49 episodes

A podcast for lonely, drunk bookcasters.

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A podcast for lonely, drunk bookcasters.

    Ep 48 - - Please Don't Sit

    Ep 48 - - Please Don't Sit

    Hayoooo! We're here!!! This epi, we discuss Please Don’t Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson. Check out our Patreon!

    In the episode, we discuss: weird alcohol laws and the liquor store, seeing Phoebe's life grow and evolve through her books, how much we hate U2/Bono yet love Phoebe's love for them, how reliably unreliable we are, the two modes of alpha leader and lazy piece of garbage, inbox zero and all of our email woes, the future generation who mass deletes with no fear, the struggle of meeting Phoebe's goal of matching sets, our cleaning practices at the 2022 point of the COVID pandemic, shoes free households, our very uncomfortable feelings about not loving this book (we're so sorry Phoebe, we love love love you always and forever), and more.

    Olivia drinks: Bud Light seltzer (strawberry flavored!)
    Ashley drinks: Sierra Nevada Wild Little Thing Slightly Sour Ale (guava, hibiscus, and strawberry! STRAWBERRY TWINS!)

    We read: Please Don’t Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
    Up next: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

    • 47 min
    Ep 47 - - Friday Black

    Ep 47 - - Friday Black

    Ep 47 - - Friday Black by Drunk of the Book Club

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Ep 47 - - Friday Black

    Ep 47 - - Friday Black

    Hey cutie drunkards! This epi, we discuss Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/drunkofthebook!

    In the episode, we discuss: retail jobs, Plato's Closet, saying the quiet parts aloud, Olivia's love of The Giver, judgey ten-year-olds, books versus movies, the impossibility of feeling empathy for people who do horrible things, evil version of It's a Wonderful Life, more retail reminiscences, Olivia's hatred of Steinbeck's descriptions and Ashley's goal to make her get his writing, and so much more.

    Olivia drinks: rose from France in a very large bottle
    Ashley drinks: Little Grove by Allagash

    We read: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
    Up next: Please Don't Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Ep 46 - - Yearbook

    Ep 46 - - Yearbook

    Hey beloved wonderful drunkards! We're back this week discussing Yearbook by Seth Rogan.
    We discuss: Blake Shelton (who maybe owns People?!), Lenny Kravitz, Ashley's obsession with Jason Segel, our confidence that when we meet famous people we'll either become best friends or lovers, Olivia's brush with reality television fame, Rogan's bold truth-telling, how much we enjoy the cover design, complicated feelings about Kanye, Olivia's dust jacket hacks, male celebrity crushes, and soooo much more.

    ALSO we finally have a Patreon! Check us out and subscribe if you'd like over at patreon.com/drunkofthebook :)

    Ashley drinks: Things for your Head Pina Colada hard seltzer
    Olivia drinks: Quirk Cherry Blossom & Lime hard seltzer

    We read: Yearbook by Seth Rogan
    Up next: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Ep 45 - - Crying In H Mart

    Ep 45 - - Crying In H Mart

    What's up, drunkers? This epi, we discuss Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner! Content warning: death, grieving.
    We discuss: Japanese Breakfast obvi, Olivia's forever password, Zauner's genuinely strong writing, how tough it was to read her story because she did such a powerful job of bringing the reader along in her processing, feeling personally attacked as teens of the early two-thousands, understanding Kay's grief as the friend and caregiver, a possible queer read?, the nebulous space being between two cultures, identity crises, Olivia tries to roll her rs, and so much more.
    We read: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
    Up next: Yearbook by Seth Rogen
    Olivia drinks: Tequila + Juice + Sport Drink
    Ashley drinks: Gin & Tonic

    • 54 min
    Ep 44 - - Shrill

    Ep 44 - - Shrill

    Hello beloved drunkers! This week, we discuss Shrill by Lindy West! Content warning: rape.

    We discuss: West's episodes of This American Life, why Olivia didn't like this book, Ashley reading this book like a reverse audiobook, cult leader daddies, how we've shifted as a society between 2016 and 2021, our future children Mountonious and Mountcliff, twinning and elderly bullies, $40 jeans, the American Girl Bodies book left on our beds to explain puberty, period stories, the distress of Leos having their 2020 birthdays, Shrill the book versus Shrill the show, and so much more.

    We read: Shrill by Lindy West
    Up next: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

    Olivia drinks: Rose of the pinot noir variety
    Ashley drinks: some beer

    • 1 hr 13 min

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