 2026 POV on it all may differ from a 2005 teen's take!
October Book Club Pick - Back Where We Started by Becca Freeman
Obsessions Olivia - Costco buffalo chicken dip Becca - Zoey and Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
What we've read this week Olivia - Don't Buy What I'm Selling by Lu Chekowsky Becca - Dungeon Crawler Carl, Carl's Doomsday Scenario, and The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
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This week, we're discussing all of the book to screen adaptations that have come out recently and the future adaptations on the horizon! Stay tuned for our thoughts on The Love Hypothesis, Verity, East of Eden, and what we're SO excited to see on screen next.
We have things on things on things this week! We're talking about Back Where We Started's pub week, something that's a bit meaty for a Three Things episode, new favorite fragrances, book promo we loved, book tour tips, and writing for readers vs writing for yourself.
Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from BACK WHERE WE STARTED by Becca Freeman, read by Brittany Pressley. © 2026 Becca Freeman, ℗ 2026 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved.
Becca's upcoming book Back Where We Started, which is set partially on the set of a 2010's teen soap, got us feeling nostalgic and inspired to talk about the early 2010s! We chat about what our lives were like during that era, the pop culture touchstones that stick out to us, our celeb crushes, celebrity ships, iconic albums, the launch of Instagram, and more!
We can't wait to talk about our September Book Club Pick, Main Characters by Bobby Palmer! Keep listening to hear about our thoughts on the novel's 80+ point of view format, how it tackled the interplay of motherhood and ambition, and if we were convinced the main characters were "meant to be." Plus, the one POV we felt was missing!