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Best Friends and Their BooksThe Boyfriend by Freida McFadden (October 2024)Join us in discussing our book of the month, The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden. We discuss books we have recently read, books we have added to our TBR, book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion on Blue Ssiters by Coco Mellors.
2024-11-1338 min
Best Friends and Their BooksWe Used to Live Here: A Novel by Marcus Kliewer (September 2024)Join us in discussing our book of the month, We Used to Live Here: A Novel by Marcus Kliewer. We discuss books we have recently read, books we have added to our TBR, book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion on The Boyfriend by Frita McFadden.
2024-11-121h 01
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (August 2024)Join us in discussing our book for August, The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. We discuss books we have recently read, books we have added to our TBR, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion on We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer.
2024-09-2054 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (July 2024)Join us in discussing our book for July, The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren. We discuss books we have recently read, books we have added to our TBR, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion on The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.
2024-08-1249 min
Best Friends and Their BooksOne Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware (June 2024)Join us in discussing our book for June, One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware. We discuss books we have recently read, books we have added to our TBR, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren.
2024-08-1233 min
Best Friends and Their BooksJust For The Summer by Abby Jimenez (May 2024)Join us in discussing our book for May, Just For The Summer by Abby Jimenez. We discuss books we have recently read, books we have added to our TBR, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware.
2024-06-1149 min
Best Friends and Their BooksBye, Baby: A Novel by Carola LoveringJoin us in a special minisode discussing Bye, Baby: A Novel by Carola Lovering. We rarely read the same books besides our chosen books of the month so this episode is an extra treat! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks!
2024-05-1529 min
Best Friends and Their BooksGood Material by Dolly Alderton (April 2024)Join us in discussing our book for April, Good Material by Dolly Alderton. The questions we answered are from wroteabook.org! We also have a reading recap, current reads, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez.
2024-04-2848 min
Best Friends and Their BooksExpiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (March 2024)Join us in discussing Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle. We also have a reading recap, current reads, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of Good Material: A Novel by Dolly Alderton.
2024-04-0742 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Women by Kristin Hannah (February 2024)Join us in discussing The Women by Kristin Hannah. We also have a reading recap, current reads, our book of the month, and much more bookish fun! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle.
2024-03-2159 min
Best Friends and Their BooksBright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (January 2024)Join us in discussing our first book of the year, Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. We also have a reading recap, current reads, bookish this or that, and much more! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of The Women by Kristin Hannah.
2024-03-1943 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston (December 2023)Join us in discussing our last book of the year, The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston. We also have a 2023 reading recap, current reads, and much more! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next season for our discussion of Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll.
2024-01-0744 min
Best Friends and Their BooksHello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (November 2023)Join us in discussing our book of the month for November, Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. We also have a little book chit chat and discuss our reading updates, Goodreads readers choice, and much more! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston.
2023-12-1152 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Woman In Me by Britney Spears (October 2023)Join us in discussing our book of the month for October, The Woman In Me by Britney Spears. We also discuss some CrAzYyYy book news regarding Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. 🩷
2023-11-0556 min
Best Friends and Their BooksNone of This is True by Lisa Jewell (September 2023)Join us in discussing our book of the Month for September, None of This is True by Lisa Jewell. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks! See ya next month for our discussion of the Queen of Pop- Brittany Spear's newest book, The Woman in Me.
2023-10-0244 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (August 2023)Join us in discussing our book of the Month for August, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
2023-09-0344 min
Best Friends and Their BooksLove Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (July 2023)Join us in discussing our book of the Month for July, Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
2023-08-0129 min
Best Friends and Their BooksFourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (June 2023)Join us in discussing our book of the Month for June, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks.
2023-07-0247 min
Best Friends and Their BooksHappy Place by Emily Henry (May 2023)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, Happy Place by Emily Henry. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks.
2023-06-0734 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (April 2023)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks.
2023-05-0231 min
Best Friends and Their BooksI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (February 2023)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks.
2023-03-0236 min
Best Friends and Their BooksA Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum (January 2023)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks.
