We're so excited to chat through a fresh batch of new things. What are our character naming rules? What teachers made an impact on us? Do we still care about the Met Gala? Find out this and more in this week's episode!

Olivia's Things

Naming Book Characters

Teachers who have made an impact on us

Do we still care about the Met Gala?

Becca's Things

Famesick by Lena Dunham

Author Career Milestones

May's Book Club Pick - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

What we read this week

Olivia - American Fantasy by Emma Straub, The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clark

Becca - Vantage Point by Sara Sligar

Obsession

Olivia - Killeagh by Kingfishr

Becca - Haagen Dasz Caramel Cone Ice Cream

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This week, we're catching up and going deep on our writing and reading lives, home updates, and what we're looking forward to this summer.

May's Book Club Pick - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

What we read this week

Becca - Famesick by Lena Dunham, Found Time by Caroline Goldstein

Obsession

Olivia - Her Crocs

Becca - Ladies of London

Sponsors

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Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!

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Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!

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Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!

Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

So excited to dive deep into our April Book Club Pick: Good People by Patmeena Sabit! We chat about the news story that inspired this novel, its inventive structure, the POVs we connected to the most, the book's (intentionally) vague marketing package, and what we think happened at the end!

For more references for the content in this episode, read more here and here.

May's Book Club Pick - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

What we read this week

• Becca - The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson (out June 30)
• Olivia - Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson (out October 6)
  

Obsession

• Olivia - Ladies of London
• Becca - Real Housewives of Rhode Island

Sponsors

• Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use my code BOP for an exclusive 20% off
• BetterHelp - get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER

Additional resources

• Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!
• Buy our Merch!
• Join our BFF Group!
• Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence!
• Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter!
• Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!
• Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!
• Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.