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Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute?
New podcast every Tuesday!
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Mean Book Club - The Wife Upstairs
MBCerssss! This week we’re read The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins, and we're joined by our very special guest Shadé Olasimbo (@FCOlasimbo)! The Wife Upstairs is a 2021 thriller that has been called "a delicious twist on a Gothic classic." Is it delicious? We'll let you be the judge (jk we will just judge).
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 11:
Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k By Mark Manson
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced and edited by Johnna Scrabis.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com -
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k by Mark Manson with Ryan Coutu
Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k by Mark Manson with special guest and podcast host Ryan Coutu! This book spent over 178 weeks on the NYT Bestseller list and came out in 2016, a time when cursing in titles was REALLY COOL!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 11:
Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k By Mark Manson
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com -
Mean Book Club The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Hellooooo MBCers!! This week we read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett! Bennett's story of twin girls growing up in the segregated South debuted at number one on the, you guessed it, New York Times bestseller list! Are we dumb for picking this book? You'll find out!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 11:
Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k By Mark Manson
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced and edited by Johnna Scrabis.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com -
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading Peyton Place by Grace Metalious - aka the 60s soap opera starring Mia Farrow! This 1956 sexy romp was a New York Times bestseller before it even hit bookstores!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 11:
Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k By Mark Manson
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com -
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
Hello bookies! This week we read the NYTs best seller The Wives by Tarryn Fisher. 336 pages of thrills and twists twists twists!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 11:
Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k By Mark Manson
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced and edited by Johnna Scrabis.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com -
Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading Bridgerton By Julia Quinn - aka the Netflix smash hit of 2020. This New York Times bestseller is sexy, simple, and full of nonsense to whine about!
Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!
Here’s the book list for Season 11:
Bridgerton By Julia Quinn
The Wives By Tarryn Fisher
Peyton Place By Grace Metalious
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k By Mark Manson
The Wife Upstairs By Rachel Hawkins
Big Magic By Elizabeth GIlbert
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!
Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.
CREDITS:
Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.
This episode was produced by Clara Morris and edited by Sarah Burton.
Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com
Customer Reviews
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This podcast is perfect. I adore these gals. They're hilarious, and anyone who disagrees is wrong and, let's be real, probably sexist. Their banter is mean, funny, and really thoughtful, which is a combo very few other podcasts pull off. Love the act outs, love the wine pairings, love the many ways they refuse to buy the book. Except for Johnna, who has the guts to ask Strand employees for these books in person, which terrifies me more than improv does.
Let's put it this way; I love this 'cast with the same intensity that Sabrina loves The Secret. Consider Mean Book Club my Oreos.
The 'cast is at the top of my "what got me through lockdown" list. I've done spit takes, and have absolutely been that person doubled over laughing while going on walks. Thanks for making me seem normal! Can't wait to re-introduce myself back into society.
(My only nitpick is that I felt compelled to look up a photo of Tucker Max after the IHTSBIH episode, and I can't erase that face from my mind.)
Hilarious Podcast!
Honest reviews that keep me laughing! They are honest about what’s wrong with these New York best sellers. I look forward to new episodes every week.
Like Hanging Out With Friends
This podcast is hilarious. Every time I listen, I feel like I’m hanging out with my friends. I crack up every single time I listen. My favorite has to be Sabrina, because she always sticks up for the books I like 😂. I highly recommend this podcast to anybody who loves a good cast of characters.