2023-02-0644 min
Best Friends and Their BooksIn a Holidaze by Christina Lauren (December 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, a holiday favorite- In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
2022-12-2831 min
Best Friends and Their BooksOne Day in December by Josie Silver (November 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, a holiday favorite- One Day in December by Josie Silver. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google Synopsis: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”—Reese Witherspoon (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick)
“The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”—Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost
Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.
Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist any...
2022-12-0338 min
Best Friends and Their BooksIt Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover (October 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, the highly anticipated novel, It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover. We also discuss other books we have read in October, some life updates, and Taylor Swift's new album, Midnights. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google Book Synopsis: Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, h...
2022-11-0935 min
Best Friends and Their BooksA Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (September 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham. We also discuss other books we have read in September. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google Book Synopsis: from debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page. When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to th...
2022-10-0340 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe It Girl by Ruth Ware (August 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, The It Girl by Ruth Ware. We also discuss other books we have read in August. Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
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Google Books Synopsis of The It Girl by Ruth Ware: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "claustrophobic spine-tingler" (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a w...
2022-09-0524 min
Best Friends and Their BooksEvery Summer After by Carley Fortune (July 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, Every Summer After by Carly Fortune. We also discuss the new film adaption of Where the Crawdads Sing! Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google Books synopsis of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. In...
2022-07-2125 min
Best Friends and Their BooksA Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) part 1/4We jump out of our comfort zone to talk about A Court of Thorns and Roses! Thanks to Bookstagram, we read our first fantasy book and are excited to share our thoughts with you. (Please excuse our butchering of pronouncing names and creatures! We are learning.)
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Google Books synopsis: The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas.
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged...
2022-07-1328 min
Best Friends and Their BooksConversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (June 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney. We also discuss other books we have recently read! Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google Book synopsis: NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • From the New York Times bestselling author of Normal People . . . “[A] cult-hit . . . [a] sharply realistic comedy of adultery and friendship.”—Entertainment Weekly
SALLY ROONEY NAMED TO THE TIME 100 NEXT LIST • WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES (UK) YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD • ONE OF BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Vogue, S...
2022-06-3032 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThings We Never Got Over by Lucy Score (May 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score. We also discuss other books we have recently read! Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google book synopsis: Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.
Naomi wasn't just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way...with fists and beer. Usually in that order.
Too bad for Naomi her evil t...
2022-05-3142 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (April 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. We also discuss other books we have recently read! Don't forget to follow us on instagram @bestfriendsandtheirbooks
Google Book Synopsis: #1 New York Times Instant Bestseller (February 2018)
A People “Book of the Week”
Buzzfeed’s “Most Anticipated Women’s Fiction Reads of 2018”
Seattle Times’s “Books to Look Forward to in 2018”
Alaska, 1974. Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off...
2022-04-2540 min
Best Friends and Their BooksThe Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (March 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's most recent novel - The Golden Couple.
We also discuss some other books we have read this month.
2022-03-2936 min
Best Friends and Their BooksReminders of Him by Colleen Hoover (February 2022)In this episode, Tracie + Shellby review their book of the month, Colleen Hoover's most recent novel - Reminders of Him. As Colleen Hoover fans, we were extremely excited for this read, but both ended up having some strong opinions.
We also discuss some other books we have read this month.
Episode Time Stamps:
00:40 Shellby’s Recent Reads
01:58 Tracie’s Recent Reads
04:00 IG Poll Results
08:30 GoodReads Synopsis & Our Thoughts Before Reading
10:45 Book Club Questions
36:25 Our Final Rating
36:50 March Pick
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2022-02-2237 min
Best Friends and Their BooksSuch A Fun Age by Kiley Reid (January 2022)Welcome to our first book club podcast episode! Tracie and Shellby dive deep into their book of the month, Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. We examine the nuanced relationship between Emira and her boss, Alix, while also looking into Emira’s new relationship with her boyfriend, Kelley.
We also discuss some other books we read this month!
February 2022 Book Club Pick: Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
01:45 Book Description (Good Reads)
03:28 Our General Thoughts
08:35 Tracie’s January Books
11:42 Shellby’s January Books
15:55 Our 2022 Reading Goals
19:38 February Hopefuls
22:44 Such a Fun Age Questions
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2022-01-312h 10