Mary: I’m SO pleased to be talking about the follow-up to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s been difficult waiting these past few years for Across the Spider-Verse because the first one was an absolute favorite of mine. I saw it in theaters 3 times, forcing different people to go with me each time.
Read moreOur Favorite Things of 2022: The Blog Post
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If you’ve been a listener of our podcast for a while, you know that we usually do an annual episode where we each list our three favorite pieces of media from the past year. We decided to do things a little differently this year and enter 2023 as haters (check out our Colleen Hoover Hatepisode for more on that), but that doesn’t mean we don’t still love stuff! Read on for our faves of 2022 — and let us know yours, too.
Read moreMy Best Friend's Exorcism: This Time There's A Movie
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Kelli: Regular listeners of our podcast and readers of our blog will know that there are several things we’re deeply obsessed with, and one of those things is the novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. We even did a whole episode about it! So you can imagine that we were very, very pumped when we learned that the book was going to be adapted for the screen, and that we’ve been waiting on tenterhooks ever since.
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Mary: Here we are with another YA Book Club! This one has a big back-to-school vibe for me, since a bunch of it takes place in high school, and even though school around here technically started back in July, I’m still feeling the Fall school feels. What made you want to pick this book, Emily?
Read moreYA Book Club: A Snake Falls to Earth
Mary: Weeeeelcome to YA Book Club, where we talk about a new YA book approximately once per month. This time around, Todd is joining us to discuss Darcie Little Badger’s A Snake Falls to Earth. You might remember that Emily and I read Elatsoe last year and loved it. We had (perhaps unrealistic) high hopes for A Snake Falls to Earth, so it shot to the top of our to-read list when it came out. Todd also loved Elatsoe, and I happen to be married to him and think he’s smart, so he’s here, too! Hello, Todd!
Read moreEverything Everywhere All at Once: A Review
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Mary: We’ve gathered here today to talk about Everything Everywhere All at Once, the new movie directed by Daniels, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan. It’s difficult to describe this movie, I think, but I’ll say that it’s a sci-fi look at family and the infinite possibilities of the multiverse, told through the eyes of Evelyn (Yeoh), the matriarch of the Wang family. Needless to say, we’re going to spoil some things.
Read moreYA Book Club: Cold by Mariko Tamaki
Mary: Hello and welcome back to YA Book Club, where we’re putting on our detective hats and solving a murder mystery. Today we’re talking about Cold by Mariko Tamaki. You might remember Tamaki from YA Book Club in Paradise way back in 2018, where we discussed This One Summer. Mariko Tamaki often writes with her cousin and collaborator Jillian Tamaki, but Cold is a solo venture! I think it’s clear we both love stories about crime, and we’ve enjoyed reading Tamaki in the past, but what made us pick up this book, Emily?
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Read moreQueer Girl Book Club: Fiona and Jane
Emily: It’s time for another installment of everyone’s favorite queer girl book club, Queer Girl Book Club! This time around we’re talking about Fiona and Jane, a sort of novel/sort of linked short story collection (we can talk about what exactly it is as we chat) about two friends. You guessed it. Their names are Fiona. And Jane.
So I chose this book because I typically enjoy linked short stories, and I love books about female friendship. Fiona Lin and Jane Shen have been best friends since the second grade. Both Fiona and Jane are Taiwanese American women growing up in Los Angeles with different but equally tumultuous family lives. As with most friendships, there are moments in time when Fiona and Jane grow closer to one another, and other periods of time where they drift apart.
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW!
Read moreThe Bachelorette S17E10: My Head Just Feels Like Scrambled Eggs
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What a ride, readers. We basically got three episodes in one for this finale, and it was full of emotional whiplash, profound declarations of love, incorrect word definitions, and fantastic outfits (from Tayshia and Kaitlyn). Read on to find out who won Katie’s heart, and more importantly, who got the most points this season!
Read moreThe Bachelorette S17E7: Eating My Way to Her Heart
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It’s getting real, people. Hometowns are next week, which means all these dudes’ families are quarantining nearby. Will Greg’s second one-on-one seal his fate as the frontrunner? Will Mike P. cuddle his way into Katie’s heart before it’s too late? Will Blake insult an artist’s self portrait of her vagina right to her face? Read on to find out!
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